These 25 Actors Passed on the Role of a Lifetime, but Most of Them Didn't Regret It

Jackman, Hugh Jackman — can you imagine it? The actor revealed to Variety that the search for the next Bond (which eventually yielded Daniel Craig) included him, but he just wasn't interested. "I just felt at the time that the scripts had become so unbelievable and crazy, and I felt like they needed to become grittier and real. And the response was: 'Oh, you don't get a say. You just have to sign on.' I was also worried that between Bond and X-Men, I'd never have time to do different things."