I got to thinking about a movie I saw recently called A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, wherein a young Shia LaBeouf plays the character of Dito as a youth, and Robert Downey Jr. plays the grown up Dito.
It occurred to me to try to think of other pairings in films where the same character is played by two or more well-known actors, aka "stars" (or went on to become stars, as in the above example).
I'm sure there are dozens of other examples (and I realize this thread may have been done before, but it's a hard topic to search on). Can you name any?
Remember, not-very-well-known actors don't count. For instance, Jeff East as young Clark Kent in Superman: The Movie doesn't really count, because despite appearing in a couple other mildly successful '80s movies, Jeff East is a long way from a household name.
Groucho
11-05-09, 12:13 PM
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
KillerCannibal
11-05-09, 12:13 PM
Godfather II - Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando
Edit: I'm retarded, but I'll leave my incorrect response up for public ridicule.
Groucho
11-05-09, 12:15 PM
Marlon Brando wasn't in Godfather 2.
KillerCannibal
11-05-09, 12:21 PM
Damn brain of mine! I think I tend to view I and II as one long movie in my mind.
Dr. DVD
11-05-09, 12:29 PM
Ashley Judd as Norma Jean Baker and Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe in the HBO movie: Norma Jean and Marilyn
Best example I can think of: Face/Off
John Travolta and Nicolas Cage both take turns playing the hero/villain.
Ash Ketchum
11-05-09, 12:35 PM
I got to thinking about a movie I saw recently called A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, wherein a young Shia LaBeouf plays the character of Dito as a youth, and Robert Downey Jr. plays the grown up Dito.
It occurred to me to try to think of other pairings in films where the same character is played by two or more well-known actors, aka "stars" (or went on to become stars, as in the above example).
I'm sure there are dozens of other examples (and I realize this thread may have been done before, but it's a hard topic to search on). Can you name any?
Remember, not-very-well-known actors don't count. For instance, Jeff East as young Clark Kent in Superman: The Movie doesn't really count, because despite appearing in a couple other mildly successful '80s movies, Jeff East is a long way from a household name.
MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (1934) - Mickey Rooney plays Clark Gable as a kid
BEAU GESTE (1939) - Donald O'Connor plays Gary Cooper as a kid
JANE EYRE (1944) - Peggy Ann Garner plays Joan Fontaine as a kid
BlueCC
11-05-09, 12:41 PM
Radio Flyer - Tom Hanks and Elijah Wood
TallGuyMe
11-05-09, 12:51 PM
Richard Dreyfuss and Wil Wheaton in 'Stand By Me'
Meglos
11-05-09, 12:52 PM
River Phoenix and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Bill Pullman and Balthazar Getty in Lost Highway...probably.
Groucho
11-05-09, 12:57 PM
John Randolph and Rock Hudson in Seconds
Raquel Welch and Rex Reed(!) in Myra Breckinridge
jjcool
11-05-09, 12:59 PM
Godfather II - Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando
Edit: I'm retarded, but I'll leave my incorrect response up for public ridicule.
Dont be so hard on yourself. First one that popped into my head as well.
Followed quickly by this one:
River Phoenix and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
What about the Bob Dylan film that came out recently? Never saw it but werent there a couple of people that played Dylan?
dogmatica
11-05-09, 01:11 PM
Gloria Stuart isn't necessarily a household name yet she was nominated along with Kate Winslet for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for playing the same character, Rose, in Titanic.
Isn't there some sort of actor switch on the same character halfway through Lost Highway?
In Robocop, the same character is played by both Peter Weller and the real Robocop.
Groucho
11-05-09, 01:14 PM
Once Upon a Time in America -- Jennifer Connolly & Elizabeth McGovern
All of the Mission Impossible movies have this but my favorite is in 3:
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Tom Cruise's character for a few minutes. :lol:
Ginwen
11-05-09, 01:19 PM
Godfather II - Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando
Edit: I'm retarded, but I'll leave my incorrect response up for public ridicule.
The same thing popped into my head, luckily it popped right out again.
It works if you go with The Godfather: The Complete Motion Picture Saga (or whatever the hell it's called).
Snowmaker
11-05-09, 01:26 PM
River Phoenix and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
You took my first thought.
majorjoe23
11-05-09, 01:33 PM
Mayim Bialik and Bette Midler in Beaches.
Mondo Kane
11-05-09, 01:37 PM
Does I'm Not There count?
