{"id":13272,"date":"2020-05-13T15:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T22:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=13272"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:43:26","slug":"movie-fans-share-what-roles-theyd-recast-if-they-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/movie-fans-recast-famous-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Fans Shared What Roles They&#8217;d Recast &#038; Their Suggestions Were Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;ve all been cooped up in quarantine, I&#8217;ve been using the time to do some fun, informal surveys by asking people on Twitter movie-related questions. Questions that generated a range of answers, like some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/the-horror-movies-that-scared-us-most-as-kids\/\">hilarious answers<\/a> to &#8220;Which horror movie scared you the most as a kid?&#8221; to the eye-opening (and sometimes infuriating) submissions when I asked movie fans to share <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/movie-tv-show-goofs-that-drive-us-nuts\/\">the\u00a0movie and TV clich\u00e9s that drive them nuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, I asked a slightly more challenging question: Which movie role would you recast with a new actor if you could?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you could take one movie role and replace the actor with any actor living or dead, what role would it be and who would it be with &#8211; and why?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlishaGrauso\/status\/1260263990631911424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get as many answers as I have to previous questions, but I like to think that quantity doesn&#8217;t always equate to quality. The answers that I did get, you could tell that people have been thinking about these fan-castings for a long, long time. Everything from iconic characters were suggested to some truly deep cuts.<\/p>\n<p>First, the obvious big ones. A couple of fans weighed in on the Star Wars prequels and had thoughts about roles that should be retconned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Hayden Christensen with Leonardo DiCaprio as Anakin Skywalker. I have nothing against Christensen, I just often wonder what it would have looked like if DiCaprio got offered that role (or accepted it depending on which rumor you believe).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Casey Johnston (@DarthHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarthHockey\/status\/1260264787033952261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Pine as Anakin Skywalker in Episodes II &amp; III because ohmygoodness Hayden Christensen did not work for me. Honestly, there are a lot of actors the same age who would have been a better fit for the role. (Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston, Ben Barnes&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Luann Strayer (@RLStrayerWrites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLStrayerWrites\/status\/1260266904012414981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And in a fantasy casting, the same actor playing two different roles at two different times in his life:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Jake Llyod AND Hayden Christensen with James Robinson of Braveheart (actually only one year younger than Portman &#8211; no need to switch actors) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBP7Jxse3x\">pic.twitter.com\/VBP7Jxse3x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mario from home (@wrackune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrackune\/status\/1260269997676326914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Star Wars, an answer that popped up twice is the one that I think I love most out of all the responses:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toshiro Mifune as Obi-Wan Kenobi. And Sterling Hayden as Quint in Jaws. <\/p>\n<p>Ever since hearing they were in consideration for these roles, I&#39;ve been obsessed with the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike (@MikeAmuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAmuck\/status\/1260276075151659011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toshiro Mifune as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars.<\/p>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>Anna May Wong in The Good Earth because she deserved an Oscar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rLrrLVl5Og\">https:\/\/t.co\/rLrrLVl5Og<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura (@lsirikul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsirikul\/status\/1260275860000497665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All respect to the late, great Alec Guinness, but I think we can all agree that Toshiro Mifune would have been an incredible choice. I mean, come on:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13287\" src=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/toshiro-mifune.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People also had a few suggestions for the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> and <em>Fantastic Beasts<\/em> franchise&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would replace the Dumbledore from the 3rd movie onward with the original Richard Harris, who was a much better Dumbledore<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Merlin Patterson (they\/them, no gender) (@merlinpatt77) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/merlinpatt77\/status\/1260281045380890632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">super recent low brow example but lol Grindewald just never have the Depp reveal keep it as Colon Farrell and I would have watched the second one<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Duchess Twigglyspat the Cinema Cat (@loquaciousmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loquaciousmuse\/status\/1260284917377687552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clive Owen as Sirius Black. I don\u2019t like Gary Oldman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcRPWNuxm4\">pic.twitter.com\/zcRPWNuxm4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roddy? (@roddyrodk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roddyrodk\/status\/1260270869726674944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There were also some thoughts on Spider-Man, namely the original trilogy, including one guy who stanned for Tobey Maguire in everything&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spider man. Tobey Maguire should play all roles of spider man in every movie. \u2764<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SaQi (@SaQi838) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaQi838\/status\/1260264888422760449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And a much more realistic sliding-doors sort of casting&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sam Raimi&#39;s Spider-Man movies with Topher Grace as Peter Parker<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Trent (@TheLoganTrent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLoganTrent\/status\/1260267017732489216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And these two jokers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sam Raimi\u2019s Spider-Man with Dame Judi Dench as Peter Parker.