Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 10:15     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
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.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 10:08     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:David Tennant as the Doctor.


Interesting. I wonder if its a generational thing, but for me its Tom Baker.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:38     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:
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.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:32     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
90% of these replies are not at all “surprising”!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 08:23     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Adam Sandler and Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 08:18     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
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.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 08:03     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
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.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 07:51     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Perfection. “Love your suit.”
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 02:21     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in the before sunrise series
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 00:51     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck. For a non-Italian, she nailed it!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 00:32     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
The cast of Jumanji both versions. Jack Black as a teenage girl was just perfect!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 00:10     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
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
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 00:06     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
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.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 00:05     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Carl Urban (Eomer) as anything.


I have such a thing for him
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 00:02     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Harrison Ford as Han Solo.


he played 2 iconic characters in blockbuster franchises so well