And he's far from the only one to make a now potentially regrettable decision. Al Pacino said no to playing Han Solo in Star Wars, telling interviewers he didn't understand the script.

It's about as out-of-this-world as a planet can get—a harsh, desert world that orbits twin suns, home to marauding "Sand People," miniature cloaked Jawas and fiendish Hutts. But the Star Wars ...

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