# Actors who've played characters who'd never get along with one another **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471 "2011-06-14T18:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/1 "2011-06-14T18:47:15Z")
That seems clear enough, no? So we’re clear, I’m **not** interested in cases in which the character wouldn’t like the actor who portrays him; nor do I care about characters played by multiple actors in which one portrayal is so at odds with the other that it’s impossible to imagine them as friends. No, let’s stick to one actor playing multiple characters, in which the characters, if they magically met, would probably get into a fistfight seven minutes later. I’ll begin with William Shatner. His Denny Crane might like or admire James T. Kirk, but the captain would not return the sentiment. In fact, I daresay that Kirk would think Crane was a freaking idiot, and within five minutes of the latter arriving on the Enterprise would have him confined to quarters just to keep him out of his hairpiece. Anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/2 "2011-06-14T18:49:44Z")
I doubt Christian Bale’s Batman would care much for his Patrick Bateman from _American Psycho_. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/3 "2011-06-14T19:00:56Z")
If you’re willing to admit animated cartoons, you can find examples of characters played by the same actor who can be seen actively not getting along with one another: Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam; Brian Griffin and Glenn Quagmire; Beavis & Butt-head and Mr. Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/4 "2011-06-14T19:06:00Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I doubt Christian Bale’s Batman would care much for his Patrick Bateman from _American Psycho_. That one probably can’t be beat. I’ll go with Magneto and Gandalf. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/5 "2011-06-14T19:08:58Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > If you’re willing to admit animated cartoons, you can find examples of characters played by the same actor who can be seen actively not getting along with one another: Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam; Brian Griffin and Glenn Quagmire; Beavis & Butt-head and Mr. Anderson. I really mean characters from different fictional universes; hence the remark in the OP about the characters meeting magically. Bugs & Sam strikes me as cheating, as do Brian & Quagmire. I don’t know anything about Beavis & Butthead. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/6 "2011-06-14T19:13:16Z")
Ned Stark and that wuss from Ronin wouldn’t have gotten along well. Ned’s all about the honor. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/7 "2011-06-14T19:14:44Z")
I don’t think Jack Ryan as played by Alec Baldwin would have liked the Man from Downtown from Glengarry Glen Ross. I am quite certain Rooster Cogburn would have disliked Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, though The Dude might have liked Rooster. I find it difficult to imagine Wolverine and any number of Hugh Jackman characters getting along. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/8 "2011-06-14T19:17:16Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > That one probably can’t be beat. > > I’ll go with Magneto and Gandalf. I dunno. It kind of depends on where they’re meeting and which iteration of Magneto it is. Magneto is often more anti-hero than villain. If he were transported to Middle-Earth during the Ringwar, I’m fairly certain that he’d categorically despise Sauron and the Orcs. Nor I am convinced that he’d be all that tempted by the Ring, as he’d be easily capable of crushing Sauron’s armies without it. Probably before breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/9 "2011-06-14T19:25:21Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > I doubt Christian Bale’s Batman would care much for his Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. > > That one probably can’t be beat. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach _ **kills** _ bad guys who are less worrisome than Freddy Krueger… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/10 "2011-06-14T19:26:49Z")
Then again, though, Gandalf also had enough sense to realize that the enemy of his enemy is not necessarily his friend, and that some bedfellows just aren’t worth it. I’d see Magneto in Middle Earth ending up as something a lot like Saruman. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/11 "2011-06-14T19:28:08Z")
Ben Kingley’s Gandhi probably wouldn’t get on very well with his sociopathic mobster Don Logan in Sexy Beast. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/12 "2011-06-14T19:28:57Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach _ **kills** _ bad guys who are less worrisome than Freddy Krueger… And both of those guys probably wouldn’t like Moocher (Breaking Away) or Kelly Leak (Bad News Bears). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/13 "2011-06-14T19:31:37Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Then again, though, Gandalf also had enough sense to realize that the enemy of his enemy is not necessarily his friend, and that some bedfellows just aren’t worth it. I’d see Magneto in Middle Earth ending up as something a lot like Saruman. Again, it’s going to depend on the iteration of Magneto. But it occurs to me that I myself specified that we’re talking about the movie version, so I’ll say you’re probably right and I’m probably wrong. Claremont’s Magneto would never have tried to sacrifice Rogue rather than himself as the first X-movie Mags did. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/14 "2011-06-14T19:43:34Z")
Mickey Knox and Woody Boyd probably would not be best of friends. At least not until Billy Hoyle (or Roy Munson) would come along and try to hustle them in hoops (or bowling) which would cause Mickey to kill him and Woody to help dispose of the body. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/15 "2011-06-14T19:45:54Z")
Gentle Christian philosopher C.S. Lewis (_ **Shadowlands** _) probably wouldn’t have gotten along with Hannibal Lecter (_ **Silence of the Lambs** _). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/16 "2011-06-14T19:48:26Z")
And that happy-go-lucky hippie Jesus in the movie \*\*\*Godspell \*\*\*probably wouldn’t have approved of Jennifer Garner’s deadly CIA agent dad in the TV series _ **Alias.** _ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/17 "2011-06-14T19:51:06Z")
mixing animated with live action: Dave Rossi would put Fat Tony in jail! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/18 "2011-06-14T20:02:56Z")
I wonder if Officer Don Orville could stand postal worker Newman, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/19 "2011-06-14T20:19:09Z")
We all know Lily Aldrin is bi-curious, so I bet she’d “ride the tricycle” with Willow. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/20 "2011-06-14T20:27:40Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > We all know Lily Aldrin is bi-curious, so I bet she’d “ride the tricycle” with Willow. You’re answering a question no one asked. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471.md?page=2)