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Robert Downey Jr.

**Robert John Downey Jr.** (1965) is an American actor and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *Pound* (1970)
* *Weird Science* (1985)
* *Less Than Zero* (1987)
* *Chaplin* (1992)
* *The Singing Detective* (2003)
* *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* (2005)
* *Zodiac* (2007)
* *Tropic Thunder* (2008)
* *Iron Man* (2008)
* *The Incredible Hulk* (2008)
* *Sherlock Holmes* (2009)
* *Iron Man 2* (2010)
* *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *Iron Man 3* (2013)
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015)
* *Captain America: Civil War* (2016)
* *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
Patricia Clarkson

**Patricia Davies Clarkson** (1959) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *The Untouchables* (1987)
* *The Dead Pool* (1988)
* *High Art* (1998)
* *The Green Mile* (1999)
* *The Pledge* (2001)
* *Far from Heaven* (2002)
* *Dogville* (2003)
* *The Station Agent* (2003)
* *Pieces of April* (2003)
* *Good Night, and Good Luck* (2005)
* *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007)
* *Elegy* (2008)
* *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008)
* *Whatever Works* (2009)
* *Shutter Island* (2010)
* *Easy A* (2010)
* *Friends with Benefits* (2011)
* *The Maze Runner* (2014)
* *Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials* (2015)
* *The Party* (2017)
* *Maze Runner: The Death Cure* (2018)
Sean Astin

**Sean Patrick Astin** (1971) is an American actor, producer, and director.

## Selected filmography

* *The Goonies* (1985)
* *Rudy* (1993)
* *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001)
* *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002)
* *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003)
* *50 First Dates* (2004)
* *Click* (2006)
Todd Phillips

**Todd Phillips** (1970) is an American filmmaker and occasional actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Road Trip* (2000)
* *Old School* (2003)
* *Starsky & Hutch* (2004)
* *School for Scoundrels* (2006)
* *The Hangover* (2009)
* *Due Date* (2010)
* *The Hangover Part II* (2011)
* *The Hangover Part III* (2013)
* *War Dogs* (2016)
* *Joker* (2019)
Simon Pegg

**Simon John Pegg** (1970) is an English actor, screenwriter, and comedian.

## Selected filmography

* *Shaun of the Dead* (2004)
* *Mission: Impossible III* (2006)
* *Hot Fuzz* (2007)
* *Star Trek* (2009)
* *Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009)
* *Paul* (2011)
* *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011)
* *The World's End* (2013)
* *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013)
* *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015)
* *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015)
* *Star Trek Beyond* (2016)
* *Ice Age: Collision Course* (2016)
* *Mission: Impossible - Fallout* (2018)
* *The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild* (2022)
* *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One* (2023)
* *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two* (2024)
The Wolf of Wall Street

***The Wolf of Wall Street*** (2013) is an American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the memoir *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2007) by Jordan Belfort. It recounts Belfort's perspective on his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, which ultimately led to his downfall.

## Cast

* Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort
* Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff
* Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia
* Matthew McConaughey as Mark Hanna
* Kyle Chandler as FBI Agent Patrick Denham
* Rob Reiner as Max Belfort
* Jon Favreau as Manny Riskin
* Jean Dujardin as Jean-Jacques Saurel
* Jon Bernthal as Brad Bodnick
* Joanna Lumley as Aunt Emma
	+ Julie Andrews turned down the role.
Michelle Pfeiffer

**Michelle Marie Pfeiffer** (1958) is an American actress,

## Selected filmography

* *Grease 2* (1982)
* *Scarface* (1983)
* *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987)
* *Married to the Mob* (1988)
* *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988)
* *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989)
* *Batman Returns* (1992)
* *Love Field* (1992)
* *The Age of Innocence* (1993)
* *Wolf* (1994)
* *Dangerous Minds* (1995)
* *White Oleander* (2002)
* *Hairspray* (2007)
* *Stardust* (2007)
* *Where Is Kyra?* (2017)
* *Mother!* (2017)
* *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017)
* *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018)
* *French Exit* (2020)
Tom Wilkinson

**Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson** OBE (1948) is an English actor of film, television, and stage.

## Selected filmography

* *In the Name of the Father* (1993)
* *Sense and Sensibility* (1995)
* *The Full Monty* (1997)
* *Shakespeare in Love* (1998)
* *Rush Hour* (1998)
* *The Patriot* (2000)
* *In the Bedroom* (2001)
* *Girl with a Pearl Earring* (2003)
* *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004)
* *Batman Begins* (2005)
* *Michael Clayton* (2007)
* *RocknRolla* (2008)
* *Valkyrie* (2008)
* *John Adams* (2009)
* *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2011)
* *The Green Hornet* (2011)
* *Selma* (2014)
* *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014)
* *Denial* (2016)
* *Dead in a Week or Your Money Back* (2018)
Mike Myers

**Michael John "Mike" Myers** OC (1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Wayne's World* (1992)
* *Wayne's World 2* (1993)
* *Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery* (1997)
* *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* (1999)
* *Shrek* (2001)
* *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002)
* *Shrek 2* (2004)
* *Shrek the Third* (2007)
* *Inglourious Basterds* (2009)
* *Shrek Forever After* (2010)
* *Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon* (2013)
* *Terminal* (2018)
* *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018)
* *Amsterdam* (2022)
The Silence of the Lambs

***The Silence of the Lambs*** (1991) is an American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's novel *The Silence of the Lambs* (1988). Young FBI trainee Clarice Starling is hunting a serial killer, "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The film also features performances from Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, and Kasi Lemmons.

