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1. The producers of the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" wanted to hire a lesser known actor to play the lead character of the movie named Indiana Jones. The first choice for this role turned it down because he had just committed to play the lead character in the television show "Magnum P.I.". Who was this star that wasted the opportunity to play role of Indiana Jones?
2. The 1990 film "Pretty Woman" was a box office hit receiving four Golden Globe nominations and an Academy Award nomination. The lead character, Vivian Ward, was turned down by many known actresses. Who did NOT waste the opportunity to play Vivian Ward in the 1990 film "Pretty Woman"?
3. Which television soap opera turned movie star wasted the opportunity to play Cher Horowitz in the 1995 movie "Clueless"?
4. Clarice Starling was the protagonist in the 1991 horror blockbuster film "Silence of the Lambs". Which actress did NOT waste the opportunity to play Clarice Starling?
5. Which Scottish actor, who played the role of James Bond in seven movies from 1962 through 1983, wasted the opportunity of playing the role of Gandalf in the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy from 2001 through 2003, by turning the role down?
6. Several actors wasted the opportunity to play the character Neo in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster film "The Matrix". Which actor did NOT waste the opportunity to play Neo?
7. Which star of the 1998 movie "Shakespeare in Love" wasted the opportunity to play Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 blockbuster film "Titanic"?
8. Several actors wasted the opportunity to play the character of Roy Neary in the 1977 movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Which actor did NOT waste the opportunity to play Roy Neary?
9. The 1978 film "Grease" featured a group of cool guys called the T-Birds. Which actor from the T-Birds wasted the opportunity by passing on the iconic title role in the 1994 film "Forrest Gump"?
10. Which divine actress from Hawaii wasted the opportunity to play Sister Mary Clarence in the 1992 film "Sister Act"?
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