Dennis Quaid: 'I turned down Big role'

Dennis Quaid has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to star in Big.

In an interview with PopEater, the Legion actor confessed that he walked away from the hit 1988 film as he had been offered roles in several other projects at the time.

"I think I turned it down for something else," he recalled. "Well, I can't remember what it was. I also turned down Peggy Sue Got Married... that turned out to be a good choice but it was turning down [Francis Ford] Coppola."

He went on to insist that he was not concerned about missing out on a film's success but instead wished he had an opportunity to work with some of his favourite directors.

"The only regret I have in my career, it's not any of the movies I did even if they turned out not to be what I wanted them to be," he explained. "The only regret was that I didn't get to work with director David Lean. He gave me a part in Nostromo and I got to spend some time with him. That was really one of the great moments for me."

Quaid was recently confirmed to join Uma Thurman and Gerard Butler in the upcoming comedy Playing The Field.