*The Silence of the Lambs* was followed by the sequel *Hannibal* (2001) and the prequels *Red Dragon* (2002) and *Hannibal Rising* (2007).

## Cast

* Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling
	+ Michelle Pfeiffer and Meg Ryan turned down the role.
	+ Laura Dern was considered for the role.
* Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
	+ Sean Connery turned down the role.
	+ Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Derek Jacobi, and Daniel Day-Lewis were considered for the role.
	+ Forest Whitaker auditioned for the role.
* Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford
	+ Gene Hackman dropped out of the role.
* Ted Levine as Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb
Nicolas Cage

**Nicolas Kim Coppola** (1964), known professionally as **Nicolas Cage**, is an American actor and filmmaker.

## Selected filmography

* *Valley Girl* (1983)
* *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986)
* *Raising Arizona* (1987)
* *Moonstruck* (1987)
* *Wild at Heart* (1990)
* *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995)
* *The Rock* (1996)
* *Con Air* (1997)
* *Face/Off* (1997)
* *City of Angels* (1998)
* *Shadow of the Vampire* (2000)
* *Adaptation* (2002)
* *Windwalkers* (2002)
* *Sonny* (2002)
* *The Life of David Gale* (2003)
* *Lord of War* (2005)
* *The Wicker Man* (2006)
* *Knowing* (2009)
* *Kick-Ass* (2010)
* *Joe* (2013)
* *Mandy* (2018)
* *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018)
* *Pig* (2021)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994)
* *The Matrix* (1999)
* *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001)
Morgan Freeman

**Morgan Freeman** (1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator.

## Selected filmography

* *Street Smart* (1987)
* *Glory* (1989)
* *Lean on Me* (1989)
* *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989)
* *Unforgiven* (1992)
* *Bopha!* (1993)
* *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994)
* *Se7en* (1995)
* *Amistad* (1997)
* *Million Dollar Baby* (2004)
* *Batman Begins* (2005)
* *The Dark Knight* (2008)
* *Invictus* (2009)
* *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001)
Peter Cushing

**Peter Wilton Cushing** OBE (1913-1994) was an English actor.

## Selected filmography

* *The Man in the Iron Mask* (1939)
* *Hamlet* (1948)
* *The Curse of Frankenstein* (1957)
* *The Abominable Snowman* (1957)
* *The Revenge of Frankenstein* (1958)
* *Dracula* (1958)
* *The Mummy* (1959)
* *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1959)
* *The Brides of Dracula* (1960)
* *The Evil of Frankenstein* (1964)
* *Dr. Who and the Daleks* (1965)
* *Dracula: Prince of Darkness* (1966)
* *Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.* (1966)
* *Frankenstein Created Woman* (1967)
* *Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed* (1969)
* *Dracula A.D. 1972* (1972)
* *The Satanic Rites of Dracula* (1973)
* *Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell* (1974)
* *The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires* (1974)
* *Star Wars* (1977)
The Departed

***The Departed*** (2006) is an American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is both a remake of the Hong Kong film *Infernal Affairs* (2002) and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger.

## Selected filmography

* Leonardo DiCaprio as Trooper William "Billy" Costigan Jr.
* Matt Damon as Staff Sergeant Colin Sullivan
	+ Brad Pitt dropped out of the role.
* Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello
* Mark Wahlberg as Staff Sergeant Sean Dignam
* Martin Sheen as Captain Oliver "Charlie" Queenan
* Ray Winstone as Arnold "Frenchie" French
* Vera Farmiga as Dr. Madolyn Madden
* Alec Baldwin as Captain George Ellerby
* Anthony Anderson as Trooper Brown
Tyrese Gibson

**Tyrese Darnell Gibson** (1978) is an American singer and actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Baby Boy* (2001)
* *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003)
* *Four Brothers* (2005)
* *Transformers* (2007)
* *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009)
* *Fast Five* (2011)
* *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011)
* *Fast & Furious 6* (2013)
* *Furious 7* (2015)
* *Ride Along 2* (2016)
* *The Fate of the Furious* (2017)
* *F9* (2021)
* *Morbius* (2022)
* *Fast X* (2023)
* *Fast & Furious 11* (2024)
The Matrix Revolutions

***The Matrix Revolutions*** (2003) is an American science-fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the third installment in *The Matrix* film series, released six months following *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003).

*The Matrix Revolutions* was followed by *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021).

