Gibson was interested in playing Oskar Schindler but Steven Spielberg rejected the idea, ensuring that the 1993 film's legacy wouldn't be tarnished by the actor's later antisemitic comments.
More than two decades before his infamous roadside antisemitic rant, Mel Gibson was angling to star in “Schindler’s List.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the “Braveheart” actor “was interested” in playing Oskar Schindler, a German Nazi party member who saved more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust.