Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron

It's hard to believe Charlize Theron—an Oscar winner for her terrifying performance in Monster—ever considered the role of milquetoast nurse Evelyn Johnson in Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor. Theron reportedly dropped out of the film to act opposite Keanu Reeves in Sweet November. Kate Bekinsale took over the part, and Pearl Harbor grossed nearly $200 million in 2001.