It’s a good thing I don’t make bets on pop culture things I’m absolutely certain of, because I’d lose at least half the time. Not too long ago, for example, I would have sworn that Paul Giamatti’s role in The Illusionist was played by Chris Elliot (though I’d point out that it was on a very small screen with the sound turned off).
I was also certain that Geena Davis played the older version of herself in A League of Their Own, though later I found out the older woman was actually Lynn Cartwright.
Caught the middle of the movie Wild Wild West and when I saw the character of Dr. Arliss Loveless, I thought I was watching Kevin Corrigan (Eddie Finnerty from Grounded for Life and Mark from Superbad).
This is hardly a new one, but I didn’t find out till many years after As Good as it Gets came out that it’s Skeet Ulrich and not my beloved Johnnywho played the hustler that beats up Greg Kinnear.
Also, as I posted a few days ago, I always thought this
was Amanda Plummer.
Up until I saw the end credits, I incorrectly thought it was Amy Sederis playing Violet’s mother in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Instead, it was Missi Pyle.
For a long time when I thought about the old TV show “The Equalizer” I could have sworn the main character was played by Michael Caine. It wasn’t until I mentioned to my wife who argued with me about it forcing me to look it up on-line did I find out that I was wrong.
I would have sworn that it was Ray Liotta as the psychotic nutcase in Dead Calm. Saw it again and realized it was Billy Zane. Ray would have been a fine choice for the role as well.
I recently had an argument with the boyfriend who insisted Depp was in Scream. I said no, but he was positive. Then I had a suspicion it was going to be Skeet Ulrich so I used my handy dandy iphone to immediately look it up and prove it to him. But then he claims it’s too small to read, “I’ll just have to take your word for it”. I hate when he does that.
I read an interview with JE recently where he admits to being the ppor man’s Michael Cera.
I always gave Susan Sarandon credit for starring as Ms. Scarlett in clue and for appearing in Aerosmith’s Janie Got a Gun video.
Then I learned there is a person named Leslie Ann Warren.
I would have kept on thinking this until I watched the Starz Character Actor thing from a couple months back. One of the topics was how the public confuses character actors, thinking they played roles they didn’t. Then they get to Luis, who tells the story about how the majority of times when people recognize him, they tell him how much they loved Ghost.
Poor guy; that must be annoying. In the interest of disclosure, the bad guy from Ghost was played by Rick Aviles.
