The progress in this recent CS thread provided me with the strong urge to hijack the thread, but the idea may be fun enough for others to resist the hijack urge as well.
Think of a signature role/performance. Think of somebody else doing that part – only as poorly as humanly possible, not so much from lack of talent (although that could be a bonus) but just from being the exactly wrong “type.”
Some roles to consider:
Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
Clift in A Place in the Sun
DeNiro in Taxi Driver
Eastwood in any Dirty Harry movie
Streep in Sophie’s Choice
Close in Fatal Attraction
Cher in Moonstruck
Kathleen Turner in Body Heat
Kathy Bates in Misery
Others you’re either more familiar with or that can be ruined by bad casting.
Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire – Peter MacNicol
Dean in Rebel Without a Cause – Justin Timberlake
Clift in A Place in the Sun – Pruitt Taylor Vince
DeNiro in Taxi Driver – Alec Guinness
Eastwood in any Dirty Harry movie – Rob Schneider
Streep in Sophie’s Choice – Drew Barrymore
Close in Fatal Attraction – Sandra Bullock
Cher in Moonstruck – Alicia Silverstone
Kathleen Turner in Body Heat – Jennifer Lopez
Kathy Bates in Misery – Paula Poundstone
How about recasting Peter Jackson’s LotR? Here are a few: I actually put some (horrible) thought into these, so humor me by trying to picture them in these roles.
Wilford Brimley as Gandalf Gilbert Gottfried as Smeagol Brittany Murphy as Arwen Stephen Seagal as Aragorn Warwick Davis as Frodo *(“You ARE great!”) * :rolleyes: Nicolas Cage as Boromir Al Pacino in a memorable cameo as the captain of Barad-Dur
My pick is Eastwood in any Dirty Harry movie – Woody Allen. And the kicker would be that Allen wouldn’t be trying for laughs- he’d be playing the role straight trying to act like a tough-guy cop.
Adam Sandler in A Streetcar Named Desire
Sean Penn in Rebel Without a Cause
Owen Wilson in A Place in the Sun
Matthew Broderick in Taxi Driver
David Hyde Perce in any Dirty Harry movie
Sandra Bernhardt in Sophie’s Choice
Tara Reid in Fatal Attraction
Kathy Griffin in Moonstruck
Kirsten Dunst in Body Heat
Lindsey Lohan in Misery