recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Benedict Cumberbatch

**Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch** CBE (1976) is an English actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Amazing Grace* (2006)
* *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012)
* *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013)
* *12 Years a Slave* (2013)
* *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013)
* *The Imitation Game* (2014)
* *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014)
* *Doctor Strange* (2016)
* *1917* (2019)
* *The Courier* (2020)
* *The Power of the Dog* (2021)
* *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* (2022)
Bradley Cooper

**Bradley Charles Cooper** (1975) is an American actor and filmmaker.

## Selected filmography

* *Wet Hot American Summer* (2001)
* *Wedding Crashers* (2005)
* *The Hangover* (2009)
* *The Hangover Part II* (2011)
* *Limitless* (2011)
* *The Place Beyond the Pines* (2012)
* *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012)
* *The Hangover Part III* (2013)
* *American Hustle* (2013)
* *American Sniper* (2014)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *A Star Is Born* (2018)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
* *Nightmare Alley* (2021)
* *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023)
Ian McShane

**Ian David McShane** (1942) is an English actor, producer, and director.

## Selected filmography

* *The Wild and the Willing* (1962)
* *It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium* (1969)
* *Villain* (1971)
* *Sexy Beast* (2000)
* *Hot Rod* (2007)
* *Shrek the Third* (2007)
* *Kung Fu Panda* (2008)
* *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011)
* *John Wick* (2014)
* *John Wick: Chapter 2* (2017)
* *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019)
* *John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum* (2019)
* *John Wick: Chapter 4* (2023)
* *John Wick: Chapter 5* (TBA)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012)
Joe Pantoliano

**Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano** (1951) is an American character.

## Selected filmography

* *Risky Business* (1983)
* *The Goonies* (1985)
* *La Bamba* (1987)
* *Empire of the Sun* (1987)
* *The Fugitive* (1993)
* *Bad Boys* (1995)
* *Bound* (1996)
* *The Matrix* (1999)
* *Memento* (2000)
* *Bad Boys II* (2003)
* *Bad Boys for Life* (2020)
Edward Norton

**Edward Harrison Norton** (1969) is an American actor and filmmaker.

## Selected filmography

* *Primal Fear* (1996)
* *American History X* (1998)
* *Fight Club* (1999)
* *Keeping the Faith* (2000)
* *Down in the Valley* (2005)
* *The Painted Veil* (2006)
* *The Score* (2001)
* *25th Hour* (2002)
* *Red Dragon* (2002)
* *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005)
* *The Illusionist* (2006)
* *The Incredible Hulk* (2008)
* *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012)
* *The Bourne Legacy* (2012)
* *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014)
* *Birdman* (2014)

### What Could Have Been...

* *Saving Private Ryan* (1998)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022)
Schindler's List

***Schindler's List*** (1993) is an American historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the non-fiction novel *Schindler's Ark* (1982) by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II.

## Cast

* Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler
	+ Warren Beatty participated in a script reading in the role.
	+ Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson expressed interest in the role.
* Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern
* Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth
	+ Dustin Hoffman turned down the role.
* Caroline Goodall as Emilie Schindler
* Jonathan Sagall as Poldek Pfefferberg
* Embeth Davidtz as Helen Hirsch
The Prestige

***The Prestige*** (2006) is a mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan, based on the novel *The Prestige* (1995) by Christopher Priest. It follows robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship, with fatal results.

## Cast

* Hugh Jackman as Robert "The Great Danton" Angier / Lord Cardlow
* Christian Bale as Alfred "The Professor" Borden / Bernard Fallon
* Michael Caine as John Cutter
* Scarlett Johansson as Olivia Wenscombe
* Rebecca Hall as Sarah Borden
* Andy Serkis as Mr. Alley
* David Bowie as Nikola Tesla
* Piper Perabo as Julia McCullough
Sigourney Weaver

**Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver** (1949) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *Alien* (1979)
* *Ghostbusters* (1984)
* *Aliens* (1986)
* *Gorillas in the Mist* (1988)
* *Working Girl* (1988)
* *Ghostbusters II* (1989)
* *Alien 3* (1992)
* *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992)
* *Death and the Maiden* (1994)
* *Alien: Resurrection* (1997)
* *The Ice Storm* (1997)
* *Avatar* (2009)
* *Ghosbusters* (2016)
* *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021)
* *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022)
* *Avatar 3* (2024)
The Shawshank Redemption

***The Shawshank Redemption*** is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King novella *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption* (1982). It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne, who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding, and becomes instrumental in a money-laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton.

## Cast

* Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne
	+ Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood, and Paul Newman were considered.
	+ Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, and Charlie Sheen passed on the role.
* Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
	+ Harrison Ford was also considered for the role.
* Bob Gunton as Samuel Norton
* William Sadler as Heywood
* Clancy Brown as Byron Hadley
* Gil Bellows as Tommy Williams
	+ Brad Pitt dropped out of the role.
* James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen
* Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond
	+ James Gandolfini passed on the role.

