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re: If you could change the lead actor/actress in any original movie

Posted on 4/16/20 at 8:13 pm to
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 8:13 pm to
Stallone gets the boot in Cop Land and replaced by James Gandolfini.

Unbelievable supporting cast: Keitel,Dinero,Liotta,Cathy Moriarty,Sciorra,Peter Berg,etc

Stallone was the worst actor on screen and had the lead.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
22126 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:44 pm to
Movie: Saharra

Matthew McConnaughey was bad casting. For those who read Clive Custler books, he’s a bad pick for Dirk Pitt. Not sure who is perfect, but it needs to be an all American action star with comedic timing as an afterthought. Bruce Willis maybe, but too old when it was released.
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 9:49 pm
Posted by CockHolliday
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2012
4851 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 11:06 pm to
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Replace Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher

with The Rock


My pick for Reacher would be Robert Taylor
Posted by Tiger Voodoo
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Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 4/19/20 at 11:27 pm to
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I always wanted to see 80's era Schwarzenegger, Stallone and JCVD in a film version of MacBeth.



Arnold did play a great Hamlet





“No one is going to tell this sweet prince....good night”





















This post was edited on 4/19/20 at 11:33 pm
Posted by willeaux
Member since Jan 2006
2994 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 12:47 pm to
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I’d replace John Cusack with Matthew Modine in Runaway Jury. It’s my favorite Grisham book, and the whole time I was was reading it I pictured Modine as that character. I’ve always liked Cusack, but just didn’t envision him in that role.


When I read “A Time to Kill”, I pictured the guy who played the old grumpy doctor in Doc Hollywood for Lucius.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
70538 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 1:01 pm to
Any movie starring Melissa McCarthy with an actually funny female comedic actor who is somewhat attractive.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 4/20/20 at 1:04 pm to
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replace Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October with damn near anyone else!

ETA: this movie has such a great cast otherwise that Baldwin is a glaringly bad choice even aside from his political rantings.
Can't stand the guy and thought he was great in that movie.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
70538 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 1:05 pm to
I really do wish that was a real movie
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
12292 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 1:11 pm to
Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. I'm not sure why he got praise for the role but all I saw him do was play with his mouth and glide around the screen trying to be cool. The narration itself said James was constantly blinking due to dry eyes and was on the edge of paranoia, Pitt didn't use any of this. He just played Brad Pitt again while everybody else was acting circles around him
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
21114 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 4:48 pm to
Sylvester Stallone as Detective Mills. He originally turned it down.
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
21114 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 4:50 pm to
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Replace Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher

with The Rock


Yup.

In the book, Reacher was like 6'5 and blonde.
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
21114 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 5:06 pm to
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quote:
Replace Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher

with The Rock



Chris Helmsworth is exactly as the character is written.


Yup.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17607 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 5:20 pm to
Verne Troyer as Robo Cop
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58213 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 6:02 pm to
Sophia Coppola.

I don't even have to tell you which movie.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
41048 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 6:11 pm to
The basset hound from The Dark Night.
Posted by Backinthe615
Member since Nov 2011
6871 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:08 pm to
Both Linney (as a WVa State Trooper) & Gere in Mothman Prophecies. The rest of the film had a real cool, indie feel and would’ve been even better with some lesser-knowns as leads imho.

Disclaimer: Dad was a WVa State Trooper that was sent to the bridge collapse. But I still like this movie, regardless.

Same for Mcconaughey in Bernie. Still love it but in no way did it need his starpower.
This post was edited on 4/20/20 at 7:09 pm
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
71163 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:10 pm to
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Kate Winslett in Titanic with Carrie Underwood.


Carrie Underwood was 13 years old the year Titanic went into production.

Posted by CockHolliday
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2012
4851 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 7:41 pm to
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In the book, Reacher was like 6'5 and blonde.


And the strong silent type, which made me think of Robert Taylor (Longmire).
Posted by Priapus
Member since Oct 2012
1950 posts
Posted on 4/23/20 at 12:47 pm to
Had to circle back to this one.

There should be an Oscar for Wet Blanket awarded to the person in a film who doesn't belong and actually hurts the picture.

For me, that would be Liza Minelli in Arthur. One of the funniest movies of the 80's cast perfectly except for that role.

Untalented, ugly, unfunny. The trifecta.
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
61014 posts
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:16 pm to
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Kate Winslett in Titanic with Carrie Underwood.


this may have been mentioned but Carrie Underwood was 13-14 when Titanic was being made
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