[quote]super saiyan wrote:
[quote]NorCal916 wrote:
Look at all the roles Jim Carey turned down!
http://www.imdb.com/list/20gvFRsFvI0/[/quote]
What dumbass wanted to cast John Travolta as James Bond in Casino Royale???
WWWWWTTTTTTFFFFFFF???[/quote]
That one has to be total BS, especially as he’s the same age as Brosnan. Just imagine him trying a Brit accent :0
Julia Roberts in Godfather III and Tom Cruise as Donnie Brasco both would have been horrific.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]on edge wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Tom Hanks decided to pass on the role of Andy Dufresne in “The Shawshank Redemption.” (Thank God!)
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ID, why do you say thank god? Shawshank is probably my all time favorite movie and I wouldn’t change a thing but I really think Hanks could have played the role just as well.[/quote]
Not a fan of Hanks. He’s not understated enough anyway. Tim Robbins is understated in nearly everything he plays.
Shawshank is in my top 5 greatest films. Even though I own the DVD, whenever I come across Shawshank while flipping through channels, no matter where it picks up from, I always end up watching it through! It never loses it’s Power on me. Fuckin’ amazing story and film-making!
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I personally like Hanks as an actor, but even of he had his best performance he wouldn’t have done as well as Robins. Shawshank is such an incredible movie from top to bottom that any change would throw it off. That movie is damn near flawless.
[quote]RampantBadger wrote:
Julia Roberts in Godfather III and Tom Cruise as Donnie Brasco both would have been horrific.[/quote]
Let’s forget the fact that the Godfather III was a train wreck but Sofia Cappola was awful as Mary and Julia Roberts would have been a major upgrade.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]on edge wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Tom Hanks decided to pass on the role of Andy Dufresne in “The Shawshank Redemption.” (Thank God!)
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ID, why do you say thank god? Shawshank is probably my all time favorite movie and I wouldn’t change a thing but I really think Hanks could have played the role just as well.[/quote]
Not a fan of Hanks. He’s not understated enough anyway. Tim Robbins is understated in nearly everything he plays.
Shawshank is in my top 5 greatest films. Even though I own the DVD, whenever I come across Shawshank while flipping through channels, no matter where it picks up from, I always end up watching it through! It never loses it’s Power on me. Fuckin’ amazing story and film-making!
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Ya know, I’ve read the short story by Stevie King about 10 times (to me, that’s a shit ton of times to read the same story) and I do the same thing whenever it’s on TV … I make it a point to watch it, even if it’s for 20 minutes or whatever…
That movie and story both evoke such a strong emotional reaction that makes it a testament to masterful story telling
[quote]NorCal916 wrote:
Look at all the roles Jim Carey turned down!
http://www.imdb.com/list/20gvFRsFvI0/[/quote]
I can’t even use good imagination to envision Bill Murray playing Batman, Michael Keaton was perfect for that role.
I justcan’t imagine Pacino as Han Solo. Sorry, can’t do it.
Jim Carey would have been incredible in Meet the Parents!!
Michael Madsen insteaed of john travolta in pulp fiction would have made for a better movie.
[quote]Aggv wrote:
Michael Madsen insteaed of john travolta in pulp fiction would have made for a better movie. [/quote]
The thing there is Madsen’s character in Reservoir Dogs is the brother of Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction. If you pussy close attention, all of Tarantino’s movies are intertwined. There was once plans to do a Vega brothers movie and I think that’s why they hired someone other than Madsen for Vincent Vega (Travolta).
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Aggv wrote:
Michael Madsen insteaed of john travolta in pulp fiction would have made for a better movie. [/quote]
The thing there is Madsen’s character in Reservoir Dogs is the brother of Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction. If you pussy close attention, all of Tarantino’s movies are intertwined. There was once plans to do a Vega brothers movie and I think that’s why they hired someone other than Madsen for Vincent Vega (Travolta).[/quote]
Freud really did have something. Just messing with you, man.
The best true story is about ‘Rambo: First Blood’. Guess who originally turned it down…Dustin Hoffman. That is a 100% true story.
I liked Stallone’s version, but I would have liked to see what Hoffman would have achieved with that part. I have the feeling it would have been even better. Certainly it would have been more about the skills and that would have left us glued to the screen saying “where is he and how is he gonna kill the next fuckwit!”
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Aggv wrote:
Michael Madsen insteaed of john travolta in pulp fiction would have made for a better movie. [/quote]
The thing there is Madsen’s character in Reservoir Dogs is the brother of Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction. If you pussy close attention, all of Tarantino’s movies are intertwined. There was once plans to do a Vega brothers movie and I think that’s why they hired someone other than Madsen for Vincent Vega (Travolta).[/quote]
I don’t think Madsen would have been as good as Vincent Vega - he’s more of a smart ass than the hard ass Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega. Still hoping/waiting for Tarantino to do the Vega Brothers Movie.
