15. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Almost Directed The First Season
While its difficult to conceive that a show so perfect could be improved by anothers touch, its entirely possible that Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu could have managed it. Though approached by Pizzolatto, Inarritu turned the project down to work on what would be his Oscar-nominated Birdman instead. I had a meeting with the writer, he gave me the second script and I knew that it would be great, said the acclaimed filmmaker. There was a part of me that wanted to do it, but another part of me wanted to develop my own thing.