Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 22:20     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw in Raising Hope

Oh, and Martha Plimpton as Virginia


I loved the whole ensemble. Greg Garcia picks the most interesting looking actors. Quirky beauty with a country- western twang.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 22:02     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw in Raising Hope

Oh, and Martha Plimpton as Virginia
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 21:00     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream. Wow!
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 12:49     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:The cast of Jumanji both versions. Jack Black as a teenage girl was just perfect!


+100

The video game jumanjis are epic. They just kept knocking it out of the park with the casting and then the casts impressions of the teens (or grandpas) they were playing.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 12:47     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom in the HP movies. Maybe not “surprising” but absolutely pitch-perfect casting given what happened with Neville Longbottom’s character in the books AFTER they cast Lewis. Who would have thought the awkward, goofy little kid in Sorcerer’s Stone would glow up just like the character in the book?

Sadly, not all the random child actors cast in the first movie were able to grow as their characters developed in the books (ahem, Ginny Weasley..)


This one is great. He did just become that role. It’s so great to think of Neville longbottom to be a snidely name but then turns into a heroic name. Great casting. And luck.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 11:41     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
I don't know if this has been posted by Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. He was so perfect for that role and I think had only been a total goofball character in every movie before that.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 10:11     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple


Definitely great casting! I can't imagine anyone else in those roles.


Agreed--Spielberg really gave them their big breaks in acting, as before this Whoopi had only been known as a stand-up comic and Oprah as a TV host.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 08:59     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple


Definitely great casting! I can't imagine anyone else in those roles.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 08:54     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Not Hollywood, but Essie Davis in ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 07:45     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Andre the Giant in the Princess Bride! He was the ultimate heel in pro wrestling, who knew how lovable and funny he actually was??


Having grown up on Princess Bride and only knowing him in this role, it was surprising to find out (flip side) that he had been a pro wrestler! I couldn't imagine him with any ferocity.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 07:40     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People


That's a great example! I didn't know Mary could be so cold!


"You can't keep French toast!"
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 06:57     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People


That's a great example! I didn't know Mary could be so cold!
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 06:56     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People


She was fabulous.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2021 06:35     Subject: Re:S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 23:08     Subject: S/O Surprisingly good Hollywood casting decisions
Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere that Bruce Willis was mostly known for Rom Coms when he was cast in the original Die Hard.


Excellent example.

One I haven't seen mentioned: I think Gal Gadot is the ideal Wonder Woman, and I think most people were surprised when they chose her.