Originally posted by Krakatoa
Imagine this:

Comedian Chris Farley was cast as the voice of Shrek, but tragically passed away before major shooting began. His SNL buddy, Mike Myers, stepped into the role in his place.

And that iconic fedora was slated to sit atop of Tom Sellec as Indiana Jones. But his contractual obligation on Magnum P.I. prevented him from taking the role, Harrison Ford was cast instead.

Bill Murray
Much like his real-life friend, Chevy Chase, Bill has proven to not be the sharpest knife in the drawer either. Bill turned down the roles of Han Solo, “Boone” Schoenstein (in "Animal House"), Johnny Smith (in "The Dead Zone"), Allen Bauer (in "Splash"), Dusty Bottoms (in "The Three Amigos"), Daryl van Horne (in "The Witches of Eastwick"), Eddie Vaiant (in "Who Framed Roger Rabbitt?"), Charlie Babbitt (in "Rain Man"), Bruce Wayne (in Tim Burton's "Batman"), John Kimble (in "Kindergarten Cop"), Joe Miller (in "Philadelphia"), Forrest Gump, Buzz Lightyear, Larry Flynt, Pat Healy (in "There's Something About Mary"), Sully (in "Monsters, Inc"), Willie Stokes (in "Bad Santa"), Willy Wonka (in "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory"), Indiana Jones, Hunt Stevenson (in "Gung Ho"), Peter Venkman (in "Ghostbusters 3"), Bosley (in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"), Dave Seville (in "Alvin & The Chipmunks"), and a cameo (that would have been classic) in Steve Martin's "The Jerk."

Originally posted by Krakatoa
Imagine this:

Comedian Chris Farley was cast as the voice of Shrek, but tragically passed away before major shooting began. His SNL buddy, Mike Myers, stepped into the role in his place.

And that iconic fedora was slated to sit atop of Tom Sellec as Indiana Jones. But his contractual obligation on Magnum P.I. prevented him from taking the role, Harrison Ford was cast instead.

Seeing this early design of Shrek reminded me that the late Chris Farley was set to play the role of Shrek and only couldnt on account of him not being alive anymore. The softer more Disneyfied Mike Meyes Shrek is a stark contrast to the weirder rougher design Farley may have given life to in an alternate universe.

If the Parallel Dimensions theory is correct, right after the one where I’m a perpetually shirtless iron fisted but compassionate dictator with angel wings, a viking helmet and laser-eyes — I would like to peek into the alternate reality where this happened (notsomuch the others in the list

Originally posted by winofiend

He stole my parallel dimension wot where movie stars done did different things.... sneaky bugger probably has some sort of device to know what I was thinking before I thought it.

*shakes parallel fist in other universe*