# Movies that are ruined by actors from other vehicles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747 "2019-05-09T21:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/1 "2019-05-09T21:45:24Z")
I was just trying to watch (out of boredom) **John Carter** on Netflix. Within the first 20 minutes, I saw Jimmy McNulty (The Wire), Mr. White (Breaking Bad), Julius Caesar and Marc Antony (Rome). These were signature roles for these actors and series that were well-loved by me. No matter how hard I try, I can’t see these guys living on Mars in what appears to be a really mediocre movie, and spouting the silliest dialog. What movies have been ruined for you in this manner? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/2 "2019-05-09T23:00:10Z")
Not ruined, but certainly distracting: I recently watched the first MCU _Captain America_ movie, and for the entire first half, every time Hugo Weaving was on screen all I could think was “this isn’t a flashback to World War 2 - Captain America is trapped in the matrix with Agent Smith”. I found his Red Skull getup in the second part of the film required less suspension of belief. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/3 "2019-05-09T23:16:30Z")
_Star Trek III: The Search for Spock_ is not, IMHO, the best of the _Star Trek_ movies (though certainly not the worst, either); but one minor issue I have always had with it is seeing Christopher Lloyd as a wily and dangerous Klingon, and NOT seeing him as Jim Ignatowski. Always makes me wonder how you say “What… does… a… yellow… light… mean?” in Klingon. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/4 "2019-05-09T23:31:14Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not ruined, but certainly distracting: I recently watched the first MCU _Captain America_ movie, and for the entire first half, every time Hugo Weaving was on screen all I could think was “this isn’t a flashback to World War 2 - Captain America is trapped in the matrix with Agent Smith”. I found his Red Skull getup in the second part of the film required less suspension of belief. Or Hugo Weaving in the Fellowship of the Ring. “Hobbits are a virus, Mr. Baggins” ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/5 "2019-05-09T23:49:08Z")
that happens to me in animated series all the time …like i can always pick out greg cipes voice in any cartoon and say "beast boy "! ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/6 "2019-05-10T00:18:49Z")
Everytime I see Yoda in Star Wars I start think “are any other Muppets going to show up?”. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/7 "2019-05-10T02:09:29Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Everytime I see Yoda in Star Wars I start think “are any other Muppets going to show up?”. They totally should have done a crossover with the land of Gorch. The Mighty Favog could have been Yoda, and Scred would have been a lot better than Jar-Jar Binks. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/8 "2019-05-10T02:11:32Z")
Shall we mention the appearance of Ed Sheeran in Game of Thrones? An appearance so hated that they even wrote a horrible death for the character in the next season even though he wasn’t onscreen again after his one scene. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/9 "2019-05-10T02:20:35Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Everytime I see Yoda in Star Wars I start think “are any other Muppets going to show up?”. I seriously cannot hear Yoda without thinking of Fozzie Bear. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/10 "2019-05-10T03:41:27Z")
When John DeLanice showed up on _Breaking Bad_, I had a hard time seeing past that previous role of his. When he entered Jane’s house after she had died, and walked around in a daze, I said to my wife, “can’t he just snap his fingers and bring her back to life?” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/11 "2019-05-10T03:42:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I was just trying to watch (out of boredom) **John Carter** on Netflix. Within the first 20 minutes, I saw Jimmy McNulty (The Wire), Mr. White (Breaking Bad), Julius Caesar and Marc Antony (Rome). These were signature roles for these actors and series that were well-loved by me. Don’t forget Polly Walker, who played Atia of the Julii. I still hear the distant wailing of her enemies sometimes… _Atia of the Julii, I call for justice! Atia of the Julii, I call for justice! Atia of the Julii, I call for justice! …_ > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Shall we mention the appearance of Ed Sheeran in Game of Thrones? An appearance so hated that they even wrote a horrible death for the character in the next season even though he wasn’t onscreen again after his one scene. Worse, they let him live but horribly disfigured. _“Did you hear he came back with no eyelids?” “How do you sleep with no eyelids?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/12 "2019-05-10T04:13:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I seriously cannot hear Yoda without thinking of Fozzie Bear. Some little kid sitting close to me in the theater said \*Mom, he sounds like Fozzie! \* ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/13 "2019-05-10T04:15:47Z")
Not me. I love trying to spot actors from other roles. I think it’s a shame when people can’t see past a character an actor has played in the past, preventing the actor from doing something new and earning a living. The saddest stories are those of actors losing parts because casting directors can’t see past their previous roles. It’s driven some to suicide. My wife is an anglophile, so I pretty much have to watch a lot of British shows. It’s so different there. They have, like, twenty actors and they play anything and everything. Rowan Atkinson can play a role as iconic as Mr Bean and then play a detective in a murder mystery series. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/14 "2019-05-10T04:26:47Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I saw Jimmy McNulty (The Wire), I’m not usually too bothered by seeing familiar faces in other shows, but it took me several seasons to stop thinking of Littlefinger on _Game of Thrones_ as being the mayor of Baltimore on _The Wire._ ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/15 "2019-05-10T04:29:00Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > […]British shows. It’s so different there. They have, like, twenty actors and they play anything and everything. I keep reading and re-reading this but I can’t parse it in a way that sounds good, and I think you meant it as an example of a good thing. But to me it sounds completely awful. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/16 "2019-05-10T05:12:47Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Always makes me wonder how you say “What… does… a… yellow… light… mean?” in Klingon. _nuq jatlh wIy SuD?_ ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/17 "2019-05-10T05:19:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Some little kid sitting close to me in the theater said \*Mom, he sounds like Fozzie! > \* Seeing Empire Strikes Back for the first time, I literally said “It’s Grover!” ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/18 "2019-05-10T05:25:28Z")
Fozzie? I always thought Yoda sounded closest to Grover. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/19 "2019-05-10T05:36:51Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Fozzie? I always thought Yoda sounded closest to Grover. Another vote, here, for hearing Grover in Yoda’s voice, moreso than Fozzie. My other two nominees have already been mentioned: Christopher Lloyd as a Klingon in _Star Trek III_, and Hugo Weaving as Elrond in _The Lord of the Rings_. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747/20 "2019-05-10T05:43:24Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I was just trying to watch (out of boredom) **John Carter** on Netflix. Within the first 20 minutes, I saw Jimmy McNulty (The Wire), Mr. White (Breaking Bad), Julius Caesar and Marc Antony (Rome). These were signature roles for these actors and series that were well-loved by me. No matter how hard I try, I can’t see these guys living on Mars in what appears to be a really mediocre movie, and spouting the silliest dialog. > > What movies have been ruined for you in this manner? Are you sure their appearances is what ruined that movie? And not, you know, the terrible writing/premise? But yeah, I see your point. Netflix had some old wwII news reel movies fairly recently all by John Huston and all I could think of is Gandalf. Gandalf talking about the horrors of the holocaust. (And yes, I know he did those movies long before The Hobbit. But I had seen The Hobbit hundreds of times long before I even knew what WWII was) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-actors-from-other-vehicles/833747.md?page=2)