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Change the actor in a movie and improve it!

Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
edited March 2014 in General Movies & TV Posts: 4,813
I'm interested in what you come up with- it can be any movie, not just Bond of course. It could be a casting that really almost happened or something you completely made up! What casting changes would have helped a movie!

Off the top of my head:
* Michael Keaton in Batman Forever
* Timothy Dalton in GoldenEye
* Jodie Foster in Hannibal (or Julianne Moore in Silence of the Lambs, I could go either way)
* Leonardo DiCaprio in Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith
* Edward Furlong in T3
* Replace Travolta & Cage with Stallone & Schwarzenegger in Face/Off

and this last one would have been impossible since he died, but:
* Brandon Lee in The Matrix
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  • GetafixGetafix
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    Travolta and Cage were great in Face/Off!
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    Master_Dahark wrote:
    I'm interested in what you come up with- it can be any movie, not just Bond of course. It could be a casting that really almost happened or something you completely made up! What casting changes would have helped a movie!

    Off the top of my head:
    * Michael Keaton in Batman Forever
    * Timothy Dalton in GoldenEye
    * Jodie Foster in Hannibal (or Julianne Moore in Silence of the Lambs, I could go either way)
    * Leonardo DiCaprio in Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith
    * Edward Furlong in T3
    * Replace Travolta & Cage with Stallone & Schwarzenegger in Face/Off

    and this last one would have been impossible since he died, but:
    * Brandon Lee in The Matrix

    HOW DID I NOT THINK OF THIS? That's an inspired bit of fantasy casting, that is.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    I can't believe more people didn't get in on this thread :(
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I will steal these two...
    Master_Dahark wrote:
    * Michael Keaton in Batman Forever
    * Timothy Dalton in GoldenEye

    And add the following...

    - Jim Carey & Cameron Diaz in Son Of The Mask
    - Robert Mitchum & Lee Remick in Taken (made in the 1970's)
    - Danielle Harris in Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers

  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,584
    A block of wood replacing John Terry in TLD.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    QBranch wrote:
    A block of wood replacing John Terry in TLD.

    "And the Oscar goes to...."

    YogaBlockWood5_Amazon.jpg
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited April 2014 Posts: 11,189
    WillyGalore wrote:
    QBranch wrote:
    A block of wood replacing John Terry in TLD.

    "And the Oscar goes to...."

    YogaBlockWood5_Amazon.jpg

    This bloke with the long black hair would have been better than Terry :p

  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited April 2014 Posts: 14,584
    WillyGalore wrote:
    QBranch wrote:
    A block of wood replacing John Terry in TLD.
    "And the Oscar goes to...."

    YogaBlockWood5_Amazon.jpg
    What the hell are you trying to do, 007? Start World War TREE?
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    Posts: 6,396
    BAIN123 wrote:
    WillyGalore wrote:
    QBranch wrote:
    A block of wood replacing John Terry in TLD.

    "And the Oscar goes to...."

    YogaBlockWood5_Amazon.jpg

    This bloke with the long black hair would have been better than Terry :p


    "This bloke"?

    I'll have you know that is the legendary* Actor, Writer, Producer and Director of The Room - Tommy Wiseau.



    *Only Tommy Wiseau considers himself to be a legend.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    Posts: 6,396
    QBranch wrote:
    WillyGalore wrote:
    QBranch wrote:
    A block of wood replacing John Terry in TLD.
    "And the Oscar goes to...."

    YogaBlockWood5_Amazon.jpg
    What the hell are you trying to do, 007? Start World War TREE?

    No, he's branched off.

  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited April 2014 Posts: 11,189
    Yeah I know, got to love Tommy. Makes Lazenby and Brosnan look like Lawrence Olivier in comparison.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,584
    WillyGalore wrote:
    No, he's branched off.
    When did he leave?
  • forgotmyusernameforgotmyusername
    Posts: 2,782
    Michael J Fox instead of Arnie in Terminator.