## Crew

* directed by Frank Darabont
	+ Rob Reiner expressed interest in directing.
* screenplay by Frank Darabont
* based on *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption* by Stephen King
* produced by Niki Marvin for Castle Rock Entertainment
* cinematography by Roger Deakins
* edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
* music by Thomas Newman
* distributed by Columbia Pictures
Robert Redford

**Charles Robert Redford Jr.** (1936) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist.

## Selected filmography

* *War Hunt* (1962)
* *Barefoot in the Park* (1963)
* *Inside Daisy Clover* (1965)
* *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969)
* *Jeremiah Johnson* (1972)
* *The Sting* (1973)
* *The Way We Were* (1973)
* *All the President's Men* (1976)
* *Ordinary People* (1980)
* *Brubaker* (1980)
* *Out of Africa* (1985)
* *A River Runs Through It* (1992)
* *Quiz Show* (1995)
Sam Worthington

**Samuel Henry John "Sam" Worthington** (1976) is an Australian actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Somersault* (2004)
* *Avatar* (2009)
* *Terminator Salvation* (2009)
* *Clash of the Titans* (2010)
* *The Debt* (2010)
* *Wrath of the Titans* (2012)
* *Everest* (2015)
* *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016)
* *The Shack* (2017)
* *Manhunt: Unabomber* (2017)
* *Fractured* (2019)
Sacha Baron Cohen

**Sacha Noam Baron Cohen** (1971) is an English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Ali G Indahouse* (2002)
* *Madagascar* (2005)
* *Borat* (2006)
* *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006)
* *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2007)
* *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008)
* *Brüno* (2009)
* *Hugo* (2011)
* *The Dictator* (2012)
* *Les Misérables* (2012)
* *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012)
* *Anchorman 2; The Legend Continues* (2013)
* *Grimsby* (2016)
* *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (2016)
* *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* (2020)
* *The Trial of the Chicago 7* (2020)
* *Luca* (2021)
The Godfather Part II

***The Godfather Part II*** (1974) is an American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the novel *The Godfather* (1969) by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. *Part II* serves as both a sequel and a prequel to the film *The Godfather* (1972), presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone, the new Don of the Corleone family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone, from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City.

*The Godfather Part II* was followed by *The Godfather Part III* (1990).

## Cast

* Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
	+ Pacino reprises his role from *The Godfather*.
* Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen.
	+ Duvall reprises his role from *The Godfather*.
* Diane Keaton as Kay Adams-Corleone
	+ Keaton reprises her role from *The Godfather*.
* Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone
	+ Marlon Brando played this role in *The Godfather*.
* Talia Shire as Connie Corleone
	+ Shire reprises her role from *The Godfather*.
* Morgana King as Mama Carmela Corleone
	+ King reprises her role from *The Godfather*.
* John Cazale as Fredo Corleone
	+ Cazale reprises his role from *The Godfather*.
* Mariana Hill as Deanna Corleone
* Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth
	+ Elia Kazan turned down the role.

### Deleted characters

* Richard S. Castellano turned down reprising his role as Peter Clemenza from *The Godfather*.
* James Cagney turned down a role in the film.
Denzel Washington

**Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.** (1954) is an American actor, director, and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *A Soldier's Story* (1984)
* *Cry Freedom* (1987)
* *Glory* (1989)
* *Malcolm X* (1992)
* *Much Ado About Nothing* 1993)
* *The Pelican Brief* (1993)
* *Philadelphia* (1993)
* *The Hurricane* (1993)
* *Remember the Titans* (2000)
* *Training Day* (2001)
* *The Great Debaters* (2007)
* *American Gangster* (2007)
* *Flight* (2012)
* *Fences* (2016)
Michelle Williams

**Michelle Ingrid Williams** (1980) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *Lassie* (1994)
* *Brokeback Mountain* (2005)
* *Wendy and Lucy* (2008)
* *Blue Valentine* (2010)
* *Manchester by the Sea* (2016)
* *My Week with Marilyn* (2011)
* *Shutter Island* (2010)
* *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013)
* *The Greatest Showman* (2017)
* *Venom* (2018)
* *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021)
Rutger Hauer

**Rutger Oelsen Hauer** (1944-2019) was a Dutch actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Turkish Delight* (1973)
* *Soldier of Orange* (1977)
* *Spetters* (1980)
* *Nighthawks* (1981)
* *Blade Runner* (1982)
* *The Osterman Weekend* (1983)
* *Ladyhawke* (1985)
* *The Hitcher* (1986)
* *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* (1988)
* *Blind Fury* (1989)
* *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1992)
* *Confessions of a Dangerous Mind* (2002)
* *Batman Begins* (2005)
* *Sin City* (2005)
* *The Rite* (2011)
* *The Heineken Kidnapping* (2011)
Robert Zemeckis

**Robert Lee Zemeckis** (1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

## Filmography

* *I Want to Hold Your Hand* (1978)
* *Used Cars* (1980)
* *Romancing the Stone* (1984)
* *Back to the Future* (1985)
* *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988)
* *Back to the Future Part II* (1989)
* *Back to the Future Part III* (1990)
* *Death Becomes Her* (1992)
* *Forrest Gump* (1994)
* *Contact* (1997)
* *What Lies Beneath* (2000)
* *Cast Away* (2000)
* *The Polar Express* (2004)
* *Beowulf* (2007)
* *A Christmas Carol* (2009)
* *Flight* (2012)
* *The Walk* (2015)
* *Allied* (2016)
* *Welcome to Marwen* (2018)
* *The Witches* (2020)
* *Pinocchio* (2022)
The Green Mile

***The Green Mile*** (1999) is an American magical realism drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King's novel *The Green Mile* (1996). In the film, a death row prison guard during the Great Depression witnesses supernatural events following the arrival of an enigmatic convict at his facility.

