Al Pacino is a cinema legend, a mysterious figure, and one of the greatest actors who can step out in public with a Shrek phone case, agree to the most unexpected projects, and still remain the epitome of acting mastery. However, even someone like Pacino is not immune to mistakes — mistakes that haunt him for a lifetime.
He has iconic roles under his belt in The Godfather, Scarface, Heat, and Dog Day Afternoon. He worked with the greatest directors, from Francis Ford Coppola to Martin Scorsese, but once the actor confessed that in his imagined "museum of mistakes," there is a special place for a film he turned down.
"Terry (Terrence Malick), a long time ago, asked me to be in a movie (Badlands), and I always wish, there is another one of my mistakes, there is a museum of mistakes, all the movies I rejected."
This refers to the crime melodrama akin to Bonnie and Clyde, about a pair of teenagers who kill a man and go on the run.
Of course, Al Pacino is not the only one who is tormented by missed opportunities. Hollywood is full of stories about stars who were offered roles that later became iconic. But here's the catch — Pacino turned down not one, or even two, such opportunities. His list of missed roles includes Han Solo in Star Wars, the lead role in Kramer vs. Kramer, an offer to star in Pretty Woman, and even the chance to become John McClane in Die Hard.
