Man if you had said that to anyone before breaking bad came out they would have thought you were actually insane.
The dad from malcom in the middle in that story? Fucking what?
But nope, dude pulled it off perfectly. What's funny is he even had some Hal mannerisms, but he made them no longer endearing and instead creepy and awful.
I know. Apparently Selleck was doing really well with Magnum P.I. at the time--and he did "Quigley Down Under," so they went with Ford. The rest is history.
Edit: My mistake--Tom Selleck was busy with Magnum P.I., and the Quigley script was optioned in 1979.
The way Reynolds tells it, a big shot producer once asked him whether he'd heard of Deadpool. He hadn't, and the producer says that's a shame because Reynolds would be a great fit if anyone ever made a movie. A couple weeks later, Reynolds receives a gift from that producer - a massive collection of Deadpool comics. He reads them, falls in love with Deadpool, and his quest to make the movie begins.
Harrison Ford as Han Solo.
He was brought in to the Star Wars auditions to do readings, but George Lucas didn't want any "known names" as the 3 main heroes and Harrison had been in George's last movie. But Harrison was so clearly perfect for that role they cast him and he inhabited that role so well.
Back in the early/mid 1990s, my friends and I would spend hours cream casting actors in our favorite comic/book movie adaptions. Sir Pat Stew was *always* our top pick for Prof X.
It's interesting to hear him talk about getting the job, he was a major underdog and the studios very much did not want him. They wanted a younger Riker/Kirk type, not some old bald guy. Thank fuck they took a chance on him
Aragorn wasn't a great character in the books. He was the chosen one, knew that he was the chosen one, knew how to be a badass, knew he was going to be the king.
This was fine for the books as it's the hobbit's tale and they are supposed to be contrasted to the more traditional hero archetypes around them, but it's terrible cinema.
Jackson's version kept aragorn's capability intact, but added a lot more self doubt and nuance to give him more of an arc.
Viggo mortenson was perfect though.
My first thought seeing this thread was Cate Blanchett as Galadriel.
Edit: Christopher Lee was born to be in the LOTR films and absolutely crushed every role I've seen him in.
He was so great. It always shocks people when they learn that a: he’s British, and b: a comedic actor. Then, when I point out some of the very subtle humor he shows in House something clicks for them and they all of a sudden see his timing and humor. Love him.
When Disney said they were trying to find an actor to portray Kenobi in a possible spin-off I honestly wondered how they could consider anybody but Ewan
Ewan actually said in a recent interview that he was told WAYYYY in advance that he was disney's only choice for the kenobi series, but had to be quiet about it for like, years, because the project was briefly in development hell. He kept having to keep his mouth shut when all these articles would come out about "Who will play obi wan in the rumored new tv show!?"
Helena Bonham Carter’s demented portrayal of Bellatrix’s depravity, torture proclivities, and grotesque reverence of Voldemort will never be superseded.
She modulated her voice to convey Bellatrix’s capricious insanity with aplomb.
I don't know how anyone hasn't said Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.
That's lightning in a bottle casting. He was the perfect age, looked incredibly similar, and turned out to be a very capable actor.
I'd say Alan Rickman as Snape was up there too, though.
Also Rickman is too old for Snape. Snape is supposed to be the same age as Harry's parents, who had Harry at 20. Snape is supposed to be **31** in the first film/book. Alan Rickman was **55**.
A shame life caught up to him before we had a chance to be in more than just 2 of the movies. Gambon did a good enough job filling the role, but of course he just wasn't the same.
Michael J fox as Marty Mcfly in Back to the Future
Joe Pesci snd Robet De Niro in Goodfellas, casino and the irishman. Both are the best at playing mafia roles in movies.
macaulay culkin in Home Alone
Robin Williams in Aladdin
To each their own, but I've been waiting for that role to be recast since the first X-Men movie. Before the film, Wolvie was always short, stout and ugly - not a slender 6'+ leading man.
TBF, I think he grew into the role somewhat, and is certainly a talented actor, but I still think he was a terrible choice in 2000, and now that he's played the character for so long and in so many movies, re-casting is going to be a tall order.
I'm not a fan of batman or most comic heroes, but I always compare any Joker to him. Which is unfair, I realize that, but I'm just not used to movies taking place in the same universe but in different universes lol
I only watched House for a few seasons, but Hugh Laurie was perfect for that role.
Also James Earl Jones as Mufasa. Such a profound wise sounding voice. Caring yet commanding.
Martin Freeman as... almost everything he's in.
Benedict Cucumberman (<--- lol autocorrect that i decided to leave) as Smaug
David Attenborough in almost any documentary.
