Nic Cage, who is not one to turn down a role, had a sudden change of heart right before the shooting was supposed to begin. “I resigned from the movie because I didn’t think I had enough time to achieve the look of the wrestler who was on steroids, which I would never do,” he said when he was interviewed about the situation in 2009.
Angela Bassett, Monster’s Ball
Halle Berry won an Oscar for Best Actress for her work in Monster's Ball. In fact, this made her the first black woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Actress. That being said, things might have been a lot different if Angela Bassett decided to pursue the role when she originally got cast to play Leticia Musgrove.