## Cast

* Keanu Reeves as Neo
	+ Reeves reprises his role from *The Matrix* (1999) and *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003).
* Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
	+ Fishburne reprises his role from *The Matrix* and *The Matrix Reloaded*.
* Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
	+ Moss reprises her role from *The Matrix* and *The Matrix Reloaded.*
* Hugo Weaving as Smith
	+ Weaving reprises his role from *The Matrix* and *The Matrix Reloaded*.
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe
	+ Pinkett Smith reprises her role from *The Matrix Reloaded*.
* Mary Alice as the Oracle
	+ Gloria Foster played the role in *The Matrix* and *The Matrix Resurrections*, but died before the completion of filming *The Matrix Revolutions*.
Tom Hanks

**Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks** (1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

## Selected filmography

* *Splash* (1984)
* *Bachelor Party* (1984)
* *Big* (1988)
* *A League of Their Own* (1992)
* *Philadelphia* (1993)
* *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993)
* *Forrest Gump* (1994)
* *Apollo 13* (1995)
* *Toy Story* (1995)
* *Saving Private Ryan* (1998)
* *You've Got Mail* (1998)
* *The Green Mile* (1999)
* *Toy Story 2* (1999)
* *Cast Away* (2000)
* *Catch Me If You Can* (2002)
* *Road to Perdition* (2002)
* *The Terminal* (2004)
* *Charlie Wilson's War* (2007)
* *Toy Story 3* (2010)
* *Cloud Atlas* (2012)
* *Captain Phillips* (2013)
* *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013)
* *Bridge of Spies* (2015)
* *Sully* (2016)
* *The Post* (2017)
* *A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* (2019)
* *Toy Story 4* (2019)
* *News of the World* (2020)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994)
* *Gump and Co.* (2001)
Tom Hardy

**Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy** CBE (1977) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, and former model.

## Selected filmography

* *Black Hawk Down* (2001)
* *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002)
* *RocknRolla* (2008)
* *Bronson* (2008)
* *Inception* (2010)
* *Warrior* (2011)
* *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011)
* *Lawless* (2012)
* *This Means War* (2012)
* *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012)
* *Locke* (2013)
* *The Drop* (2014)
* *The Revenant* (2015)
* *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015)
* *Legend* (2015)
* *Dunkirk* (2017)
* *Venom* (2018)
* *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021)
What Could Have Been Wiki

**Welcome to the What Could Have Been Wiki!**
## Did You Know...

* ...Denzel Washington and Sylvester Stallone turned down the role of Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) in *Seven* (1995)?
* ...Sylvester McCoy was considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) in *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001)?
* ...Harrison Ford was considered for the role of Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman) in *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994)?
* ...Lachy Hulme expressed interest in the role of the Joker (Heath Ledger) in *The Dark Knight* (2008)?
* ...Madonna expressed interest in the role of Mary Corleone (Sofia Coppola) in *The Godfather Part III* (1990)?
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

***The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*** (2014) is an epic high fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. It is the third and final instalment in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on the novel *The Hobbit* by J.R.R. Tolkien, following *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012) and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), and altogether, they act as a prequel to Jackson's *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003).

## Cast

* Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
	+ McKellen reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,* and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
	+ Freeman reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Richard Armitage as Thorin II Oakenshield.
	+ Armitage reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
	+ Lilly reprises her role from *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Lee Pace as Thranduil
	+ Pace reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman
	+ Evans reprises his role from *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug
	+ Cumberbatch reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Ken Stott as Balin
	+ Stott reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
* Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
	+ Blanchett reprises her role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*, and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
* Ian Holm as old Bilbo Baggins
	+ Holm reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, and *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.*
* Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
	+ Lee reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*, and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.*
* Hugo Weaving as Elrond
	+ Weaving reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*, and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.*
* Orlando Bloom as Legolas
	+ Bloom reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, and *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*.
Marion Cotillard

**Marion Cotillard** (1975) is a French actress, singer, and environmentalist.

## Selected filmography

* *The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed* (1994)
* *La Belle Verte* (1996)
* *Taxi* (1998)
* *Pretty Things* (2001)
* *Big Fish* (2003)
* *Love Me If You Dare* (2003)
* *A Very Long Engagement* (2004)
* *Dikkenek* (2006)
* *La Vie en Rose* (2007)
* *Nine* (2009)
* *Public Enemies* (2009)
* *Inception* (2010)
* *Little White Lies* (2010)
* *Contagion* (2011)
* *Midnight in Paris* (2011)
* *Rust and Bone* (2012)
* *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012)
* *The Immigrant* (2013)
* *Two Days, One Night* (2014)
* *Macbeth* (2015)
* *The Little Prince* (2015)
* *April and the Extraordinary World* (2015)
* *Minions* (2015)
* *Allied* (2016)
* *It's Only the End of the World* (2016)
* *Annette* (2021)
The Godfather Part IV

***The Godfather Part IV*** (1999) is the cancelled follow-up to *The Godfather* (1972), *The Godfather Part II* (1974), and *The Godfather Part III* (1990). Director Francis Ford Coppola stated that he and writer Mario Puzo had discussed the potential of a fourth installment. The fourth film was intended to be a prequel and a sequel told in a similar narrative to *Part II*. They had discussed a potental script seeing Vito Corleone and Sonny gaining the families' political power and racketeering empire during the 1930s; and with Vincent Corleone in the 1980s, haunted by Mary's death, running the family business through a ten-year destructive war, and eventually losing the families' business interests, respect and power, seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death, completing the 100-year story of the Corleone family's rise and fall.

## Cast

* Robert De Niro was rumored to reprise his role as Vito Corleone from *The Godfather Part II*.
* Andy Garcia was rumored to reprise his role as Vincent Corleone from *The Godfather Part III*.
* Talia Shire was rumored to reprise her role as Connie Corleone from *The Godfather*, *The Godfather Part II*, and *The Godfather Part III*.
* Leonardo DiCaprio was considered to play a young Sonny Corleone.
The Matrix Reloaded

***The Matrix Reloaded*** (2003) is an American science-fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is a sequel to *The Matrix* (1999) and the second installment in *The Matrix* film series.