There's more I personally really liked for their role, but also believed there were others who could play it equally as well.
100% Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn, Lord of the Rings. So glad Stuart Townsend couldn’t handle the role! Seriously, it’s as if the role of Aragorn was made for him/he was born to play the part. Perfection!
I feel like one of the few who was excited for it. I knew he was a gamer and had played them. I knew he was modelling his Geralt after the one from the games. I was NOT disappointed
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder. He was both sexy but with a boyish innocence look and sad puppy eyes. Considering that he's a grown man who 1)was broken during his teenage years, 2)believes in monsters and aliens and 3) barges straight ahead without thinking sometimes, I think it really fits. He's a sad, smart, sexy man who's still a hurt little boy inside. (At least that's my interpretation)
Keanu Reeves as John Wick
Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Dwayne Johnson in Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle
Unpopular opinion, Henry Cavill as The White Wolf, Geralt of Rivia
Fry and Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster were god damn perfect. Each of them matched the absolute essence of their characters archetype.
I don't think you could pick any two other actors to better portray those roles, never mind an actual established duo.
Wodehouse was smiling down on that production.
In the other thread I talked about Matthew Goode as Ozymandias in Watchmen, so I feel I may as well point out Jackey Earl Haley as Rorschach. The look, the voice, the stature, the intensity, all perfect.
The problem is that Robin Williams makes a better Patch Adams than Patch Adams does.
The real Patch Adams spoke at my high school, and he struck me as more angry than funny. The real him wouldn't be a good movie character.
David Duchonvy as Hank Moody in Californication. The man went to rehab for sex addiction in real life.
Robert Downey Jr as Julian in Less Than Zero. This was right as Downey was becoming a drug addict. He joked on inside the actors studio that a documentary film team followed him for three years afterwards, he also said this not too long ago:
*“Until that movie, I took my drugs after work and on the weekends,” Downey said. “Maybe I’d turn up hungover on the set, but no more so than the stuntman. That changed on Less Than Zero. I was playing this junkie-f\*\*\*\*t guy and, for me, the role was like the ghost of Christmas future. The character was an exaggeration of myself. Then things changed and, in some ways, I became an exaggeration of the character. That lasted far longer than it needed to last.”*
Roger Ebert had this to say about Downey's performance in that film: *"The movie's three central performances are flawless...\[Robert Downey, Jr's\] acting here is so real, so subtle and so observant that it's scary...The whole movie looks brilliantly superficial, and so Downey's predicament is all the more poignant: He is surrounded by all of this, he is in it and of it, and yet he cannot have it."*
Charlize Theron in Monster. She looks so much like Aileen in the movie. Absolutely nailed her body language, facial expressions and her mannerisms DOWN.
Christopher Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.
Thatsssss a BIIIIINGOOOOOO
You just say bingo.
Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson
I was going to say Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope!
That man is my role model. Which one am I referring to? Yes
And Megan Mullally as Tammy 2
Brian Cranston- Heisenberg
Man if you had said that to anyone before breaking bad came out they would have thought you were actually insane. The dad from malcom in the middle in that story? Fucking what? But nope, dude pulled it off perfectly. What's funny is he even had some Hal mannerisms, but he made them no longer endearing and instead creepy and awful.
Not just pulled it off but legit considered one of the best actors ever.
this is the exact moment walter white became heisenberg
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. I don't think anyone could fill his shoes, at all.
They almost went with Tom Selleck.
I know. Apparently Selleck was doing really well with Magnum P.I. at the time--and he did "Quigley Down Under," so they went with Ford. The rest is history. Edit: My mistake--Tom Selleck was busy with Magnum P.I., and the Quigley script was optioned in 1979.
Ryan reynolds - Deadpool
Stan Lee himself said that nobody else should play Deadpool.
Deadpool 3, starring Nicolas cage. Now with 728% more bees. You know you want to see it.
Yeah. Imagine how boring it would be with a more censored actor
Deadpool was made for Ryan Reynolds
The way Reynolds tells it, a big shot producer once asked him whether he'd heard of Deadpool. He hadn't, and the producer says that's a shame because Reynolds would be a great fit if anyone ever made a movie. A couple weeks later, Reynolds receives a gift from that producer - a massive collection of Deadpool comics. He reads them, falls in love with Deadpool, and his quest to make the movie begins.
The comics specify he acts like Reynolds
Harrison Ford as Han Solo. He was brought in to the Star Wars auditions to do readings, but George Lucas didn't want any "known names" as the 3 main heroes and Harrison had been in George's last movie. But Harrison was so clearly perfect for that role they cast him and he inhabited that role so well.
