Roles Kate did NOT get

[mel]

http://www.notstarring.com/actors/beckinsale-kate

The Da Vinci Code

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the role of Sophie.
Actor who got the part: Audrey Tautou


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Very much wanted and auditioned for the role of "Clementine," the female half of a couple with an erased memory.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet


The Ring

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Naomi Watts


Wuthering Heights

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the role of Cathy Linton.
Actor who got the part: Juliette Binoche

[Brian]

http://www.notstarring.com/actors/beckinsale-kate

The Da Vinci Code

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the role of Sophie.
Actor who got the part: Audrey Tautou


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Very much wanted and auditioned for the role of "Clementine," the female half of a couple with an erased memory.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet


The Ring

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Naomi Watts


Wuthering Heights

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the role of Cathy Linton.
Actor who got the part: Juliette Binoche

You can add a role she turned down to the list, she was offered Rachel Weisz's role in The Constant Gardener. Weisz was nominated fro an Oscar for that role, and Kate is at least as good an actress as Weisz so she likely would have been nominated as well. She didn't want to go on location to Africa, so she let a career changing role go I can see why the producers of The Ring thought she was too young looking at the time and chose Watts, and Kate Winslet is a very good actress. The one that made no sense was choosing Tautou over Kate for DaVinci. Tautou did an ok job (critics weren't wild about her performance) but Kate would have been better, and she would have looked better with Hanks. That's a real disappointment since it has made around $700 million worldwide. If Kate had taken the role in The Constant Gardener and been cast in DaVinci Code she would be picking and choosing A-List scripts right now instead of doing little indie movies which still don't have distributors

[Morgan]

I guess she just had that extra something but I think it's good Kate didn't get it. Cause then it woulda been chalked up as another huge bomb for her.

[Brian]

I guess she just had that extra something but I think it's good Kate didn't get it. Cause then it woulda been chalked up as another huge bomb for her.

DaVinci Code is the second highest grossing drama in worldwide box office history, behing only Titanic. It will eventually make over $800 million worldwide and is already over $200 million in the US. It is doing extremely well in heavily Catholic nations (those Catholics love their blasphemy lol) and would have been Kate's highest grossing movie ever. As for DaVinci Code, it is a good movie, but the reason it's good rather than great is a lack of excitement and urgency. Kate would have delivered the much needed excitement with her acting (looks don't hurt either) and she might have actually had some chemistry with Hanks, unlike Tautou who delivered a somber performance and had no chemisty with Hanks. Kate speaks French fluently and lived in France for a year, plus did a French language movie so I'm certain that she would have been believeable as a French woman. It is a fact that Ron (Opie) Howard cast Tautou rather than Kate because of her nationality. He certainly made a highly successful movie, but it wuld have been a little better (and done a little better in the US) with Kate in the female lead. Of course it would have been great for Kate's career.

[Morgan]

Thanks for that indepth look, Brian.

But I only said that cause I saw some really really horrible reviews on it, not only from critics but regular people. They even started making fun of the movie on stand up comedy shows on comedy central. Everyone knew the Davinci code would make millions because the book is so popular, but it really depends on if it is good or not.

Of course I'd really have to see it myself to have a view on it so I won't talk much about that. I'm just going off the stuff I read about it.

[Brian]

I think a lot of people expected a great movie and were disappointed when they saw DaVinci. It was definitely not great. Luckily I didn't expect much from it so I was able to enjoy it for what it was, a good movie that was a bit long and a little dull at points. Not to rag on Ms. Tautou (maybe a little) but her lack of chemistry with Hanks and solemn performance had a lot to do with the dullness people complained about. I believe Kate would have added a spark to the movie that would have taken care of that problem. That's what Opie Howard gets for casting based on the nationality of an actress.

[Hannan]

The Ring

Kate Beckinsale was considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Naomi Watts

The ring ?? I loved that movie ,, I am still scared of samara But I loved that movie

[Brian]

I think a lot of people expected a great movie and were disappointed when they saw DaVinci. It was definitely not great. Luckily I didn't expect much from it so I was able to enjoy it for what it was, a good movie that was a bit long and a little dull at points. Not to rag on Ms. Tautou (maybe a little) but her lack of chemistry with Hanks and solemn performance had a lot to do with the dullness people complained about. I believe Kate would have added a spark to the movie that would have taken care of that problem. That's what Opie Howard gets for casting based on the nationality of an actress.

Naomi Watts is my second favorite actress so I can't be too upset about that one. This site probably wouldn't exist if she had done Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind instead of Van Helsing (they filmed at the same time) so i'm not too mad about that either.

[Hannan]

Yes Naomi Is a very good actress,,

[Poshboy]

Remember, Kate speaks French. She did a movie entirely speaking French very early in her career (Marie-Louise ou la permission). So the director needing someone who could pass as French could have used Kate. Actresses sometimes play roles other than their own nationality.

But I think Audrey Tautou is really cute, too. So I would have been happy either way...

[Brian]

Remember, Kate speaks French. She did a movie entirely speaking French very early in her career (Marie-Louise ou la permission). So the director needing someone who could pass as French could have used Kate. Actresses sometimes play roles other than their own nationality.

But I think Audrey Tautou is really cute, too. So I would have been happy either way...

That's the one movie of kate's that I haven't been able to find. It isn't even listed at the stores I've checked.

[Hannan]

Wuthering Heights I never heard about that movie ..

[fLo]

Kate and The Ring? I don't think that this will fit good... I only watched a few minutes of the movie and tried to think Kate as leading role... It doesn't fit well I think... but OK...

[SPD405309]

What would have been good would be Trinity in the Matrix trilogy and Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code whilst keeping Selene in Underworld, would have required a bit of moving around of sequels but what the hell...

[Juliet]

Not Starring In is fun to read but there is definitely baloney happening there; perhaps some publicists get in there and monkey around.

For instance, Denise Richards? That site has Ms. Richards "being considered for" Hannibal along with Kate, Gillian Anderson, Helen Hunt and Cate Blancette. LMFAO. In what universe does Richards get a shot along side those women? I think Richards' publicist got in there and tried to make her sound like a serious actress.

Same goes for Alyssa Milano. According to, NSI, Ms. Milano - an average tv actress- "was heavily considered for the part, but she declined because she was already committed to the TV series "Charmed". Riiight. They also say Milano was "originally cast" as Connie, in Unfaithful, but "turned the role down due to scheduling conflicts from "Charmed". LOL. Someone's people are working over time. Thankfully the role of Connie went to Diane Lane. And, no, Milano isn't in Lane's league. Also, Gere would have looked like Milano's grandfather.

However, if all of this is actually true, and it isn't a publicist writing shit, than hollywood is even more whack than I imagined.