*The Matrix Reloaded* was followed by *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003) and *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021).

## Cast

* Keanu Reeves as Neo
	+ Reeves reprises his role from *The Matrix*.
* Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
	+ Fishburne reprises his role from *The Matrix*.
* Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
	+ Moss reprises her role from *The Matrix*.
* Hugo Weaving as Smith
	+ Weaving reprises his role from *The Matrix*.
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe
* Gloria Foster as the Oracle
	+ Foster reprises her role from *The Matrix*.
* Collin Chou as Seraph
	+ Jet Li turned down the role.
* Nona Gaye as Zee
	+ Aaliyah was originally cast in the role (and already shot scenes), but died in August 2001.
Mélanie Laurent

**Mélanie Laurent** (1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer.

## Selected filmography

* *Dikkenek* (2006)
* *Don't Worry, I'm Fine* (2006)
* *Paris* (2008)
* *Inglourious Basterds* (2009)
* *The Round Up* (2010)
* *Beginners* (2011)
* *Et soudain, tout le monde me manque* (2011)
* *The Adopted* (2011)
* *Now You See Me* (2013)
* *Enemy* (2013)
* *Night Train to Lisbon* (2013)
* *Respire* (2014)
* *Operation Finale* (2018)
* *6 Underground* (2019)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

***The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*** (2001) is an epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel *The Fellowship of the Ring* (1954), the first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings*. The film is the first installment in *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy, it was produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Tim Sanders, and written by Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson. It was followed by *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002) and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003).

## Cast

* Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
	+ Jake Gyllenhaal and Dominic Monaghan auditioned for the role.
* Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
	+ Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, Patrick McGoohan, Christopher Plummer, and Sam Neill turned down the role.
	+ Christopher Lee auditioned for the role.
	+ Morgan Freeman was considered for the role.
* Liv Tyler as Arwen Undómiel
	+ Helena Bonham Carter expressed interest in the role.
* Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn "Stider" Elessar II
	+ Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicolas Cage, and Russell Crowe turned down the role.
	+ Vin Diesel auditioned for the role.
	+ Stuart Townsend was cast (and filmed scenes), but dropped out of the role.
* Sean Astin as Samwise "Sam" Gamgee
* Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
	+ Lucy Lawless was considered for the role.
* John Rhys-Davies as Gimli
	+ Billy Connolly was considered for the role.
* Billy Boyd as Peregrin "Pippin" Took
* Dominic Monaghan as Mariadoc "Merry" Brandybuck
* Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf
* Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
* Hugo Weaving as Elrond
	+ David Bowie expressed interest in the role.
* Sean Bean as Boromir
	+ Bruce Willis expressed interest in the role.
	+ Liam Neeson turned down the role.
* Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins
	+ Sylvester McCoy was considered for the role.
* Andy Serkis as Gollum

### Unknown characters

* Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd were considered for a starring role.
Michael Fassbender

**Michael Fassbender** (1977) is a West German-born Irish actor and racing driver.

## Selected filmography

* *300* (2006)
* *Hunger* (2008)
* *Fish Tank* (2009)
* *Inglourious Basterds* (2009)
* *Jane Eyre* (2011)
* *A Dangerous Method* (2011)
* *X-Men: First Class* (2011)
* *Shame* (2011)
* *Prometheus* (2012)
* *12 Years a Slave* (2013)
* *The Counselor* (2013)
* *Frank* (2014)
* *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014)
* *Steve Jobs* (2015)
* *Macbeth* (2015)
* *Slow West* (2015)
* *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016)
* *Alien: Covenant* (2017)
* *Dark Phoenix* (2019)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

***The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*** (2002) is an epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings*. The film is the second instalment in *The* *Lord of the Rings* trilogy, and was produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, and Jackson, from a screenplay by Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson. The film features an ensemble cast. It was preceded by *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001) and followed by *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003).

## Cast

* Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
	+ Wood reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Ian McKellen as Gandalf the White
	+ McKellen reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Liv Tyler as Arwen Undómiel
	+ Tyler reprises her role form *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn Elessar
	+ Mortensen reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Sean Astin as Samwise "Sam" Gamgee
	+ Astin reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
	+ Blanchett reprises her role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* John Rhys-Davies as Gimli
	+ Rhys-Davies reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Bernard Hill as Théoden
	+ Kevin Conway turned down the role.
* Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
	+ Lee reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Billy Boyd as Peregrin "Pippin" Took
	+ Boyd reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Dominic Monaghan as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck
	+ Monaghan reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf
	+ Bloom reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Hugo Weaving as Elrond
	+ Weaving reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
* Miranda Otto as Éowyn
	+ Uma Thurman turned down the role.
* David Wenham as Faramir
	+ Orlando Bloom auditioned for the role.
* Brad Dourif as Gríma Wormtongue
* Karl Urban as Éomer
* Andy Serkis as Gollum
	+ Serkis reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*.
Matt Damon

**Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon** (1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Mystic Pizza* (1988)
* *Good Will Hunting* (1997)
* *Saving Private Ryan* (1998)
* *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1999)
* *Dogma* (1999)
* *Ocean's Eleven* (2001)
* *The Bourne Identity* (2002)
* *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004)
* *Ocean's Twelve* (2004)
* *Syriana* (2005)
* *The Departed* (2006)
* *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007)
* *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007)
* *Invictus* (2009)
* *Behind the Candelabra* (2013)
* *The Martian* (2015)
* *Jason Bourne* (2016)
* *Thor: Ragnarok* (2018)
* *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019)
* *Ford v Ferrari* (2019)
* *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2023)

