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Jack Black<\/a> is looking back at the role he didn’t take.\n<\/p>\n Black, 56, opened up about the role he most regretted saying no to in a Capital FM interview<\/a> published Dec. 25. Asked to name a movie role he turned down, the actor said that it was a \u201ctricky question.\u201d\n<\/p>\n “Because then the person who got the role, they look like s— because, ‘Oh, I was a second choice? I was sloppy seconds!'” the Anaconda<\/a> star joked. One of the hosts, Jordan North saying he\u2019d \u201cnever thought of that\u201d and wouldn\u2019t ask the question again.\n<\/p>\n \u201cNo, I\u2019m going to answer it because I don’t care,\u201d Black joked.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n “I was offered, and I do regret it, saying no… I was offered Syndrome in that fantastic movie The Incredibles \u2014 one of my favorites of all time, by the way,” the actor said. Syndrome, voiced by Jason Lee, was an obsessive fan of Craig T. Nelson\u2019s Mr. Incredible who becomes a super villain, intent on stealing the powers of real supers. The 2004 film\u2019s voice cast also included Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Samuel L. Jackson and Elizabeth Pe\u00f1a.\n<\/p>\n Syndrome in ‘The Incredibles’.<\/p>\n Pixar\/Disney<\/p>\n “And I said no because I was like, ‘Uhhh, [director] Brad Bird? Never heard of him!'” Black said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n He said his issue was with how Syndrome was written. “This character that you’re offering me is like a villain, but he’s kinda one-dimensional. I’m interested but I’d like to see a rewrite,” Black remembered telling the director. “Will you add some dimensions to this character?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, you’re done. Get out of here.'”\n<\/p>\n Syndrome and The Incredibles ended up being a massive success, bringing in over $630 million at the box office and receiving widespread critical acclaim. It spawned a 2018 sequel, Incredibles 2, with a third movie in development<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Black no longer stands by his notes on the script. “I learned a valuable lesson because when that movie came out, it was one of the best movies ever made,” the star said. “I was like, ‘Why was I being so difficult?!'”\n<\/p>\n Jack Black in December 2025.<\/p>\n Jeff Spicer\/Getty<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Black\u2019s career survived turning down The Incredibles. He had starred in School of Rock<\/a> in 2003 and went on to star in movies like 2004\u2019s Shark Tale, 2005\u2019s King Kong and 2006\u2019s Nacho Libre and The Holiday<\/a>. He\u2019s also led his own animated franchise, Kung Fu Panda<\/a>, and voiced Bowser in 2023\u2019s The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He\u2019ll reprise that role in 2025\u2019s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n