## Cast

* Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb
	+ John Travolta turned down the role.
* David Morse as Brutus "Brutal" Howell
* Bonnie Hunt as Jan Edgecomb
* Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey
	+ Shaquille O'Neal turned down the role.
* James Cromwell as Hal Moores
* Michael Jeter as Eduard "Del" Delacroix
* Graham Greene as Arlen Bitterbuck
* Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore
* Sam Rockwell as William "Wild Bill" Wharton
	+ Josh Brolin was considered for the role.
* Barry Pepper as Dean Stanton
* Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Terwillinger
* Patricia Clarkson as Melinda Moores
* Harry Dean Stanton as Toot-Toot
Robin Wright

**Robin Gayle Wright** (1966) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *The Princess Bride* (1987)
* *Forrest Gump* (1994)
* *Message in a Bottle* (1999)
* *Unbreakable* (2000)
* *The Conspirator* (2010)
* *Moneyball* (2011)
* *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011)
* *Everest* (2015)
* *Wonder Woman* (2017)
* *Blade Runner 2049* (2017)
Sandra Bullock

**Sandra Annette Bullock** (1964) is an American-German actress and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *Hangmen* (1987)
* *Demolition Man* (1993)
* *Speed* (1994)
* *While You Were Sleeping* (1995)
* *The Net* (1995)
* *A Time to Kill* (1996)
* *Hope Floats* (1998)
* *Miss Congeniality* (2000)
* *Two Weeks Notice* (2002)
* *Crash* (2004)
* *Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous* (2005)
* *Premonition* (2007)
* *The Proposal* (2009)
* *The Blind Side* (2009)
* *All About Steve* (2009)
* *The Heat* (2013)
* *Gravity* (2013)
* *Ocean's 8* (2018)
* *Bird Box* (2018)
* *The Unforgivable* (2021)
* *The Lost City* (2022)
The Inglorious Bastards

***The Inglorious Bastards*** (1978), originally titled ***Quel maledetto treno blindato***, is an Italian Euro War film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film, which concerns a group of prisoners who are drafted into a special war mission in 1944, is a loose (unauthorized) remake of the American film *The Dirty Dozen* (1967).

## Cast

* Bo Svenson as Lieutenant Robert Yeager
* Fred Williamson as Private Fred Canfield
* Peter Hooten as Tony
Tom Sizemore

**Thomas Edward "Tom" Sizemore Jr.** (1961) is an American actor and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989)
* *Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man* (1991)
* *Passenger 57* (1992)
* *True Romance* (1993)
* *Natural Born Killers* (1994)
* *Strange Days* (1995)
* *Heat* (1995)
* *Saving Private Ryan* (1998)
* *Red Planet* (2000)
* *Black Hawk Down* (2001)
* *Pearl Harbor* (2001)
* *Zyzzyx Road* (2006)
Ving Rhames

**Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames** (1959) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Jacob's Ladder* (1990)
* *Dave* (1993)
* *Pulp Fiction* (1994)
* *Mission: Impossible* (1996)
* *Striptease* (1996)
* *Con Air* (1997)
* *Only in America* (1997)
* *Out of Sight* (1998)
* *Entrapment* (1999)
* *Bringing Out the Dead* (1999)
* *Mission: Impossible 2* (2000)
* *Lilo & Stitch* (2002)
* *Stitch! The Movie* (2003)
* *Dawn of the Dead* (2004)
* *Mission: Impossible III* (2006)
* *Leroy & Stitch* (2006)
* *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011)
* *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015)
* *Mission: Impossible - Fallout* (2018)
* *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One* (2023)
* *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two* (2024)
Memento

***Memento*** (2000) is an American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd. The film's script was based on a pitch by Nolan's brother Jonathan, who wrote the story *Memento Mori* (2001) from the concept. In the film, Leonard Shelby is a man who suffers from anterograde amnesia, resulting in short-term memory loss and the inability to form new memories. He is searching for the people who attacked him and killed his wife, using an intricate system of Polaroid photographs and tattoos to track information he cannot remember.

A remake, *Memento*, is in development.

## Cast

* Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby
	+ Brad Pitt turned down the role.
	+ Aaron Eckhart and Thomas Jane were considered for the role.
* Carrie-Anne Moss as Natalie
	+ Mary McCormack expressed interest in the role.
* Joe Pantoliano as John Edward "Teddy" Gammell
	+ Denis Leary turned down the role.
Sean Penn

**Sean Justin Penn** (1960) is an American actor and director.

## Selected filmography

* *Taps* (1981)
* *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982)
* *Bad Boys* (1983)
* *At Close Range* (1986)
* *State of Grace* (1990)
* *The Indian Runner* (1991)
* *Carlito's Way* (1993)
* *Dead Man Walking* (1995)
* *The Crossing Guard* (1995)
* *She's So Lovely* (1997)
* *Hurlyburly* (1998)
* *Sweet and Lowdown* (1999)
* *I Am Sam* (2001)
* *The Pledge* (2001)
* *11'09"01 September 11* (2002)
* *21 Grams* (2003)
* *Into the Wild* (2007)

### What Could Have Been...

* *Forrest Gump* (1994)
* *Fight Club* (1999)
Leonardo DiCaprio

**Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio** (1974) is an American actor and film producer.

## Selected filmography

* *This Boy's Life* (1993)
* *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993)
* *Romeo + Juliet* (1996)
* *Titanic* (1997)
* *Catch Me If You Can* (2002)
* *Gangs of New York* (2002)
* *The Aviator* (2004)
* *Blood Diamond* (2006)
* *The Departed* (2006)
* *Revolutionary Road* (2008)
* *Inception* (2010)
* *Django Unchained* (2012)
* *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013)
* *The Revenant* (2015)
* *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* (2019)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Matrix* (1999)
* *The Godfather Part IV* (1999)
* *Inglourious Basterds* (2009)
* *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012)
* *Joker* (2019)
Orlando Bloom

**Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom** (1977) is an English actor.

## Selected filmography

* *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)
* *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003)
* *Troy* (2004)
* *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
* *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007)
* *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013)
* *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014)
* *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017)
Steve Martin

**Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin** (1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

## Selected filmography

* *The Jerk* (1979)
* *Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid* (1982)
* *The Man with Two Brains* (1983)
* *Three Amigo* (1986)
* *Planes, Trains and Automobiles* (1987)
* *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (1988)
* *Parenthood* (1989)
* *L.A. Story* (1991)
* *Father of the Bride* (1991)
* *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995)
* *Bowfinger* (1999)
* *Looney Tunes: Back in Action* (2003)
* *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003)
* *Cheaper by the Dozen 2* (2005)
* *It's Complicated* (2010)
Andy Garcia

