Actors that were just made for certain roles

GonzoStyle · 02-18-2002, 08:55 PM

Ever watch a movie and been completely blown away by an actor/actresses performance. Then you think how perfect they were and that no one else could have pulled it off. Like thinking back that they considered Charles Bronson for the part of Vito Corleone instead of marlon Brando. Or Ronald Regan was considered before Bogart for Rick Blaine in Casablanca.

What are some of your top performances where you could never picture anyone else doing as good a job?

Steve McQueen - Pappilon
Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men, Cuckoo's Nest
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver, Raging Bull
F. Murray Abraham - Amadues
Marlon Brando - Godfather, Streetcar Named Desire
Al Pacino - Godfather series, Scarface
Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X, Glory
John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
Gary Oldman - State of Grace
Danny Glover & Mel Gibson - Lethal Weapon series
Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
Martin Landau - Ed Wood
Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man
Paul Newman - The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke
Kevin Spacey - Usual Suspects
Gabriel Byrne - Millers Crossing
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond movies

Edited By GonzoStyle on Feb. 18 2002 at 3:59

Hybrid · 02-18-2002, 09:01 PM

stallone-rocky
crowe-gladiator
keanu reaves-neo / the matrix (he just fits the part)

GonzoStyle · 02-18-2002, 09:27 PM

Before I forget

Robert Shaw - Jaws
George C. Scott - Dr. Strangelove, Patton
Peter Sellers - Pink Panther

Edited By GonzoStyle on Feb. 18 2002 at 4:32

Buttmunch · 02-18-2002, 09:33 PM

Pauly Shore - Jury Duty

Hybrid · 02-18-2002, 09:34 PM

carrot top-chairman of the board

GonzoStyle · 02-18-2002, 09:36 PM

HyBriD Wrote:carrot top-chairman of the board

Don't worry you'll come up with an original idea someday.

The Sleeper · 02-18-2002, 09:36 PM

Jason Lee - Chasing Amy, Mallrats
Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver
Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction
Steve Buschemi - Fargo, Reservoir Dogs
John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich

Hybrid · 02-18-2002, 09:43 PM

GonzoStyle Wrote:
HyBriD Wrote:carrot top-chairman of the board
Don't worry you'll come up with an original idea someday.

asshole. i was just continuing the gag. :moonie:

Buttmunch · 02-18-2002, 09:44 PM

John Wayne - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

GonzoStyle · 02-18-2002, 09:57 PM

HyBriD Wrote:
GonzoStyle Wrote:
HyBriD Wrote:carrot top-chairman of the board
Don't worry you'll come up with an original idea someday.
asshole. i was just continuing the gag. :moonie:

Don't get your panties in a bunch little one, I took the joke in wrestling why don't you learn to do the same. Continue the friendly busting don't throw a tantrum like the 3 year old that you are.

Hybrid · 02-18-2002, 09:58 PM

thats what the :moonie: was for! i was joking! sheesh.

Edited By HyBriD on Feb. 18 2002 at 4:59

Galt · 02-18-2002, 10:02 PM

Howard Stern - Private Parts
Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Ed Norton - American History X

GonzoStyle · 02-18-2002, 10:03 PM

Don't take that tone with me jerky!!!!

Monty Clift - A place in the sun
Brad Pitt - 12 monkeys, se7en

Edited By GonzoStyle on Feb. 18 2002 at 5:03

Hybrid · 02-18-2002, 10:07 PM

also laurence fishburne from the matrix. nobody else can be morpheus. nobody.

Galt · 02-18-2002, 10:10 PM

Hybrid as Goro

And as sexyboy as Brad Pitt is with all the ladies getting moist becuase of him, he's had some badass performances (those three that have been mentioned, as well as Floyd in True Romance, A River Runs Through It, Snatch, and pretty much every thing else he's been in. I love Brad Pitt.

The Sleeper · 02-18-2002, 10:16 PM

I agree, Brad Pitt Rocks. Even thought he was in Meet Joe Black which was the worst movie ever made, he still is one of the more exciting actors of our era.

Hybrid · 02-18-2002, 10:18 PM

yea, i do play a good goro.

IkeaBoy · 02-18-2002, 10:21 PM

Bruce Willis- John McClane
Harrison Ford- Deckard, Solo, Indy
Kevin Spacey- Swimming with Sharks
Eastwood- The Man with No name

Edited By IkeaBoy on Feb. 18 2002 at 5:21

GonzoStyle · 02-18-2002, 10:25 PM

The Sleeper Wrote:I agree, Brad Pitt Rocks. Even thought he was in Meet Joe Black which was the worst movie ever made, he still is one of the more exciting actors of our era.

I hated Brad Pitt when Interview with a Vampire came out. Then on a second viewing I realized it was Tom Cruise not Pitt who I disliked, the movie was not great but Pitt did give a very good performance. I totally missed out on 12 monkeys till recently. But I watched se7en when it came out, mostly for morgan freeman actually. But Pitt blew me away, then fight club came out and then I saw 12 monkeys.

Actually A Pitt movie I liked prior to Interview coming out was kalifornia, it's not the type of role you'd expect Brad Pitt to play but he did a great job.

IkeaBoy · 02-19-2002, 01:09 AM

a couple many forgot

Bill Murray: Peter Venkman, Carl
Rodney Dangerfield: Thorton Melon, Al (I'm watching this fucking movie tonight)
Jeff Bridges- The Dude
Cary Grant- Roger Thornhill
Orson Welles- Charles Kane
Anthony Perkins- Norman Bates
Johnny Depp- Hunter Thompson
and BRUCE CAMPBELL- Ash

Edited By IkeaBoy on Feb. 18 2002 at 8:10