Max Cady is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners. He was portrayed by Robert Mitchum in J. Lee Thompson's Cape Fear and Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's remake, and is set to be portrayed by Javier Bardem in an upcoming television remake that Scorsese will produce alongside Steven Spielberg.
Add actors/actresses and cast the roles/films/series that they were rumored, considered, offered, negotiated, auditioned, turned down, and/or originally casted before getting recasted. (Please double-check in research.)