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Pearson (@Bronzethumb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bronzethumb\/status\/1260492950502588416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While others wanted to see different actors in other superhero universes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i love brie larson so much!!!! i am curious about jennifer lawrence a captain marvel.. her off screen persona mixed with her prowess as katniss seems like a good mix.. <\/p>\n<p>curious about cavill as steve rogers<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dumo Pokima (@DPokima) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPokima\/status\/1260327436572602372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Jeremy Renner with Nathan Fillion as Hawkeye.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Pearson (@Bronzethumb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bronzethumb\/status\/1260400379432325120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Halle Berry with Angela Bassett as Storm in X-men<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LittleBeauPeepsGame (@R0bngood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R0bngood\/status\/1260280250606501888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019d wanna see Johnny Knoxville replace Jared Leto\u2019s Joker. Also leave out all the tats and shit lol. Idk why, I feel like if Knoxville could play his own take of the Joker he\u2019d nail it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zac (@zac_green8909) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zac_green8909\/status\/1260270378569601026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Including the guy who is desperate to see <em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em> and <em>Iron Man<\/em> recast, not because he dislikes the actors but because the lack of actor continuity drives him crazy:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am driven mad by Ed Norton in Hulk and Terrance Howard in Iron Man 1. I just want continuity!<\/p>\n<p>(I quite like both movies)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben McShane (@TeeVeeBen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeeVeeBen\/status\/1260391445799682049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>James Bond was also another popular franchise to fan-cast&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lewis Collins as James Bond in Octopussy and A View To A Kill .<br \/>Roger was ready to quit. Stayed on through loyalty (and ?).<br \/>Collins would have brought a harder edge to Bond &#8230;as Dalton eventually did. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mEUFpUb47o\">pic.twitter.com\/mEUFpUb47o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BarryChambers (@chemalino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chemalino\/status\/1260266669160697857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clive Owen or Idris Elba in place of Daniel Craig as 007.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sonnu Brar (@sonnubrar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonnubrar\/status\/1260312852533071872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A couple of people are still extremely salty about Robert Duvall and the <em>Godfather<\/em> franchise:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robert Duvall for George Hamilton in Godfather III. His absence was so notable in that movie, so impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ShaKen, Not Stirred (@Stoltzken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stoltzken\/status\/1260267227695243271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Godfather 3. Should have been Bobby Duvall reprising his role as Tom Hagen. Would have made the movie 1000% better.<\/p>\n<p>(Technically George Hamilton played a new character, but he was written in because they couldn&#39;t get a contract deal done with Duvall. Still counts in my book.)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bob Patterson (@TheMagicTiki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMagicTiki\/status\/1260274641047883778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For some truly inexplicable reason, I got multiple responses for <em>The DaVinci Code<\/em>. Because the internet can be surprising and wonderfully odd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone else mention Liam Neeson. I like all 3 suggestions<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lala Librarian (@lalalibrarian02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lalalibrarian02\/status\/1260381470092386309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a minor thing, but I would have loved to have seen Liam Neeson in place of Tom Hanks and his curly mullet in Da Vinci Code. Hanks is too amiable to be investigating conspiracy &amp; the Illuminati, dammit.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boozy Brown Girl (@BoozyBrownGirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoozyBrownGirl\/status\/1260264858894741504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also this extremely weird coincidence in which one person wanted Daniel Day-Lewis to replace Viggo Mortensen&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LOTR Vigo M. with Daniel Day- Lewis. Vigo was a good Strider but never went full Aragorn. DDL could be both I think. Also I want Brian Blessed to replace Hopkins as Odin cause Hopkins phoned it in.