Apollo 13 (1995): Travolta really should have learned his lesson after Forrest Gump, but again, let Tom Hanks swoop in and star in one of the year’s biggest films. Before Hanks was putting on the space suit, John Travolta was offered the lead role of Jim Lovell. Travolta turned it down, though, in favor of Get Shorty, and Tom Hanks went on to star in the Oscar-winning drama.