Jon Hamm Confirms He Was Almost Cast in Ben Affleck's 'Gone Girl' Lead Role
Instead of Ben Affleck starring with Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl, it was almost Jon Hamm.
In a new interview, the 52-year-old Maggie Moore(s) actor revealed that he was very close to booking the lead role in the 2014 movie, and also shared just why he had to decline it.
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During his appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Jon confirmed that was in the final running for the part, but his filming schedule with Mad Men got in the way.
“I was down to the very end of that. It was meant to be me, but we had to film the continuing adventures of Mr. Draper,” he shared on the program.
Jon was referring to his starring role on Mad Men, which ran from 2007 to 2015.
He then joked that Ben wasn’t “very happy” about having to wearing a Cardinals hat in the film.
Jon is from St. Louis.
If you missed it, Maggie Moore(s) had a bit of backlash from the families’ who inspired it.