Or maybe it's the hand of God at work. Some very famous actors got their start because someone else refused the part.
Reminds me of Esther 4:14:
14. For if you remain silent at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed; And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this:
All the actors are being put in place, for such a time as this.