**Andrés Arturo "Andy" García Menéndez** (1956) is an American actor and director.

## Selected filmography

* *The Untouchables* (1987)
* *Stand and Deliver* (1988)
* *Internal Affairs* (1990)
* *The Godfather Part III* (1990)
* *Hero* (1992)
* *When a Man Loves a Woman* (1994)
* *Desperate Measures* (1998)
* *For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story* (2000)
* *Ocean's Eleven* (2001)
* *Ocean's Twelve* (2004)
* *The Lost City* (2005)
* *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007)
* *New York, I Love You* (2008)
* *City Island* (2009)
* *At Middleton* (2013)
* *Kill the Messenger* (2014)
* *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018)
* *Book Club* (2018)
* *The Mule* (2018)
The Godfather Part III

***The Godfather Part III*** (1990) is an American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo. The film is the third and final installment in *The Godfather* trilogy. A sequel to *The Godfather* (1972) and *The Godfather Part II* (1974), it concludes the fictional story of Michael Corleone, the patriarch of the Corleone family who attempts to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events: the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981-82, both linked to Michael Corleone's business affairs.

A sequel, *The Godfather Part IV*, was cancelled.

## Cast

* Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
	+ Pacino reprises his role from *The Godfather* and *The Godfather: Part II*.
* Diane Keaton as Kay Adams-Corleone
	+ Keaton reprises her role from *The Godfather* and *The Godfather: Part II*.
* Talia Shire as Connie Corleone
	+ Shire reprises her role from *The Godfather* and *The Godfather: Part II*.
* Andy Garcia as Vincent Corleone
* Eli Wallach as Don Altobello
* Joe Mantegna as Joey Zasa
* Bridget Fonda as Grace Hamilton
* George Hamilton as B.J. Harrison
* Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone
	+ Julia Roberts and Winona Ryder dropped out of the role.
	+ Madonna expressed interest in the role.
	+ Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered preparing for auditioning for the role.

### Deleted characters

* Robert Duvall turned down reprising his role as Tom Hagen from *The Godfather* (1972) and *The Godfather Part II* (1974).
Robert Duvall

**Robert Selden Duvall** (1931) is an American actor and filmmaker.

## Selected filmography

* *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962)
* *Captain Newman, M.D.* (1963)
* *Bullitt* (1968)
* *True Grit* (1969)
* *M\*A\*S\*H* (1970)
* *THX 1138* (1971)
* *Tomorrow* (1972)
* *Joe Kidd* (1972)
* *The Godfather* (1972)
* *The Godfather Part II* (1974)
* *The Conversation* (1974)
* *Network* (1976)
* *Apocalypse Now* (1979)
* *The Great Santini* (1979)
* *Tender Mercies* (1983)
* *The Natural* (1984)
* *Colors* (1988)
* *Lonesome Dove* (1989)
* *The Handmaid's Tale* (1990)
* *Days of Thunder* (1990)
* *Rambling Rose* (1991)
* *Falling Down* (1993)
* *Secondhand Lions* (2003)
* *The Judge* (2014)
* *Widows* (2018)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Godfather Part III* (1990)
* *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994)
* *Seven* (1995)
Ted Levine

**Frank Theodore "Ted" Levine** (1957) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991)
* *Nowhere to Run* (1993)
* *Bullet* (1996)
* *The Fast and the Furious* (2001)
* *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005)
* *American Gangster* (2007)
* *Shutter Island* (2010)
* *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018)
* *The Report* (2019)
Sergio Corbucci

**Sergio Corbucci** (1926-1990) was an Italian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *Supreme Confession* (1956)
* *Who Hesitates Is Lost* (1960)
* *Goliath and the Vampires* (1961)
* *Duel of the Titans* (1961)
* *The Two Marshals* (1961)
* *The Slave* (1962)
* *The Shortest Day* (1963)
* *Grand Canyon Massacre* (1964)
* *Minnesota Clay* (1965)
* *The Man Who Laughs* (1966)
* *Django* (1966)
* *Ringo and His Golden Pistol* (1966)
* *Navajo Joe* (1966)
* *The Cruel Ones* (1967)
* *Death on the Run* (1967)
* *The Mercenary* (1968)
* *The Great Silence* (1968)
* *The Specialists* (1969)
* *Compañeros* (1970)
* *La Banda J.S.: Cronaca criminale del Far West* (1972)
* *What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?* (1972)
* *The Beast* (1974)
* *Shoot First... Ask Questions Later* (1975)
* *Di che segno sei?* (1975)
* *The Con Artists* (1976)
* *Mr. Robinson* (1975)
* *Three Tigers Against Three Tigers* (1977)
* *Ecco noi per esempio...* (1977)
* *The Payoff* (1978)
* *Odds and Evens* (1978)
* *Neapolitan Mystery* (1979)
* *Super Fuzz* (1980)
* *I Don't Understand You Anymore* (1980)
* *I'm Getting a Yacht* (1980)
* *Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure* (1981)
* *My Darling, My Dearest* (1982)
* *Days of Inspector Ambrosio* (1988)
Memento (remake)

***Memento*** (TBA) is an announced remake of *Memento* (2000). AMBI Pictures announced its plans to remake *Memento*, one of several film rights that AMBI acquired from its acquisition of Exclusive Media, in November 2015. Monika Bacardi, an executive for AMBI Pictures, stated that they plan to "stay true to Christopher Nolan's vision and deliver a memorable movie that is every bit as edgy, iconic and award-worthy as the original". As of April 2018, the film was still in the works.
Vin Diesel

