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[scitek]

Just talking about it in the thread, but Rufus Sewell seems made for his role in The Man in the High Castle.

And, let's be honest...

 

[Count Dookkake]

Adam West as Batman.

 

[Rest]

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. It's not like the Tony Stark I remember from cartoons and comics, and I didn't even know it was exactly what I wanted.

 

[AuthenticM]

I think there are a lot of picks in here that could have easily been played by other actors. Here's one of the few that I think was perfect though:

John Goodman as Fred Flintstone.

 

[zerotol]

Mickey rourke in Barfly

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Wesley Snipes - Simon Phoenix

 

[Glass Rebel]

Christian Bale as Tom Cruise as Patrick Bateman

 

[Schrade]

Amy Adams - Enchanted
Viggo Mortensen - The Prophecy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Some of my favourite TV ones...

Hugh Laurie as Gregory House in House M.D.

Anthony Starr as Lucas Hood in Banshee

Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins as Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder in Justified

Eva Green as Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful

 

[Capitan]

Kirk.

 

[newtypepilot]

ryan reynolds = deadpool

 

[Cepheus]

Pam Grier as Jackie Brown. The only person to be so good in their role that they upstaged Samuel L Jackson in a Tarantino film.

 

[Chibrou]

Oh God forgot one that no ever knows:

Enver Gjokaj from Dollhouse who played tons of character with an such skill it was fucking creepy. Aka Victor

I know ! I know ! His impressions were fucking uncanny, that was really a joy to watch and it left me with awe everytime.

 

[Hyun Sai]

No mention yet of Ian Mcshane as Al Swearengen in fucking Deadwood is criminal.

I don't even talk about the lack of Idris Elba as Stringer Bell in The Wire.

Not a fan of Dexter, but Ray Stevenson nailed Isaac Sirko like no one could.

 

[Dynasty]

ryan reynolds = deadpool

Should have been the 1st post.

 

[PayOffWizard]

I really thought that casting Dave Batista as drax was going to be god awful. But in the end he knocked it out of the park. Also casting chubbly unknown Chris prat as the lead was another inspired choice.

 

[Blade30]

WTF?!?!!

No mention of our lord and master?!?!

Ian Mckellen

Pretty much everyone on lord of the rings were perfectly casted.

Wesley Snipes as Blade

Both Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon.
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith

 

[Trumpets]

Peter Falk as Columbo. It's impossible to imagine another actor having a go at the character.

 

[Fuu]

"I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death."

Perfection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6BpwSfqoU

 

[strafer]

Henry Cavill as Superman

 

[Finaika]

Ben Affleck as Batman

*runs away*

Spoiler

No regrets

Come back here!

 

[zon]

Whenever Peter Stormare plays a villain, I immediately thought of his role as Lucifer in the otherwise drab film Constantine.

 

[ginger ninja]

So many wrong answers in here. How you gonna say whats the perfect actor for a role which is an original work to begin with and not an adaption of some other source material.

 

[obin_gam]

Cortney B Vance

as Johnnie Cochran

 

[ronaldthump]

Ed Norton in Primal Fear.

Ed Norton in Fight Club

Johnny Depp as Edwards Scissorhands

Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

 

[Dereck]

Aubrey Plaza as Daria?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQXugKu8L4

 

[Nielm]

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

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Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle in True Detective.

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[Herr Schwarz]

Titus Pullo and Lucius Verinus were a really good odd couple in Rome

 

[NeoGiff]

No mention yet of Ian Mcshane as Al Swearengen in fucking Deadwood is criminal.

I was shaking my head in horror as I scrolled through the first two pages. For shame, GAF.

 

[mf.luder]

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal lecter.

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Peter Falk as Columbo. It's impossible to imagine another actor having a go at the character.

I'd enjoy a Mark Ruffalo take on it

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/ew.com...-josh-trank-columbo-reboot/amp/?client=safari

 

[Host Samurai]

Robert England as Freddy. Anybody else is just wrong

 

[mcz117chief]

Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz.

 

[SpaceHorror]

I likewise believe Patrick Stewart is perfect as Charles Xavier.

It's only a shame that the quality of many of the movies that uses either actor in those roles is poor. Hoping Logan is a fine send off for both actors.

When I was a kid I actually used my Picard toy for Professor X when I played with my X-Men toys because I didn't have a toy of him. This was around 92 or 93, so long before the movies.

If anyone in Hollywood would like to pick my brain for my brilliant action figure casting choices, gimme a ring.

 

[Prototype]

Robert Downey ironman

Came for this

 

[Fug Slanderson]

Michael Keaton - Beetlejuice
Arnold Schwarzenegger - the terminator
Michael J. Fox - Marty McFly
Jeff Goldblum - the fly

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

John Malkovich as John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.


Also, Charles Dance is Tywin.

Yes, Dance was perfection in this role.

 

[Englebert3rd]

Michael Emerson as Ben Linus

Following from this:
Michael Emerson as Harold Finch.

Massive contrasts between characters, but he was the perfect choice.

 

[Bold One]

Brad Pitt - Tyler Durden

 

[TheDinoman]

As bad as the prequels were, Ewan McGregor was the perfect choice for a younger Obi-Wan. Guy basically was like a younger Alec Guinness.

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

Brian Cox as Hannibal Lektor.

Fixed for you. Manhunter is still the best adaption of a Thomas Harris novel. Not only that but it's the greatest neo noir film.

 

[Tony Redgrave]

This.

And this.

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

I was shaking my head in horror as I scrolled through the first two pages. For shame, GAF.

Schwigen

 

[Randy Monk]

These guys:

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

Patrick Stewart as Professor X

 

[AlphaDump]

Milla Jovovich as Lilu from 5th Element.

 

[Ithil]

Rickman as Snape.

Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, too, mainly because that's who Rowling pictured when originally writing him.

 

[Kill3r7]

Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York

He owned that movie.

No mention yet of Ian Mcshane as Al Swearengen in fucking Deadwood is criminal.

I don't even talk about the lack of Idris Elba as Stringer Bell in The Wire.

Ditto.

 

[SoapNickTavish]

Recent one for me, Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones. Though I didn't like some of the liberties the show took with the character, Dillane IS Stannis and his performance was amazing.

Seriously the best actor in the series.

 

[DerangedHermit]

Karl Urban as Dredd was perfect.

Andre Royo as Bubbles, Dominic West as McNulty, Wendel Pierce as Bunk and Michael K. Williams as Omar from The Wire.