Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.)
Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - Saving Private Ryan
Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - Manhattan Melodrama
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).
Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.)
Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - Saving Private Ryan
Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - Manhattan Melodrama
Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
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.
Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.)
Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - Saving Private Ryan
Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - Manhattan Melodrama
Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Ghoul Man - Plan 9 from Outer Space (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason)
Sean Archer and Castor Troy - Face/Off (John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and vice versa)
Salvatore DiVita (Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, and Jacques Perrin) - Cinema Paradiso
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.
Characters played by more than one actor in a single movie (not counting body doubles, stand-ins etc.)
Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon and Harrison Young) - Saving Private Ryan
Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes and his nephew, Hero, who played the young Tom Riddle) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney and Clark Gable) - Manhattan Melodrama
Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker (David Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw) - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Ghoul Man - Plan 9 from Outer Space (Bela Lugosi, Tom Mason)
Sean Archer and Castor Troy - Face/Off (John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and vice versa)
Salvatore DiVita (Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, and Jacques Perrin) - Cinema Paradiso
Tony Shepard (Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell) - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis, Lynn Cartwright) - A League of their Own
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!)
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.
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!)
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.
The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
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!)
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.
The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Ocean’s Eleven - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park.
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!)
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.
The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Ocean’s Eleven - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park.
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.
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!)
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.
The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Ocean’s Eleven - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park.
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.
Little Shop of Horrors - high-production musical tops Roger Corman’s original, even if it did have Jack Nicholson.
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!)
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.
The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Ocean’s Eleven - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park.
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.
Little Shop of Horrors - high-production musical tops Roger Corman’s original, even if it did have Jack Nicholson.
The Thing - Blows the doors off The Thing from Another World
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!)
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.
The Fly - Not dissing the original at all, but Cronenberg cranks it up a couple of notches. And “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Ocean’s Eleven - The Rat Pack version is classic, but the Clooney-pack version knocks it out of the park.
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.
Little Shop of Horrors - high-production musical tops Roger Corman’s original, even if it did have Jack Nicholson.
The Thing - Blows the doors off The Thing from Another World
Scarface - People are not as familiar with the 1932 film as they are the 1983 de Palma version.