### What Could Have Been...

* *Fight Club* (1999)
* *Avatar* (2009)
Max von Sydow

**Max von Sydow** (1929-2020) was a Swedish-French actor.

## Selected filmography

* *The Seventh Seal* (1957)
* *The Virgin Spring* (1960)
* *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961)
* *Pelle the Conqueror* (1987)
* *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965)
* *The Exorcist* (1973)
* *Three Days of the Condor* (1975)
* *Flash Gordon* (1980)
* *Never Say Never Again* (1983)
* *Dune* (1984)
* *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986)
* *Minority Report* (2002)
* *Shutter Island* (2010)
* *Robin Hood* (2010)
* *Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close* (2011)
* *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015)
Marlon Brando

**Marlon Brando Jr.** (1924-2004) was an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1951)
* *Viva Zapata!* (1952)
* *The Wild One* (1953)
* *Julius Caesar* (1953)
* *On the Waterfront* (1954)
* *Sayonara* (1957)
* *One-Eyed Jacks* (1961)
* *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1962)
* *The Godfather* (1972)
* *Last Tango in Paris* (1972)
* *Superman* (1978)
* *Apocalypse Now* (1979)
* *The Formula* (1980)
Reese Witherspoon

**Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon** (1976) is an American actress and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *The Man in the Moon* (1991)
* *Cruel Intentions* (1999)
* *Election* (1999)
* *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002)
* *Walk the Line* (2005)
* *Water for Elephants* (2011)
* *Wild* (2014)

### *Legally Blonde*

* *Legally Blonde* (2001)
* *Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde* (2003)

## What Could Have Been...

* *Titanic* (1997)
* *Fight Club* (1999)
Paul Bettany

**Paul Bettany** (1971) is an English actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Gangster No. 1* (2000)
* *A Knight's Tale* (2001)
* *A Beautiful Mind* (2001)
* *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003)
* *Dogville* (2003)
* *Wimbledon* (2004)
* *The Da Vinci Code* (2006)
* *Iron Man* (2008)
* *Creation* (2009)
* *Iron Man 2* (2010)
* *The Tourist* (2010)
* *Margin Call* (2011)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *Iron Man 3* (2013)
* *Shelter* (2014)
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015)
* *Legend* (2015)
* *Captain America: Civil War* (2016)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018)
Robin Williams

**Robin McLaurin Williams** (1951-2014) was an American actor and comedian.

## Selected filmography

* *Popeye* (1980)
* *The World According to Garp* (1982)
* *Moscow on the Hudson* (1984)
* *Good Morning, Vietnam* (1987)
* *Dead Poets Society* (1989)
* *Awakenings* (1990)
* *The Fisher King* (1991)
* *Hook* (1991)
* *Aladdin* (1992)
* *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993)
* *Jumanji* (1995)
* *The Birdcage* (1996)
* *Good Will Hunting* (1997)
* *Patch Adams* (1998)
* *One Hour Photo* (2002)
* *Night at the Museum* (2006)
* *World's Greatest Dad* (2009)
* *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009)
* *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* (2014)

### What Could Have Been...

* *Back to the Future* (1985)
* *The Dark Knight* (2008)
Neil Patrick Harris

**Neil Patrick Harris** (1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host.

## Selected filmography

* *Starship Troopers* (1997)
* *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004)
* *Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay* (2008)
* *A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas* (2011)
* *Beastly* (2011)
* *The Smurfs* (2011)
* *The Smurfs 2* (2013)
* *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014)
* *Gone Girl* (2014)
* *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021)
Ridley Scott

**Sir Ridley Scott** (1937) is an English film director and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *The Duellists* (1977)
* *Alien* (1979)
* *Blade Runner* (1982)
* *Legend* (1985)
* *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987)
* *Black Rain* (1989)
* *Thelma & Louise* (1991)
* *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992)
* *White Squall* (1996)
* *G.I. Jane* (1997)
* *Gladiator* (2000)
* *Hannibal* (2001)
* *Black Hawk Down* (2001)
* *Matchstick Men* (2003)
* *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005)
* *A Good Year* (2006)
* *American Gangster* (2007)
* *Body of Lies* (2008)
* *Robin Hood* (2010)
* *Prometheus* (2012)
* *The Counselor* (2013)
* *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014)
* *The Martian* (2015)
* *Alien: Covenant* (2017)
* *All the Money in the World* (2017)
* *The Last Duel* (2021)
* *House of Gucci* (2021)
* *Napoleon* (TBA)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

***The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*** (2013) is an epic high-fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and produced by WingNut Films in collaboration with New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Warner Bros. Pictures served also as the distributor of this second instalment in the three-part film series based on the novel *The Hobbit* by J.R.R. Tolkien. The film was preceded by *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012) and followed by *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014); together they operate as a prequel to Jackson's *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003).

