10 Actors Who Were REJECTED For Recent Movies (And Why)

10. Zazie Beetz - The Batman

The Role: Selena Kyle aka Catwoman, as was eventually played by Zoë Kravitz.

Why She Was Rejected: Beetz auditioned among numerous other actresses, with director Matt Reeves' shortlist coming down to Kravitz, Beetz, and Eiza González.

Reeves was said to be "very high" on Beetz and favouring her for the part, but there was one major hurdle that resulted in her being rejected from the project: the ever-troubling scheduling conflicts.

Beetz had already committed to filming the third season of Donald Glover's hit dramedy series Atlanta, with plans for it to film back-to-back with the fourth.

With Reeves unable to push The Batman's production back months for Beetz's sake alone, the decision was made to move on without her, and Kravitz was ultimately cast instead.

Ironically, though, the impact of the pandemic resulted in Atlanta's shoot being delayed until several weeks after The Batman wrapped, so Beetz could've actually shot both parts without any conflict.

Hindsight is 20:20 of course, especially where the pandemic is concerned, and it's tough to argue with Kravitz's fantastic work in the part even if Beetz would've been absolutely killer also.