15 Movie Posters Re-Imagined With the Stars Originally Cast
04-26-10, 09:42 AM
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15 Movie Posters Re-Imagined With the Stars Originally Cast
Not to say it wouldn't be the contemporary classic that it is today, but 'The Matrix' would've taken us down a whole different rabbit hole had Will Smith not passed on the role of Neo, opening the door for Keanu Reeves to don the dark trench coat. Can anyone really imagine The Fresh Prince uttering lines like "Whoa, déjà vu" with the same sense of stunned bewilderment?
How about if Ralph Macchio went time-traveling as Marty McFly, or Tom Cruise danced his heart out as Ren McCormack?
Rarely does a project in Hollywood start and finish with the same lead actors attached. Just see this summer's thriller 'Salt,' where the role of Angelina Jolie's wrongly accused spy Evelyn Salt was originally to be played by Cruise (as EDWIN Salt, natch).
We thought it'd be amusing to give these 15 casting fun facts -- actors (reportedly or rumoredly) originally attached or offered the roles you see below -- some visual representation.
How about if Ralph Macchio went time-traveling as Marty McFly, or Tom Cruise danced his heart out as Ren McCormack?
Rarely does a project in Hollywood start and finish with the same lead actors attached. Just see this summer's thriller 'Salt,' where the role of Angelina Jolie's wrongly accused spy Evelyn Salt was originally to be played by Cruise (as EDWIN Salt, natch).
We thought it'd be amusing to give these 15 casting fun facts -- actors (reportedly or rumoredly) originally attached or offered the roles you see below -- some visual representation.
04-26-10, 09:57 AM
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Richard Grieco in Speed. That just has a "direct to video" vibe to it. And the Pretty Woman casting, that was just scary.
04-26-10, 10:13 AM
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Wow, those are pretty frightening. Now where's the poster of CASABLANCA with Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan?
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04-26-10, 10:15 AM
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Major fail. Terrible photoshopping, and they got the got the ages wrong on the actors more often than not.
04-26-10, 02:54 PM
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I thought Bill Murray was the original intended choice for Eddie in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
04-26-10, 03:00 PM
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Was Russell Crowe really rumored to play Aragorn in Lord of the Rings?
I know Stuart Townsend was orginally hired and Viggo was a last second fill in but I don't remember hearing anything about Crowe.
And where's Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones?
I know Stuart Townsend was orginally hired and Viggo was a last second fill in but I don't remember hearing anything about Crowe.
And where's Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones?
04-26-10, 03:19 PM
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04-26-10, 04:57 PM
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04-26-10, 06:05 PM
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Back to the Future had Eric Stoltz, not Ralph Macchio.
04-26-10, 06:54 PM
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Yeah I heard about Stoltz. Definitely wan't Daniel-san.
04-26-10, 07:52 PM
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I don't know where they got Ralph Maccio from. In all of my years as a Future fan I've never heard that rumor.
Eric Stoltz was actually replaced, and there's still images of him, so that would've worked better.
What a terrible photoshop job. I was surprised to see Eddie Muprhy in Roger Rabbit - I don't know if I believe that.
Eric Stoltz was actually replaced, and there's still images of him, so that would've worked better.
What a terrible photoshop job. I was surprised to see Eddie Muprhy in Roger Rabbit - I don't know if I believe that.
04-26-10, 10:52 PM
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Jason Robards as Fitzcarraldo
No disrespect to Robards, I think he was a wonderful actor but I could not picture anyone in that role other than Klaus Kinski.
No disrespect to Robards, I think he was a wonderful actor but I could not picture anyone in that role other than Klaus Kinski.
04-27-10, 04:01 AM
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04-27-10, 04:31 AM
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Jason Robards and Mick Jagger; that would have been a weird experience.
How about Mel Gibson in "John Carpenter's The Golden Child?"
04-27-10, 05:24 AM
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Another interesting case of "what might have been" was when Gabourey Sidibe had to pull out of Juno and was replaced by Ellen Page.
04-27-10, 12:52 PM
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De Niro in Home Alone (back when he was downright scary and not in caricature mode) would have been traumatizing as a kid.
...though not as traumatizing as Al Pacino and Meg Ryan in Pretty Woman... 
