Other iconic castings are comparable to Connery as Bond?
Number24
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In his video afterSean Connery's death Calvin Dyson said Connery as Bond was one of the most iconic casting decisions in cinema history. Calvin used Chaplin as the Tramp as an example. I suggest Eastwood as The Man with No Name.
What actor/role pairing would you comapre to Connery as Bond?
What actor/role pairing would you comapre to Connery as Bond?
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That's the one which leapt to my mind instantly too.
I think the Chaplin example is a bit off in a way, as Chaplin wasn't cast as the Tramp; he created the character and it sort of organically grew.
Sellers as Clouseau would be one slightly closer to the Connery example, but even he grew from a co-star into a lead because of the success of the casting.
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Riply, perhaps?
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch?
(TV rather than movies, strictly speaking)
Er... Look earlier in the thread, N24.
Jason Bourne - Matt Damon
James T. Kirk - William Shatner
Ethan Hunt - Tom Cruise
Han Solo - Harrison Ford (I also agree with the Indiana Jones mention above)
i think I'd take issue with that one. He's iconically associated with it, but any number of people could have played it and probably better than he did. He was decent but never really the most gifted actor.
Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman
A favourite... and not forgetting Boris Karloff as The Monster.
Talking of silhouettes, see my post in the random chat thread.
He was lucky, that's true.
Yes agreed there, although I think even if you had a lesser actor in the Solo role the films would still have been a hit. Unlike Bond or Indy or Dirty Harry or Pink Panther, I don't think Star Wars' success hinged upon casting.
Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Jodie Foster AND Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
James Stewart as George Bailey (among others)
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Very cute story about this. I've never mentioned what I do for a living on this site (I don't think). I'm a grocery clerk. A number of years ago Time Life did a tribute magazine to Harrison Ford. On the cover of this magazine was some of Harrison Fords most iconic roles. One of the roles featured was Han Solo. One day a man came in and was holding his son who was no more than three years old. This child saw the magazine cover and with great joy and excitement started to squeal "Han Solo"........"Han Solo"........ It was one of the cutest things I've seen.
Does this count as a casting? The Prisoner was McGoohan's brainchild, pitched to Lord Grade after the former's success with Danger Man (Secret Agent in the US), so it wasn't quite like the others where actors were selected for a particular role.
Either way, though, you're right DaltonFan1: as Number Six, no-one could ever replace Patrick McGoohan. -{
Christopher Reeve - Superman/Clark Kent
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones & Han Solo
Tom Cruise - Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
In TV, I would say Larry Hagman as JR Ewing in Dallas must be up there.