Also, based on the IMDB list, Keanu Reeves must have been the last choice for almost every movie he has made. And everyone be grateful that Nicolas Cage has in fact turned down movie roles.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Roybot, if that wasn’t a google job–not saying it was–that’s pretty impressive movie knowledge. [/quote]
No Google, hand on heart. Just years of having my head buried in movie magazines.
[quote]RampantBadger wrote:
[quote]super saiyan wrote:
[quote]NorCal916 wrote:
Look at all the roles Jim Carey turned down!
http://www.imdb.com/list/20gvFRsFvI0/[/quote]
What dumbass wanted to cast John Travolta as James Bond in Casino Royale???
WWWWWTTTTTTFFFFFFF???[/quote]
That one has to be total BS, especially as he’s the same age as Brosnan. Just imagine him trying a Brit accent :0 [/quote]
A few of those are wrong: #18 - David Boreanaz was up to play Batman (and Superman) but that was before Nolan signed on as director. The script had yet to develop into Batman Begins…
#30 - the Wachowskis asked Sean Connery to play The Architect, not Morpheus. They did ask Val Kilmer to play Morpheus, though.
[quote]naxis wrote:
The best true story is about ‘Rambo: First Blood’. Guess who originally turned it down…Dustin Hoffman. That is a 100% true story.
I liked Stallone’s version, but I would have liked to see what Hoffman would have achieved with that part. I have the feeling it would have been even better. Certainly it would have been more about the skills and that would have left us glued to the screen saying “where is he and how is he gonna kill the next fuckwit!”[/quote]
I heard of this as well. I don’t think he would have been as good as Stallone. Sly is one of the few physically prominent actors who still plays a good underdog.
[quote]waldo21212 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Aggv wrote:
Michael Madsen insteaed of john travolta in pulp fiction would have made for a better movie. [/quote]
The thing there is Madsen’s character in Reservoir Dogs is the brother of Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction. If you pussy close attention, all of Tarantino’s movies are intertwined. There was once plans to do a Vega brothers movie and I think that’s why they hired someone other than Madsen for Vincent Vega (Travolta).[/quote]
I don’t think Madsen would have been as good as Vincent Vega - he’s more of a smart ass than the hard ass Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega. Still hoping/waiting for Tarantino to do the Vega Brothers Movie.
Also, based on the IMDB list, Keanu Reeves must have been the last choice for almost every movie he has made. And everyone be grateful that Nicolas Cage has in fact turned down movie roles.[/quote]
Talking of Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino offered James Woods Mr. Orange. Unfortunately, the offer was made through Woods’ agent. His agent felt the role was beneath him and he turned it down flat without consulting his client.
Years later, Tarantino met Woods and asked him why he’d turned down the part. Woods, having no idea the role was offered to him on a silver platter, immediately fired his agent.
[quote]Spock81 wrote:
[quote]Scotto wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I heard Eric Stoltz turned down the role of Marty McFly in “Back to the Future”.
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I think he was cast and they shot a good part of the movie before they realized it wasn’t working and replaced him.[/quote]
I think they wanted Micheal J fox, but he was busy with family ties so they got that other guy. THen micheal figured out some way to do his schedule so he could do both family ties and Back to the future so they fired the other dude.
THANK GOD TOO! M.J. Fox was the bestest.
oh edit: I wonder if Nards knows for sure? His the second biggest back to the future fan on this site :P[/quote]
Hi!
They apparently filmed for two weeks with Stoltz and they felt it wasn’t working, and that he was acting too somber and asking to do lots of retakes, and then they were lucky to get Michael J. Fox back.
Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) said in the scenes in the school cafeteria Stoltz would really shove him too hard and then insist on more takes.
Basically I think he was bad because he was on drugs.
The thing I like about Stoltz is his clothing was much more 80s looking than Fox’s jeans and life preserver. Though that’s not exactly him but the wardrobe department.
Bill Paxton was supposed to play Robert Langdon in The Davinci Code. Hanks was Ron Howard’s second choice.
What goes around comes around: Hanks was cast as Zefram Cochran in Star Trek: First Contact, but had to vacate the role due to scheduling conflicts. James Cromwell was called in instead .
Hugh Jackman was the Driver in Drive when it was a more conventional action movie.
Brandon Lee was to play Wolverine in a planned early-nineties version of X-Men.