**Mark Sinclair** (1967), known professionally as **Vin Diesel**, is an American actor and producer.

## Selected filmography

* *Strays* (1997)
* *Saving Private Ryan* (1998)
* *The Iron Giant* (1999)
* *Pitch Black* (2000)
* *The Fast and the Furious* (2001)
* *XXX* (2002)
* *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004)
* *The Pacifier* (2005)
* *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* (2006)
* *Find Me Guilty* (2006)
* *Fast & Furious* (2009)
* *Fast Five* (2011)
* *Fast & Furious 6* (2013)
* *Riddick* (2013)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014)
* *Furious 7* (2015)
* *The Fate of the Furious* (2017)
* *XXX: Return of Xander Cage* (2017)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
* *Bloodshot* (2020)
* *F9* (2021)
* *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022)
* *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022)
* *Fast X* (2023)
* *XXX 4* (TBA)

### What Could Have Been...

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

***The Avengers*** (2012), also known as ***Marvel's The Avengers*** and ***Marvel Avengers Assemble***, is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Picturs, it is the sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the film features an ensemble cast. In the film, Nick Fury, and the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. recruit Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Thor, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton to form a team capable of stopping Thor's brother Loki from subjugating Earth.

*The Avengers* is a cross-over sequel of *Iron Man* (2008), *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), *Iron Man 2* (2010), *Thor* (2011), and *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), and was followed by the sequels *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

## Cast

* Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
	+ Downey reprises his role from *Iron Man*, *The Incredible Hulk*, and *Iron Man 2*.
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
	+ Evans reprises his role from *Captain America: The First Avenger*.
* Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk
	+ Edward Norton played the character in *The Incredible Hulk*.
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor
	+ Hemsworth reprises his role from *Thor*.
* Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
	+ Johansson reprises her role from *Iron Man 2*.
	+ Emily Blunt dropped out of the role.
* Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye
	+ Renner reprises his role from *Thor*.
* Tom Hiddleston as Loki
	+ Hiddleston reprises his role from *Thor*.
* Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
	+ Gregg reprises his role from *Iron Man*, *Iron Man 2*, and *Thor*.
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
	+ Morena Baccarin was considered for the role.
* Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig
	+ Skarsgård reprises his role from *Thor*.
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
	+ Jackson reprises his role from *Iron Man*, *Iron Man 2*, *Thor*, and *Captain America: The First Avenger*.

### Deleted characters

* Don Cheadle was reported to reprise his role as War Machine from *Iron Man 2*.
* Hugo Weaving was considered to reprise his role as Red Skull from *Captain America: The First Avenger*.
* Zooey Deschanel was considered for the role of the Wasp.
Mark Ruffalo

**Mark Alan Ruffalo** (1967) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *You Can Count on Me* (2000)
* *In the Cut* (2003)
* *13 Going on 30* (2004)
* *Just Like Heaven* (2005)
* *Zodiac* (2007)
* *Shutter Island* (2010)
* *The Kids Are All Right* (2010)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *Iron Man 3* (2013)
* *Foxcatcher* (2014)
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015)
* *Spotlight* (2015)
* *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *Captain Marvel* (2019)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
* *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021)
Priyanka Chopra

**Priyanka Chopra Jonas** (1982) is an Indian actress, model, and singer.

## Selected filmography

* *Thamizhan* (2002)
* *The Hero: Love Story of a Spy* (2003)
* *Andaaz* (2003)
* *Mujhse Shaadi Karogi* (2004)
* *Aitraaz* (2004)
* *Krrish* (2006)
* *Don* (2006)
* *Fashion* (2008)
* *Dostana* (2008)
* *Kaminey* (2009)
* *Don 2* (2011)
* *7 Khoon Maaf* (2011)
* *Barfi!* (2012)
* *Krrish 3* (2013)
* *Mary Kom* (2014)
* *Dil Dhadakne Do* (2015)
* *Bajirao Mastani* (2015)
* *Baywatch* (2017)
* *The Sky Is Pink* (2019)
* *The White Tiger* (2021)
* *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021)
Nick Nolte

**Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte** (1941) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *The Deep* (1977)
* *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978)
* *North Dallas Forty* (1979)
* *48 Hrs.* (1982)
* *Teachers* (1984)
* *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986)
* *Three Fugitives* (1989)
* *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990)
* *Everybody Wins* (1990)
* *The Prince of Tides* (1991)
* *Cape Fear* (1991)
* *Lorenzo's Oil* (1992)
* *I Love Trouble* (1994)
* *Blue Chips* (1994)
* *Affliction* (1998)
* *The Thin Red Line* (1998)
* *The Good Thief* (2002)
* *Hulk* (2003)
* *Hotel Rwanda* (2004)
* *Over the Hedge* (2006)
* *Tropic Thunder* (2008)
* *Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore* (2010)
* *Warrior* (2011)
* *A Walk in the Woods* (2015)
* *Angel Has Fallen* (2019)
Zooey Deschanel

**Zooey Claire Deschanel** (1980) is an American actress, model, musician, singer, and songwriter.

## Selected filmography

* *Mumford* (1999)
* *Almost Famous* (2000)
* *Manic* (2001)
* *The Good Girl* (2002)
* *The New Guy* (2002)
* *Elf* (2003)
* *All the Real Girls* (2003)
* *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005)
* *Winter Passing* (2005)
* *Failure to Launch* (2006)
* *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007)
* *Yes Man* (2008)
* *The Happening* (2008)
* *500 Days of Summer* (2009)
* *Our Idiot Brother* (2011)
* *The Driftless Area* (2015)
Meg Ryan

**Meg Ryan** (1961) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *When Harry Met Sally...* (1989)
* *Joe Versus the Volcano* (1990)
* *The Doors* (1991)
* *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993)
* *When a Man Loves a Woman* (1994)
* *French Kiss* (1995)
* *Courage Under Fire* (1996)
* *Anastasia* (1997)
* *Addicted to Love* (1997)
* *You've Got Mail* (1998)
* *City of Angels* (1998)
* *Proof of Life* (2000)
* *Kate & Leopold* (2001)
* *The Women* (2008)
* *Ithaca* (2015)
Jeremy Renner

