Topic: Should've been

[lovemunkey187]

Something in The Joker thread triggered something for me.

It was the mention of Aaron Eckhart being cast in the role of Harvey Dent in the new Batman film. I think a better choice would've been Alexis Denisof.

I know that we haven't seen his performance yet, butit's just my  .

I'm not going to get started on Spider-man, that was just wrong in so many roles(including the director)

Anyone else want to vent about a role they feel was miscast and what the correct casting should've been?

[DJ Doena]

[Najemikon]

 

Part of the appeal of movies for me is the magical accidents in things like casting. I don't have many I think were particularly miscast to the point they were detrimental to the film, and perhaps only a few I later thought someone else would have been perfect, as opposed to decent. Exceptions to that rule would be Stallone as Dredd and Lazenby as Bond. Just, no.

Rather, I prefer to think of the near misses: Indiana Jones (Tom Selleck); Back to the Future (Eric Stoltz); Dirty Harry (Frank Sinatra), etc. Can you imagine watching Sinatra and thinking, well this is a pretty good movie... I wonder what that cowboy bloke could have done with it though?

For the record, I don't think Denisof would have necessarily made a better Two Face. What makes him stand out for you? Careful how you answer that... 

 

[lovemunkey187]

For the record, I don't think Denisof would have necessarily made a better Two Face. What makes him stand out for you? Careful how you answer that... 

What makes him stand out to me? His wife. and what she did one time at band camp.

TBH I don't think I've seen him anything but Buffy/Angel, but he did the straightlaced very well and then in Angel he showed that it was possible for him to be nasty and have an evil streak a mile wide.

In my mind Harvey Dent is a very determined individual, well until the accident when he's still very determined but a whole heap of psycho too.
I think that Bale and Denisof would play off of each other extremely well.
I can't remember when I first read about Harvey being in DK, but Denisof was the first actor that came to mind for the role.

I don't dispute that Eckhart has been pretty good in other things(I'm a fan of Payback), but I just can't see him as the District Attorney, a politian/Mayorial role? Yes, but as the DA? No.

[Najemikon]

Payback? I can't remember him in that. I only watched the Straight Up version the other night and I'm pretty sure he wasn't in that version.

BTW, if you like Payback, have you seen the director's cut?

[lovemunkey187]

Payback? I can't remember him in that. I only watched the Straight Up version the other night and I'm pretty sure he wasn't in that version.

BTW, if you like Payback, have you seen the director's cut?

 
 

I meant Paycheck.

But I do really like Payback, though. One of Mel's best.
Not seen the DirCut though, what's extra in it?

[Achim]

But I do really like Payback, though. One of Mel's best.
Not seen the DirCut though, what's extra in it?[/color]

DVD Empire lists these:
Commentary by Writer/Director Brian Helgeland
Paybacks are a Bitch: On Location in Chicago
Paybacks are a Bitch: On Set in Los Angeles
Same Story, Different Movie - Creating Payback: The Director's Cut
The Hunter: A Conversation with Author Donald E. Westlake

[Najemikon]

http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,597.0.html

 

[lovemunkey187]

DVD Empire lists these:
Commentary by Writer/Director Brian Helgeland
Paybacks are a Bitch: On Location in Chicago
Paybacks are a Bitch: On Set in Los Angeles
Same Story, Different Movie - Creating Payback: The Director's Cut
The Hunter: A Conversation with Author Donald E. Westlake

http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,597.0.html

 

Cheers guys 

So who should it've been?

[DJ Doena]

So who should it've been?

I seriously don't know but Elijah Wood (like Seagal and van Damme) has this "one face for every emotion".

[lovemunkey187]

So who should it've been?

I seriously don't know but Elijah Wood (like Seagal and van Damme) has this "one face for every emotion".

See what you mean.

But on a side note, not long after I'd seen Fellowship I watched Queen Of The Damned(the follow on to Interview Witha A Vampire) and everytime I saw Stuart Townsend, I kept expecting Sam to pop up and say something like "Oh, you can't do that Mr Frodo".
Kinda chnged my perception of the film.

[DJ Doena]

Another side note: Everytime I watch the Fellowship and Frodo awakes in Rivendell and Elrond comes in the room, I expect him to say

Welcome to Rivendell, Mister Anderson.