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The ones that got away: The stars who nearly played famous film roles
Emma Watson - La La LandOnce upon a time in Hollywood, Watson was lined up to take the role of aspiring actress Mia.The film’s drawn-out production process (it took director Damien Chazelle about six years to get it made) meant that the Harry Potter star eventually decided to try her luck as a Disney Princess instead after being offered the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast.“I knew I had horse training, I knew I had dancing, I knew I had three months of singing ahead of me, and I knew I had to be in London to really do that,” Watson later explained. “And this wasn’t a movie I could just kind of parachute into.“I knew I had to do the work and I had to be where I had to be.