**Jeremy Lee Renner** (1971) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Dahmer* (2002)
* *S.W.A.T.* (2003)
* *Neo Ned* (2005)
* *28 Weeks Later* (2007)
* *The Hurt Locker* (2008)
* *The Town* (2010)
* *Thor* (2011)
* *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *The Bourne Legacy* (2012)
* *Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters* (2013)
* *American Hustle* (2013)
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015)
* *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015)
* *Captain America: Civil War* (2016)
* *Arrival* (2016)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
Mark Hamill

**Mark Richard Hamill** (1951) is an American actor, voice artist, and writer.

## Selected filmography

* *Star Wars* (1977)
* *Corvette Summer* (1978)
* *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980)
* *The Big Red One* (1980)
* *Return of the Jedi* (1983)
* *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015)
* *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017)
* *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019)
Pulp Fiction

***Pulp Fiction*** (1994) is an American black comedy crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino who conceived it with Roger Avary. It tells several stories of crime in Los Angeles. The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.

A cross-over sequel to *Reservoir Dogs* (1992) and *Pulp Fiction*, titled *The Vega Brothers* (later *Double V Vega*), was once in development, but remains unproduced.

## Cast

* John Travolta as Vincent Vega
	+ Michael Madsen turned down the role of Vic Vega, his character in *Reservoir Dogs* (1992).
	+ Daniel Day-Lewis and Tim Roth were considered for the role.
* Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield
	+ Paul Calderón and Phil LaMarr auditioned for the role.
	+ Laurence Fishburne turned down the role.
	+ Gary Oldman was considered for the role.
* Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace
	+ Holly Hunter, Meg Ryan, Alfre Woodard, and Meg Tilly were considered for the role.
* Harvey Keitel as Winston Wolfe
* Tim Roth as Ringo / Pumpkin
	+ Johnny Depp and Christian Slater were considered for the role.
* Amanda Plummer as Yolanda / Honey Bunny
* Maria de Medeiros as Fabienne
* Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace
	+ Max Julien and Sid Haig turned down the role.
* Eric Stoltz as Lance
	+ Gary Oldman and Quentin Tarantino were considered for the role.
* Rosanna Arquette as Jody
	+ Pam Grier and Ellen DeGeneres auditioned for the role.
* Christopher Walken as Captain Koons
* Bruce Willis as Bruce Willis
* Phil LaMarr as Marvin
* Quentin Tarantino as Jimmy
	+ Steve Buscemi dropped out of the role.
* Frank Whaley as Brett
	+ Phil LaMarr auditioned for the role.
* Steve Buscemi as a waiter at Jack Rabbit Slim's, dressed as Buddy Holly
* Paul Calderón as Paul
Michael Jeter

**Robert Michael Jeter** (1952-2003) was an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Zelig* (1983)
* *Tango & Cash* (1989)
* *The Fisher King* (1991)
* *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993)
* *Waterworld* (1995)
* *Air Bud* (1997)
* *Mouse Hunt* (1997)
* *Patch Adams* (1998)
* *The Green Mile* (1999)
* *Jurassic Park III* (2001)
* *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002)
* *Open Range* (2003)
* *The Polar Express* (2004)
Robert De Niro

**Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.** (1943) is an American actor, producer, and director.

## Selected filmography

* *Greetings* (1968)
* *Bang the Drum Slowly* (1973)
* *Mean Streets* (1973)
* *The Godfather Part II* (1974)
* *Taxi Driver* (1976)
* *1900* (1976)
* *The Deer Hunter* (1978)
* *Raging Bull* (1980)
* *The King of Comedy* (1982)
* *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984)
* *Brazil* (1985)
* *The Mission* (1986)
* *Midnight Run* (1988)
* *Goodfellas* (1990)
* *Awakenings* (1990)
* *Cape Fear* (1991)
* *This Boy's Life* (1993)
* *A Bronx Tale* (1993)
* *Heat* (1995)
* *Casino* (1995)
* *Wag the Dog* (1997)
* *Analyze This* (1999)
* *Meet the Parents* (2000)
* *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012)
* *Joker* (2019)
* *The Irishman* (2019)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Godfather* (1972)
* *Star Wars* (1977)
* *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991)
* *The Godfather Part IV* (1999)
The Vega Brothers

***The Vega Brothers*** (2004), later retitled ***Double V Vega***, was an idea by Quentin Tarantino for a crossover film of *Reservoir Dogs* (1992) and *Pulp Fiction* (1994).

## Cast

* Michael Madsen as Vic Vega, reprising his role from *Reservoir Dogs*
* John Travolta as Vincent Vega, reprising his role from *Pulp Fiction*
Richard Harris

**Richard St John Francis Harris** (1930-2002) was an Irish actor and singer.

## Selected filmography

* *This Sporting Life* (1963)
* *Red Desert* (1964)
* *Camelot* (1967)
* *A Man Called Horse* (1970)
* *Cromwell* (1970)
* *Unforgiven* (1992)
* *Gladiator* (2000)
* *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001)
* *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002)
* *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002)
The Matrix Resurrections

***The Matrix Resurrections*** (2021) is an American science-fiction action film produced, co-written, and directed by Lana Wachowski. It is the sequel to *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003) and the fourth installment in *The Matrix* film series. The film is set sixty years after *Revolutions* and follows Neo, who lives in a seemingly ordinary life as a video game developer having trouble with distinguishing fantasy from reality. A group of rebels, with the help of a programmed version of Morpheus, free Neo from a new version of the Matrix and fight a new enemy that holds Trinity captive.

