Mel Gibson was on the shortlist for the main position in “Schindler’s List” … however regardless of his curiosity, the director was by no means going to select him.
When the producers had been casting the lead position within the iconic 1993 film, Mel’s identify got here up … in accordance with Hollywood agent and CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz, who helped make the movie.
Ovitz advised The Hollywood Reporter Mel was within the undertaking and his agent tried to land him the half … however he says director Steven Spielberg was on the lookout for a “non-movie” star as his main man.
Mel was, and nonetheless is, an enormous identify in Hollywood … and by 1993 he had simply starred in his third ‘Deadly Weapon’ film … and already had a bunch of fashionable credit to his identify.
Finally, Liam Neeson was forged as Oskar Schindler … and he helped the movie win 7 Oscars on the 1994 award present, together with Finest Image.
The irony right here … we first reported on Mel’s racist and antisemitic comments throughout his 2006 DUI arrest. So it is wild that he was thought of for this movie again then — which is clearly all in regards to the Holocaust.
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Honest to surprise if Steven looks like he dodged a bullet with Mel.
