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

Oliver Hudson — yes, Kate Hudson's brother — was reportedly in the running to play patriarch Jack Pearson. The role ended up going to Milo Ventimiglia after Hudson declined to finish the audition process — thanks to a fishing trip.

"I had a 10-day fishing trip planned. It's my life! Fishing is a big part of my life and it was this 10-day fishing trip and my agent says, 'We got to test, and they really like you, and this, this, and that,'" he recounted on the podcast The Ladygang. "And I said, 'Oh. I'm supposed to go on a fishing trip.' And he's like, 'OK, yeah, so? I mean this is a big thing.' And I said, 'You know what? I'm going to do my fishing trip.'"