28 Actors Who Were Almost Cast in Iconic Movie and TV Roles

Lana Condor was born to play Lara Jean Covey in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," but apparently, the role of Rose Tico in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (and later, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker") wasn't meant for her. As she told StyleCaster during a February 2020 interview, she was so close to landing the part that she had a chemistry read with John Boyega. Kelly Marie Tran was cast instead, but as Condor pointed out to StyleCaster, "Had I done 'Star Wars,' I wouldn't have been able to do 'To All the Boys,' so that's an example of one door closes and another opens."