KevMur Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Judge Reinhold in 'Vice Versa' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 jack nicholson in the shining Stephen King didn't like this casting at all an he doesn't like the film either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2012 jack nicholson in the shining Stephen King didn't like this casting at all an he doesn't like the film either. Which invokes the Alan Moore argument on adaptations - it doesn't matter what the original author thinks, the project has to stand on it's own. In the case of Kubrick's Shining, I couldn't see anyone else in that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Which invokes the Alan Moore argument on adaptations - it doesn't matter what the original author thinks, the project has to stand on it's own. In the case of Kubrick's Shining, I couldn't see anyone else in that role. Bless him, he is a bit of a bell-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchnry Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 bill murray as peter venkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Alan Rickman as Severus Snape Arnie as Terminator Bruce Willis in Die Hard Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin (Naked Gun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 bill murray as peter venkman I'm sure I read somewhere, that he was originally going to be played by John Belushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Have to disagree with the OP. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump is pretty much an impression of Peter Sellers in Being There. By no means a unique performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Jeff Bridges as The Dude. Sasha Baron Cohen as Borat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 talking of John Travolta ..Michael Marsden was due to play the part of Vincent in Pulp fiction Do you mean Michael Madsen? (that makes me sound like a knob pointing out your mistake, I don't mean to be!) That would make sense as isn't Travolta's character supposed to be the brother of Madsen's character in Reservoir Dogs, although it's never actually stated? Yeah that's the fella i always call him "Marsden" , no idea why :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 John Malkovich in "Being John Malkovich". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sarah Jessica Parker as Seabiscuit *ZING* I'll get my coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove Lenny McLean in Lock Stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Bruce Willis - Die Hard Matthew Broderick - Ferris Bueller's Day Off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2012 Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction - I cant imagine anyone else playing the character in Drive as well as Ryan Gosling either. Rowan Atkinson - Mr Bean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Jeff Bridges as The Dude. Damn. Beat me to it. Also anything else JB has done since about 1985. And who came up with John Malkovich? And Sarah Jessica Parker? What a bunch of smartarses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 6, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2012 bill murray as peter venkman I'm sure I read somewhere, that he was originally going to be played by John Belushi. These two are interchangeable surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Morgan Freeman as Red in The Shawkshank Redemption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Stallone as Rocky. Apparently they originally wanted Stallone to let them have the script and were looking to cast Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds or James Caan as Rocky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Bruce Willis - Die Hard Supposedly, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Reynolds, Gere, Gibson and Ford all turned the part down before he was offered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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