It would be hard to find an actor with a more interesting career trajectory than Will Smith. He started out as a rapper, went to TV, found ultimate movie stardom, rode at the top of the world for a while, and has since been mounting his comeback. Along the way, Will Smith has been in some of the greatest movies of all time. He's also turned down some of them, including The Matrix. But now, Smith is talking about another legendary role he turned down as well — one that went to Leonardo DiCaprio. Yes, there is an alternate universe out there where Will Smith stars in Christopher Nolan's Inception. According to a report from World of Reel, Will Smith has confirmed a long-whispered rumor: Christopher Nolan originally offered him the lead role of Cobb in the 2010 masterpiece, Inception.At the time, both men were at the absolute peak of their powers. Nolan was coming off the colossal success of The Dark Knight, a film that had fundamentally changed the superhero genre. Smith, meanwhile, was arguably the biggest movie star on the planet, having just delivered back-to-back sci-fi blockbusters with I Am Legend and Hancock. - YouTube www.youtube.com So why did he say no?According to Smith, "I don’t think I’ve ever said it publicly before, and I’m going to say it now […] Chris Nolan brought me Inception first, and I didn’t get [the movie]. And now that I think about it, it’s those movies that go into those alternate...
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