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Zareth
10/07/24 4:29:18 AM
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And why is it Matthew Lillard as Shaggy

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darkknight109
10/07/24 4:32:00 AM
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Ian McKellan in the Lord of the Rings.

There is no more perfect a Gandalf in the world.

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Sarcasthma
10/07/24 4:41:53 AM
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darkknight109 posted...
There is no more perfect a Gandalf in the world.
Daniel DeVito.

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zhangliao1
10/07/24 6:28:15 AM
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Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow

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Snake
10/07/24 6:54:23 AM
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Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

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hockey7318
10/07/24 7:06:58 AM
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RDJ as Tony Stark.
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Joelypoely
10/07/24 7:34:36 AM
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Denden as Yukio Murata (Cold Fish, 2010)

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captpackrat
10/07/24 8:27:40 AM
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Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime.

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Blightzkrieg
10/07/24 9:14:07 AM
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Kevin Conroy & Mark Hamill

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TheSlinja
10/07/24 11:10:11 AM
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hockey7318 posted...
RDJ as Tony Stark.

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adjl
10/07/24 11:10:47 AM
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darkknight109 posted...
Ian McKellan in the Lord of the Rings.

There is no more perfect a Gandalf in the world.

Most of LotR, really. At least for the vision of it that Jackson went for. There's plenty of room to criticize the casting as not lining up with the book's portrayals, but for the movies Jackson made and the decisions he made in adapting the books, most of the casting was spot-on.

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Zareth
10/07/24 2:34:03 PM
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Snake posted...
Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd.
Those are original characters though

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MICHALECOLE
10/07/24 2:44:22 PM
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Jk Simmons as j Jonah Jameson
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ParanoidObsessive
10/07/24 3:00:05 PM
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hockey7318 posted...
RDJ as Tony Stark.

Came in to say this. RDJ basically was Tony Stark.

Though I feel like some people in this topic have different ideas of what "perfect casting" means. To me, it means that a specific character has been previously established in a different medium or prior works, and then a new actor comes into the role and perfectly matches who that character was supposed to be, or how they're usually seen. To the point where sometimes you're not sure the character and the actor are separate people at all.

Just being really, really good at a role isn't necessary "perfect casting" to me. It's just great casting, or a great performance. Perfect casting, to me, means there needs to already be a standard of character to compare to, and the actor fits that mold perfectly.

So Will Smith basically playing an amped up version of himself on Fresh Prince doesn't count, because that's him creating and establishing a new character rather than playing an existing one. While roles like Jack Sparrow or Shrek - where the actor literally changed multiple lines and forced their own idea of what the new character should be - is less about the casting and more about an actor giving an iconic and memorable performance.

Perfect casting is the sort of thing you get when a character from a book or a game is getting adapted, and someone asks you "Who do you think should play them?", and pretty much everyone online has the same answer - and then the studio actually casts that person. Sort of like how, when Game of Thrones first started getting announced, and pretty much all of the book fans online immediately went "They should totally cast Peter Dinklage", and then they cast Peter Dinklage.

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JixHedgehog
10/07/24 3:11:48 PM
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Michael Fassbender as young Magneto

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man101
10/07/24 3:19:57 PM
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Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister. Man owned every scene he was in.

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captpackrat
10/07/24 6:31:07 PM
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Glenn Yarbrough as the Minstrel of Gondor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_ocZLaRdI

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FrozenBananas
10/07/24 10:22:47 PM
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Viggo as Aragorn

Harry Potter had both great ones and terrible ones alike

bad choices:
the 3 main kids

great choices:
Dursley family
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black
Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid
Emma Thompson as Trelawney

Sjn City: almost everyone in that cast, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba

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KJ_StErOiDs
10/08/24 2:37:34 AM
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Morgan Freeman as God

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captpackrat
10/08/24 6:23:01 AM
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That random ass guy who created the Wilhelm Scream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksd5v43zxI

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rexcrk
10/08/24 7:56:36 AM
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captpackrat posted...
Glenn Yarbrough as the Minstrel of Gondor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_ocZLaRdI
Based

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zhangliao1
10/08/24 11:56:33 AM
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KJ_StErOiDs posted...
Morgan Freeman as God
Yeah, okay Im changing my answer to this

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Glob
10/08/24 11:58:00 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Came in to say this. RDJ basically was Tony Stark.

