13. Michelle Pfeiffer: Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster desperately wanted the role, but director Jonathan Demme wanted Michelle Pfeiffer.
Pfeiffer was put off by the amount of gore in the movie and its heavy subject matter, so Foster eventually landed the role.
Pfeiffer has admitted that she prefers to avoid films that end up as huge commercial hits.
Perhaps that is why she also turned down parts in both “Basic Instinct” and “Pretty Woman.” Since passing on the horror classic, Pfeiffer has gone on to play several great roles in films like “I Am Sam”, “Hairspray” and “What Lies Beneath.”
The former beauty queen was noticeably absent from our screens throughout most of the last decade as she took an extended hiatus to focus on her husband and two children.
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Pfeiffer is married to television writer David E. Kelly with whom she has an adopted daughter named Claudia Rose and a son named John Henry.
The actress made a triumphant return to Hollywood with fantasy movie “Stardust” where she plays the role of Lamia, an ancient witch. Pfeiffer is currently working on a movie entitled “Man Under” alongside Tim Robbins.
