Top 10 Alternate Casting Choices in Film
You know them, you love them, and you couldn’t imagine things without them – but you should try. Join as we count down our picks for the top 10 alternate casting choices in film. Special thanks to our users Deathmatch1959, Andrew A. Dennison, Chance Ellison and aldqbigsquare for submitting the idea on our Suggestions Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest!
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If Will Smith had been cast as Neo, the last scene of the Matrix would have rolled over some shitty rap song that ripped off a past hit, instead of Rage Against The Machine.
Robin Williams was originally intended to play Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas in Midnight Run before Charles Grodin was chosen instead.
Most of these are way too new; here is an old one: John Wayne turned down what would become Geo C Scott's signature role: Patton.
Han Solo during the opening theme: "This needs more cowbell"
makes you wonder which movies might have been a success with better casting…
I wouldn't mind a Christopher walken Han Solo
O.J was to nice to play a cold blooded killer! LOL
no one could ever be a better Captain Jack Sparrow than Johnny Depp
This is an interesting list!
Besides Keanu, Will Smith is literally the only other actor on Earth I can imagine playing Neo. Why?
Both are excellent at the, "Hero" acting. Little facial expression, but excellent acting chops.
Will can do normal acting, but it seems he stopped around his drunken Superhero antics, and picked back up around Dead Shot. Keanu…. is…. he's him. Let's face it, he either plays a soul-crushed loner "hero" type, or a stoner. There is no in between with him.
What stars would I have preferred to see in my favorite roles? How about ANYBODY instead of Daniel Craig, as James Bond!
Viggo Mortensen wasn't the first choice to play Aaragon either
someone else (can't remember his name) was cast and replaced the day before principal photography began…
i think everyone of these ended up with the best actor. some are so far off its crazy. jim carey as sparrow, cant imagine that. selleck never could act much and burt reynolds career is what, smokey and the bandit and what else? also travoltas huge noggin. hes like the horseless headsman. no way him and cage could have switched faces in real life lol
Nicolas Cage must be the worst actor
Sean Connery as Gandalf REALLY got stuck in my head whenever I see Ian Mckellen as him.
Clint Eastwood was also up for J Bond.
Wait what Nicolas Cage as Superman!! That was the dumbest thought ever…
Leonardo DiCaprio as Spider-Man in Spider-Man (2002),Sophia Brownlee Grace as Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods,Lilly Collins as Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman,Willem Dafoe as The Joker in Batman (1989),Chris Farley as the voice of Shrek in Shrek and Robert Downey Jr. as The Wizard of Oz in Oz: The Great and Powerful.
bill Murray, chevy chase or Al paving might have made a gud Han solo
I'm glad that Harrison Ford got the part of Han Solo because he had the best chemistry with Carrie Fisher. It wouldn't of been the same if another actor had taken the part.
What crack head asked Chevy Chase to play Forrest Gump??
Ryan Gosling as The Beast in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Christopher Walken always plays the villian, so why in the heck would George Lucas want him has Han Solo
SNL or Netflix should make skids of people playing roles they didn't take
John Wayne as Napoleon Dynamite.