Louis Jourdan once said: "There are actors in this town who made important careers for a long, long period just by taking the parts that Cary Grant turned down."

 

 

 

Roles offered to Cary Grant

Joe Bradley in "Roman Holiday" (Gregory Peck)

James Bond in "Dr. No" (Sean Connery)

Linus Larrabee in "Sabrina" (Humphrey Bogart)

Prof. Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" (Rex Harrison)

Lawrence Larry Mackay in "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (David Niven)

Norman Maine in "A Star Is Born" (James Mason)

Rupert Cadell in "Rope" (James Stewart)

T.E. Lawrence in "Lawrence of Arabia" (Peter O'Toole)

Prof. David Pollock in "Arabesque" (Gregory Peck)

Frank Flannagan in "Love in the Afternoon" (Gary Cooper)

Prof. Humbert Humbert in "Lolita" (James Mason)

Jean-Marc Clement in "Let's Make Love" (Yves Montand)

Shepherd Henderson in "Bell Book and Candle" (James Stewart)

 

 

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