6 actors who refused to film iconic scenes and changed movie history

During Glenn Close's portrayal of Vice President Kathryn Bennett in Air Force One, the star refused to film a scene where her character broke down in tears in front of her colleagues. 

The moment was supposed to take place in the White House Situation Room after the titular aircraft is hijacked with President James Marshall, played by Harrison Ford, on board. 

Following the revelation of her decision, Glenn told Vanity Fair that she told the film's writers: "I will not do that. I don't think that would happen. Not my vice president." They subsequently changed the scene, with no crying to be found. 

When she starred in the action thriller, Into the Blue, Jessica Alba's character was tasked with getting into open water with a real-life shark. 

However, understandably so, the star refused to take part in the scene despite pleading from the director, John Stockwell. To make her point, she got in a boat and travelled back to shore in protest. 

She told Hot Ones: "For some reason, they caught a wild tiger shark, and they were like, 'It's in this cage, so it's docile!' And I'm like, 'It's a [expletive] tiger shark." 

While filming the ending to the smash hit The Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman shared his thoughts with the director and demanded his version be used in the final take. 

The moment happened between his character Red and Tim Robbins's Andy Dufresne, who reunited on a beach after spending time together in prison. 

Morgan revealed director Frank Darabont wanted Red to play a harmonica to get his old friend's attention, but the star argued that silence between the pair would be more impactful. 

He told the New York Daily News that the idea of the instrument was "sort of asinine, sort of clichéd, sort of unnecessary, and overkill." 

Despite rising to fame as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, Viggo Mortensen had no interest in returning to that world when The Hobbit began production in 2008. 

He refused the offer to reprise his role in the prequel film series and shared with The Guardian that he advised writers: "You do know, don't you, that Aragorn isn't in The Hobbit? That there is a 60-year gap between the books?"

While starring as Jesus Christ in the biblical drama Mary Magdalene, Joaquin Phoenix famously refused to perform a very specific scene from the Bible.

On set, he demanded that he skip the miracle that required him to rub dirt in a blind woman's eyes in order to heal her sight. 

After filming, the star told CNN: "I thought, 'I’m not going to rub dirt in her eyes. Who the [expletive] would do that? It doesn’t make any sense. That is a horrible introduction to seeing!'" 

In place of the dirt-rubbing, he decided to lick his thumb and then rub the woman's eyes with it. 

A young Christina Ricci had the final say over a massive change to the ending of the original The Addams Family script. 

The film was meant to end with a big reveal that exposed Christopher Lloyd's character, Uncle Fester, to be a con artist, however, everyone in the cast was unhappy about the plot twist. 

In the end, it was Christina who convinced director Barry Sonnenfeld to change the story.

Barry told Entertainment Weekly: "Everyone was upset except Christopher Lloyd. But the person who best articulated their concern was Christina." He ultimately changed the ending to include a scene where the real Fester was suffering from amnesia.