Drexl
11-05-09, 01:47 PM
Now and Then had at least one, maybe two of these. Christina Ricci played the young Rosie O'Donnell, of all people. Thora Birch (not that famous but sort of known) was the young Melanie Griffith. The other two didn't really become famous. Gaby Hoffman (the young Demi Moore) at least works steadily, and Ashleigh Aston Moore (the young Rita Wilson) died of pneumonia at age 26.
Jay G.
11-05-09, 01:53 PM
Wouldn't a number of the body-switching films work for this?
Freaky Friday (2003)
Vice Versa (1988)
And somewhat related:
Face/Off (1997) edit: Dr. DVD beat me to this
Being John Malkovich (1999)
17 Again (2009)
All of Me (1984)
Meglos
11-05-09, 02:11 PM
Michael J Fox and Eric Stoltz in the first Back to the Future.
Bluelitespecial
11-05-09, 02:19 PM
The movie from a couple of years ago, where there was several people who played Bob Dylan, I don't remember the name.
Numanoid
11-05-09, 02:21 PM
What about the Bob Dylan film that came out recently? Never saw it but werent there a couple of people that played Dylan?Does I'm Not There count?The movie from a couple of years ago, where there was several people who played Bob Dylan, I don't remember the name.I thought about putting this in the OP, but although several famous actors are ostensibly playing Dylan in the movie, their characters actually have different names. So yes and no.
Indy24LA
11-05-09, 02:25 PM
A silly one, but Tom Cruise and Mike Meyers playing Austin Powers in part 3. And what about Peter Sellers and David Niven in Casino Royale? Never saw it, but I thought they both played James Bond.
HN
11-05-09, 02:41 PM
Norton Pitt Durden
clckworang
11-05-09, 03:15 PM
The two I thought of right off the bat were Sleepers and Now and Then, just because both of those have big pretty big ensemble casts with many recognizable faces.
Groucho
11-05-09, 03:19 PM
And what about Peter Sellers and David Niven in Casino Royale? Never saw it, but I thought they both played James Bond.No, the Peter Sellers character pretends to be James Bond, but they don't actually play the same character.
Boba Fett
11-05-09, 03:23 PM
Woody Harrelson and Mark Harmon as "Mickey Knox" in Natural Born Killers. Harmon played Knox in the in-movie TV re-enactment.
Ken Watanabe and Liam Neeson as "Ras Al Ghul" in Batman Begins
Wil Wheaton and Richard Dreyfuss as "Gordie" in Stand By Me.
LeVar Burton and John Amos as "Kunta Kinte/Toby" in Roots.
KillerCannibal
11-05-09, 03:28 PM
Well, if we're counting in-movie films, Neve Campbell and Tori Spelling both played Sidney Prescott in Scream 2.
Jay G.
11-05-09, 03:33 PM
Ken Watanabe and Liam Neeson as "Ras Al Ghul" in Batman Begins.
Ken Watanabe was a decoy, not the true Ra's Al Ghul.
Hokeyboy
11-05-09, 03:37 PM
Can't believe nobody's mentioned I'm Not There.
Groucho
11-05-09, 03:39 PM
Can't believe nobody's mentioned I'm Not There.Or that movie where everybody played Bob Dylan.
cardsfan111
11-05-09, 03:48 PM
A possible stretch on how famous these guys are: Seth Green/Harry Anderson played Richie Tozier in It.
andy434343
11-05-09, 03:51 PM
Marlon Brando wasn't in Godfather 2.
I am not sure if he is credited or not, or if it is actually him, but you at least do hear Marlon speak at the end of part 2, so if it was him technically it was played by two actors in part 2.
Dr Mabuse
11-05-09, 04:20 PM
Did anyone mention Deniro and Brando in 'Godfather 2'?
Palaver
11-05-09, 04:23 PM
Michael J Fox and Eric Stoltz in the first Back to the Future.
:hscratch:
Dr Mabuse
11-05-09, 04:25 PM
:hscratch:
Stoltz was the original star, production had been underway a while when Fox took over.
Mondo Kane
11-05-09, 04:26 PM
I'm sure there's more animated-film examples out there, but Lion King came to mind:Jonathan Taylor Thomas/Matthew Broderick (Although JTT isn't as popular as he once was)
Meglos
11-05-09, 04:27 PM
:hscratch:
There is at least one shot of Stoltz in the movie (the close up shot of Biff's face when Marty socks him in the diner), so technically he still plays the same character that Fox does.
Ash Ketchum
11-05-09, 04:32 PM
Gloria Stuart isn't necessarily a household name yet she was nominated along with Kate Winslet for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for playing the same character, Rose, in Titanic.
