15 Actresses Who Were Replaced in Big Movies

The girl on the screen wasn't always the first choice for the role.

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Plans change, and nowhere is that more true than in Hollywood, where a big part of the film-planning process is getting the stars together for long enough to shoot the damn thing. Add to the scheduling complexities the whims of directors, replacement directors, studios and the actors themselves, and it's really a miracle that movies get made at all.

This Friday, Evil Dead hits theaters, and it stars Jane Levy instead of the originally-planned Lily Collins. Click on to read about this and 14 other actress switcheroos from major movies. The alternate realities are mind-boggling.

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Liv Tyler for Uma Thurman in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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Angelina Jolie for Nicole Kidman in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

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Kaya Scodelario for Natalie Portman in Wuthering Heights (2011)

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Claire Danes for Natalie Portman in Romeo + Juliet (1996)

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Malin Akerman for Lindsay Lohan in Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story (2013)

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Jane Levy for Lily Collins in Evil Dead (2013)

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Scarlett Johansson for Keira Knightley in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

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Samantha Morton for Kate Winslet in In America (2002)

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Frances McDormand for Julia Roberts in Darkman (1990)

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Leslie Mann for Jodie Foster in Knocked Up (2007)

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Kristen Stewart for Hayden Panettiere in Panic Room (2002)

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Scarlett Johansson for Emily Blunt in Iron Man 2 (2010)

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Renee Zellweger for Charlize Theron in Chicago (2002)

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Kelli Garner for Scarlett Johansson in Thumbsucker (2005)

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Kate Beckinsale for Charlize Theron in Pearl Harbor (2001)

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