A Major A-Lister Lost a Role in 'Miss Congeniality' Because He Couldn't Keep Up With Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock is a force!

The 58-year-old actress stars in the beloved Miss Congeniality, the 2000 comedy that follows Gracie Hart, an FBI agent who is asked to go undercover as a beauty pageant contestant when a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant.

In the film, her co-worker turned love interest FBI agent Eric Matthews is played by Benjamin Bratt – but there was another star who almost played the role.

Find out who it was…