Tom Selleck - Indiana Jones

Most actors who work in television would rather be making movies, but there are exceptions to that rule. One of them is Tom Selleck. He'll always be most famous for playing 'Magnum P.I.,' but he could have been Indiana Jones instead. What's more, he had an informed choice between the two, and chose to stay on the small screen!

Selleck received offers to appear in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Magnum P.I.' at the same time, and the detective show won. It's possible that Selleck didn't see the potential for the first 'Indiana Jones' movie to expand into a multimillion-dollar franchise, and so felt like Magnum offered him better long-term security. You have to think that he's since looked back on that choice and questioned whether it was the right call. Really, though - Indiana Jones with a mustache? We're not sure it would have worked!

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