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[–] deus@lemmy.world 59 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 4 weeks ago

But why is all the rum gone?

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 50 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Alan Rickman as Severus Snape

[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

AND as the Sheriff of Nottingham!

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

Why a spoon cousin, why not an axe? It's dull you twit.

I always remembered that bit, I rarely heard anyone but my dad call someone a twit.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 49 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. With the sole exception of his height, (comic book Wolverine is very short, and Jackman is not) it’s like the character walked out of the comics and onto the movie screen.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

The like, 2 seconds in Deadpool where they had Cavill as wolverine made me wonder if he could legitimately do it

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago

Hard disagree. Hugh is too tall and too pretty. He's done a fine job with the character but I am extremely excited for a new short-king wolverine. It's time to move on.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ian Mckellen, as either Gandalf or Magneto.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 30 points 4 weeks ago

Sir Christopher Lee as Saruman.

[–] SimpleMachine@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 weeks ago

The fact that Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn isn't on this list makes me sad.

[–] CptCosmicMoron@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Bryan Cranston as Walter White

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Bryan Cranston on It's always sunny. The man's got range!

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yep nobody else could ever play that now

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 36 points 4 weeks ago

The entire cast of Princess Bride.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 36 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Heath Ledger as the Joker.

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.

[–] digehode@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Gene Wilder as Willie Wonka.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 27 points 4 weeks ago

No one will ever play Wilson so well.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago

Robin Williams as the Genie.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams in the 'Evil Dead' movies.

I fucking dare you to try to remake that with another actor.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 20 points 4 weeks ago

Carl Urban - Dredd

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 19 points 4 weeks ago

Ewan McGregor - Obi Wan Kenobi

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 18 points 4 weeks ago

Mike Myers as both Wayne and Austin Powers. He has a way of doing corny characters with soul, and that's quite rare.

[–] modeler@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal the Cannibal

[–] Kben@lemm.ee 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought the same,then i watched Mads Mikkelson in the tv series Hannibal and think he played the role even better.

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[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg

[–] Foregone_Premise@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

One of the things about his performance is that the role has also been played by more than a dozen other actors, including Kenneth Branagh, Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, John Malkovich an Ian Holm. Yet he made the character indelibly his own.

[–] ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee 17 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I dunno, he and Arnold Schwarzenegger are pretty much indistinguishable

[–] cyphear@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for making me feel old. That reference made me realize how much my back hurts. But, at least I didn't throw my mom from a train.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 weeks ago

Some great runner-ups mentioned here. Of course the answer is Dr. Frank-N-Furter, who also had one of the best character entrances ever.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Henry Cavill as Superman for me. Alan Ritchson as Reacher.

[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Well yes of course. But Cavill lived up to his role

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Matthew Mcconaughey as Rust in True Detective S1. I'm desperately longing for a show that can live up to S1 with a character similar or better than Rust

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Every character in that season was perfect. Even the very minor roles played by unknowns were all knocked right out of the park. The stars really aligned for that first season, and I am very much okay with that being a rare thing.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone.

[–] DaChrissy@reddthat.com 9 points 4 weeks ago

David Spade as Joe Dirt

[–] Resurectra@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley

[–] some_guy 7 points 4 weeks ago

Heath Ledger as Joker.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in The Downfall

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago

David Tennant as Doctor Who

[–] Kben@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Robert Englund as Freddie Kruger.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

I used to think no one but Jim Carrey could do Ace Ventura, but I've seen plenty of impersonations of the character now that Carrey actually wouldn't be needed.

I used to think nobody could replace Mark Hamil's Joker voice until the devs of the Arkham games debuted his replacement for one of them and he fucking nails it to the point if I didn't know he was replaced, I would just assume it was still Hamil.

I can no longer hold the idea that an actor is irreplaceable simply because a good actor can imitate other actors.

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison.

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