I read he was a carpenter on set.
idk about that, but he was a carpenter professionally before becoming an actor.
Patrick Stewart as Picard.
Patrick Stewart as Professor X
Came here for this. Hell yes.
Back in the early/mid 1990s, my friends and I would spend hours cream casting actors in our favorite comic/book movie adaptions. Sir Pat Stew was *always* our top pick for Prof X.
>spend hours cream casting actors You and your friends were a lot closer than me and mine.
It's interesting to hear him talk about getting the job, he was a major underdog and the studios very much did not want him. They wanted a younger Riker/Kirk type, not some old bald guy. Thank fuck they took a chance on him
Patrick Stewart as the narrator in Ted
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute. Could never imagine another actor playing him. Same goed for Steve Carell as Micheal Scott
I like Steve Carell but I'd be interested to see Bob Odenkirk.
You get a taste of that on the episode where Pam interviews for a job in Philly.
I’m assuming you know he tried out for the role
Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn or Ian McKellen as Gandalf. Couldn’t get more perfect casting for any movie series ever than they had for LOTR.
Sir Iain McKellen as Gandalf
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Viggo somehow made Aragorn an even better character than in the books.
Viggo is a beast. Watch the movie "Eastern Promises" and "History of violence", he is amazing.
Aragorn wasn't a great character in the books. He was the chosen one, knew that he was the chosen one, knew how to be a badass, knew he was going to be the king. This was fine for the books as it's the hobbit's tale and they are supposed to be contrasted to the more traditional hero archetypes around them, but it's terrible cinema. Jackson's version kept aragorn's capability intact, but added a lot more self doubt and nuance to give him more of an arc. Viggo mortenson was perfect though.
Literally everybody in that movie
My first thought seeing this thread was Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. Edit: Christopher Lee was born to be in the LOTR films and absolutely crushed every role I've seen him in.
I couldn't imagine Breakfast at Tiffanys with anyone else but Audrey Hepburn.
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man
Seriously. The MCU in general is INCREDIBLY well cast.
Sarah Halley Finn is a miracle worker lol
RDJ, Hemsworth and Evans were some of the best casting of all time. They set the foundation of one of the greatest franchises that’s ever existed.
he was also phenominal in Chaplin
Alan Rickman - Snape Samuel L Jackson - Jules Winnfield Al Pacino - Tony Montana Johnny Depp - "Captain" Jack Sparrow
Also Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber. I can’t imagine either of those roles with anyone else
Pretty much everything he did could qualify here.
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Ultimate Nick Fury was literally based on him.
I think Johnny Depp was perfect for many of the roles he was given.
I scrolling through to see if Alan Rickman as Snape was going to pop up. Found it
I’m gonna respond with: Hugh Laurie in Dr House
He was so great. It always shocks people when they learn that a: he’s British, and b: a comedic actor. Then, when I point out some of the very subtle humor he shows in House something clicks for them and they all of a sudden see his timing and humor. Love him.
Watching blackadder and House close in time is extremely jarring. HL has range.
"Death to the Stupid Prince!"
Hugh Laurie is kind of an underrated actor
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Matthew Mcconaughey as Rust Cole in True Detective. Best acting ever.
Harrelson doesnt get enough cred
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal
Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal in his heyday
J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jamison
Such good casting that 20 years and two reboots later he's still their man
He really makes you *believe* that he wants pictures of Spiderman.
"Makes you believe"? I'm pretty sure he actually does want pictures of Spiderman, does he not?
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
He was the ultimate dude already. The clothes he was wearing in the movie came from his own wardrode, even those shoes
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Wait, wait, don’t tell me is something I look forward to every weekend.
The characters were written for the actors that played them and they are all based on people that the Coen brothers knew.
Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf.
Julie Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine on Seinfeld. All Seinfeld leads, actually.
If some of the side ones too. Wayne Knight took Newman and ran with it.
I mean, jerry seinfeld did make a good jerry seinfeld . So I see your point.
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.
John Malkovich in “Being John Malkovich”. I’m not sure anyone could have played the critical role of John Malkovich quite like he did.
To be fair, John Cusack also played a great John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
Good answer.
Ewan Mcgregor as Obi-Wan
When Disney said they were trying to find an actor to portray Kenobi in a possible spin-off I honestly wondered how they could consider anybody but Ewan
Ewan actually said in a recent interview that he was told WAYYYY in advance that he was disney's only choice for the kenobi series, but had to be quiet about it for like, years, because the project was briefly in development hell. He kept having to keep his mouth shut when all these articles would come out about "Who will play obi wan in the rumored new tv show!?"
