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post 1677746183 02-22-2023, 04:49 PM
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Who and for which role was the best cast actor ever?

Title - doesn't even have to be big roles.

Brad Pitt killed it in Snatch




Another possibility is Al Pacino in The Godfather trilogy, or even scarface.

marlon brando was also perfect in the godfather.
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post 1677746243 02-22-2023, 04:51 PM
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How dare you congratulate sick hollywood like this op?!
post 1677746353 02-22-2023, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted By Getter_done⏩
How dare you congratulate sick hollywood like this op?!
Guy ritchie and the godfather are hardly hollywood
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post 1677746373 02-22-2023, 04:54 PM
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Who else could have possibly been Tony Soprano?



Also silvio and paulie were great

post 1677746753 02-22-2023, 05:02 PM
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Maximus and Commodus were perfectly cast in Gladiator

post 1677747713 02-22-2023, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted By QuickShotSteve⏩
I can think of more epic TV shows (Sopranos being the top dog) than movies.

Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Rome. Wouldn't change a single actor in any of those.
I think long-running TV shows distort though. After a few episodes, you just can't imagine anyone else playing the role - because they ARE the role.
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post 1677747863 02-22-2023, 05:27 PM
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Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. End of thread
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Originally Posted By bigcat3655⏩
Val Kilner as Doc Holliday. End of thread
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Christoph Waltz was literally the only actor in the world that could have played Hans Landa.

After exhaustive auditions, Tarantino was going to move on to another project because he was unwilling to settle for an actor who didn't check all the boxes...Then Christoph waltzed in.

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Originally Posted By Mr.PissShivers⏩
Christoph Waltz was literally the only actor in the world that could have played Hans Landa.
Yes this is one that immediately comes to mind.

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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
Who else could have possibly been Tony Soprano?



Also silvio and paulie were great

While we are at it brian Cranston in Breaking Bad and Liam Neeson in all his movies lol
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Joe Pilato

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Jack in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Originally Posted By Mr.PissShivers⏩
Christoph Waltz was literally the only actor in the world that could have played Hans Landa.

After exhaustive auditions, Tarantino was going to move on to another project because he was unwilling to settle for an actor who didn't check all the boxes...Then Christoph waltzed in.

that dude was so great ...its hard to separate that role from him in real life. in fact, i would be disappointed if he didn't act like that in person.
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[QUOTE=badger6 post_id=1677749613]Joe Pilato

[URL=https://imgbb.com/][img]https://i.ibb.co/zRMYdrc/Capt-Henry-Rhodes.webp[/mg][/URL][/QUOTE]Fun fact:

Joe Pilato played the Dean Martin impersonator in Pulp Fiction.

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Originally Posted By Mr.PissShivers⏩
Christoph Waltz was literally the only actor in the world that could have played Hans Landa.

After exhaustive auditions, Tarantino was going to move on to another project because he was unwilling to settle for an actor who didn't check all the boxes...Then Christoph waltzed in.

Man, he bodied that role, GOAT

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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
Who else could have possibly been Tony Soprano?



Also silvio and paulie were great

ray liotta almost got the role as tony but david chase didnt want people to associate it too much with Goodfellas (i.e. as it was hard to seperate him from that role).

same reason loraine bracco got the shrink role. she apparently killed it in auditions as they were gonna cast her as carmella, but she didnt want to be a "mobsters wife" again, and so they carved out that role for her.

I actually think theres an alternate universe where liotta never does goodfellas and gets cast in the sopranos as tony. the whole role takes on a different angle (as liotta is more handsome, not fat). would be super interesting and honestly just as good in my opinion.
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Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday set the gold standard for the role.
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Originally Posted By Mr.PissShivers⏩
Fun fact:

Joe Pilato played the Dean Martin impersonator in Pulp Fiction.

Yeah, I think I read that he was supposed to get the lead role in "From Dusk Till Dawn" until Clooney got it. Too bad his career didn't take off. RIP Capt. Rhodes
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Originally Posted By badger6⏩
Yeah, I think I read that he was supposed to get the lead role in "From Dusk Till Dawn" until Clooney got it. Too bad his career didn't take off. RIP Capt. Rhodes
Robert Kurtzman had the original idea in 1991 and hired QT to write the script and Kurtzman made a teaser trailer with Pilato...

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