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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 19:20:31 GMT
Jon Voight as Jack Torrance sounds sublime.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Dec 16, 2018 19:38:22 GMT
Henry Fonda as George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 19:48:20 GMT
Henry Fonda as George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life. yeah most Stewart/Fonda roles could be interchangeable. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 16, 2018 20:16:23 GMT
Great question.
Fred MacMurray, I've long felt, would have been a better fit for Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace than Cary Grant was. Grant's mania is funny, make no mistake, but it tends to be overpoweringly bombastic, to the point of throwing the rest of the piece out of balance (Grant himself was said to have not considered it among his best work). MacMurray was expert at the sort of overwhelmed comic befuddlement the role suggests, and would have provided a strong centerpiece without clashing with the gently eccentric overall tone. As evidence in support of my MacMurray theory, I always point to 1945's Murder, He Says.
I'd have preferred to see William Holden as Bill Sampson in All About Eve, finding Gary Merrill to be among the weakest of the principal players. He was quite fine as the compassionate officer in Twelve O'Clock High, a role right up his alley, but seems uncomfortably rough-hewn as an artistic New York sophisticate, spouting phrases like, "the barroom, Benzedrine standards of this megalomaniac society." One point in his favor: his tempestuous offscreen relationship with Davis lends authenticity to Bill and Margo's combative onscreen one. Still, Holden seems more suitable in overall temperament, and as a bonus, playing the role would have conferred upon him the unique status of having appeared opposite four of the five Best Actress nominees of that year.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 21:24:48 GMT
How about Monty Clift in Sunset Boulevard as well.
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2018 21:46:46 GMT
OK, maybe not in the classic mold but ---
THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE (1956) -- Glenn ford is perfect in the lead role, but Broderick Crawford as the feared fast draw? Too old, too urban, too paunchy.
The film was an adaptation of a TV play called 'The Last Notch.'
Crawford's role was first performed by Richard Jaeckel, who fitted the part much better -- more of a young 'Billy the Kid' type.
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 16, 2018 21:47:36 GMT
How about Monty Clift in Sunset Boulevard as well. Actually, Clift was scheduled to play that role, but backed out before shooting was to start. He quit the production because he was romantically involved with middle-aged, wealthy Libby Holman. Too much reality made him uncomfortable. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 22:30:14 GMT
How about Monty Clift in Sunset Boulevard as well. Actually, Clift was scheduled to play that role, but backed out before shooting was to start. He quit the production because he was romantically involved with middle-aged, wealthy Libby Holman. Too much reality made him uncomfortable. Yeah I read about that sad what could've been. I am biased hes an all time fav of mine actually. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 22:31:03 GMT
OK, maybe not in the classic mold but ---
THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE (1956) -- Glenn ford is perfect in the lead role, but Broderick Crawford as the feared fast draw? Too old, too urban, too paunchy.
The film was an adaptation of a TV play called 'The Last Notch.'
Crawford's role was first performed by Richard Jaeckel, who fitted the part much better -- more of a young 'Billy the Kid' type. yeah his castings a head scratcher so many actors would've been better. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 22:35:49 GMT
Clift within Witness to the Prosecution?.
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 17, 2018 0:27:42 GMT
Charles Bronson as "Dirty Harry"
Sterling Holloway as the scarecrow in "Wizard of Oz"
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Post by marianne48 on Dec 17, 2018 0:39:19 GMT
Watching The Sound of Music just now, I couldn't quite shake the feeling that Christopher Plummer's performance as he first meets Maria reminds me of someone else....William Shatner!
Maybe if Shatner had starred in the role, Plummer could have gone on to play Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek (and he might've done a pretty good job, too). Shatner could have made a number of other films, while Plummer wouldn't be constantly disparaging the movie as "The Sound of Mucus."
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 17, 2018 0:55:35 GMT
Franco Nero as Sinbad the Sailor.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 17, 2018 1:23:47 GMT
Watching The Sound of Music just now, I couldn't quite shake the feeling that Christopher Plummer's performance as he first meets Maria reminds me of someone else....William Shatner! Maybe if Shatner had starred in the role, Plummer could have gone on to play Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek (and he might've done a pretty good job, too). Shatner could have made a number of other films, while Plummer wouldn't be constantly disparaging the movie as "The Sound of Mucus." Just a small OT footnote: Plummer in his 2012 autobiography "In Spite Of Myself" regrets his "Sound of Mucus" sarcasm as well as his snobbish "I am a serious actor!" attitude during filming. He credits Julie Andrews with befriending him in spite of these things and changing his mind. During the anniversary year, Plummer proudly attended "The Sound Of Music" reunions. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 17, 2018 2:10:47 GMT
It wouldn't have been as great, but I would have love to have seen Errol Flynn amd Bette Davis as Brett & Scarlett.
I'm sure Bette was up to the task, but Flynn's Brett would have been a very different interpretation.
It would have interesting.
I'm a very big Errol Flynn fan, and feel he was underrated as an actor.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 17, 2018 2:17:28 GMT
Henry Fonda as George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life. Don't see it. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 17, 2018 2:18:22 GMT
Charles Bronson as "Dirty Harry" Sterling Holloway as the scarecrow in "Wizard of Oz" Charlie lust looked too tough |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 17, 2018 2:20:06 GMT
Clift within Witness to the Prosecution?. Again, don't see it. |
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Post by jervistetch on Dec 17, 2018 2:39:30 GMT
How about a young Paul Newman as Guy Haines in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN?  |
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Post by Isapop on Dec 17, 2018 21:44:03 GMT
Walter Matthau would have become a star a decade sooner than he did if Billy Wilder had gotten his way and cast him as the lead in The Seven Year Itch. Matthau would have been absolutely ideal, and far funnier and more appealing than Tom Ewell (who the studio insisted on).
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