Tom Selleck said he almost missed playing iconic role on 'Magnum, P.I.': 'It was a big fight'

Tom Selleck almost passed up one of his most iconic roles. During a recent conversation with Ted Danson on his podcast , "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," Selleck explained that a conversation with fellow actor James Garner about his issues with the original script of "Magnum, P.I." ultimately convinced him to take the job. "I'm sitting there, and I'm pretty preoccupied 'cause something had happened," Selleck told Danson. "And he says, ‘What's wrong?’ And I said, ‘Well, look, I had a contract a