S/O well-cast characters

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The cast of The Wire. They just nailed it. The characters are so believable I had to look them up to make sure they were actually actors.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm, I tend to think about it when I see entirely well-cast movies or tv shows where I think "a good casting director was working here". Things that come to mind are:

Outlander -- I read the books before I saw the show though the show had started by then. I saw a still of the show after I had started the books and thought, "Wow they found Jamie, how did they do that?" All the other characters seem to fit too.

Lord of the Rings -- every character as I imagined them from the books

Harry Potter -- same.

+1 to Outlander with 2 exceptions: the castings for Brianna and Roger. They've really ruined a lot of the show for me because I find the two of them to be terrible actors with zero chemistry. The guy playing Roger has grown on me a little as this season has gone on, but I'm still struggling to get behind Brianna. The actress' American accent (she's British) isn't great.

But the rest of the cast? Fantastic castings.

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Anonymous wrote:Entire cast of Frasier. Even the supporting cast (Bebe, Lilith, Bulldog, Gil).

+1 I could never imagine Lisa Kudrow as Roz

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm, I tend to think about it when I see entirely well-cast movies or tv shows where I think "a good casting director was working here". Things that come to mind are:

Outlander -- I read the books before I saw the show though the show had started by then. I saw a still of the show after I had started the books and thought, "Wow they found Jamie, how did they do that?" All the other characters seem to fit too.

Lord of the Rings -- every character as I imagined them from the books

Harry Potter -- same.

+1 to Outlander with 2 exceptions: the castings for Brianna and Roger. They've really ruined a lot of the show for me because I find the two of them to be terrible actors with zero chemistry. The guy playing Roger has grown on me a little as this season has gone on, but I'm still struggling to get behind Brianna. The actress' American accent (she's British) isn't great.

But the rest of the cast? Fantastic castings.

I get what you're saying and I think a significant number of fans feel that way. For me, well, I never liked the character themselves that much so the fact the actors aren't great doesn't change a whole lot. Brianna is kind of a brat, Roger is so wishy-washy.

[Anonymous]

The cast of Psych

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Anonymous wrote:The 3 protaganists in Moonlight.

Yes!

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Anonymous wrote:The cast of Friday Night Lights (the TV show).

yes was going to say the same the chemistry between them all (romantic or otherwise) was spot on

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The cast of Friday Night Lights (the TV show).

yes was going to say the same the chemistry between them all (romantic or otherwise) was spot on

The chemistry was good which was helped by the fact that many scenes were improvised.

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Anonymous wrote:The cast of Psych

+1
Dule Hill and James Roday are a duo I could watch all day. Loved their cadence and how they played off of each other

[Anonymous]

The cast of Breaking Bad.

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in America.

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Anonymous wrote:The cast of Psych

I've heard it both ways

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Anonymous wrote:The cast of The Wire. They just nailed it. The characters are so believable I had to look them up to make sure they were actually actors.

The guy who played Herc was so perfect for the role of the hardened uncouth detective.

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Anonymous wrote:The cast of Breaking Bad.

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in America.

Hollywood. Once Upon a Time in America was an entirety different movie, which also had amazing casting.

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I am Italian American, and the entire cast of Moonstruck was perfect, well except maybe Nicholas Cage. I know he’s a Coppola, but he just doesn’t exude Italian-ness. Cher, on the other hand, who is not even Italian at all, nailed it.

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Fargo series. Accents, mannerisms, and all.

Buscemi never runs out of annoyed faces.