Shah Rukh Khan to Irrfan Khan: Bollywood biggies who said no to Hollywood films

Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan was offered to play the role of Vicente in 'Pink Panther 2'. The film came in 2009 and also starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. However, Roshan had to decline the offer due to his other Bollywood commitments.
 

Although Irrfan Khan has been a part of several popular Hollywood projects, which include ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, ‘Life Of Pi’, ‘Inferno’ amongst others. The talented actor declined one major offer that came his way.

He was offered a role in Christopher Nolan’s 'Interstellar ', but Khan, due to his busy schedule for films' 'D-Day 'and 'Lunch Box', rejected the offer. The role of "Mann" was then passed to actor Matt Damon.
 

As per a report by Cosmopolitan, the former Miss World declined the role of Briseis, opposite Brad Pitt in 2004's historic war movie 'Troy,' directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The actress was not comfortable doing steamy scenes with Pitt that the story demanded, hence she said not to the film.
 

As per reports, actor Anil Kapoor’s role in the Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' was initially offered to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. King Khan turned down the offer, believing he was not the ideal fit for this position. Anil Kapoor played the role of "Prem Kumar" as the game show host.
 

A role in David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ was offered to Bollywood veteran actor Dilip Kumar, but after his rejection, Egyptian actor Omar Sharif was selected to play the role of Sherif Ali in the war-drama.
 

Even before she starred in ‘XXX: The Return Of The Xander’ alongside Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone was offered a role in the famous ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise. Padukone, however, declined the ambitious role as the actress was busy shooting for Farah Khan’s ‘Happy New Year’ at that time.

One of India's most celebrated actors, Naseeruddin Shah, refused to audition for the iconic role of ‘Albus Dumbledore' from the ‘Harry Potter’ series, which was ultimately played by Richard Harris. It is said Shah had an issue with being auditioned.
 

Global star Priyanka Chopra has created a huge name for herself in Hollywood. However, the star had earlier rejected a role in the 2011 fantasy-action film ‘Immortals’. The ‘Qunatico’ actor’s schedule coincided with her Bollywood project, ‘7 Khoon Maaf’. In an interview, the actor revealed that she had rejected five more Hollywood movies.