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Offline rod1960

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Actors that become.....
« on: Feb 25, 2006, 12:37 AM »
Gregory Peck   ....   Atticus Finch
Vivien Leigh   ...  Scarlet O'Hara
Clark Gable  ... Rhett Butler


Heath Ledger   .... Ennis Del Mar
Jake Gyllenhaal  ...  Jack Twist
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #1 on: Feb 25, 2006, 12:55 AM »
That is interesting. The old time actors you mentioned are best known for those roles today but they all went on to make other great movies.  Vivian Leigh, for instance was excellent in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Marlon Brando who is known for ripping his shirt in that very movie went on to play in The Godfather.

Although it will take me a long time to see Jake and Heath in other roles I think they will be able to go on to other movies in Hollywood.  It is not as bad as TV where an actor will play one character for years and eventually be straddled in that role.  After all these years I couldn't imagine Melissa Gilbert playing anything other than Laura Ingalls (and that goes for the woman who played Nelly too).  Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams will always be Laverne & Shirley.  No matter what Jean Stapleton does in life she'll always be Edith Bunker to me.  The unfortunate thing with a popular television series is that it is so in your face for years.  The smartest thing Matt LeBlanc did was continue on with the Joey character.  Nobody could see him as anything else after Friends.

Brokeback will always be a highlight in Jake and Heath's careers but I don't think it will end them.  They will have to live with Brokeback for the rest of their lives and I think they will eventually be comfortable with that in time.
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #2 on: Feb 25, 2006, 01:13 AM »
Rod - That is exactly what makes BBM one of the greatest movies ever. You forget about that it's Heath and Jake. All you notice is Ennis and Jack. You don't think once, ohhh that Heath Ledger was great in the movie..you think Damnit Ennis, go after Jack.

The great movies are the ones that implant the character so deeply, you forget about the star.

Others I can think of at this late hour:

Bette Davis......Margo Channing
Joan Crawford....Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth Taylor...Maggie
Judy Garland....Mrs Norman Maine
Gloria Swanson....Norma Desmond
Henry Fonda....NormanThayer
Meryl Streep...Sophie
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #3 on: Feb 25, 2006, 03:41 AM »
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #4 on: Feb 27, 2006, 12:54 AM »
Judy Garland - Dorothy Gale
Liza Minnelli - Sally Bowles


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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #5 on: Feb 27, 2006, 12:10 PM »
Quote from: jimmypage on Feb 25, 2006, 03:41 AM
Anthony Perkins .... Norman Bates

that role destroyed Anthony Perkin's career.  Of course he always was two sandwiches short of a picnic basket.....turning down Tab Hunter?
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #6 on: Feb 27, 2006, 12:14 PM »
Russell Crowe = Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And he wanted to have his vengeance, in this life or the next.
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #7 on: Feb 28, 2006, 08:19 PM »
Christopher Reeve = Superman... :-\
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #8 on: Feb 28, 2006, 08:55 PM »
Frog - Yes. Christopher Reeve...Bless that man's spirit!
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #9 on: Feb 28, 2006, 10:30 PM »
Quote from: Cowboy Cody on Feb 25, 2006, 01:13 AM

Joan Crawford....Mildred Pierce 


She was great in that role but I always think of her as the character Harriet Craig from the movie of the same name.   Harriet Craig was the same controlling personality as the real Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest.

Brings up another actress:  Faye Dunaway....Joan Crawford (Mommie Dearest)

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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #10 on: Feb 28, 2006, 10:43 PM »
Alexis Bledel.. Winnie Foster (Tuck Everlasting)

The movie didnt do that well, but I loved it anyway because Tuck Everlasting is one of my favourite books, like EVER!
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #11 on: Mar 01, 2006, 10:45 AM »
Robin Williams --> John Keating of Dead Poets Society or Mrs Doubtfire! hehehe!

Keanu Reeves --> Neo
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #12 on: Mar 01, 2006, 11:44 PM »
Charlton Heston---------->Moses
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #13 on: Mar 02, 2006, 12:07 AM »

Quote from: JerBear418720 on Mar 01, 2006, 11:44 PM
Charlton Heston---------->Moses 

You're right JB, and another memorial performance:

Charlton Heston ....... Judah Ben Hur


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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #14 on: Mar 02, 2006, 07:34 PM »
Charlton Heston will always be Moses.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra!
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #15 on: Mar 02, 2006, 10:31 PM »
Quote from: Cowboy Cody on Mar 02, 2006, 07:34 PM
Charlton Heston will always be Moses.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra! 

