The Generic Film Noir
Starring:
William Powell as the hard-drinking gentleman
William Powell as his effete intellectual twin brother
and
Mary Astor as the vapid, conniving love interest
with:
Humphrey Bogart as, the tough bad guy and competitor for Mary Astor
Sydney Greenstreet as, the fat, jovial bad guy
Elisha Cook, Jr., as the weasely snitch
Jack Palance, as the goon
Anthony Quinn, as the sinister person of color
John Huston, as the bastard cameo
Walter Huston, as the guy with the MacGuffin
and featuring
Asta, as the dog
Elijah Wood in The Faculty as horny science nerd who inadvertantly saves the world from destruction.
Elijah Wood in Deep Impact as horny science nerd who inadvertantly saves the world from destruction.
Elijah Wood in The Ice Storm as horny science nerd.
Ron Livingston (Two Ninas, Office Space, Swingers) as a sad sack single guy down on his luck.
Martin Lawrance (Bad Boys, Black Knight) as an angry black man put upon by the rest of the world.
Jon Favreu (Swingers, Made) as a sad sack who has to put up with Vince Vaughn chirping in his ear all night.
Seann William Scott (Evolution, American Pie, Road Trip) as Steve Stifler
).
No, I’m sorry, this would be a case of many actors playing the same character (and most of them in drag :eek: )
It’s not a new thing:
Abbot & Costello
Laurel & Hardy
the Marx Brothers
the Ritz Brothers
Bob Hope
Martin & Lewis
All singing and/or matinee cowboys (Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Tom Mix, Rex Allen, etc.)
Even the Three Stooges (but those could be considered the same characters every time)