10 Iconic Movie Roles That Were Actually Cast Last Minute

Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn - ' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (2001)

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Geena Davis as Dottie - 'A League of Their Own' (1992)

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Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly - 'Back to the Future' (1985)

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Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman - 'American Psycho' (2000)

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Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess - 'Freaky Friday' (2003)

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Mike Myers as Shrek - 'Shrek' (2001)

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Ed Harris as Christof - 'The Truman Show' (1998)

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Ben Whishaw as Paddington - 'Paddington' (2014)

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Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone - 'The Godfather: Part III' (1990)

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Hugh Jackman as Wolverine - 'X:Men' (2000)

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