10 Actors Bullied Into Roles They Never Wanted

4 & 3. Kathleen Turner & Michael Douglas - The Jewel of the Nile

1984's Romancing the Stone was undoubtedly one of the best films of that year, helping to launch Robert Zemeckis' hugely successful career, as well as re-affirming Michael Douglas' stature as a leading man and make Kathleen Turner someone everybody in Hollywood was talking about.

Inevitably, the studio executives began seeing dollar signs and, aware that their two leads were contracted for a sequel should the studio so wish, they pressed ahead with the vastly inferior 1985 smash hit The Jewel of the Nile, which was nevertheless panned by many critics.

Douglas and Turner were both pushed into taking the role, and when Turner attempted to back out, she was threatened with an enormous $25m lawsuit from Fox. At least they were in it together; the result isn't great but it does benefit from their chemistry - had Turner been able to back out, one can only imagine that the film would have been a whole lot worse.