You have to have tough skin if you're going to make it as an actor in television. It's a cruel business wherein you have to get used to rejection very quickly.
Below is a list of actors who were rejected from various TV roles for unfair reasons. Have a look below and see how different your favorite show might've been, had the networks gone the other way.
Unfortunately for Alden, the producers of the series thought that he was just too short to be taken seriously as the love interest for Blake Lively.
To add insult to injury, the actor who ended up getting the part, Pen Badgley, was also 5'9". Can someone please explain to me how that makes any sense at all?
Before the network would give the show the green light, they made Mindy come in and audition to play herself! In the end, they deemed she wasn't attractive enough.
"I feel like karmically, I was vindicated, but at the time it felt terrible," she said.
Lorne later went on Maron's WTF podcast and clarified that the only reason Marc wasn't hired was that the show didn't have a spot for him at the time.
"They didn't know if they wanted a British accent or not," Elizabeth explained to Vulture. "So, you did it in both. It was terrible."
At the last minute, the producers made the decision that Hannigan's daughter was simply too old for the role.
At the 11th hour, a project that Steve Carrell was working on fell through and the network made a last-minute lead swap. Odenkirk later appeared in the series in a cameo role.
One of the producers allegedly said that it wouldn't make any sense for Superman to have a Black grandfather. "Hearing about these conversations hurts no less now than it did back then," Regé tweeted.
At the time, however, Chris reportedly had very bad acne. As a result, he lost out on the role and the part went to Ben McKenzie.
Unfortunately, this turned out to be little more than a network bargaining chip. Once Sarah Jessica Parker committed, Lisa was given the heave-ho.
"So guys, Disney decided that it wouldn't work to have an older brother on the show; I won't be on Girl Meets World. Thank you to everyone," Teo tweeted.
Almost immediately afterward, he was fired and Jake Johnson was brought in as his replacement. According to Webber, the decision was made because he wasn't handsome enough.
Sadly, producer Marshall Herskovitz thought that Alicia was too pretty to play the part. That's perhaps the greatest backhanded compliment I've ever seen.
In an unfortunate turn of events, the network made the decision that she was simply not old enough to play a mother on TV. Wait, wasn't that the whole point?
