Ian McKellen as Gandolf
Film Perfect actor casting choices
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Kelsey Grammer as Beast.
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone
Alan Rickman - Snape
Robert Downey Jnr - Iron Man
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour, Dark Knight Trilogy, Book of Eli, Leon: The Professional
Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Trilogy
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men, Batman
Heath Ledger - Dark Knight Rises
Marlon Brando - Godfather
Daniel Bruhl - Rush
Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
Ed Norton - American History X
Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline
Anthony Hopkins player Hannibal perfectly in the films and Mads Mikkelsen was also fantastic in the TV series.
Ed Norton - American History X
Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline
Anthony Hopkins player Hannibal perfectly in the films and Mads Mikkelsen was also fantastic in the TV series.
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds
Mike & Dwight in The Office (US)
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds
Mike & Dwight in The Office (US)
Arnie in Hamlet.
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Sigourney Weaver - Alien
A red lamp - 2001
Sigourney Weaver - Alien
A red lamp - 2001
Morgan Freeman (God) - Bruce Almighty
Cranston as Walter White
Eastwood as Dirty Harry
Spacey as Frank Underwood
Eastwood as Dirty Harry
Spacey as Frank Underwood
Hugh Jackman- Wolverine
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
“Not to be”
Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Bull Murray, Scarlet Johansson and Christopher Walken in The Jungle Book were all perfect.
Jack Nicholson - Cuckoo's nest.
Robert Pattinson as Batman.
Said no one ever.
Said no one ever.
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder and Iron Man
Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martell
Michael k Williams as Omar Little
Mike Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Tom Hanks as Mike Sullivan in Road to Perdition
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne in Gone Girl.
Michael k Williams as Omar Little
Mike Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Tom Hanks as Mike Sullivan in Road to Perdition
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne in Gone Girl.
Good point of sorts... most of the suggestions in this thread seem to be after the actor has done the role not before. Few people have suggested Cranston as Walter White but bloody hell there’s no chance I would have thought Hal from Malcolm in the Middle would have been able to do that role. I guess it shows sometimes you just have to wait till the actor shows their worth before commenting.
That fat bloke playing Kingpin in Daredevil.
Jake Gyllenhall - Nightcrawler
Pam St Clement - Pat Butcher
Pam St Clement - Pat Butcher
Curiously, Tom Cruise as Lestat.
Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth & Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones
Peter Falk- Columbo
Sam Waterston- Law and Order
Sam Waterston- Law and Order
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Tom Cruise in any homoerotic role basically.
Downey Jr as Iron Man. He is actually iron man.
That was almost scary. He was spot on. Hemsworth as Hunt was actually very good as well.
Robert Downey Jnr - Iron Man
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour, Dark Knight Trilogy, Book of Eli, Leon: The Professional
Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Trilogy
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men, Batman
Heath Ledger - Dark Knight Rises
Marlon Brando - Godfather
Daniel Bruhl - Rush
Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, but that role was practically written for him. Also, Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper.
Pretty much so yeah
Sorry if I broke some unwritten internet rule about preferred actor casting. I'm sure if they gave the role to Rowan Atkinson, you'd have waited on his performance too before expressing your opinion.
Young Stallone would've been perfect.
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. Cannot picture anybody else with that role
I came to say John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich, but was beaten to it. Ones I don't think have been mentioned:
Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey in The Green Mile.
Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump.
Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle in True Detective.
Ed Harris in just about every role he's done.
Edit: also Kevin Spacey as Prot in K PAX
Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey in The Green Mile.
Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump.
Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle in True Detective.
Ed Harris in just about every role he's done.
Edit: also Kevin Spacey as Prot in K PAX
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Timothy Dalton - Julius Caesar.
Jim Carrey in the Mask. The only person who could have pulled it off and the movie being a success.
Also applies to the Ace Ventura films. Anyone else and nobody would have bothered with those films.
Also applies to the Ace Ventura films. Anyone else and nobody would have bothered with those films.
The guy who played Tupac in All Eyez on Me. Spitting image.
Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh.
The guy who played Tupac in Straight Outta Compton looked even more like Tupac. He later played Tupac in Unsolved the Netflix show. Turns out his voice is dubbed in SoC.