Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 15:52     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Queen Latifa in Chicago
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 15:52     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Jake in Sixteen Candles.


I recently learned that Viggo Mortensen was the other actor they were considering for that role.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 14:52     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Michael Jackson in The Wiz.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 14:36     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Bob Newhart in Elf
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 14:35     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption. Before that, I figured he was just the goofy guy in Bull Durham and Top Gun.


I had the same thoughts!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 14:30     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Jamie and Claire in Outlander. Amazing chemistry!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 14:26     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me


didn't she produce this movie? So she cast herself. She is wonderful though, so funny.


I don't know if Melissa produced it, but Julianne Moore was originally cast and dropped out.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 13:31     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Alicia Silverstone in Clueless. No one could have played that part so perfectly.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 13:30     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me


didn't she produce this movie? So she cast herself. She is wonderful though, so funny.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 13:25     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption. Before that, I figured he was just the goofy guy in Bull Durham and Top Gun.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 13:21     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
I actually think they nailed the casting in the reboot of Star Trek
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 13:18     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Jake in Sixteen Candles.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 13:17     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 11:16     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love. This was way before Uncut Gems, etc
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2021 11:12     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
I find this happens when someone who is famous for something besides acting is in a movie and they defy my expectations.

Mine:
Marky Mark in Boogie Nights

Lady Gaga in A Star is Born

LeBron James in Trainwreck