S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions

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Anonymous wrote:Harrison Ford as Han Solo.

he played 2 iconic characters in blockbuster franchises so well

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Anonymous wrote:Carl Urban (Eomer) as anything.

I have such a thing for him

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harrison Ford as Han Solo.

he played 2 iconic characters in blockbuster franchises so well

I loved him in Witness too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harrison Ford as Han Solo.

he played 2 iconic characters in blockbuster franchises so well

I loved him in Witness too.

I have a lesser known Harrison Ford favorite - Regarding Henry

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The cast of Jumanji both versions. Jack Black as a teenage girl was just perfect!

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Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck. For a non-Italian, she nailed it!

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Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in the before sunrise series

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Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Perfection. “Love your suit.”

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Jennifer Lopez in Selena. It’s no accident JLo became a star in her own right, and it makes that movie great that you had someone with such huge star quality playing someone with such star quality.

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Keri Russell in The Americans. I loved Felicity and definitely had "sweet girl next door" in my head about her but she played badass stone cold killer so well.

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Adam Sandler and Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems!

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90% of these replies are not at all “surprising”!

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Anonymous wrote:Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption. Before that, I figured he was just the goofy guy in Bull Durham and Top Gun.

Morgan Freeman too! He’s called Red because the character was a red headed Irish guy. They really went off script so to speak and the movie would not be the same without the two of them.

This is so I retesting given the other thread’s discussion of casting actors of a different race than the character in a book. I, personally, am not bothered by changing the race or ethnicity of a person between the book and the movie. The movie is a new artifact and doesn’t need to stay true to the book.

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Anonymous wrote:David Tennant as the Doctor.

Interesting. I wonder if its a generational thing, but for me its Tom Baker.

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Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. I saw an interview and she described how hard she had to fight for the role because she wasn’t viewed as sexy in HW. Not only was her acting amazing, I think she came across as very seductive in the role and I could easily see why Michael Douglas’s character was so attracted to her.