15 Actors Who Stupidly Turned Down Billion Dollar Movies

5. Orlando Bloom - Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Despite being a key member of the first three Pirates movies, Orlando Bloom passed up the opportunity to come back for the fourth:

"I had a great time making those movies. I just really wanted to do different things, but I think it's going to be great. Whatever Johnny does, I think it's fantastic."

Kiera Knightly also passed for pretty much the same reason, but she fared somewhat better after passing:

“No. I said when the second one came out that there wasn't going to be another one for me. I mean, they were already shooting the third one at that time. I knew that that was going to be it for me. It was an extraordinary experience, you know, but I was 17 when I started it and 21 when I finished. And that's quite a large chunk of time there. And, you know, they are amazing people, but I've always wanted to act because I like changing. I like exploring different things. And I sort of feel like I've done the pirating thing, as wonderful as it was and it was amazing.”

What He Made Instead

The Three Musketeers. Clearly by "something different", Bloom meant something terrible.