These Actors Were Switched Out of Their Roles And No One Noticed

Family Guy

You might not be aware that Mila Kunis voices the unloved daughter Meg from Family Guy. This role has earned her some pretty sizable paychecks over the years, but they almost went to Lacey Chabert. Lacey was pursuing a degree at the time, so she passed on the role to focus on her schoolwork. Hopefully, the degree better is worth more than Kunis' $175,000 and $225,000 per episode...

Hannibal

In a show about cannibals, how could you focus on anything else? Originally, Michael Pitt played the psychopath Mason Verger on the program. Once the character permanently altered his face, however, it went to the actor Joe Anderson. The timing just so happened to work out perfectly with recasting and shooting. The rest is history... 

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The More You Know

  • Lady Gaga taught herself to play the piano at only four years old!
  • At age 15, Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a heart condition that required surgery, he was briefly sidelined and made a full recovery.
  • A far cry from her upper-class role on Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester was born in prison; her mother was serving time for smuggling drugs.
  • Jonah Hill had to go to the hospital for bronchitis while filming Wolf of Wall Street. For seven months, he was snorting vitamin D (almost) daily, pretending it was cocaine.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.