Though I feel like some people in this topic have different ideas of what "perfect casting" means. To me, it means that a specific character has been previously established in a different medium or prior works, and then a new actor comes into the role and perfectly matches who that character was supposed to be, or how they're usually seen. To the point where sometimes you're not sure the character and the actor are separate people at all.

Just being really, really good at a role isn't necessary "perfect casting" to me. It's just great casting, or a great performance. Perfect casting, to me, means there needs to already be a standard of character to compare to, and the actor fits that mold perfectly.

So Will Smith basically playing an amped up version of himself on Fresh Prince doesn't count, because that's him creating and establishing a new character rather than playing an existing one. While roles like Jack Sparrow or Shrek - where the actor literally changed multiple lines and forced their own idea of what the new character should be - is less about the casting and more about an actor giving an iconic and memorable performance.

Perfect casting is the sort of thing you get when a character from a book or a game is getting adapted, and someone asks you "Who do you think should play them?", and pretty much everyone online has the same answer - and then the studio actually casts that person. Sort of like how, when Game of Thrones first started getting announced, and pretty much all of the book fans online immediately went "They should totally cast Peter Dinklage", and then they cast Peter Dinklage.

This really doesnt match up with the rest of your post. RDJ put a very different spin on Tony Stark and now hes more like that in comics. Its like the James Bond thing with Connery.
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OhhhJa
10/08/24 12:30:55 PM
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Eminem - 8 mile
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Sahuagin
10/08/24 1:32:11 PM
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maybe Tommy Lee Jones as K in MiB

maybe not quite the best, just a really good one that I can think of, and I was thinking maybe that was not "an original character", but maybe it is

for original characters, as already mentioned, Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd probably have to be the single best

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fettster777
10/08/24 4:03:02 PM
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Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman
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SunWuKung420
10/08/24 5:49:16 PM
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I'll get back to you on the greatest choice but Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher is laughable and easily the worst casting ever.

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Roachmeat
10/08/24 5:55:38 PM
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Patrick Stewart as Professor (Charles) Xavier.

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Count_Drachma
10/08/24 6:26:19 PM
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Zareth posted...
And why is it Matthew Lillard as Shaggy

That was a pretty dead-on choice.

hockey7318 posted...
RDJ as Tony Stark.

Also worked perffectly.

Roachmeat posted...
Patrick Stewart as Professor (Charles) Xavier.

Also a natural fit.

MICHALECOLE posted...
Jk Simmons as j Jonah Jameson

tbh, that was a choice I didn't expect would work, but it was probably the best comic book casting ever.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
Came in to say this. RDJ basically was Tony Stark.

Though I feel like some people in this topic have different ideas of what "perfect casting" means. To me, it means that a specific character has been previously established in a different medium or prior works, and then a new actor comes into the role and perfectly matches who that character was supposed to be, or how they're usually seen. To the point where sometimes you're not sure the character and the actor are separate people at all.

Which is also why Matthew Lillard worked as Shaggy and Patrick Stewart worked as Professor X. When those were announced, I could immediately see it. RDJ also made sense, but his previous roles weren't quite as strong a fit. However, when I was watching Thir13en Ghosts, I was thinking Lillard would make a great Shaggy.

SunWuKung420 posted...
I'll get back to you on the greatest choice but Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher is laughable and easily the worst casting ever.

I feel like Tom Cruise as anything is bad casting.


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Thrower
10/08/24 6:31:50 PM
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I thought the guy who played kenshin himura in the live action of rorouni kenshin was perfect
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Zareth
10/08/24 7:38:12 PM
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Tom Cruise was perfect in Tropic Thunder

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AltOmega2
10/08/24 11:19:28 PM
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OhhhJa posted...
Eminem - 8 mile
Heh

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