Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 1, 2020 13:02:47 GMT -5
Christopher Walken as Cato the Younger. “Sometink must be done about dis Julis See-sa!”
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 1, 2020 13:08:30 GMT -5
While most people saw it as a huge risk, I remember a lot of other people pointing out his undoubted talent and experience with substance issues made him a good choice, given the popularity of Demon in a Bottle and the influence it has on Tony STark's character. Yea, I was about to say wasn't he put on specifically because he can portray a complex Tony Stark thanks to his own issues Basically, yeah. Interestingly, RDJ was not the first choice. Inititally Favreau wanted to cast a relative unknown, before offering the part to Sam Rockwell, only to change his mind after seeing Downey's screentest. Downey himself didn't think he'd get the part, but auditioned anyway because he was an Iron Man fanboy as a teenager.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 1, 2020 13:09:10 GMT -5
does something like Bruce-sploitation fit in here where suddenly there were a hundred different Bruce Liu's and Li's running around and in movies?
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 1, 2020 13:10:46 GMT -5
Robert De Niro as Frankenstein's Monster is a bizarre choice, though having watched the movie what little pathos and genuine emotion that the movie does have comes from his performance. Far more than Carter or Branagh anyway.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 1, 2020 13:12:45 GMT -5
does something like Bruce-sploitation fit in here where suddenly there were a hundred different Bruce Liu's and Li's running around and in movies? Yes, they do count
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Post by lucas_lee on Jul 1, 2020 13:12:55 GMT -5
Henry Fonda as Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West: at the time Fonda was known for his good guy roles, so to portray a child killing psychopath scarred some folks.
Bruce Willis as John McClane: Hindsight be damned but before Die Hard Bruce was known more for comedy and romance movies.
Sean Connery as Juan Sanchez: He didnt even try with this role haha.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 1, 2020 13:16:59 GMT -5
Henry Fonda as Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West: at the time Fonda was known for his good guy roles, so to portray a child killing psychopath scarred some folks. Bruce Willis as John McClane: Hindsight be damned but before Die Hard Bruce was known more for comedy and romance movies. Sean Connery as Juan Sanchez: He didnt even try with this role haha.Didn't he send like recordings over his phone to producers
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jul 1, 2020 13:17:29 GMT -5
Michael Clark Duncan as Kingpin...but then he stole the whole damn movie. King Kong Bundy was right there! He acted. He has "King" in his name. lol. I thought MCD was great. Unfortunately, there's asshole racists out there. Big fat white Kingpin isn't live action friendly. Maybe later slimmed down Kingpin, but Duncan was great. I always think of Ian McKellen as Magneto. I grew up seeing Magneto as a big muscle guy, who just happened to have white hair. Then they cast a very non-threatening looking old man in the movie. I was like, "Really?" Great actor, great voice, and he pretty much is Magneto the way Stewart and Jackman are Prof. X and Wolverine. But I still think, "He just looks like everybody's grandfather."
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Post by bob on Jul 1, 2020 13:18:24 GMT -5
Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 1, 2020 13:20:06 GMT -5
Majority of the street fighter movie
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Post by darbus alan on Jul 1, 2020 13:26:53 GMT -5
The entire cast of that abomination of the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie.
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Post by Stu on Jul 1, 2020 13:30:22 GMT -5
Kevin Costner as Robin Hood
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Post by lucas_lee on Jul 1, 2020 13:42:50 GMT -5
Tom Cruise as Vincent and Jaime Foxx as Max in Collateral, both were great in their respective roles.
Channing Tatum as Pretty Boy Floyd in Public Enemies, still coming off of the Step Up movies, this bit role showed a lot of mainstream movie goers he could act.
David Bowie as Pontious Pilate in the Last Temptation of Christ
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jul 1, 2020 13:49:18 GMT -5
Tom Cruise as Vincent and Jaime Foxx as Max in Collateral, both were great in their respective roles. Channing Tatum as Pretty Boy Floyd in Public Enemies, still coming off of the Step Up movies, this bit role showed a lot of mainstream movie goers he could act. David Bowie as Pontious Pilate in the Last Temptation of Christ Adam Sandler was supposed to be Max in Collateral. He was also supposed to be the "Bear Jew" in Inglorious Basterds. Those would have been some WTF castings. Although, we've seen that Sandler can act when it calls for it.
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Post by Fade on Jul 1, 2020 13:52:54 GMT -5
Heath as Joker was a pretty big one. I remember the Internet vividly hated it. Lot of “this pretty boy???” sentiment. I was more of the mind there were probably better choices at the time. It wasn’t until they released the first image of him: That I and a lot of detractors went “oh shit this looks sick”. I remember a lot of praise for RDJ as Stark. Even with his rep, a lot online saw it as inspired casting. As it f***ing was. Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code was a big one for me lol Evans as Cap. Pratt as Peter initially.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jul 1, 2020 13:53:38 GMT -5
Oh yeah, obligatory Eisenberg as Lex When they released the photo of him bald, I thought well this could be something and you at least have the option of making him the son of Lex to lean on but that fell flat as people thought Whenever I hear people talk about that bald Jesse pic, all I can think of is Jeremy Jahns saying "it's just Jesse Eisenberg bald". At no point from the initial casting to the movie coming out did I have high hopes for Jesse's Lex.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 1, 2020 13:57:56 GMT -5
Evans as Cap. Pratt as Peter initially. Evans and Pratt were at least pretty well known at that point. Hardly anybody knew who Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston were when they were cast as Thor and Loki. Ditto for Tom Holland as Spidey.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jul 1, 2020 14:01:56 GMT -5
Evans as Cap. Pratt as Peter initially. Evans and Pratt were at least pretty well known at that point. Hardly anybody knew who Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston were when they were cast as Thor and Loki. Ditto for Tom Holland as Spidey. I mean Evans and Pratt were known but they weren’t superhero material Pratt was just a pudgy dude and he got himself in great shape. Evans has F4 which didn’t take off and I always remember him not another teen movie even still to this day
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 1, 2020 14:04:11 GMT -5
Evans and Pratt were at least pretty well known at that point. Hardly anybody knew who Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston were when they were cast as Thor and Loki. Ditto for Tom Holland as Spidey. I mean Evans and Pratt were known but they weren’t superhero material Pratt was just a pudgy dude and he got himself in great shape. Evans has F4 which didn’t take off and I always remember him not another teen movie even still to this day Yeah, Evans had a history of playing preppy douchey bros basically... not really what one thinks of for Steve.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jul 1, 2020 14:07:57 GMT -5
Evans and Pratt were at least pretty well known at that point. Hardly anybody knew who Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston were when they were cast as Thor and Loki. Ditto for Tom Holland as Spidey. I mean Evans and Pratt were known but they weren’t superhero material Pratt was just a pudgy dude and he got himself in great shape. Evans has F4 which didn’t take off and I always remember him not another teen movie even still to this day Evans was ripped in F4 though, so you could say he had superhero potential. And the first F4 movie did ok, if I remember correctly. I also think of NATM with him. Haha. I remember George Clooney being a leading contender for Captain America. That's actually how I pictured a big budget movie Cap. Clooney had the jaw, hair, charisma, superhero (yeah yeah, we know, Batman & Robin sucked) and I pictured Cap as older for some reason. And of course, John Krasinski was almost Cap. Probably because he looked Cap-like in Leatherheads.
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