Favor
Favor verb - To do a service or favor for.
Passed on
Both terms in one sentence
- Interesting fact about The One: After Dwayne Johnson passed on the role in favor of The Scorpion King, the character was rewritten for Jet Li... with a lot less lines.
Source: Sugar Wiki / He Really Can Act -
There was talk around 2008-9 of a live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell, possibly produced or even directed by Steven Spielberg, but he seems to have passed on it in favor of other projects.
Source: Saved from Development Hell -
It was originally shown on August 1, 2003, and has yet to have an English language release.Famous thief Mark Williams has passed on, but still asks one favor of his longtime rival Lupin III.
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