“Dating Her is Like Wearing Hot Lava.”: These Wild Facts About Celebrities Left Us Speechless

Tom Selleck came surprisingly close to having one of the most iconic adventure roles in movie history. Before Harrison Ford became Indiana Jones, Selleck was lined up for the part, and he had the rugged charm to make the choice easy to imagine. But his television career got in the way at the worst possible moment.

Because of his Magnum, P.I. contract, Selleck could not take the role, and the fedora eventually went to Ford instead. It is one of those Hollywood turns that changes everything. One contract decision helped reshape blockbuster history, leaving Selleck with a strange “almost” attached to one of cinema’s biggest heroes.