wiggyrichard Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. John Travolta was the original 1st choice to play Forrest Gump but turned it down, Bill Murray was another choice but they eventually went with Tom Hanks. I cant imagine that anyone else could have pulled off that role as good as Hanks did. And the vise versa bit... Cant stand Christian Bale as Batman, surely they could find someone better than him to play Batman!? Hugh Jackman would have been a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Arnie as Dutch in Predator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Jim Carey in the Mask & Ace Ventura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 jack nicholson in the shining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 sean penn in milk, brilliantly played scary how much he ends up looking like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2012 Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. John Travolta was the original 1st choice to play Forrest Gump but turned it down, Bill Murray was another choice but they eventually went with Tom Hanks. I cant imagine that anyone else could have pulled off that role as good as Hanks did. And the vise versa bit... Cant stand Christian Bale as Batman, surely they could find someone better than him to play Batman!? Hugh Jackman would have been a good choice. Agree on the Tom Hanks bit. But totally disagree with Bale. i think he's excellent as Batman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. I could not imagine it being anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Al Pacino in Scarface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. I could not imagine it being anyone else. Brian Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. John Travolta was the original 1st choice to play Forrest Gump but turned it down, Bill Murray was another choice but they eventually went with Tom Hanks. I cant imagine that anyone else could have pulled off that role as good as Hanks did. And the vise versa bit... Cant stand Christian Bale as Batman, surely they could find someone better than him to play Batman!? Hugh Jackman would have been a good choice. Agree on the Tom Hanks bit. But totally disagree with Bale. i think he's excellent as Batman This. It would be weird to see any of Murray or Travolta as Forrest, but Bale is excellent. I think I'd find it hard to see anyone but Robin Williams as Keating in Dead poets society. But I think that any kid could've done Anakin Skywalker better than that useless boy in the Phantom menace. Which was crap regardless, admittedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. I could not imagine it being anyone else. Brian Cox Nope not for me and I own Manhunter. The quality in Hopkins' performance was that he had an eerie warmth so in the end you started sympatising and willing him to escape. Cox didn't do that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. John Travolta was the original 1st choice to play Forrest Gump but turned it down, Bill Murray was another choice but they eventually went with Tom Hanks. I cant imagine that anyone else could have pulled off that role as good as Hanks did. And the vise versa bit... Cant stand Christian Bale as Batman, surely they could find someone better than him to play Batman!? Hugh Jackman would have been a good choice. Agree on the Tom Hanks bit. But totally disagree with Bale. i think he's excellent as Batman This. It would be weird to see any of Murray or Travolta as Forrest, but Bale is excellent. I think I'd find it hard to see anyone but Robin Williams as Keating in Dead poets society. But I think that any kid could've done Anakin Skywalker better than that useless boy in the Phantom menace. Which was crap regardless, admittedly. See i think Michael Keaton was twice the Batman that Bale is. Clint Eastwood in the Sergio Leone trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I thought they were both great having seen Hopkins first. He was a little bit pantomime for me where Cox's was a chilling performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2012 There's an absolute load of these really but a couple that stand out to me are Clint as Dirty Harry. Imagine if the original choice of Sinatra had been stuck with? Can't see the classic 'did he fire six shots or only five?' scene being quite as iconic. Same goes for Blade Runner. That would have been a totally different movie with Dustin Hoffman (one of the original choices) instead of Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2012 I thought they were both great having seen Hopkins first. He was a little bit pantomime for me where Cox's was a chilling performance. Totally agree. There's always been more than a hint of ham to Hopkins Lecter. For me Manhunter is still the best movie from those books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 But I think that any kid could've done Anakin Skywalker better than that useless boy in the Phantom menace. Which was crap regardless, admittedly. star wars is interesting, for such an iconic series IMO you could replace just about all of them, maybe not ford as hans solo but even thats at a stretch same with LOTR, serkis aside, most of the cast could have been played by anyone possibly even mckellen's gandalf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 There's an absolute load of these really but a couple that stand out to me are Clint as Dirty Harry. Imagine if the original choice of Sinatra had been stuck with? Can't see the classic 'did he fire six shots or only five?' scene being quite as iconic. Same goes for Blade Runner. That would have been a totally different movie with Dustin Hoffman (one of the original choices) instead of Ford. I was just coming on here to mention dirty harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 depp as captain jack sparrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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