## Cast

* Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
	+ McKellen reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003), and *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012).
* Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
	+ Freeman reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*.
* Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield II
	+ Armitage reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*.
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug
	+ Cumberbatch reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*.
* Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
* Lee Pace as Thranduil
	+ Pace reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*.
* Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman
* Ken Stott as Balin
	+ Stott reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*.
* James Nesbitt as Bofur
	+ Nesbitt reprises his role from *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*.
* Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf
	+ Bloom reprises his role from *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*, and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*.
Saving Private Ryan

***Saving Private Ryan*** (1998) is an American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war, especially its depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. The film follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller and his squad as they search for a paratrooper, Private first class James Francis Ryan, the last surviving brother of four, the three other brother having been killed in action. The film was a co-production between DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Mutual Film Company. DreamWorks distributed the film in North America while Paramount distributed the film internationally.

## Cast

* Tom Hanks as Captain John H. Miller
	+ Pete Postlethwaite, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson were considered for the role.
* Edward Burns as Private First Class Richard Reiben
* Matt Damon as Private First Class James Francis Ryan
	+ Edward Norton and Noah Wyle turned down the role.
* Tom Sizemore as Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath

### Deleted characters

* Garth Brooks was said to have turned down a role in the film.
Warren Beatty

**Henry Warren Beatty** (1937) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Splendor in the Grass* (1961)
* *Shampoo* (1975)
* *Heaven Can Wait* (1978)
* *Reds* (1981)
* *Dick Tracy* (1990)
* *Bugsy* (1991)
* *Bulworth* (1998)
* *Rules Don't Apply* (2016)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Godfather* (1972)
* *Schindler's List* (1993)
Uma Thurman

**Uma Karuna Thurman** (1970) is an American actress, producer, and fashion model.

## Selected filmography

* *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988)
* *Henry & June* (1990)
* *Pulp Fiction* (1994)
* *The Truth About Cats & Dogs* (1996)
* *Batman & Robin* (1997)
* *Gattaca* (1997)
* *Les Misérables* (1998)
* *Kill Bill: Volume 1* (2003)
* *Paycheck* (2003)
* *Kill Bill: Volume 2* (2004)
* *The Producers* (2005)
* *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006)
* *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010)
* *Nymphomaniac* (2013)
* *The House That Jack Built* (2018)
* *Hollywood Stargirl* (2022)
Tom Berenger

**Tom Berenger** (1949) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977)
* *The Dogs of War* (1980)
* *The Big Chill* (1983)
* *Eddie and the Cruisers* (1983)
* *Platoon* (1986)
* *Betrayed* (1988)
* *Major League* (1989)
* *The Field* (1990)
* *Sniper* (1993)
* *Gettysburg* (1993)
* *Major League II* (1994)
* *The Substitute* (1996)
* *One Man's Hero* (1999)
* *Training Day* (2001)
* *Sniper 2* (2002)
* *Sniper 3* (2004)
* *Inception* (2010)
* *Sniper: Legacy* (2014)
* *Sniper: Ultimate Kill* (2017)
* *Sniper: Assassin's End* (2020)
Tim Robbins

**Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins** (1958) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician.

## Selected filmography

* *Top Gun* (1986)
* *Bull Durham* (1988)
* *Erik the Viking* (1989)
* *The Player* (1992)
* *Bob Roberts* (1992)
* *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994)
* *I.Q.* (1994)
* *Dead Man Walking* (1995)
* *Nothing to Lose* (1997)
* *Mystic River* (2003)
* *Green Lantern* (2011)
Titanic

***Titanic*** (1997) is an American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. Icorporating both historical and fictionalized aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and tells the story of two members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.

## Cast

* Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson
	+ Matthew McConaughey, Chris O'Donnell, Billy Crudup, and Stephen Dorff were considered for the role.
	+ Tom Cruise expressed interest in the role.
	+ Jared Leto declined to audition for the role.
	+ Jeremy Sisto did screen tests for the role.
* Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater
	+ Gwyneth Paltrow, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Gabrielle Anwar, and Reese Witherspoon were considered for the role.
* Billy Zane as Caledon Hockley
	+ Matthew McConaughey was offered the role.
	+ Rob Lowe expressed interest.
* Kathy Bates as Margaret "Molly" Brown
* Frances Fisher as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
* Bernard Hill as Captain Edward John Smith
* Jonathan Hyde as J. Bruce Ismay
* Danny Nucci as Fabrizio
* David Warner as Spicer Lovejoy
* Bill Paxton as Brock Lovett
* Gloria Stuart as Rose Dawson Calvert
	+ Fay Wray was considered for the role.
Stellan Skarsgård

**Stellan Skarsgård** (1951) is a Swedish actor.

## Selected filmography

* *The Hunt for Red October* (1990)
* *Breaking the Waves* (1996)
* *Good Will Hunting* (1997)
* *Ronin* (1998)
* *King Arthur* (2004)
* *Exorcist: The Beginning* (2004)
* *Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist* (2005)
* *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006)
* *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007)
* *Mamma Mia!* (2008)
* *Angels and Demons* (2009)
* *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011)
* *Thor* (2011)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *Thor: The Dark World* (2013)
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015)
* *Cinderella* (2015)
* *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018)
* *Dune* (2021)
Michael Rooker

**Michael Rooker** (1955) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer* (1986)
* *Eight Men Out* (1988)
* *Mississippi Burning* (1988)
* *Sea of Love* (1989)
* *Days of Thunder* (1990)
* *JFK* (1991)
* *Cliffhanger* (1993)
* *Tombstone* (1993)
* *Mallrats* (1995)
* *The Bone Collector* (1999)
* *Slither* (2006)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017)
* *The Suicide Squad* (2021)
Steve Buscemi

**Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi** (1957) is an American actor, filmmaker, and former New York City firefighter.

