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So said Burt Reynolds after being told by director Milos Forman that the coveted role of Randall McMurphy in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest was down to two people. But the other guy was Nicholson, who went on to win an Academy Award for the role and enjoy a film career that pushed him into the stratosphere of stardom. Their career paths would cross again - this time over the role of washed-up astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment, a role written for Reynolds - and the decision he made all but spelled the end of his superstar movie career. Movie stardom is often won or lost on the basis of one simple word - "no." Al Pacino might never have been considered for his Oscar-winning role in Scent of a Woman if he had agreed to play Rambo. If John Travolta had accepted An Officer and a Gentleman instead of the pitiful Staying Alive, Richard Gere might be hosting game shows today. Had Shirley Temple been allowed (she was a child - someone said "no" for her!) to star in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland might have remained an anonymous member of the singing Gumm sisters. And a page in modern movie lore might never have been written if Frank Sinatra had been the one to say, "You've

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Author

Ron Base

Publisher

Contemporary Books

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780809235285

Category

performing arts

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14