25 Actors So Good Their Roles Can Never Be Recast
PocketEpiphany
Published
07/31/2022
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What do good movies and bad movies have in common? Simple: anything that makes enough money is going to get a remake.
Remakes mean recasting, but that can never happen with certain iconic performances. Here are the actors so good their roles can never be recast!
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James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. -u/MyBestDisguise -
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Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien franchise. -u/insert_name_here925 -
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Jeff Bridges IS the Dude. -u/hlerdnerp -
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Cary Elwes as Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts. -u/Shadowfaxx71 -
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Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon. -u/Fuck-Reddit-Mods69 -
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Bruce Campbell in Army Of Darkness. -u/ctennessen -
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Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. -u/blurplethenurple -
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Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglorius Basterds. -u/SpectreOperator -
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J.K. Simmons as Jonah Jameson. So good that he played the same character across multiple spider-verses. -u/The_Mouse_That_Jumps -
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Say what you want about the character. Imelda Staunton, who plays that massive c*nt Delores Umbridge, did a fantastic job at making me hate her. -u/MenstruatingMuffin -
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Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds. I'd seen him in a bunch of stuff before, but Frank is the perfect role for him. -u/JayGold -
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Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. -u/00-H -
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Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson. -u/izatrap2 -
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Michael J Fox as Marty McFly. -u/trauerspieI -
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Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. -u/GullibleAbalone -
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Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. In an alternate universe, it's Leonardo De Caprio. I cannot imagine that. -u/E_-_R_-_I_-_C -
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Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall. -u/highlandcow75 -
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Antony Starr as Homelander. -Heavy_Chains -
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Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. -u/MickSturbs -
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Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard. -u/ericallenjett -
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Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf. -u/SimonFerocious76 -
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Bryan Cranston as Walter White. -u/GR3TSCH -
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Alan Rickman as Severus Snape. Killed it from the very start. -u/gswkillinit -
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Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute. -u/RealQuickNope -
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Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. -u/Jedibri81
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