## Cast

* Keanu Reeves as Thomas Anderson / Neo
	+ Reeves reprises his role from *The Matrix* (1999), *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), and *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003).
* Carrie-Anne Moss as Tiffany / Trinity
	+ Moss reprises her role from *The Matrix*, *The Matrix Reloaded*, and *The Matrix Revolutions*.
* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Morpheus
	+ Laurence Fishburne played the character in *The Matrix*, *The Matrix Reloaded*, and *The Matrix Revolutions*.
* Jessica Henwick as Bugs
* Jonathan Groff as Smith
	+ Hugo Weaving played the character in *The Matrix*, *The Matrix Reloaded*, and *The Matrix Revolutions*.
* Neil Patrick Harris as the Analyst
* Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Sati
	+ Tanveer K. Atwal played the character in *The Matrix Revolutions*.
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe
	+ Pinkett Smith reprises her role from *The Matrix Reloaded* and *The Matrix Revolutions*.

### Deleted characters

* Daniel Bernhardt was set to reprise his role as Agent Johnson from *The Matrix Reloaded*, but was cut from the final film.
* In early stages of development, Michael B. Jordan was considered to star.
* Joe Pantoliano expressed interest in reprising his role as Cypher from *The Matrix*.
Samuel L. Jackson

**Samuel Leroy Jackson** (1948) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Coming to America* (1988)
* *School Daze* (1988)
* *Do the Right Thing* (1989)
* *Goodfellas* (1990)
* *Mo' Better Blues* (1990)
* *Jungle Fever* (1991)
* *Patriot Games* (1992)
* *Juice* (1992)
* *Menace II Society* (1993)
* *True Romance* (1993)
* *Jurassic Park* (1993)
* *Fresh* (1994)
* *Pulp Fiction* (1994)
* *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995)
* *A Time to Kill* (1996)
* *Hard Eight* (1996)
* *Jackie Brown* (1997)
* *Eve's Bayou* (1997)
* *The Red Violin* (1998)
* *The Negotiator* (1998)
* *Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* (1999)
* *Unbreakable* (2000)
* *Shaft* (2000)
* *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002)
* *The Incredibles* (2004)
* *Coach Carter* (2005)
* *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith* (2005)
* *Snakes on a Plane* (2006)
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008)
* *Iron Man* (2008)
* *The Other Guys* (2010)
* *Iron Man 2* (2010)
* *Thor* (2011)
* *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011)
* *Django Unchained* (2012)
* *The Avengers* (2012)
* *Oldboy* (2013)
* *Turbo* (2013)
* *Kingsman: The Secret Service* (2014)
* *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014)
* *Chi-Raq* (2015)
* *The Hateful Eight* (2015)
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015)
* *I Am Not Your Negro* (2016)
* *Kong: Skull Island* (2017)
* *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018)
* *Incredibles 2* (2018)
* *Shaft* (2019)
* *Glass* (2019)
* *Captain Marvel* (2019)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
* *Spider-Man: Far from Home* (2019)
* *The Marvels* (2023)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

***The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*** (2012) is an epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first instalment in a three-part film adaptation based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel *The Hobbit* (1937). It is followed by *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013) and *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), and together, 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). The film's screenplay was written by Jackson, his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010.

## 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*, and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*.
* Martin Freeman as young Bilbo Baggins
* Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield II
	+ Brian Blessed and Ian McShane were considered for the role.
* James Nesbitt as Bofur
* Ken Stott as Balin
* 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* and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
* 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*.
* Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
	+ Wood 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*.
* Andy Serkis as Gollum
	+ Serkis 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*.
* Lee Pace as Thranduil
	+ Doug Jones expressed interest in the role.
* Dean O'Gorman as Fíli
	+ Rob Kazinsky dropped out of the role.
The Godfather

***The Godfather*** (1972) is an American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who cro-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling novel *The Godfather* (1969). It is the first installment in *The Godfather* trilogy. The story, spanning from 1945 to 1955, chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone, focusing on the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone, from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

*The Godfather* was followed by *The Godfather Part II* (1974) and *The Godfather Part III* (1990).

## Cast

* Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone
	+ Laurence Olivier, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, and Orson Welles were considered for the role.
* Al Pacino as Michael
	+ Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, and Ryan O'Neal were considered for the role.
	+ Dustin Hoffman, and Martin Sheen auditioned for the role.
	+ Burt Reynolds and Jack Nicholson turned down the role.
	+ James Caan dropped out of the role.
* James Caan as Sonny
	+ Robert De Niro was considered for the role.
	+ Carmine Caridi dropped out of the role.
* Richard Castellano as Clemenza
* Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen
* Sterling Hayden as Capt. McCluskey
* John Marley as Jack Woltz
* Richard Conte as Barzini
* Diane Keaton as Kay Adams
* Al Martino as Johnny Fontane
	+ Vic Damone dropped out of the role.
* Johnny Martino as Paulie Gatto
	+ Robert De Niro dropped out of the role.
Sean Connery

**Sir Sean Connery** (1930-2020) was a Scottish actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Dr. No* (1962)
* *From Russia with Love* (1963)
* *Goldfinger* (1964)
* *Marnie* (1964)
* *Thunderball* (1965)
* *The Hill* (1965)
* *You Only Live Twice* (1967)
* *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971)
* *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974)
* *The Man Who Would Be King* (1975)
* *A Bridge Too Far* (1977)
* *Never Say Never Again* (1983)
* *Highlander* (1986)
* *The Name of the Rose* (1986)
* *The Untouchables* (1987)
* *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989)
* *The Hunt for Red October* (1990)
* *Dragonheart* (1996)
* *The Rock* (1996)
* *Finding Forrester* (2000)

### What Could Have Been...

* *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991)
* *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001)
Mira Sorvino

