These 25 Actors Who Turned Down Huge Movie Roles

Leonardo DiCaprio as Dirk Diggler

Movie: Boogie Nights (1997)

Played by: Mark Wahlberg

An actor can only be in one place at a time. For DiCaprio, that meant either the deck of the Titanic or the disco floors of the San Fernando Valley. DiCaprio turned down Boogie Nights to do Titanic. When he told GQ that “‘Boogie Nights’ is a movie I loved and I wish I would’ve done,” one must wonder if he’s being serious. Is there a universe out there where Wahlberg talks Kate Winslet into stripping naked and Heather Graham makes it with DiCaprio?



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