7. Katie Holmes
Before Sarah Michelle Gellar got the lead role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it was offered to 17 year old Katie Holmes, who declined in order to finish high school. After graduating, the same casting director would actually cast her in Dawson’s Creek, the following year. Sarah herself wasn’t interested in the lead role in the first place, and had initially auditioned for the supporting role of Cordelia Chase, but the director could sense he had a star on his hands with Sarah, so she was given the lead. Today Katie is worth a very comfortable $25 million, but the success of Buffy the Vampire Slayer would have added an extra $15 million to her net worth. Actor Ryan Reynolds was also offered a key role inBuffy, but turned it down because he’d just gotten out of high school and didn’t want to play a student, as he felt his high school experience was awful.
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