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Gloria Stuart was a leading lady in dozens of films throughout the 1930s. Her more famous ones include THE INVISIBLE MAN, ROMAN SCANDALS, PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 and REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. But in an era of Stanwyck, Hepburn, Davis, Colbert, Lombard, Crawford, Garbo, Dietrich, Shirley Temple, et al, she was never going to be more than a leading lady/2nd banana in mid-range films. A working actress. I've actually seen Stuart in way more films than I've seen Winslet. (Which is easy, since I've only seen Winslet in TITANIC.)
I don't know if in-movie films count or not. Technically, the real actor is playing an actor within the in-movie film, not really the same character.
shizawn
11-05-09, 06:01 PM
Jena Malone (debatable how well known she is) and Jodie Foster in Contact.
Perkinsun Dzees
11-05-09, 06:06 PM
Star Trek
Spock
Zachary Quinto (up n coming actor)
Leonard Nimoy
Groucho
11-05-09, 06:25 PM
Star Trek
Spock
Zachary Quinto (up n coming actor)
Leonard NimoyI'm actually shocked nobody thought of this until just now. We suck. :lol:
TallGuyMe
11-05-09, 06:57 PM
I'm actually shocked nobody thought of this until just now. We suck. :lol:
wellllllllll, technically it's not the same character... it's Spock and Spock Prime. /pushes maskingtaped brimmed glasses up nose.
Numanoid
11-05-09, 08:04 PM
I'm actually shocked nobody thought of this until just now. We suck. :lol:I thought of it, but since the only reason Quinto is famous is because of Star Trek, I don't think it really counts (unless he was known for something that I'm not aware of).
outer-edge
11-05-09, 08:12 PM
I thought of it, but since the only reason Quinto is famous is because of Star Trek, I don't think it really counts (unless he was known for something that I'm not aware of).
Heroes: He plays on-again, off-again bad guy Sylar.
devilshalo
11-05-09, 08:52 PM
Joseph Mazzello/Jim Carrey - Joe Wenteworth (Simon Birch)
Listing them all would be spoilers, but Fallen qualifies -- and how!
Hulkabrgr
11-06-09, 07:55 AM
Sebastian Shaw and hayden Christiansen both playing Anakin Skywalker in the latest edition of ROTJ
MoviePage
11-06-09, 12:17 PM
Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in Iris - both received Oscar nominations, the only time this has happened if I'm not mistaken.
jjcool
11-06-09, 01:29 PM
Star Trek
Spock
Zachary Quinto (up n coming actor)
Leonard Nimoy
I'm actually shocked nobody thought of this until just now. We suck. :lol:
How is it that nobody thought of that one until now? That one is huge!!
toddly6666
11-06-09, 03:25 PM
Ellie Fanning (she will be famous just like her sister) and Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney - Big Fish
Keanu Reeves and Robert Ulrich - Young Again (Ulrich used to be a household name..hehe)
Zac Effron and Matthew Perry - 17 Again
Kirsten Dunst and Samantha Mathis - Little Women
All the actresses more or less from Now and Then
Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness - Star Wars movies
Jay G.
11-06-09, 03:52 PM
Ellie Fanning (she will be famous just like her sister) and Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Well, when she's famous, then this'll be a valid example. Otherwise people'd be spouting off a host of unfamous doubles that could potentially become famous.
Keanu Reeves and Robert Ulrich - Young Again
Do TV movies count?
Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness - Star Wars movies
They don't play the same character in the same movie though.
However, due to Lucas SE-ing the films, in Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader is played by Sebastian Shaw, James Earl Jones, and Hayden Christensen (also David Prowse, but he's not famous).
Oh, and in the same vein, Hayden Christensen and James Earl Jones in Revenge of the Sith.
toddly6666
11-06-09, 04:30 PM
They don't play the same character in the same movie though.
Don't worry - I'm sure Lucas will release another re-tampered version with both actors in the same Star Wars flick...;)
flagstone
11-06-09, 04:55 PM
A silly one, but Tom Cruise and Mike Meyers playing Austin Powers in part 3.
Robert Wagner and Rob Lowe playing Number Two in The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Perkinsun Dzees
11-06-09, 05:35 PM
Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in Iris - both received Oscar nominations, the only time this has happened if I'm not mistaken.
Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart both received Oscar noms for playing the same character in Titanic
dhmac
11-07-09, 01:02 PM
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Bela Lugosi and Tom Mason (the chiropractor of Ed Wood's wife) both play the same role.
(OK, the 2nd one is not such a famous actor)
Calculon
11-08-09, 01:17 PM
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure: Paul Reubens, James Brolin
Buy: