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Post by lowtacks86 on Aug 3, 2021 16:42:53 GMT
I think the Xmen franchise has a couple. Patrick Stewart was pretty much born to play Xavier. And even as a little kid that grew up watching the 90s Xmen cartoon, I always thought "Hey that guy from Frasier would be good for Beast if they ever made a movie" and surely enough Kelsey Grammer was cast as Beast in the 3rd one. And say what you will about the Flintstones movie, if you're gonna make a live action Fred Flintstone, I'm hard pressed to think of a better choice than John Goodman.
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Post by DanaShelbyChancey on Aug 3, 2021 16:55:57 GMT
Way back before we knew of Madonna, I listened to the Broadway cast performance of Evita, on vinyl. Then a couple of years later, Madonna broke out in the music front. I thought to myself, this girl could play Eva Peron if they ever make a movie of the Broadway show.
And she did!
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Post by drystyx on Aug 3, 2021 17:50:57 GMT
Wallace Beery as Long John Silver
Hugo Weaving as Elrond
Okay, most of the cast of LOTR
Clint Eastwood as Jonathon Hemlock. His lack of acting ability made him ideal for a one expression psychopathic killer
Walter Matthau as anything he wanted to be.
Maybe the same for Jack Lemmon
Hard to say about some of the old golden age films in which we already pre-associate faces with roles.
Still, on some old films, Basil as Sherlock seems perfect, although Nigel was the worst choice imaginable for Watson.
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 3, 2021 18:42:31 GMT
Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in Invictus
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in The Queen
Sean Connery as Henry Jones, Sr. in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in the MCU
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 3, 2021 19:15:23 GMT
I felt that way when I heard Matthew Lillard was playing Shaggy.
Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 3, 2021 21:00:31 GMT
Most of the cast for dune. I'd say. Even though it's overall not very good.
Scene from dune that probably wouldn't be done today:
Or this either: 
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Aug 3, 2021 21:05:51 GMT
Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Neo, Jack Traven, Ted Logan and Johnny Utah. These roles were tailor-made for him.
Stallone as Rocky and Rambo.
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Post by sostie on Aug 4, 2021 14:35:59 GMT
Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde
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Post by vegalyra on Aug 4, 2021 15:11:09 GMT
Charlton Heston as Ben Hur and Moses.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Aug 4, 2021 16:17:10 GMT
Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison comes to mind.
Arnold as Conan.
Gary Cole as Mike Brady in the two Brady Bunch movies.
Joe Pesci as Vinny in My Cousin Vinny.
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Aug 4, 2021 20:21:25 GMT
Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison comes to mind. Arnold as Conan. Gary Cole as Mike Brady in the two Brady Bunch movies. Joe Pesci as Vinny in My Cousin Vinny. Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. Oh yeah, Kilmer actually does look quite a bit like Jim. Apparently some of the singing in the film is actually Kilmer as well.
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Post by James on Aug 5, 2021 0:21:38 GMT
Danny DeVito as the Penguin
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man
Christopher Reeve as Superman
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 5, 2021 0:26:34 GMT
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Post by twothousandonemark on Aug 5, 2021 1:23:18 GMT
Michael Caine - TDK trilogy
Schwarzenegger - everything up to & including Last Action Hero
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