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Roles Charlie Sheen turned down or was considered


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1984: A Nightmare On Elm’s Street (Role: Glen Lantz) (Actor Who Got It: Johnny Depp) (Reason: He was interested, but wanted more money than what the Production could afford).

1984: The Karate Kid (Role: Daniel LaRusso) (Actor Who Got It: Ralph Macchio) (Reason: He turned it down)

1986: Top Gun (Role: Peter Mitchell) (Actor Who Got It: Tom Cruise) (Reason: Was considered but was deemed too young)

1986: Pretty In Pink (Role: Blaine McDonough) (Actor Who Got It: Andrew McCarthy)

1988: Bull Durham (Role: Ebby Calvin Laloosh) (Actor Who Got It: Tim Robbins)

1989: Batman (Role: Bruce Wayne / Batman) (Actor Who Got It: Michael Keaton)

1989: Born On The Fourth Of July (Role: Ray Kovic) (Actor Who Got It: Tom Cruise) (Reason: Oliver Stone did approach him and Charlie Sheen though he had the role in the bagged, but learned from his brother that Tom Cruise got the role, resulting in Sheen and Stone not working with each other since then).

1990: Goodfellas (Role: Henry Hill) (Actor Who Got It: Ray Liotta) (Reason: He turned it down)

1990: The Godfather: Part III (Role: Vincent Mancini) (Actor Who Got It: Andy Garcia)

1991: Point Break (Role: Johnny Utah) (Actor Who Got It: Keanu Reeves)

1992: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Role: Jonathan Harker) (Actor Who Got It: Keanu Reeves)

1992: The Mighty Ducks (Role: Gordon Bombay) (Actor Who Got It: Emilio Estevez)

1992: White Men Can’t Jump (Role: Billy Hoyle) (Actor Who Got It: Woody Harrelson) (Reason: He turned it down)

1992: Basic Instinct (Role: Nick Curran) (Actor Who Got It: Michael Douglas)

1993: Indecent Proposal (Role: David Murphy) (Actor Who Got It: Woody Harrelson) (Reason: He turned it down)

1993: Carlito’s Way (Role: David Kleinfield) (Actor Who Got It: Sean Penn)

1993: The Firm (Role: Mitch McDeere) (Actor Who Got It: Tom Cruise)

1994: The Shawshank Redemption (Role: Andy Dufresne) (Actor Who Got It: Tim Robbins)

1994: The Cowboy Way (Role: Pepper Lewis) (Actor Who Got It: Woody Harrelson) (Reason: He turned It down)

1995: Wings Of Courage (Role: Jean Mermoz) (Actor Who Got It: Val Kilmer) (Reason: He didn’t want to take a Drug Test)

1995: Cutthroat Island) (Role: William) (Actor Who Got It: Matthew Modine)

1995: The Usual Suspects (Role: Redfoot) (Actor Who Got It: Peter Greene)

2000: Memento (Role: Leonard Shelby) (Actor Who Got It: Guy Pearce) (Reason: He turned it down)

2001: Jay And Silent Bob Strikes Back (Role: Marshal Willenholly) (Actor Who Got It: Will Ferrell) (Reason: He couldn’t grasp the character)

2001: A Beautiful Mind (Role: John Nash) (Actor Who Got It: Russell Crowe) (Reason: He turned it down)

2002: Chicago (Role: Amos Hart) (Actor Who Got It: John C. Reilly)

2007: Enchanted (Role: Robert Philip) (Actor Who Got It: Patrick Dempsey) (Reason: He turned it down to to commitments with Two and a Half Men)

2011: The Hangover: Part II (Role: Unknown) (Reason: He was considered for a role)

2014: The Expendables 3 (Role: Unknown) (Reason: He was considered for a role)

Do you wish Charlie Sheen accepted some of these roles? If so, which roles do you wish Charlie Sheen played?

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I would love Charlie inn ALL roles with the exception of Point Break & Basic Instinct. Both are perfect films. Charlie Sheen would have escalated all productions for just being in it. Top Gun would have been awesome with Charlie Sheen in the lead. Charlie Sheen is just fucking amazing.

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This is just not true in the case of Point Break. Maybe Sheen and Kilmer were choices for Ridley Scott but after Scott dropped out and Kathryn Bigelow was the director, her first and only choice and one she would have to fight for was Keanu as Johnny Utah.

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Damn, every time I see his ugly mug on the front page, I think "THIS time he's dead, right?".

What a shame.

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I love The Shawshank Redemption but with Charlie Sheen that film would have been my top 5.

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