## Selected filmography

* *Miller's Crossing* (1990)
* *Barton Fink* (1991)
* *Reservoir Dogs* (1992)
* *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994)
* *Pulp Fiction* (1994)
* *Desperado* (1995)
* *Fargo* (1996)
* *Trees Lounge* (1996)
* *Con Air* (1997)
* *Armageddon* (1998)
* *The Big Lebowski* (1998)
* *Animal Factory* (2000)
* *Ghost World* (2001)
* *Monsters, Inc.* (2001)
* *Big Fish* (2003)
* *Lonesome Jim* (2004)
* *Home on the Range* (2004)
* *Paris, je t'aime* (2006)
* *Monster House* (2006)
* *Charlotte's Web* (2006)
* *Interview* (2007)
* *Igor* (2008)
* *G-Force* (2009)
* *Hotel Transylvania* (2012)
* *Monsters University* (2013)
* *Hotel Transylvania 2* (2015)
* *The Death of Stalin* (2017)
* *Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation* (2018)
* *Hotel Transylvania: Transformania* (2022)
Martin Scorsese

**Martin Charles Scorsese** (1942) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Who's That Knocking at My Door* (1967)
* *Boxcar Bertha* (1972)
* *Mean Streets* (1973)
* *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* (1974)
* *Taxi Driver* (1976)
* *New York, New York* (1977)
* *Raging Bull* (1980)
* *The King of Comedy* (1982)
* *After Hours* (1985)
* *The Color of Money* (1986)
* *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988)
* *Goodfellas* (1990)
* *Cape Fear* (1991)
* *The Age of Innocence* (1993)
* *Casino* (1995)
* *Kundun* (1997)
* *Bringing Out the Dead* (1999)
* *Gangs of New York* (2002)
* *The Aviator* (2004)
* *The Departed* (2006)
* *Shutter Island* (2010)
* *Hugo* (2011)
* *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013)
* *Silence* (2016)
* *The Irishman* (2019)
* *Killers of the Flower Moon* (TBA)
Martin Freeman

**Martin John Christopher Freeman** (1971) is an English actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Love Actually* (2003)
* *Shaun of the Dead* (2004)
* *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005)
* *Hot Fuzz* (2007)
* *Nativity!* (2009)
* *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012)
* *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013)
* *The World's End* (2013)
* *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014)
* *Captain America: Civil War* (2016)
* *Black Panther* (2018)
* *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022)
Sam Neill

**Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill** DCNZM OBE (1947) is a Northern Ireland-born New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Sleeping Dogs* (1977)
* *My Brilliant Career* (1979)
* *Omen III: The Final Conflict* (1981)
* *Possession* (1981)
* *A Cry in the Dark* (1988)
* *Dead Calm* (1989)
* *The Hunt for Red October* (1990)
* *The Piano* (1993)
* *Jurassic Park* (1993)
* *Jurassic Park III* (2001)
* *Jurassic World Dominion* (2022)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001)
Seven

***Seven*** (1995), stylized as ***SE7EN***, is an American neo-noir psychological crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The film tells the story of David Mills, a detective who partners with the retiring William Somerset to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders.

## Cast

* Brad Pitt as Detective David Mills
	+ Denzel Washington and Sylvester Stallone turned down the role.
* Morgan Freeman as Detective Lieutenant William Somerset
	+ William Hurt was envisioned by Walker for the role.
	+ Al Pacino was considered for the role.
	+ Robert Duvall and Gene Hackman turned down the role.
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Tracy Mills
	+ Christina Applegate turned down the role.
* John C. McGinley as Police Captain
* Kevin Spacey as John Doe
	+ Ned Beatty, Val Kilmer, and Michael Stipe were considered for the role.
Pam Grier

**Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier** (1939) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *The Big Doll House* (1971)
* *Women in Cages* (1971)
* *The Big Bird Cage* (1972)
* *Coffy* (1973)
* *Black Mama, White Mama* (1973)
* *Scream Blacula Scream* (1973)
* *Foxy Brown* (1974)
* *The Arena* (1974)
* *Sheba, Baby* (1975)
* *Bucktown* (1975)
* *Friday Foster* (1975)
* *Escape to L.A.* (1996)
* *Jackie Brown* (1997)
* *Jawbreaker* (1999)
* *Holy Smoke!* (1999)
* *Bones* (2001)
* *Just Wright* (2010)
* *Larry Crowne* (2011)
* *Poms* (2019)
William Hurt

**William McChord Hurt** (1950-2022) was an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Altered States* (1980)
* *Body Heat* (1981)
* *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985)
* *Children of a Lesser God* (1986)
* *Broadcast News* (1987)
* *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001)
* *The Village* (2004)
* *A History of Violence* (2005)
* *Syriana* (2005)
* *The Good Shepherd* (2006)
* *Mr. Brooks* (2007)
* *Into the Wild* (2007)
* *The Incredible Hulk* (2008)
* *Robin Hood* (2010)
* *Captain America: Civil War* (2016)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
* *Black Widow* (2021)
Sally Field

