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4. Halle Berry’s Oscar-winning role in Monster’s Ball was first offered to Angela Bassett  and Vanessa Williams.

Bassett said she turned the role down because she “wasn’t going to be a prostitute on film.”

“I couldn’t do that because it’s such a stereotype about black women and sexuality,” she explained.

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