15 Stars Who Were Replaced in Major Movies

10. Sylvester Stallone – ‘Beverly Hills Cop’

Beverly Hills Cop was the start of comedian Eddie Murphy’s career as a bonafide Hollywood actor. As the character Axel Foley, a Detroit cop who travels to California to solve the murder of his best friend, Murphy was nominated up the wazoo for movie awards. He also went on to film the sequels, but none of this would’ve happened if the casting had gone as planned. Sylvester Stallone was initially hired to play the role of the main character, but he had creative differences on how he thought Axel Foley should be portrayed. Stallone was fired 2 weeks before filming took place, and Murphy was hired on instead. The entire script was rewritten to accommodate its new star.