Re-cast a character on one of your favorite films or tv shows with another actor

[caj]

Ever watched a film or tv show and thought 'this would be perfect if they had hired ____ to play ____ instead of _____ ?

[j9ac9k]

I think Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone should have swapped the roles of Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy. (or played the other character in the movies they were in)

[JBatmanFan05]

Would have perfect if GOT Season 4 had hired Ed Skrein to play Daario Naharis instead of Michiel Huisman. If only indeed.

[Kirby101]

Anybody but Jesse Eisenberg as luthor in BvS.

Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Jack does crazy great, but needed a more regular guy at first who slowly goes mad. Jack always seemed off.
Maybe Mathew Modine or Jeff Daniels.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Robert Carlyle as 12th Doctor.
Michael Fassbender as War
Colm Salmon as 11th Doctor.
Ruth Wilson as 13th Doctor.
Lenny Henry as the O master.

[JBatmanFan05]

Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Jack does crazy great, but needed a more regular guy at first who slowly goes mad. Jack always seemed off.
Maybe Mathew Modine or Jeff Daniels.

I really agree. I love the book, and that's precisely why: Jack's very gradual glacial descent (to madness) via the hotel's subtle gradual machinations. King really sold Jack's internal logic well at times.

Jeff Daniels I can see (more than less fatherly seeming Modine, who I'm less sure might have pulled the sense of possible menace you'd need with Jack).

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Jared Leto as Lex Luthor. His role in Blade Runner 2049 showed me he could be good in that role.

Eisenberg would be better as Toyman.

[j9ac9k]

Anybody but Jesse Eisenberg as luthor in BvS.

Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Jack does crazy great, but needed a more regular guy at first who slowly goes mad. Jack always seemed off.
Maybe Mathew Modine or Jeff Daniels.

I'd blame the writer and director more for what they envisioned Lex to be in that movie more than Eisenberg's performance.(though it didn't help)

And your reasoning for Nicholson in "The Shining" makes me think of "Road to Perdition" with a similarly miscast Tom Hanks as a gangster who turns good because of his son. It's Tom Hanks - we know he's going to be good. Someone like Viggo Mortensen or Ray Liotta could have convinced us at the beginning they were bad to make the transformation more meaningful.

[Kirby101]

I'd blame the writer and director more for what they envisioned Lex to be in that movie more than Eisenberg's performance.(though it didn't help)

And your reasoning for Nicholson in "The Shining" makes me think of "Road to Perdition" with a similarly miscast Tom Hanks as a gangster who turns good because of his son. It's Tom Hanks - we know he's going to be good. Someone like Viggo Mortensen or Ray Liotta could have convinced us at the beginning they were bad to make the transformation more meaningful.

I agree on both counts. Snyder would not have cast Eisenberg if that is not how he wanted him to be.
And not only Tom Hanks, but the narration was all wrong. They should have stuck with the graphic novel.

[krazijoe]

Batman (1989) Replace Michael Keaton with Tom Selleck.

[babyblob]

Batman (1989) Replace Michael Keaton with Tom Selleck.

Everyone would know who he is. Bruce Wayne would not be able to hide a Stach that amazing!

[krazijoe]

Everyone would know who he is. Bruce Wayne would not be able to hide a Stach that amazing!

He'd wear glasses.

[Riv86672]

Ever since I first heard he was in the running, I’ve always wanted to see how Christopher Walken would have played Han Solo.


I actually enjoyed the Uncharted prequel, but a movie starring Nathan Fillion would’ve been great.


Speaking of Nathan Fillion, he should’ve been Wonderman years ago.

[babyblob]

He'd wear glasses.

Duh of course. I dont know what I was thinking.

[Jokerz79]

Big Martin Scorsese fan but I'd play musical chairs with the Irishman.

DeNiro was great as the older Frank, but the deaging wasn't convincing on him IMO and he still moved like a man in his 70's in younger scenes because he was a man in his 70's. I'd keep him as older Frank but had Bobby Cannavale who played Skinny Razor play younger Frank.

Since they aged up Cannavale for Skinny Razor I'd have Pacino play the character because his Hoffa felt like a parody IMO. Then have Harvey Keitel who played Angelo Bruno play Hoffa. Last cast Elias Koteas as Angelo Bruno.

Also, I like Luis Guzman but seriously how do you not cast Antonio Banderas as Gomez in Wednesday and get a Zorro reunion to boot.