# The 2000 offer from Robert Duvall that Vinnie Jones turned down: “No, I’ll leave that, son”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-2000-offer-from-robert-duvall-that-vinnie-jones-turned-down-no-ill-leave-that-son/
- Published: 2026-10-25T16:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T17:25:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-2000-offer-from-robert-duvall-that-vinnie-jones-turned-down/
- Topics: Business, Markets

## Key points

- Duvall offered Jones a role in *A Shot at Glory*.
- Jones declined, quipping about the low pay.
- The Scottish football film flopped despite a notable cast.

## Summary

Robert Duvall invited Vinnie Jones to appear in the 2000 film *A Shot at Glory*, but Jones turned down the role, joking that the pay was only “three and six”. The anecdote illustrates Jones’s brief spell as a sought-after film actor after his debut in Guy Ritchie’s *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels*.

The film follows a small Scottish club competing against Rangers for a domestic cup, with Duvall playing its manager and former Rangers striker Ally McCoist appearing as a player. Despite cameo appearances by Michael Keaton and Brian Cox, it flopped; Jones went on to make Hollywood films including *Swordfish* and *X-Men*.

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