Best casting decisions ever made in movies
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Benedict Cumberbatch as The Grinch
Saw this film last Saturday- usually we wait on animated films to be on Disc but it was a special family Christmas outing.
I grew up with the original animated version and thought Jim Carrey did a pretty good job with the role, but this new film blows that away. Carrey had the voice down but everything was spoken pretty much at the same level and inflection. Cumberbatch not only nailed the voice (which is very different from his own), but expressed a full range of emotion and nuance- he acted within that character.
Saw this film last Saturday- usually we wait on animated films to be on Disc but it was a special family Christmas outing.
I grew up with the original animated version and thought Jim Carrey did a pretty good job with the role, but this new film blows that away. Carrey had the voice down but everything was spoken pretty much at the same level and inflection. Cumberbatch not only nailed the voice (which is very different from his own), but expressed a full range of emotion and nuance- he acted within that character.
Tom Skerritt as Dallas in the film 'Alien'
That movie has wonderful casting but in my opinion Tom Skerritt plays his part perfectly. He is not an heroic captain out to save the day, he is a working guy just doing a job and in over his head. His scenes with Ripley imply they have a history together but they have put that behind them. His performance is subtle and well tuned- his interactions with the rest of the crew shows familiarity with them and their idiosyncrasies and he manages them well.
That movie has wonderful casting but in my opinion Tom Skerritt plays his part perfectly. He is not an heroic captain out to save the day, he is a working guy just doing a job and in over his head. His scenes with Ripley imply they have a history together but they have put that behind them. His performance is subtle and well tuned- his interactions with the rest of the crew shows familiarity with them and their idiosyncrasies and he manages them well.
I agree. They needed a grown adult who could act like a kid. Williams was perfect. Its really a good fun movie.
Dessa
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Speaking of scenes where they weren't acting... "The Message" (episode 12, but wasn't aired on FOX) was the last episode they filmed, and the final shot, at Tracy's funeral, was the final scene filmed, right after they'd learned the show had been canceled. Those emotions were real, they were treating it as the show's funeral as well.
bsj1701
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There are so many, but for me these 2 stand out the most. Tom Hanks as "Forrest Gump" and Christopher Reeve as "Superman." Although I have watched and liked several Superman portrayals since Reeve, none have come close to capturing how perfect he was as both "Superman" and "Clark Kent."
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Much of Alien’s gravity owes a lot to the nuance in his performance. One of many perfect scenes comes to mind is probably something most folks wouldn’t think twice about - when Ripley confronts him about ordering Ash to bypass the quarantine. I love how he delivers, “Look, I just wanna get the hell outta here.” I savor the way the moment was framed, shot and performed.
Alien would have been a lesser film without Tom Skerritt.
One of the best moments in that scene is when she closes the door in front of him and he kinda sighs, turns around with a look like "are we going to do this now?"- you can tell those two people used to be a couple and split, settling to just working with each other to get the job done.
People always fix on the Alien design and graphic death scenes, for me the best part of the movie is the dynamics between the different characters, something that Ridley Scott fails to recreate in his new prequel films.
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Strikerkc
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Best casting ever.
on a related note, is it possible for a casting selection to be soooooooo bad that it becomes the best casting selection that could have possibly been made?
DesertDan
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Victor Wong as Egg Shen, James Hong as Lo Pan but actually the whole cast of Big Trouble In Little China was fantastic.
Carpenter's The Thing was also perfectly cast.
The Cast of the first Tremors movie is great.
Linda Hamilton as Sarah Conner
The casting of the first Conan the Barbarian movie was very well done, Arnold was definitely the right choice. Interestingly, Jason Momoa's portrayal was actually closer to the character as written by RE Howard.
Richard Dreyfuss in both Jaws and Close Encounters.
The cast of The Mosquito Coast was excellent.
Eli Wallach as Tuco, he really did steal every scene he was in.
Celia Lovsky as T'Pau.
Carpenter's The Thing was also perfectly cast.
The Cast of the first Tremors movie is great.
Linda Hamilton as Sarah Conner
The casting of the first Conan the Barbarian movie was very well done, Arnold was definitely the right choice. Interestingly, Jason Momoa's portrayal was actually closer to the character as written by RE Howard.
Richard Dreyfuss in both Jaws and Close Encounters.
The cast of The Mosquito Coast was excellent.
Eli Wallach as Tuco, he really did steal every scene he was in.
Celia Lovsky as T'Pau.
Scarecrow Joe
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Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss were perfect in "What about Bob?".
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