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This is a compliment to the "Worst Casting of all Time" thread. I want to know what movies you feel had perfectly--or near-perfectly cast actors playing certain roles.
Now I don't mean actors who were darn good or acceptable. Actors who played, say, Batman (there've been so many!) and were "pretty good." I mean that when you went to see that movie, and you saw that actor playing the part, you felt like your favorite character had come right to life. The actor captured the heart, soul, spirit of that character...not to mention the looks.
So, "acceptable" casting or "pretty good" casting isn't good enough. You have to feel like whoever cast the movie got it absolutely right and you couldn't be happier with that actor's performance (this is irregardless if you could have been happier with the movie as a whole. Even terrible movies can have main or side characters who are "spot on").
My list would include:
1) Christopher Reeves as Superman. The movie, especially the first one, is far from perfect, but when Reeves says things like "I believe in Truth, Justice and the American way..." or "I never lie...." you believe him. He is Superman.
2) As per the other thread, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in "X-Men"--fans I've talked with all agree, they "recognized" the character from the back just from the way Jackman was standing; he nailed it. As with Reeves, I wonder if he'll ever have another part he plays so perfectly.
3) Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in "Almost Famous"--I love Hoffman as an actor, but though he deserved his oscar for playing Capote, the one time he really nailed a character, for me, was as Lester Bangs the rock journalist. I didn't know much about Bangs before seeing that movie, but Hoffman just about walked off the screen in the few brief scenes he has as that real-life character.
Those are my first three. How about yours?
Now I don't mean actors who were darn good or acceptable. Actors who played, say, Batman (there've been so many!) and were "pretty good." I mean that when you went to see that movie, and you saw that actor playing the part, you felt like your favorite character had come right to life. The actor captured the heart, soul, spirit of that character...not to mention the looks.
So, "acceptable" casting or "pretty good" casting isn't good enough. You have to feel like whoever cast the movie got it absolutely right and you couldn't be happier with that actor's performance (this is irregardless if you could have been happier with the movie as a whole. Even terrible movies can have main or side characters who are "spot on").
My list would include:
1) Christopher Reeves as Superman. The movie, especially the first one, is far from perfect, but when Reeves says things like "I believe in Truth, Justice and the American way..." or "I never lie...." you believe him. He is Superman.
2) As per the other thread, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in "X-Men"--fans I've talked with all agree, they "recognized" the character from the back just from the way Jackman was standing; he nailed it. As with Reeves, I wonder if he'll ever have another part he plays so perfectly.
3) Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in "Almost Famous"--I love Hoffman as an actor, but though he deserved his oscar for playing Capote, the one time he really nailed a character, for me, was as Lester Bangs the rock journalist. I didn't know much about Bangs before seeing that movie, but Hoffman just about walked off the screen in the few brief scenes he has as that real-life character.
Those are my first three. How about yours?
No other actor could have made that character as eccentric and entertaining as Depp did. Same movie, Gregory Rush as Barbossa.