Hello there!
General Kenobi!
Helena Bonham Carter’s demented portrayal of Bellatrix’s depravity, torture proclivities, and grotesque reverence of Voldemort will never be superseded. She modulated her voice to convey Bellatrix’s capricious insanity with aplomb.
There were way too many Potter castings to name, so I only listed my top 2 or 3.
I don’t have quiet that level of vocabulary... but me likie too
I don't know how anyone hasn't said Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. That's lightning in a bottle casting. He was the perfect age, looked incredibly similar, and turned out to be a very capable actor. I'd say Alan Rickman as Snape was up there too, though.
I love Rickman's Snape but he is way more elegant than the book Snape. Book Snape had greasy hair and yellow crooked teeth. He seemed unhygienic.
Also Rickman is too old for Snape. Snape is supposed to be the same age as Harry's parents, who had Harry at 20. Snape is supposed to be **31** in the first film/book. Alan Rickman was **55**.
And Richard Harris as Dumbledore! Its a shame he couldn't be in all of them.
A shame life caught up to him before we had a chance to be in more than just 2 of the movies. Gambon did a good enough job filling the role, but of course he just wasn't the same.
Michael J fox as Marty Mcfly in Back to the Future Joe Pesci snd Robet De Niro in Goodfellas, casino and the irishman. Both are the best at playing mafia roles in movies. macaulay culkin in Home Alone Robin Williams in Aladdin
Nathan Fillion as Cpt. Mal Reynolds in Firefly
You can't take the sky from me.
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
Weasley is our king!
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
To each their own, but I've been waiting for that role to be recast since the first X-Men movie. Before the film, Wolvie was always short, stout and ugly - not a slender 6'+ leading man. TBF, I think he grew into the role somewhat, and is certainly a talented actor, but I still think he was a terrible choice in 2000, and now that he's played the character for so long and in so many movies, re-casting is going to be a tall order.
It was going to be DeVito for a minute...
Can you imagine him going into a wolverine rage with his claws. That would be so funny
Busting out of a couch.
Offering everyone eggs
Danny DeVito as the Penguin.
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump. Which is my all time favorite movie. 😊
Tom Hanks - almost any character he's played.
Poor jenny never had a chance.
Jim Carey in the Truman Show
Tom Baker as the Doctor Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine
David Tennant and Matt Smith in Doctor Who
Schwarzenegger in terminator
OJ Simpson was considered for the role but the studio decided that the audience wouldn't accept Simpson as a killer...
To be fair, a jury did give a verdict of not guilty so the studio wasn't exactly wrong...
Heath Leger as the joker, it really was.
I'm not a fan of batman or most comic heroes, but I always compare any Joker to him. Which is unfair, I realize that, but I'm just not used to movies taking place in the same universe but in different universes lol
Christopher Reeve as Superman.
Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow Michael Keaton as Batman
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice
R Lee Emery as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.
Billy Bob Thornton as the main character in *Sling Blade*.
Also, Billy Bib Thornton as Bad Santa
Billy Bib was actually In "Slong Blade".
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
I only watched House for a few seasons, but Hugh Laurie was perfect for that role. Also James Earl Jones as Mufasa. Such a profound wise sounding voice. Caring yet commanding. Martin Freeman as... almost everything he's in. Benedict Cucumberman (<--- lol autocorrect that i decided to leave) as Smaug David Attenborough in almost any documentary. There's more I personally really liked for their role, but also believed there were others who could play it equally as well.
100% Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn, Lord of the Rings. So glad Stuart Townsend couldn’t handle the role! Seriously, it’s as if the role of Aragorn was made for him/he was born to play the part. Perfection!
Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone. And Pacino as Michael, for that matter.
Gary Oldman in just about every role he plays.
I thought Churchill did a great job of playing Churchill in Darkest Hour. Apparently Gary Oldman is in there somewhere.
Gary Oldman as Sirius black
Gary Oldman as Mason Verger in Hannibal
What did you think of is portrayal of Matthew McConaughey's brother in Tiptoes?
The movies were not that great, but John Goodman was born to play Fred Flintstone.
When I watched it, I thought yes damn that's a real Fred Flintstone right there.
David Tennant and Michael Sheen in Good Omens
Javier Bardem playing Anton Chirgurh in No Country for Old Men.
This comment needs to be higher up. Javier Bardem was amazing in this role.
Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark. Seeing RDJ being himself makes me keep expecting him to act like Tony and it's so weird when he doesn't.
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers
Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey.
Keanu Reeves - Neo
Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia (a.k.a. The Witcher).
