Actors and the Famous Roles That Almost Made Them Quit

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Milla Jovovich as “Alice”, in “Resident Evil”

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Milla Jovovich has had a long run starring as Alice in the “Resident Evil” movies. It spans a total of 14 years and 6 movies. It would be obvious to anyone, that the “Resident Evil” franchise will be a major part of Jovovich’s cinematic heritage. Nevertheless, back in 2002, Milla Jovovich almost quit prior to filming of the first movie. During an interview with Inverse, Jovovich said, “I almost quit the movie. I was shooting something else, and [director] Paul [W.S. Anderson] had hired Michelle Rodriguez to play Rain. And she had just come off ‘Girlfight’ and there was Oscar buzz. She was very hot at that moment, and my hotness had sort of been already four years old by that point. So, Paul rewrote the script for her. It pretty much made my character “the girl,” and Rain was “the guy.” She got all of my big action scenes, and she became like Alice. And then Alice became this tag-along.”

Jovovich even told Paul Anderson that, “We have to have to a big talk or I’m going to be on a flight tomorrow morning.” She eventually got Paul Anderson to understand her point of view, and ironically, that was also the start of their relationship. Jovovich and Anderson eventually got married in 2009.