Josh Hartnett Turned down the lead in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

I thought he was so sexy back in day

That would have been hot.

I had a major crush on Joaquin in the 2000s, particularly the GLADIAOR/SIGNS/WALK THE LINE era. In fact, WTL and BM both came out within a month of each other in late 2005 and Phoenix was so hot in WTL. Joaquin got an Oscar nod for that movie and most likely would have too for BM, but he still would have lost to Phillip Seymour Hoffman in CAPOTE, I'm afraid.

Josh and Jake would’ve been a fun watch

Whoops!

And why did he never get a superhero franchise?

He was offered TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS to play Superman and turned it down!

I will kiss Joaquin or Josh any time, call me boys.

Who?

Which character was written as a squinty-eyed rat-faced shitty actor?

His regret should be not playing such a groundbreaking role. I wish he was honest and say, “I was scared, I was afraid of what people would think and say, how this would affect my career, and I was wrong” and not the silly “I regret not kissing Joaquin Phoenix”. Because that’s the truth. He was scared.

Was Josh going to be playing the Jake Gyllenhaal role?

Ever notice that actors never claim they turned down the lead in a movie that flopped?

Both Ledger and Gyllenhaal were warned by agents and advisors that appearing in the movie would be career suicide. I'm sure there are a number of actors who refused to even consider it.

IIRC Joaquin didn't want to do the sex scenes.

Mark Walhberg turned it down too. What’s his excuse?

Mark Wahlberg is homophobic.

That's not what I heard!

R1 I think he still is

I like Josh Hartnett but he was basically a privileged straight white man given every possible opportunity in Hollywood, there’s no reason to feel sorry for his career choices.

Has he had that ugly neck mole sliced off yet?

I hope Taron Egerton learns the lesson of Josh’s neck mole career derailment and has his dealt with accordingly.

R10 didn’t think about it that way…of course. And once all the hoopla died down, Heath and Jake didn’t crash and burn career-wise. Well, Heath died and Jake made some bad movie choices. But none of that was related to starring in BM. Josh was probably scared or his agent told him not to.

I think it's good that he turned down "Brokeback Mountains" and two guys who could actually act were cast instead.

Josh takes self-loathing to a whole new level

Thank god Josh finally kissed a boy in Penny Dreadful (Reeve Carney, so hot) almost a decade later.

He needs to keep doing gay love scenes. He's still fine as fuck.

Joaquin and Josh would have been hot.

Josh and Heath together would have been sublime. I couldn't stand Jake, I thought he had no sex appeal.

Why do so many DLers think Mark Wahlberg is homophobic? People get older and wiser. We are capable of change.

Josh's filmography is a lot like Keanu Reeves and Ryan Phillippe's. It's mostly awful, generic action and thriller roles and very few standout films. He turned down a lot of roles that would have made him a bigger star. I really liked Josh in Lucky Never Slevin, Sin City, Penny Dreadful and 30 Days of Night. I think he was expecting Pearl Harbor and Black Dahlia to make him a big star but both were disappointments.

R28 He's mentally challenged, is a diehard Catholic, supported Trump and most of his roles pander to the MAGAT crowd. Both Mark and Donnie may be cool with gays as friends like their bandmate Jonathan Knight but they support Republican politicians who are anti-LGBT.

He cried at hearing of Paul Wellstone's early demise. He cried over a politician. Failed human.

I remember reading an interview with Ang Lee (director) and him making a statement as far as casting:

"None of the closeted actors would do it."

He never said whom he approached, though.

[quote]"None of the closeted actors would do it."

So true!

I'm watching him in The Fear Index. very handsome.

He turned it down cause he was scared.

Lots of actors have played gay. Whose career did it hurt in the '00s?

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Why did he turn it down? He already played gay. Didn't anyone see Pearl Harbor?

Maybe if he's offered the role of the BOTTOM in BAREBACK MOUNTAIN he will grab the part- he looks like a total bottom anyway

Josh Harnett can’t act. Seems like a nice person, though.

Josh in the streaming run of Penny Dreadful let Reeve Carney fuck him. That scene was eliminated in the DVD edition.

I'd fuck Josh any day. As to Brokeback, we'll never know how he might have played it, but to give that film up for Black Dahlia--what a waste.

DId anyone watch The Fear Instinct? He bares his ass in it! I thought he was very good in it.

The problem is that he looks especially hot soaking wet - whether it's standing in the rain, under a sprinkler, or climbing out of any liquid.

There are only so many fucking ways to sneak in rain scenes.

Follow up to R43;

You'll notice this is in direct contrast with James Marsden who looks like a beaver when wet.

James Marsden is a second banana.

Josh didn't want his tongue anywhere near that harelip/cleft palate.

Josh Hartnett is in this twisted, khole of a movie called Valley of the Gods. It’s fucking nuts and wonder how Josh Hartnett not only got involved, but got the lead. Seek this movie the next time you trip.

He also looked hot in the reenactment scenes in the HBO doc Exterminate All the Brutes.

They’re bold choices, even if pretty under the radar.

He’s 44 this year…time flies.

I loved him in Pearl Harbor. I only watch that movie for him.

You regularly watch that movie?

What?^

he dates in europe...so what does that make him?

[quote]James Marsden is a second banana.

I wouldn't mind getting acquainted with Marsden's banana.