Rob Zombie was nearly one of the sordid characters running amok in Robert Rodriguez‘s Sin City.
The filmmaker/musician shared the anecdote on Instagram with photos from Spike TV’s 2006 Scream Awards, where The Devil’s Rejects took home the award for Best Horror Movie.
“Robert asked me to play a role in Sin City but I was shooting The Devil’s Rejects at the time and had to decline,” he writes.
It’s unknown what part Zombie would have played — perhaps a SWAT team member alongside (or in place of) Rodriguez himself — but it likely would have been a cameo given his busy schedule and inexperience in front of the camera.
Zombie made his big screen debut in Airheads, although he merely played himself as the frontman of White Zombie. He later took on the uncredited role of Dr. Wolfenstein’s assistant in his directorial debut, House of 1000 Corpses.
He also made vocal cameos in several James Gunn films — Slither, Super, and the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies — in addition to voice acting gigs on “Spider-Man,” “Justice League,” and “Mr. Pickles.”
Although the Sin City appearance didn’t pan out, Rodriguez later asked Zombie to make a faux trailer for Grindhouse, resulting in Werewolf Women of the S.S.