# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 290
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[quote=“Spoons, post:5780, topic:985988, full:true”] **Secondary characters who steal the show** 1. Magua (Wes Studi), _The Last of the Mohicans_ 2. R2-D2/C-3PO, _Star Wars_ 3. The Minions, _Despicable Me_ 4. Genie (Robin Williams), _Aladdin_ 5. Emperor Commodus, _Gladiator_ 6. Captain Shakespeare, _Stardust_ 7. Smee, _Hook_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Secondary characters who steal the show** 1. Magua (Wes Studi), _The Last of the Mohicans_ 2. R2-D2/C-3PO, _Star Wars_ 3. The Minions, _Despicable Me_ 4. Genie (Robin Williams), _Aladdin_ 5. Emperor Commodus, _Gladiator_ 6. Captain Shakespeare, _Stardust_ 7. Smee, _Hook_ 8. Stevie Dee, _Betsy’s Wedding_ Anthony LaPaglia is far and away the best thing in the movie, playing a dumb but good-hearted gangster wannabe. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5784 "2024-11-27T00:17:29Z")
**Secondary characters who steal the show** 1. Magua (Wes Studi), _The Last of the Mohicans_ 2. R2-D2/C-3PO, _Star Wars_ 3. The Minions, _Despicable Me_ 4. Genie (Robin Williams), _Aladdin_ 5. Emperor Commodus, _Gladiator_ 6. Captain Shakespeare, _Stardust_ 7. Smee, _Hook_ 8. Stevie Dee, _Betsy’s Wedding_ 9. Megan, _Bridesmaids_ ---
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**Secondary characters who steal the show** 1. Magua (Wes Studi), _The Last of the Mohicans_ 2. R2-D2/C-3PO, _Star Wars_ 3. The Minions, _Despicable Me_ 4. Genie (Robin Williams), _Aladdin_ 5. Emperor Commodus, _Gladiator_ 6. Captain Shakespeare, _Stardust_ 7. Smee, _Hook_ 8. Stevie Dee, _Betsy’s Wedding_ 9. Megan, _Bridesmaids_ 10. The Joker, _The Dark Knight_ pass ---
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**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ ---
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**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ ---
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**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ Sure, Rooney was only fourteen at the time, but it seems odd to think of him portraying the same character as Gable. ---
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**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ Prowse and Jones portrayed the body and voice of Vader, respectively, while Shaw portrayed the redeemed, unmasked Anakin at the end of the film. Further, video releases of the film from 2004 onwards have replaced Shaw as Anakin’s “Force ghost” in the final celebration scene with Hayden Christensen (who played Anakin in Episodes II and III). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5790 "2024-11-27T17:50:06Z")
**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Ghoul Man - Plan 9 from Outer Space (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason) Lugosi died after shooting only a few scenes. Ed Wood (director) couldn’t re-shoot because he needed Lugosi’s name for the investors, so he had his wife’s chiropractor shoot the rest of the scenes holding a cape over his face so you couldn’t tell he was 40 years younger and several inches taller. Does that count as a “stand in”? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5791 "2024-11-27T18:00:25Z")
**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Ghoul Man - Plan 9 from Outer Space (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason) 6. Sean Archer and Castor Troy - Face off (John Travolta and Nicholas cage and vis versa) Great movie if you can get past its ludicrous premise. ---
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**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Ghoul Man - Plan 9 from Outer Space (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason) 6. Sean Archer and Castor Troy - Face off (John Travolta and Nicholas cage and vis versa) 7. Salvatore DiVita (Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, and Jacques Perrin) - _Cinema Paradiso_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5793 "2024-11-27T19:36:42Z")
**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Ghoul Man - _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason) 6. Sean Archer and Castor Troy - _Face/Off_ (John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and vice versa) 7. Salvatore DiVita (Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, and Jacques Perrin) - _Cinema Paradiso_ 8. Tony Shepard (Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell) - _The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus_ When Ledger died during filming, Depp, Law and Farrell were brought in to play transformed versions of the same character. Interesting concept; haven’t seen the film myself. ---
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**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Ghoul Man - _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason) 6. Sean Archer and Castor Troy - _Face/Off_ (John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and vice versa) 7. Salvatore DiVita (Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, and Jacques Perrin) - _Cinema Paradiso_ 8. Tony Shepard (Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell) - _The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus_ 9. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis, Lynn Cartwright) - _A League of their Own_ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5795 "2024-11-29T16:02:52Z")
**Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie** (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.) 1. Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - _Saving Private Ryan_ 2. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ 3. Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - _Manhattan Melodrama_ 4. Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Ghoul Man - _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason) 6. Sean Archer and Castor Troy - _Face/Off_ (John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and vice versa) 7. Salvatore DiVita (Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, and Jacques Perrin) - _Cinema Paradiso_ 8. Tony Shepard (Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell) - _The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus_ 9. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis, Lynn Cartwright) - _A League of their Own_ 10. Rose Dewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart) – _Titanic_ Additionally, both women were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances – Winslet for ‘Best Actress’ and Stuart for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ – but did not win. **Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. Casino Royale – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. Casino Royale – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. 2. The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5797 "2024-11-29T16:36:33Z")
**Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. Casino Royale – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. 2. The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” 3. Ocean’s Eleven - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5798 "2024-11-30T03:06:23Z")
**Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. _Casino Royale_ – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. 2. _The Fly_ - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” 3. _Ocean’s Eleven_ - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park. 4. _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ - I’ve seen both the original and the remake, and although the first is fine, IMHO the second is _much_ better: better cast, better cinematography, scarier, higher production values, etc. ---
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**Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. _Casino Royale_ – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. 2. _The Fly_ - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” 3. _Ocean’s Eleven_ - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park. 4. _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ - I’ve seen both the original and the remake, and although the first is fine, IMHO the second is _much_ better: better cast, better cinematography, scarier, higher production values, etc. 5. _Little Shop of Horrors_ - high-production musical tops Roger Corman’s original, even if it did have Jack Nicholson. ---
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**Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. _Casino Royale_ – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. 2. _The Fly_ - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” 3. _Ocean’s Eleven_ - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park. 4. _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ - I’ve seen both the original and the remake, and although the first is fine, IMHO the second is _much_ better: better cast, better cinematography, scarier, higher production values, etc. 5. _Little Shop of Horrors_ - high-production musical tops Roger Corman’s original, even if it did have Jack Nicholson. 6. _The Thing_ - Blows the doors off _The Thing from Another World_ ---
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**Remakes That Were Better Than The Original** _(I’m aware this will be a very subjective category, so don’t be too upset if someone disses on your favorite film!)_ 1. _Casino Royale_ – Daniel Craig’s initial outing as the Double-O agent licensed to kill in 2006 is superior in _oh_ so many ways to the waste of celluloid that was David Niven’s 1967 attempt at becoming part of the world of James Bond. The fact that there are no less than five different people credited as directors was, in hindsight, probably a pretty good clue that this was going to ramble all over the place – and it did. 2. _The Fly_ - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” 3. _Ocean’s Eleven_ - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park. 4. _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ - I’ve seen both the original and the remake, and although the first is fine, IMHO the second is _much_ better: better cast, better cinematography, scarier, higher production values, etc. 5. _Little Shop of Horrors_ - high-production musical tops Roger Corman’s original, even if it did have Jack Nicholson. 6. _The Thing_ - Blows the doors off _The Thing from Another World_ 7. _Scarface_ - People are not as familiar with the 1932 film as they are the 1983 de Palma version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=291)