**Mira Katherine Sorvino** (1967) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995)
* *Romy & Michele's High School Reunion* (1997)
* *Mimic* (1997)
* *Lulu on the Bridge* (1998)
* *The Replacement Killers* (1998)
* *Summer of Sam* (1999)
* *Like Dandelion Dust* (2009)

### What Could Have Been...

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

**Vera Ann Farmiga** (1973) is an American actress.

## Selected filmography

* *Return to Paradise* (1998)
* *Down to the Bone* (2004)
* *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004)
* *The Departed* (2006)
* *Nothing but the Truth* (2008)
* *Up in the Air* (2009)
* *The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas* (2008)
* *Higher Ground* (2011)
* *Source Code* (2011)
* *Safe House* (2012)
* *The Conjuring* (2013)
* *The Judge* (2014)
* *The Conjuring 2* (2016)
* *The Front Runner* (2018)
* *Annabelle Comes Home* (2019)
* *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019)
* *The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It* (2021)
The Wachowskis

**Lana Wachowski** (1965) and **Lilly Wachowski** (1967) are American film and television directors, writers, and producers, collectively known as **the Wachowskis**.

## Selected filmography

* *Bound* (1996)
* *The Matrix* (1999)
* *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003)
* *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003)
* *Speed Racer* (2008)
* *Cloud Atlas* (2012)
* *Jupiter Ascending* (2015)
* *The Matrix Resurrections* (2021) - Lana only
Quentin Tarantino

**Quentin Jerome Tarantino** (1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film critic, and author.

## Selected filmography

* *Reservoir Dogs* (1992)
* *Pulp Fiction* (1994)
* *Jackie Brown* (1997)
* *Kill Bill: Volume 1* (2003)
* *Kill Bill: Volume 2* (2004)
* *Death Proof* (2007)
* *Inglourious Basterds* (2009)
* *Django Unchained* (2012)
* *The Hateful Eight* (2015)
* *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* (2019)

## What Could Have Been...

* *Love Birds in Bondage* (1987)
* *My Best Friend's Birthday* (1987)
* *The Open Road* (1989)
* *Silver Surfer* (1993)
* *True Romance* (1993)
* *Luke Cage* (1994)
* *Natural Born Killers* (1994)
* *The Killer Inside Me* (1995)
* *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1997)
* *The Psychic* (1999)
* *The Vega Brothers* (2004)
* *Airport 2005* (2005)
* *Casino Royale* (2006)
* *Forty Lashes Less One* (2007)
* *Westworld* (2007)
* *Kill Bill* (2008)
* *Kill Bill: Volume 3* (2008)
* *Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!* (2008)
* *Kill Bill: Volume 4* (2009)
* *Grindhouse 2* (2008)
* *Medieval* (2010)
* *From Dusk Till Dawn 4* (2010)
* *Less Than Zero* (2012)
* *Killer Crow* (2012)
* *Django in White Hell* (2013)
* *Django/Zorro* (2019)
* *Star Trek* (2019)
* *Sgt. Rock* (2021)
* *Reservoir Dogs* (2021)
* *First Blood* (2021)
* *Lancer* (2021)
Richard Dreyfuss

**Richard Stephen Dreyfuss** (1937) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *American Graffiti* (1973)
* *Jaws* (1975)
* *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977)
* *The Goodbye Girl* (1977)
* *The Competition* (1980)
* *Stand by Me* (1986)
* *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986)
* *Tin Men* (1987)
* *Stakeout* (1987)
* *Always* (1989)
* *What About Bob?* (1991)
* *Another Stakeout* (1993)
* *Mr. Holland's Opus* (1995)
Oliver Reed

**Robert Oliver Reed** (1938-1999) was an English actor.

## Selected filmography

* *The Trap* (1966)
* *Oliver!* (1968)
* *Women in Love* (1969)
* *Hannibal Brooks* (1969)
* *The Devils* (1971)
* *Revolver* (1973)
* *The Three Musketeers* (1973)
* *The Four Musketeers* (1974)
* *Tommy* (1975)
* *The Brood* (1979)
* *Lion of the Desert* (1981)
* *Castaway* (1986)
* *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* (1988)
* Funny Bones (1995)
* *Gladiator* (2000)
Val Kilmer

**Val Edward Kilmer** (1959) is an American actor.

## Selected filmography

* *Top Secret!* (1984)
* *Real Genius* (1985)
* *Top Gun* (1986)
* *Willow* (1988)
* *The Doors* (1991)
* *True Romance* (1993)
* *Batman Forever* (1995)
* *Heat* (1995)
* *The Ghost and the Darkness* (1996)
* *The Saint* (1997)
* *The Prince of Egypt* (1998)
* *Wonderland* (2003)
* *Alexander* (2004)
* *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* (2005)

### What Could Have Been...

* *Seven* (1995)
* *The Matrix* (1999)
Sylvester Stallone

**Sylvester Enzio Stallone** (1946) is an American actor and filmmaker.

## Selected filmography

* *Rocky* (1976)
* *Rocky II* (1979)
* *Rocky III* (1982)
* *First Blood* (1982)
* *Rocky IV* (1985)
* *Rambo: First Blood Part II* (1985)
* *Cobra* (1986)
* *Rambo III* (1988)
* *Tango & Cash* (1989)
* *Rocky V* (1990)
* *Cliffhanger* (1993)
* *Demolition Man* (1993)
* *The Specialist* (1994)
* *Rocky Balboa* (2006)
* *Rambo* (2008)
* *The Expendables* (2010)
* *The Expendables 2* (2012)
* *Escape Plan* (2013)
* *The Expendables 3* (2014)
* *Creed* (2015)
* *Creed II* (2018)
* *Rambo: Last Blood* (2019)
* *The Expendables 4* (2022)

### What Could Have Been...

* *Star Wars* (1977)
* *Seven* (1995)