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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?
Last edited by Number24 (3rd Nov 2020 21:22)
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
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Clint Eastwood- (Dirty) Harry Callahan
Sigourney Weaver- Ellen Ripley
Arnold Schwartzenegger as the Terminator
Last edited by Number24 (3rd Nov 2020 21:29)
Michael Caine- Harry Palmer
Bela Lugosi- Count Dracula
Lon Chaney Jr- Larry Talbot (The Wolfman)
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
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.
Peter Cushing- Baron Frankenstein
Mark Hamill- Luke Skywalker
Any women?
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Riply, perhaps?
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch?
Roger Moore- Simon Templar (The Saint)
(TV rather than movies, strictly speaking)
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Last edited by Thunderpussy (9th Jan 2021 14:54)
Any women?
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Riply, perhaps?
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch?
Er... Look earlier in the thread, N24.
I guess I interpret the question as what roles is it most difficult to even picture someone else playing the part, the actor and the character become synonomous, so based on that:
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)
Mark Hamill- Luke Skywalker
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.
Any women?
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Riply, perhaps?
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch?
Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman
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Last edited by Thunderpussy (9th Jan 2021 14:54)
Perhaps the most iconic characters are the ones who can be reccognized by a silouette?
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark.
Burt Reynolds as the Bandit.
Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent. He'll never be topped.
Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty
Lon Chaney Jr- Larry Talbot (The Wolfman)
A favourite... and not forgetting Boris Karloff as The Monster.
Perhaps the most iconic characters are the ones who can be reccognized by a silouette?
Talking of silhouettes, see my post in the random chat thread.
Barbel wrote:Mark Hamill- Luke Skywalker
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.
He was lucky, that's true.
I think Star Wars would have been a success with a range of actors in the part as Luke Skywalker. If any casting choise was important in the origional trilogy it was Harrison Ford.
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