10. Jonah Hill – The Hangover Franchise – $20.6 million
When Bradley Cooper penned his signature on the dotted line for the 2009 comedy The Hangover with Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis, little would he be aware of what was to follow. That initial $600,000 role would blossom into something spectacular and as the studio rolled in the hundreds of millions in gate takings, the sequel demands grew.
The Hangover Part II saw Cooper rake in $5 million while The Hangover Part III made the 41-year-old from Philadelphia $15 million in 2013. How the franchise would have worked with Jonah Hill in the Hollywood heartthrob’s place is anyone’s guess as the star of The Wolf of Wall Street, 21 Jump Street and War Dogs was fresh from making Super Bad a cult classic in 2007. Fortunately, the two parties never agreed to terms and instead offered it to Cooper. You can imagine this is not the only time those two have been vying for the same role.
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