I just had a mental image of Carrey as Richard II…that’s either really sick, or it’d work. Or maybe I’ve just read that play too many times. I’m not sure which. :eek: 
I’d like to see Harrison Ford or Kevin Costner in an odd, manic sort of role. Think Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys or even in Snatch. I doubt they could pull it off, but it would be fun (if painful) to see them try.
tlw, your suggestion for Meg Ryan (nutbar?) is seconded. I was thinking of somthing similar for Sandra Bullock.
Gary Coleman as a Q. A pint sized, omnipotent being.
Hey, maybe that is why he’s doing it!
I would like to see Clint Eastwood play the role of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in a movie about the life of John of Gaunt.
And, Kevin Costner could play John’s son, Henry IV.
What a great movie that would be, IMHO. 
Christopher Lee as a hero.
Regarding Treat Williams, ** Mulholland Falls**
I’d like to see Ed O’Neill take on a serious dramatic role, after years of playing Al Bundy. Perhaps something in the grand tradition of crime drama.
I’d also like to see Pauly Shore take on a comedic role for a change.
Back when I had fantasies about being a director, I wanted to make a name for myself by featuring typecasted actors or celebrities in ensembles where the entire cast has roles against type. Here’s a partial list.
Woody Allen as the title character in “The Collector,” with Angelina Jolie playing the increasingly demoralized victim.
Eddie Murphy as a witty gay man battling societal disapproval within the black community, who falls in love with… a closeted Denzel Washington. Including love scenes, no stunt doubles. Also starring Damon Wayans, Don Cheadle and Tiny Lister, Jr.
My four favorite dramatic black actors in one movie. Andre Braugher, Morgan Freeman and Laurence Fishburne as dangerous criminals in a period heist movie set during Reconstruction. Samuel L. Jackson is the reticient fourth man who flips and aids authorities in capturing the other three.
Sometimes I think I’m the only one on the planet who sees that Leonardo DiCaprio was put on this earth to play Orson Welles in a biopic covering the period between the formation of The Mercury Theatre and the Magnificent Ambersons fiasco.
It was hard to tell if he was the good guy or the bad guy in ** Skeletons in the Closet** for most of the movie. However, I wouldn’t mind seeing him in a role as… anything. I don’t like the beard they make him wear on Everwood, but he’s the only actor twice my age (literally) that I find really appealing. Maybe he could be a debonair playboy bachelor- with no kids with emotional/mental problems. heh.
How about Keri Russell as a young kniving young woman preying on wealthy elderly men so she can marry them, then kill them for their fortunes?
It seems that most of us just want to see our favorite actors pretending to be gay?
It’s just that so many actors are typecast as straight, you know? :eek:
I want to see Lance Henriksen as host of a kid’s show. No dark secrets, no hidden maniac killer, no irony, just Lance playing either Mr. Rogers or a Bozo-the-Clown type.
That, and I want to hear him say “I’m Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs” and “I don’t feel fresh.”
Well, half of that happened in her guest appearance on Law and Order.
JThunder: re: Ed O’Neill: what did you think of Dragnet?
Bruce Campbell as the male lead in a romantic comedy, or in a serious biblical story.
Kevin Kline as an action hero.
Mary Stuart Masterson as an abusive, alcoholic white-trash mother.
Johnny Depp as a psycho killer.
Winona Ryder as a kleptomaniac.
From now on, Larry, there are two of us.
Well, she did play Erin Brocovich.
I used to work with Marc Summers elfkin477 on Super Sloppy Double Dare when it was being filmed in Orlando. Trust me he does NOT like kids! It is all an act.
He also battled with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and hated messes of any kind. So, not only does he have to pretend to love kids, but he also has to pretend to like having all that slime dumped on him.