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Billy Crudup Fought for His 'Morning Show' Role: "It Took Some Convincing"

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Billy Crudup has a theory about his career, and it's that he tends to get some of his best roles when he's not the director's first choice.

Exhibit A: his Broadway debut as Septimus in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Ethan Hawke later confided to him that he'd been offered the part, only to turn it down.

Exhibit B: Crudup's turn as Russell Hammond, the enigmatic guitarist in Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous.

Brad Pitt originally was set to play the rock star before dropping out. Exhibit C: His superhero debut as Dr. Manhattan in Zack Snyder's feature rendition of the beloved comic Watchmen.

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