So many of these "icons" relate to growing up, so they tend to be very personal.  When I was growing up,"The 10 Commandments" was not the big film we all wanted to see, it was "Ben Hur" with the famous chariot race scene.

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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #16 on: Mar 23, 2006, 09:23 PM »
Anthony Hopkins     Hannibal Lecter
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #17 on: Mar 24, 2006, 12:25 AM »
Judy Garland   Dorothy
Bette Davis     Sweet Charlotte
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis Thelma and Louise
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #18 on: Mar 24, 2006, 03:00 AM »
Yul Brynner      Ramses      "So let it be written; so let it be done!"
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #19 on: Mar 24, 2006, 06:34 PM »
Quote from: Apollonos on Mar 24, 2006, 03:00 AM
Yul Brynner      Ramses      "So let it be written; so let it be done!"

For me Yul is Mr. etc...etc...etc! of The King and I.
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #20 on: Mar 24, 2006, 07:23 PM »
Tom Hulce... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mark Hamill ....  Luke Skywalker

Ian McKellen ....  Gandalf
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #21 on: Mar 24, 2006, 07:27 PM »
Steve McQueen     The Cooler King
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #22 on: Mar 24, 2006, 07:47 PM »
Sarah Jessica Parker ---->Carrie Bradshaw

Sara Michelle Gellar --->Buffy Summers

July Andrews---->Sister Maria and Mary Poppins
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« Reply #23 on: Mar 24, 2006, 07:48 PM »
Quote from: matsuki33 on Mar 24, 2006, 07:47 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker ---->Carrie Bradshaw

Sara Michelle Gellar --->Buffy Summers

July Andrews---->Sister Maria and Mary Poppins

yes

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and yes!
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #24 on: Mar 24, 2006, 07:49 PM »
Elizabeth Taylor ....  Cleopatra
Richard Burton ....  Marc Antony

Robin Williams ....  Popeye
Shelley Duvall ....  Olive Oyl

Leonardo DiCaprio ....  Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet ....  Rose DeWitt Bukater


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« Reply #25 on: Mar 24, 2006, 07:55 PM »
Mel Gibson---->William Wallace and Martin Riggs

Fran Dresher---->Francine "Fran" Fine

Ricardo Montalban---->Mr. Roarke

Hervé Villechaize----->Tattoo
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« Reply #26 on: Mar 24, 2006, 10:04 PM »
Gert Fröbe ....  Auric Goldfinger (James Bond Goldfinger)

Richard Kiel ....  Jaws (James bond The Spy who Loved Me and Moonraker)

Grace Jones ....  May Day (James Bond A View to a Kill)

Christopher Lee ....  Francisco Scaramanga (James Bond The Man with the Golden Gun)
Christopher Lee ....  Count Dracula (so many times)
Christopher Lee ....  Saruman
Christopher Lee ....  Count Dooku

Alec Guinness ....  Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ewan McGregor ....  Obi-Wan Kenobi

Ian McDiarmid ....  Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

Hayden Christensen ....  Anakin Skywalker  :-X (sorry guys!)

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« Reply #27 on: Mar 24, 2006, 10:12 PM »
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July Andrews---->Sister Maria and Mary Poppins

Big big Ditto here and also,

July Andrews .... Victoria Grant, aka Count Victor Grezhinski

I'd like to mention about The Sound of Music (Sister Maria)

Christopher Plummer ....  Captain Georg von Trapp
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Re: Actors that become.....
« Reply #28 on: Mar 24, 2006, 10:28 PM »
Quote from: chameau on Mar 24, 2006, 10:12 PM
July Andrews .... Victoria Grant, aka Count Victor Grezhinski

OH!! Wasn't that a wonderful and camp movie!!!!  I loved it.  At the end when Robert Preston takes her place I actually pissed in my pants I laughed so hard.  I later read that while doing that scene a mistake had been made but they went on with the shoot and that is why everyone is cracking up.  It was all real.  Don't know if that is true but it looked so real and so much fun.

What a great movie!!!

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« Reply #29 on: Mar 24, 2006, 10:45 PM »
Omar Sharif ....  Dr. Yuri Zhivago
Julie Christie ....  Lara Antipova

James Wilby ....  Maurice Hall
Rupert Graves ....  Alec Scudder

Giulietta Masina ....  Amelia Bonetti (Ginger)
Marcello Mastroianni ....  Pippo Botticella (Fred)

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