Ocean's Eleven has one of the most iconic ensemble casts in recent film history (until Barbie comes out later this year, of course…), with George Clooney heading up the 2001 heist movie directed by Steven Soderbergh. According to Clooney, however, there were a couple of other A-listers who could have been on the billing but turned it down.
"Steven had just done Erin Brockovich and Traffic, and he was nominated for directing both films. So, people really wanted to work with Steven," Clooney said while at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood (via Entertainment Weekly). Soderbergh added, "That said, some people did say no to us."
