A fun game we play when we drink and sit around the table. Recast a movie. Don't get me wrong, I love the Tim Burton Batman movie but I think this is a fun one.
Bruce Wayne/ Batman
Chris Sarandon
Fright Night... Jerry Dandridge (1985)
The Princess Bride... Prince Humperdink (1987)
Child's Play... Detective Mike Norris (1988)
Alfred Pennyworth
Christopher Lee
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Thread: Re-cast Batman 1989
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05-29-2018, 12:47 AM #1Mighty Member
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Re-cast Batman 1989
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05-29-2018, 12:48 AM #2Mighty Member
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Commissioner Gordon
Nick Nolte
The Joker
Gary Oldman
(I know the movie came out after '89 but I love it...)
Harvey Dent
Lance Henriksen
Great actor with a great voice that can even make it deeper (for the sequel of course... why wasn't Two Face in Batman II? Silly...)
Alens... Bishop (1986)
Near Dark... Jesse Hooker (1987)
Pumpkinhead... Ed Harley (1988)
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05-29-2018, 02:01 AM #3A Wearied Madness
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Joker - Either Michael Keaton or Bill Murray.
Harvey Dent - James Woods or Kevin Bacon.
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05-29-2018, 05:53 AM #4Not a Newbie Member
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Bruce Wayne/ Batman
Kevin Conroy
That's right, actor Kevin Conroy also once looked the part besides being the voice.
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Alfred
Peter Cushing
I stand by this if it could have been pulled off. Cushing had cancer at this point and his final film role was 1986, so this would have been his last instead probably.
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Harvey Dent
Craig T. Nelson
After seeing the movie And Justice For All (starring Pacino & CT Nelson was also in it), Craig was my pic for Harvey / Two-Face
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The Joker...I have no firm idea, I'd really have to look at all the UK and US actors at the time. I'd probably have gone outside-the-box a bit and maybe picked a young Jim Carrey or Crispin Glover someone like that who maybe could be unleashed creatively but also controlled and molded. Someone with the manic energy and hopefully the director could find a way to make the person scary enough too.Last edited by JBatmanFan05; 05-29-2018 at 06:27 AM.
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
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05-29-2018, 06:36 AM #5non-super & non-hero
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Robin Williams as Joker, he was close to getting the part and he was desperate to be in the films. It seems a shame that a guy who wanted to be in the films was turned away/so close over and over again including being The Riddler in Forever and a simple cameo from Nolan who he worked with before.
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05-29-2018, 06:54 AM #6Not a Newbie Member
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I definitely would have auditioned him and tried to see if he could work. He would have had to pull a Ledger though and really sort of lose himself in the role and be sufficiently scary/taken seriously. Robin of course was capable of being villainous and taken seriously. Joker still might have been a challenge for him and for me who'd want Joker done correctly enough.
Originally Posted by jump
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
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05-29-2018, 11:30 AM #7BANNED
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James Woods. I think Kevin Bacon would have been too young for the role back then. Originally Posted by Vakanai
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05-29-2018, 01:22 PM #8BANNED
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Adrian Pasdar as Bruce. and he'd be brand new as Batman.
John Lithgow as the Joker
John Turturo as the Scarecrow (was going to go with Harold Ramis but Turturo is the better character actor)Last edited by Michael Watkins; 05-31-2018 at 08:48 PM.
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05-29-2018, 07:27 PM #9Extraordinary Member
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Alec Baldwin as Batman
Harrison Ford as the Joker
Sharon Stone as Vicki Vale
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05-30-2018, 03:32 AM #10BANNED
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Main cast:
Kyle MacLachlan as Bruce Wayne
Michael Keaton as The Joker
Kelly McGillis as Vicki Vale
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05-30-2018, 03:34 AM #11BANNED
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Supporting cast:
Sean Connery as Alfred Pennyworth
Gene Hackman as James Gordon
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05-31-2018, 06:36 AM #12Not a Newbie Member
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This seems like a pretty good fan cast. Bravo. Originally Posted by Carabas
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
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05-31-2018, 07:23 AM #13BANNED
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Ray Liota and Willem Dafoe were both offered the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman before Keaton. I think Dafoe would have been incredible
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05-31-2018, 10:37 AM #14Not a Newbie Member
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I'm glad neither took it. Liota I like, but he seems better suited to villainous or not-so-clearly-hero roles...he has this look and style and all that I think others noticed because he kept being cast as a serial killer and rogue (bad cop, mobster, evil boyfriend, bully, etc). Originally Posted by Elmo
Dafoe just doesn't have the look enough for me and "looking the part" does matter a bit for me. Just too many intangibles that don't strike me as Bruce or Batman enough. I wasn't even the biggest fan of his Norman Osborn. Loved him in Platoon and other movies, but I just don't feel it with him as Bruce/Batman.
But everyone's factors and mileage of course vary.Last edited by JBatmanFan05; 05-31-2018 at 11:34 AM.
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Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
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05-31-2018, 06:59 PM #15Mighty Member
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Yeah....I was thinking Alec Baldwin as Batman Originally Posted by CliffHanger2
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