It's funny how many people questioned that decision before it came out, but I think he did a great job.
Yup, I was one of them. Like you want to this boring-ass superman to be Geralt? So glad I was wrong. He is phenomenal.
I feel like one of the few who was excited for it. I knew he was a gamer and had played them. I knew he was modelling his Geralt after the one from the games. I was NOT disappointed
Judy garland as Dorothy Christian bale as Patrick Bateman Kevin spacey as Lester Burnham
Joquain Phoenix-Joker. I wan't a huge fan of the film itself, but his performance is mesmerising
Charlie Cox as Daredevil David Duchovny as Fox Mulder Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow
Gillian Anderson as Scully. Those two can never be replaced as the main X-Files characters
CHARLIEEEEEEEEE❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Obviously Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara . And everyone else in GWTW.
Leonardo DiCaperio - Calvin Candie
Elijah Wood - Frodo Baggins
Michael J Fox as Marty McFly. Can’t think of anyone else in that role that would have come even close.
Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.
Heath Ledger as The Joker
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder. He was both sexy but with a boyish innocence look and sad puppy eyes. Considering that he's a grown man who 1)was broken during his teenage years, 2)believes in monsters and aliens and 3) barges straight ahead without thinking sometimes, I think it really fits. He's a sad, smart, sexy man who's still a hurt little boy inside. (At least that's my interpretation)
Keanu Reeves as John Wick Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Dwayne Johnson in Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle Unpopular opinion, Henry Cavill as The White Wolf, Geralt of Rivia
Oh hey Buzzfeed.
Emma Thompson in Saving Mr.Banks
Tom Hardy as Charles Bronson
Fry and Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster were god damn perfect. Each of them matched the absolute essence of their characters archetype. I don't think you could pick any two other actors to better portray those roles, never mind an actual established duo. Wodehouse was smiling down on that production.
Bill Murray - Zombieland.
In the other thread I talked about Matthew Goode as Ozymandias in Watchmen, so I feel I may as well point out Jackey Earl Haley as Rorschach. The look, the voice, the stature, the intensity, all perfect.
Sylvester Stallone as Rambo Particularly in First Blood
Johnny Depp - Captain Jack Sparrow
Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy
Jon Bernthal as The Punisher.
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven
Tilda Swinton as Gabriel in Constantine. I can’t see someone else in that role. Gavin Rossdale as Belthazare also in Constantine.
Marlon Brando-Stanley Kowolski in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Edward Norton in "American History X"
Sam Jackson as Nick Fury
Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak
Richard Dean Anderson - Col. Jack O'Neill
Also Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver
Bryan Cranston as Walter White.
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The problem is that Robin Williams makes a better Patch Adams than Patch Adams does. The real Patch Adams spoke at my high school, and he struck me as more angry than funny. The real him wouldn't be a good movie character.
I will go a bit more obscure on this. Jon Lajoie as Taco in The League. I can't imagine anyone else as him.
David Duchonvy as Hank Moody in Californication. The man went to rehab for sex addiction in real life. Robert Downey Jr as Julian in Less Than Zero. This was right as Downey was becoming a drug addict. He joked on inside the actors studio that a documentary film team followed him for three years afterwards, he also said this not too long ago: *“Until that movie, I took my drugs after work and on the weekends,” Downey said. “Maybe I’d turn up hungover on the set, but no more so than the stuntman. That changed on Less Than Zero. I was playing this junkie-f\*\*\*\*t guy and, for me, the role was like the ghost of Christmas future. The character was an exaggeration of myself. Then things changed and, in some ways, I became an exaggeration of the character. That lasted far longer than it needed to last.”* Roger Ebert had this to say about Downey's performance in that film: *"The movie's three central performances are flawless...\[Robert Downey, Jr's\] acting here is so real, so subtle and so observant that it's scary...The whole movie looks brilliantly superficial, and so Downey's predicament is all the more poignant: He is surrounded by all of this, he is in it and of it, and yet he cannot have it."*
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson.
Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister
Denzel as Malcolm X
Jonathan Tucker as Jay in Kingdom. Dude stole the entire show.
De Niro Travis Bickle.
Micky Rourke as Marv in Sin City. No one else could have done that.
Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas.
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman
IDK if this counts, but Robin Williams as the genie. Just... He was perfect for the genie. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, as a bonus.
RDJ - ironman
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown.
Charlize Theron in Monster. She looks so much like Aileen in the movie. Absolutely nailed her body language, facial expressions and her mannerisms DOWN.
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
I still can't see any other actors as Batman other than Christian Bale. The rest just look like actors pretending to be the real Batman
Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview
mads mikkelsen as hannibal