Some acting careers are made by one great role and some fall into obscurity when one is declined. Would Al Pacino be the star he is today if Robert Redford had accepted the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather? Imagine Tom Hanks rejecting Uma Thurman, saying that she actec like someone in a high school play when she auditioned to play opposite him in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Picture Danny Thomas as The Godfather, Michael Jackson as Edward Scissorhands, or Marilyn Monroe as Cleopatra. This reference work lists hundreds of such stories: actors who didn't get cast or who turned down...

Would Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts be the superstars they are today if they had not been turned down for roles on soap operas?

Would Everybody Loves Raymond ever have been created if Ray Romano hadnt been fired from Newsradio?

Would the character of Fonzie have become such a pop culture icon in the 1970s if it had been played by Micky Dolenz?

How different would Lisa Kudrows career have turned out if she had not been turned down for a spot on Saturday Night Live?

MICKEY ROONEY AS ARCHIE BUNKER and Other TV Casting Almosts answers these questions and many more.

Mickey Rooney was producer...