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Listener Skiznot (@Skiznot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Skiznot\/status\/1260490418799730693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and another who wanted Viggo Mortensen to replace Daniel Day-Lewis. In two completely different movies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok that\u2019s too weird. I just replaced Day-Lewis with Vigo in LOTR.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Listener Skiznot (@Skiznot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Skiznot\/status\/1260491939792773120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I appreciated the extremely deep cut from insanely talented horror critic Anya Stanley:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Put Peter Lorre in the titular role of THE FANATIC<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anya Stanley (@BookishPlinko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookishPlinko\/status\/1260266001607712768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oops. Regarding the \u201cwhy\u201d part of your question&#8230; *gestures towards Fritz Lang\u2019s M* <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6j22CWrUIO\">pic.twitter.com\/6j22CWrUIO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anya Stanley (@BookishPlinko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookishPlinko\/status\/1260267038905229312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There was one response that seemed to border on sacrilege:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOOK. Kevin Kline would have been transcendent as Peter Pan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QojXXsG2IW\">https:\/\/t.co\/QojXXsG2IW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Bolger (@TheApexFan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheApexFan\/status\/1260367691946188800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but this guy made up for it with his &#8220;put Robin Williams in everything&#8221; platform:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robin Williams in any role in any movie, just so we get more Robin Williams movies.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benji (@FerrisBaxterian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FerrisBaxterian\/status\/1260277459452379136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some wanted to give Tom Cruise the boot from a few roles:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai. I thought he was a little too modern for the role. I always thought Bradley Cooper because of his acting style that has a hint of older Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Rodemerk ? (@davidrodemerk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidrodemerk\/status\/1260302940809633792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow with Don Cheadle<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mario from home (@wrackune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrackune\/status\/1260269241338523648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And others had some thoughts about how they&#8217;d do a few musicals differently if they were the casting director. And, uh, had a time machine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LaLaLand and Gene Kelly. <\/p>\n<p>For the record, I haven&#39;t seen LaLaLand I just feel very strongly about this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bekka (@valhallabckgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valhallabckgirl\/status\/1260264577935093760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Mark Wahlberg with Jack Black in ROCK STAR and it would actually have been about a rock star.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Rattinger (@Rattinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rattinger\/status\/1260266305204047873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As for why&#8230;Colm Wilkinson IS JVJ, he&#39;s the GOAT of that role and his voice is butter. For whatever reason I just don&#39;t love Hugh Jackmans voice and Russell Crowe&#8230;welll&#8230;sorry but that performance was not awesome<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; A Series of Unfortunate Tweets (@hashtagAmie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtagAmie\/status\/1260267942215741441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And finally, all the random but fascinating answers of movies and roles I never would have thought of:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back in 92, before his life got&#8230; complex&#8230; I&#39;d have given anything to have seen Robin Hood Prince of Thieves starring Mel Gibson. (And I love Costner, when he&#39;s cast well.)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John P. Dowgin (@johndowgin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johndowgin\/status\/1260358114974535681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sabrina 1995 film with Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina, but keeping the cast and story of the &#39;95 remake. Harrison Ford playing opposite Audrey Hepburn? A plot that makes sense and is empowering? No, jealous jerk Bogie? It would be perfect. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q0z32TDU5j\">pic.twitter.com\/q0z32TDU5j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lala Librarian (@lalalibrarian02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lalalibrarian02\/status\/1260390559593771008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe not Stewart, but I could definitely see Andy Griffith pulling Lecter or Crawford off.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Troy &#39;&#39;Rent Freeze Now&#39;&#39; Schulz (@ReelSpotMonkee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReelSpotMonkee\/status\/1260358480289923072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ian McKellen was perfect as Gandalf but I\u2019m fascinated to see what David Bowie would have dove.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Perri (@wolfmercury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wolfmercury\/status\/1260265956237967362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reboot &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot; with Paul Rudd as George and Seth Rogen as Lenny.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DenverMike ??? (@DenverMike81) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DenverMike81\/status\/1260270255764459521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Replace Michael J. 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