    Daniel Craig instead of godzilla in the new godzilla

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Dwayne Johnson as Conan instead of Jason Momoa.
  • identigraphidentigraph
    Posts: 1,052
    Kenneth Williams instead of Michael Cain in Get Carter.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited April 2014 Posts: 11,189
    identigraph wrote:
    Kenneth Williams instead of Michael Cain in Get Carter.

    :)) The scene when the mobsters confront a naked Carter would have been interesting.
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    Hugh Jackman as Anakin in Star Wars II and III (even if the prequels need more than changing cast to improve them)

    Katie Holmes in The Dark Knight

    Winona Ryder (or anybody) in Godfather Part III instead of the princess of Little Italy
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    Posts: 6,396
    BAIN123 wrote:
    identigraph wrote:
    Kenneth Williams instead of Michael Cain in Get Carter.

    :)) The scene when the mobsters confront a naked Carter would have been interesting.

    Oooh Matron!
  • identigraphidentigraph
    edited April 2014 Posts: 1,052
    WillyGalore wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    identigraph wrote:
    Kenneth Williams instead of Michael Cain in Get Carter.

    :)) The scene when the mobsters confront a naked Carter would have been interesting.

    Oooh Matron!


    Indeed, "you're a big man but you're out of shape" scene would have been played beautifully I feel.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Ryan Gosling as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern instead of Ryan Reynolds.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Ryan Gosling as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern instead of Ryan Reynolds.

    John Hamm as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern.
  • AstonLotusAstonLotus
    Posts: 1,394
    Christian Bale as James Bond in Casino Royale instead of Daniel Craig.
  • SlyFox007SlyFox007
    Posts: 414
    Connery instead of Lazenby in OHMSS.

    I know that OHMSS is held in high regards among those in these forums, but to me Lazenby's still the one actor to play Bond who never really brought anything new to the table. Can't help feeling Connery would have at least brought the same hard edges to the role that he always did.

    Can't say it's an improvement per se, but the fact that Frank Sinatra was this close to playing "Dirty" Harry Calahan always makes me wonder what might have been. Of course, Clint Eastwood was absolutely awesome in the role. But still . . .
  • dramaticscenesofQOSdramaticscenesofQOS
    Posts: 1,282
    Lazenby instead of Roger Moore in any of his 7 films.
  • dramaticscenesofQOSdramaticscenesofQOS
    Posts: 1,282
    Christopher Walken with a cowbell instead of Albert Finney for Kinkade...yahooo!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Murdock wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Ryan Gosling as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern instead of Ryan Reynolds.

    John Hamm as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern.

    I cannot quite see it, but would be a massive improvement over Reynolds, sure.
  • delticminerdelticminer
    Posts: 115
    Someone who can actually act replacing Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    Liam Neeson or Alec Baldwin as "The Phantom" instead of Billy Zane.

    Jodie Foster as Christmas Jones
    delticminer wrote:
    Someone who can actually act replacing Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me

    Same can be said pertaining to Halle Berry in DAD

  • TheTragicAuteurTheTragicAuteur Banned
    edited April 2014 Posts: 8
    Sir Roger Moore in the role of Kincade from Skyfall. Great actor, and if makeup and perhaps a beard was applied, it would take a keen eye to notice that it was Moore. Only us the true fans would know. Have we ever seen Moore with a beard? The only non-Bond Moore films I've seen are Street People (with Stacy Keach), and Fire Ice and Dynamite (both utter stinkers to be honest)
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    TheTragicAuteur wrote:
    Sir Roger Moore in the role of Kincade from Skyfall. Great actor, and if makeup and perhaps a beard was applied, it would take a keen eye to notice that it was Moore. Only us the true fans would know. Have we ever seen Moore with a beard? The only non-Bond Moore films I've seen are Street People (with Stacy Keach), and Fire Ice and Dynamite (both utter stinkers to be honest)

    Moore as Kincade would have been very distracting and taking attention away from the story and the character, and believe me EVERYONE would have known it's him.

    Moore had a beard in North Sea Hijack, in which he played the anti-Bond.
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