Films where they got exactly the right actor

Peter Falk was great in Wings of Desire.

We have a comparison - Dennis Frantz (of NYPD Blue) in the US remake City of Angels. He didn't play himself and had a much reduced part, but just not the same impact - even though it was meant to be a small role anyway in both films.

 

I would not pay to see that movie. Hanks was perfect.

 

Gene Hackman in [any damn movie he's been in]. Perfectly cast.

I could say similar for Henry Fonda, but I'll go with "Fort Apache".

 

Steve Railsback:

 

I won't ask you how you're so familiar with the size of J.J. Watt's appendage.

 

When the Coens cast Cage in Raising Arizona. His natural goofiness and limited Acting abilities fit the part perfectly. It was like he was trying, but yet everything he did was just off.

 

Hey! They don't call it "Fantasy Football" for nuthin'!

 

No, the original FG was not a likable character. He's far from a gentle giant and is also a racist.

For the ones who want darker/rougher edges, there's always Sling Blade.

 

I see a lot of similarities in his earlier lawyer character in A Few Good Men, which was released the year before The Firm. Cruise really had a knack for the those roles in the 90s. I think Cruise was perfectly cast in those types of attorney/agent 90s films - A Few Good Men, The Firm, Jerry Maguire. He had the knack of quick sarcastic or dry humor, youthful looking appearance, very good at short intense, passionate and dramatic scenes.

 

Films and a TV mini series with Richard Farnsworth. He literally walked straight out of the 1890's. One of my all time favorite actors.

 

Brad Renfro in "Apt Pupil". Not that he doesn't shine in everything he's in, but his descent from quirky suburban teenager to outright sadist is terrifying and all too believable...and he was just sixteen at the time! I remember thinking that this young actor was destined for great things...

 

I'm in Canada too.
We had some relatives from Jamaica come visit us a few summers ago. Before they came they asked us if they should buy some 'winter ' clothes ' for their stay.

 

" That 's Montgomery Clift , honey !"

 

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

 

I take it you enjoyed ' Unforgiven'
So did I . The last great western.

 

I know that scene you're referring to. What's funny about is both of the guys are bundled up like it's 40 below zero but there's water puddles visible.

 

Frank Langella as justice Julius Jennings Hoffman in Netflix's "Chicago Seven" movie.
I absolutely HATED that character! Real life potrayal, too- apparently!
He did a great job.

 

I loved The Trial of the Chicago 7, but - reading between the lines - the real-life judge had every reason to be furious with the defence: the actual antics of the defendants and defence attorney were quite a bit more extensive compared with how they were depicted in the film.

 

Basically any movie where the casting was perfect, one could pick the actor (or actress)

How about Piper Laurie in her supporting role in The Hustler?
Or say, Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.
There's TONS.

My favorite:
Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth in Wild River.
No one in any other film has a performance that tops that one for me.

 

No love for Open Range? I saw a lot of parallels between the Costner and Eastwood characters, and I really enjoyed the storyline.

 

Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat were the perfect pair as Captain Vallo and his trusty first mate Ojo in The Crimson Pirate.

 

Bruce Campbell in all the Evil Dead stuff.

 

Andrew “Scorpio” Robinson asks, “How did he manage it?!”

 

In Tombstone:

Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp
Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday
Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo

I am biased because I just love the movie, but in particular Michael Biehn is astounding as Johnny Ringo. If you only know him as the slightly-dull-but-worthy hero character type in The Terminator and Aliens, in Tombstone he plays this complex, educated, perhaps psychopathic, possibly murderous figure.

CLIP CONTAINS SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN TOMBSTONE YET

 

How do you keep your igloo from melting in the summer???