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John Leguizamo is fessing up to a few roles that he turned down during his career that ultimately felt like big mistakes on his part.
During a new interview with Business Insider, the Colombian native wasted little time in revealing that he regretted turning down a key part in The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
'Oh yeah. The Devil Wears Prada, the Stanley Tucci part,' Leguizamo, 63, confessed.
Tucci memorably played Nigel Kipling, the Art Director of Runway magazine, in the comedy-drama starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt.
The Devil Wears Prada was a box office success as it grossed $326.7million worldwide on a budget of $35-41 million.
John Leguizamo is fessing up to a few roles that he turned down during his career that ultimately felt like big mistakes on his part. During a new interview with Business Insider, the Colombian native wasted little time in revealing that he regretted turning down a key role in The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Leguizamo did not reveal exactly why he decided to turn down the role of Nigel Kipling.
But he did share two other films that he regretted passing on.
'Happy Feet, the Robin Williams part. And Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the Vince Vaughn part,' he said.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) is an action-comedy film that famously starred Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie.
'Well, for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, it was because they were paying them $20 million and they were going to pay me scale,' he said, in a reference to Pitt and Jolie.
'I felt dissed, and they probably weren't dissing me, but I felt dissed,' he explained, adding, 'Sometimes when you're a person of color, you're so used to being dissed that you think you're being dissed, and sometimes you're not being dissed. So that's what happens, and you have to go to a lot of therapy to fix that.'
Leguizamo was offered the role of Eddie, which had third billing under the two superstars that ended up being played by Vince Vaughn, 54.
Again, this turned out to be another big hit that he shot down, with the Doug Liman-directed film grossing $487.3 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $110 million.
As for Happy Feet, the Encanto actor was concerned about being typecast after appearing in
