10 Actors Who Just Quit HUGE Movies

It's no secret that Hollywood is one hell of a cutthroat business, and acting in particular isn't a profession for the weak of stomach. 

With so many people competing for parts, winning a role in a major movie is a serious victory, and one most actors wouldn't want to give up without good reason.

But naturally things become trickier when actors become more famous and might find themselves having to choose between several projects, because there's just not enough time to star in them all.

And so, despite initially signing up to appear in a movie, it's common for actors to later drop out due to scheduling issues.

But of course that's not the only reason - sometimes creative issues abound during the process or the actor simply loses interest in the part for whatever reason. 

It happens on the regular, and it recently happened with these 10 actors, who all just bailed on huge upcoming movies for one reason or another.

While on paper it's a shame to see them quit these roles, time will tell whether it was a smart decision or not, and if their replacement was ultimately a better fit for the part anyway...

Christopher Nolan is able to assemble some of the most enviable casts Hollywood has ever seen, and his new Greek fantasy epic The Odyssey is certainly no exception.

Among the names comprising the supremely stacked cast was Shōgun star Cosmo Jarvis, whose precise role - like the majority of his castmates - was kept firmly under wraps.

However, at the start of July Jarvis was announced to have exited the film due to a scheduling conflict with the biographical drama Young Stalin, resulting in Logan Marshall-Green being swiftly announced as his replacement.

While it's surely a nightmare scenario to have to quit a Christopher Nolan film due to scheduling issues, it's fair to assume that his part in The Odyssey was probably a small one, given that he ducked out of the shoot barely a month before filming on the epic wrapped up.

On the other hand, Young Stalin is a meatier starring role that likely pays better and presents some serious awards potential. It's a hell of a tough call to make, but he probably made the right one all things considered.