# 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:** 2
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/21 "2011-06-14T20:31:33Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You’re answering a question no one asked. :smack: You are correct sir! Wrong thread! Though Lily would tap Willow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/22 "2011-06-14T20:49:03Z")
Rose Nylund might get along with Sue Ann Nivens, but I don’t think Sue Ann would have liked Rose. JR Ewing would not have like Tony Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/23 "2011-06-14T20:54:37Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I doubt Christian Bale’s Batman would care much for his Patrick Bateman from _American Psycho_. There’s quite a few Youtube videos consisting of mashups of the two (tho they usually have Batman/Wayne as the psycho, not fighting him, alas). ---
**Author:** ![xkit0katx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xkit0katx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xkit0katx)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/24 "2011-06-14T20:58:40Z")
Heath Ledger’s Joker would probably be despised and feared by all of his other roles ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/25 "2011-06-14T21:11:48Z")
Meryl Streep’s \*Miranda in The Devil Wears Prada \*wouldn’t have much use for Julia in _Defending Your Life_. In fact, I can’t see Miranda getting along with much of anyone. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/26 "2011-06-14T22:07:19Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > :smack: You are correct sir! Wrong thread! Though Lily would tap Willow. 😃 I think not. Neither of them is sufficiently narcissistic in that way. In addition, Willow is going to assume that Lily either (a) a vampiric version of herself and thus not to be trusted, or (b) a human version of herself, and thus not to be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/27 "2011-06-14T22:09:13Z")
I’m not sure that Barty Crouch Jr. would have much affection for The Doctor. ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/28 "2011-06-14T22:33:07Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re answering a question no one asked. But it’s a question that _should_ be asked, and answered, at every opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/29 "2011-06-14T22:36:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Gentle Christian philosopher C.S. Lewis (_ **Shadowlands** _) probably wouldn’t have gotten along with Hannibal Lecter (_ **Silence of the Lambs** _). You underestimate the ability of a good wine to smooth over any rough dining rough patches. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/30 "2011-06-14T22:41:32Z")
Greg House would despise Bertie Wooster ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/31 "2011-06-14T22:44:10Z")
Navy SP “Bad Ass” Buddusky (Last Detail) wouldn’t have much use for Marine Col. Nathan R. Jessep (A Few Good Men). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/32 "2011-06-14T22:51:07Z")
Jed Bartlett would be appalled by Greg Stillson. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/33 "2011-06-14T22:57:20Z")
\*\*_Frank_ \*\*played by \*\*Henry Fonda \*\*in _Once Upon a Time in the West_, and almost every other character he played, but I’ll go with \*\*\*Gil Carter \*\*\*from _The Oxbow Incident_. _ **Superman** _ played by **George Reeves** , and his uncredited role of \*\*\*Jesse James \*\*\*in _The Kansan_. _ **Mr. Hand** _ played by the incomparable \*\*Ray Walston \*\*in _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_, and _ **Luther Billis** _ from _South Pacific_. There must be a lot of cases for prolific actors. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/34 "2011-06-14T23:08:36Z")
“Mr. Finch, may I present Dr. Mengle?” “No, I surely do not care to shake hands with this gentleman.” ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/35 "2011-06-14T23:15:51Z")
Capt. Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands? ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/36 "2011-06-14T23:17:57Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Capt. Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands? They wouldn’t get into a fistfight, though, as specified in the OP. Edward has no fists, after all. And anyway Jack is far too pragmatic to battle Edward except by shooting him. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/37 "2011-06-14T23:37:32Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 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. In theory, assuming he maintains his powers in a relatively low-magic realm, he oughta be able to destroy the Ring. Back on topic, I nominate Katey Sagal. I think Gemma Teller Morrow would despise Peggy Bundy. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/38 "2011-06-15T00:28:50Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > They wouldn’t get into a fistfight, though, as specified in the OP. Edward has no fists, after all. And anyway Jack is far too pragmatic to battle Edward except by shooting him. Ah, I didn’t notice the fistfight - in which case ignore my Gandhi suggestion. If it’s a fistfight, then the best example given so far is House and Wooster; most of the other bad guys suggested wouldn’t bother with a fistfight. Robert Carlye’s Begbie (from Trainspotting) would get into a fistfight with a lamp-post if he thought it was looking at his bird, and his character Gaz in the Full Monty would attempt to put up a fight. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/39 "2011-06-15T01:49:17Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > “Mr. Finch, may I present Dr. Mengle?” > > “No, I surely do not care to shake hands with this gentleman.” I’m pretty sure we can close this thread now! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471/40 "2011-06-15T02:00:56Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > In theory, assuming he maintains his powers in a relatively low-magic realm, he oughta be able to destroy the Ring. > > Back on topic, I nominate Katey Sagal. I think Gemma Teller Morrow would despise Peggy Bundy. And adding Leela from Futurama would make a three way ring of disgust, like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whove-played-characters-whod-never-get-along-with-one-another/585471.md?page=3)