2nd Choice Works Out Better Then First?

[DG]

Just thinking in the world of entertainment how many times a 2nd choice works out better then the first.

For instance any real Star Trek fans will know that in the original series the famous crew were not the original cast (except for Mr Spock)

Geri Halliwell wasn't in the orignal audtions for the Spice Girls

Patrick Swayzee wasn't first choice for Dirty Dancing - Billy Zaine was but he couldn't dance to save his life!!

Anyone know any more 2nd choice stories?

[Faith]

Originally posted by DiamondGeezer
Geri Halliwell wasn't in the orignal audtions for the Spice Girls


Well that just shows up a major flaw in your whole theory then doesn't it? :p

[Lemur]

James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath.....

[DG]

Originally posted by Faith
Well that just shows up a major flaw in your whole theory then doesn't it? :p

.. Ha Ha .. if I ever run into her again I'll mention it to her!!

.. Oh the woman that plays Janeway in Voyager was 2nd choice too, and so was Clarke kent's Mother on smallville .. you can download the pilot episode from Kazaa with the woman who originally played his mother..

[Seven_VII]

yeh, Viggo Mortensen wasnt the first choice as Aragorn in Lord of The Rings......

[Tim the Enchanter]

In the reality Pop Idol shows it's almost always the second placed band/singer that has the better success.

Liberty X are flying while Hear'say are all depressed.
Gareth Gates isn't way ahead of Will Young but it's a close run thing.
And in America I think the runner up is currently at Number 1 while the winner is at Number 2

There are probably more but that's all I can think of right now.