1. - Kenny Wormald, Footloose, 2010. The unknown newcomer won the role of Ren McCormack after a worldwide search when Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega quit the re-make of the 1984 movie. The Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford was then considered - and quit. Next, the Sarah Connor Chronicles star Dekker was given the role. But no, it finished a year later with the Bostonian from the MTV series Dancelife.