i'm an avid Gene hackman Fans. Get Shorty just went off - i do not know
why i had it on. I'm supposed to be writing. Anyway, i looked up his
profile and found this interesting trivia. ~Tracey
His performance as Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974) is ranked #37
on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Was the first choice to play Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch" (1969).
He was the sixth choice to play Popeye Doyle in The French Connection
(1971).
Was the first choice to play Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs
(1991).
Was also offered the chance to direct The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Turned down the lead roles in Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third
Kind (1977), and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Runaway Jury (2003) was the first time he and former roommate Dustin
Hoffman performed on the screen together.
Reportedly turned down the role of Randall Patrick McMurphy in One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Reportedly turned down one of the lead roles in Network (1976).
After he played Little Bill in Unforgiven (1992), Hackman vowed not to
appear in any more violent films. After he had been in violent films
dating back to Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and The French Connection (1971)
(in a role refused by Peter Boyle for the same reasons), he said he was
fed up with them.
Turned down the lead role of Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third
Kind (1977) because he was in a troubled marriage and could not spend 16
weeks outside of Los Angeles on location shooting.
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