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Kevin Costner almost lost out on the opportunity to play one of his most important roles to date. The Oscar winner recently revealed Robin Williams was also in the running to star as Ray Kinsella in the classic sports fantasy flick, "Field of Dreams." "A good story requires a good script for it to somehow leap off the page and become a movie," Costner told GQ magazine in a sit-down chat.
"That little movie had gold dust all over it, not in the way that I thought it would be a big hit, whereas gold dust on it in the way it moved me personally." ROBIN WILLIAMS WOULD HAVE VETERANS HIRED AS EXTRAS ON SET, ‘MRS. DOUBTFIRE’ MOVIE DAUGHTER SAYS Kevin Costner, right, was up against Robin Williams for the starring role in 1989's "Field of Dreams.
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