10 Actors Who Were Robbed Of Iconic Movie Roles By Injury

6. Sean Young As Vicki Vale - Batman

Batman Nowadays, Sean Young - perhaps best known for her role in Blade Runner as replicant Rachel - has been relegated to those "Where Are They Now?" lists you find scattered across the realms of the internet. Which is another way of saying: Sean Young's career is kind of dead, presumably on account of the fact that she's gone a little nuts and is a raging alcoholic (she also reportedly ended up wrestling with a security guard at the Oscars one time and was arrested - irk!). Still, if you've seen Tim Burton's Batman, you'll remember that Kim Basinger played Bruce Wayne's love interest, Vicki Vale. Believe it or not, but back during that elusive period of time when Sean Young actually had some credibility to her name, Tim Burton originally selected her for the role. Unfortunately, during the prep for a now deleted scene that required Vale's character to ride a horse, Young fell and was badly injured. Burton then dropped her, and cast Basinger instead!
Contributor

Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.