**Sally Margaret Field** (1946) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *Moon Pilot* (1962)
* *The Way West* (1976)
* *Stay Hungry* (1976)
* *Smokey and the Bandit* (1977)
* *Heroes* (1977)
* *The End* (1978)
* *Hooper* (1978)
* *Norma Rae* (1979)
* *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980)
* *Absence of Malice* (1981)
* *Kiss Me Goodbye* (1982)
* *Places in the Heart* (1984)
* *Murphy's Romance* (1985)
* *Steel Magnolias* (1989)
* *Soapdish* (1991)
* *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993)
* *Forrest Gump* (1994)
* *Lincoln* (2012)
* *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012)
* *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014)
* *Hello, My Name Is Doris* (2015)
The Matrix

***The Matrix*** (1999) is a science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis. It is the first installment in *The Matrix* film series, and depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, the Matrix, which intelligent machines have created to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. When computer programmer Thomas Anderson, under the hacker alias "Neo", uncovers the truth, he joins a rebellion against the machines along with other people who have been freed from the Matrix.

*The Matrix* was followed by *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), and *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021).

## Cast

* Keanu Reeves as Thomas A. Anderson / Neo
	+ Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, and Leonardo DiCaprio turned down the role.
	+ Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer, Johnny Depp, and Sandra Bullock were considered for the role.
* Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
	+ Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Val Kilmer were considered for the role.
* Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
	+ Janet Jackson and Sandra Bullock turned down the role.
	+ Salma Hayek and Jada Pinkett Smith auditioned for the role.
* Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith
	+ Jean Reno turned down the role.
* Joe Pantoliano as Cypher
Chapter 6

**Gnaw Gnaw** (がじがじ, *Gajigaji*) is the 6th chapter in the Aliens Area manga series.

## Summary

Hajime tells Tatsumi to watch over the alien girl, while he arrests the assassin. Nyame doesn't believe the Earthlings can beat the assassin and decides that when they fail to take Paiun and run. Ninotachi states that Earthlings are ignorant, but if they disrespect him, he can't easily forgive them. Hajime states that he is ignorant and is underestimating him, and Tatsumi doesn't know anything, so he will be using Ninotachi to instruct Tatsumi. That angers Ninotachi, who shoots out a beam from his sword handle. Surprised, Hajime still manages to dodge by deactivating his equipment. Tatsumi is surprised by the power of the beam as it cut through multiple walls.

Hajime bets that Ninotachi's weapon will be recharging right now. He figures that this is directional optical weapon, shooting Beam of Light. The sword from earlier was a shape-memory optical weapon. Hajime tells Tatsumi that he needs to learn the enemy gear and each has three. He notes that he has a tube-like device and uses it with optical equipment. Tatsumi realizes that the device is a clue to the equipment and Hajime confirms, but before he can finish, he notices Ninotachi making his equipment light up, but doesn't shoot anything. As Hajime turns again, he sees a device shooting a laser and hitting his cheek, and realizes its a weapon they have never seen on Earth before. Ninotachi explains that the beam haven't charged yet, but it set him up as a target. Nyame recognizes that this is a marker and once it chooses its target it will it will track him automatically. Ninotachi adds that the beam will follow him until it kills him and he will spare him only if he gives him the princess.

Ninotachi wonders why he is even bothering protecting her. Hajime states that he will protect her from scum like him, until her mother planet takes her. Ninotachi laughs, saying that he is indeed ignorant and that the butler is fooling him. Ninotachi reveals that the motherplanet is already a colony and the butler knows it. His mission is to end the royal line, to prevent any attempts for revenge. No one is coming for the princess and all of her family has been executed already. Nyame tells Paiun to not listen to him. Ninotachi states that if they keep her alive, more assassins like him will come and she is better off dead. Tatsumi also tells Paiun to ignore him. Paiun then climbs on his head and bites him while crying. Hajime tells Tatsumi to watch her. Nyame tells him there is no need for him to die and they should run, but Hajime assures him, he won't be dying. Hajime then activates his second equipment.

## Characters

* Hajime Sharaku
* Ninotachi
* Tatsumi Tatsunami
* Paiun
* Nyame
Mel Gibson

**Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson** AO (1956) is an American-Irish actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Mad Max* (1979)
* *Mad Max 2* (1981)
* *Gallipoli* (1981)
* *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985)
* *Lethal Weapon* (1987)
* *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989)
* *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992)
* *Braveheart* (1995)
* *Lethal Weapon 4* (1998)
* *The Passion of the Christ* (2004)
* *Apocalypto* (2006)
* *Edge of Darkness* (2010)
* *The Beaver* (2011)
* *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016)
Steve Carell

**Steven John "Steve" Carell** (1962) is an American actor and comedian.

## Selected filmography

* *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004)
* *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* (2005)
* *Over the Hedge* (2006)
* *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006)
* *Evan Almighty* (2007)
* *Get Smart* (2008)
* *Horton Hears a Who!* (2008)
* *Date Night* (2010)
* *Despicable Me* (2010)
* *Crazy, Stupid, Love* (2011)
* *Anchorman; The Legend Continues* (2013)
* *The Way, Way Back* (2013)
* *Despicable Me 2* (2013)
* *Foxcatcher* (2014)
* *The Big Short* (2015)
* *Despicable Me 3* (2017)
* *Battle of the Sexes* (2017)
* *Vice* (2018)
* *Beautiful Boy* (2018)
* *Despicable Me 4* (2024)