10 Actors Who Turned Down The Decade's Biggest TV Shows

4. Katee Sackhoff - Debbie Pelt (True Blood)

Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff was approached to play the crazy on-off girlfriend of Alcide Herveaux, Debbie Pelt, for the third season of HBO's True Blood, though turned it down in favour of cop drama Boston's Finest, which ultimately wasn't even picked up by ABC. Why did Sackhoff turn the True Blood part down? In her own words, "I am a huge fan of True Blood...But I wanted more security than one season of something, so I rolled the dice with . This entire business is about rolling the dice and hoping you made the right decision." It's an ironic twist of fate for the actress, and to heap this on even more, Pelt, who ended up being played by Brit Morgan, ultimately lasted two seasons in the show, racking up a 14-episode tenure by the end of season four. Would It Have Worked? While we think Morgan was a better fit, Sackhoff proved during her run on 24 as Dana Walsh that she can play crazy-annoying just fine, and had Sackhoff accepted, the show certainly would not have suffered.