When Casting Nailed It... Examples?

ra0044

Robert Llewellyn as Crighton in Red Dwarf. He was absolutely perfect in the role.

AndrewJRenko

sibersha wrote: »

Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa

Miserable git

Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo, a hitman with a violent and deceptive nature, who crashes his car in Bemidji, Minnesota, while passing through.


The man you least want to share a lift with (not for the feint hearted)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrKbMRDHR7E

vargoo

Very hard to see anyone else play a character you like

astrofool

ra0044 wrote: »

Robert Llewellyn as Crighton in Red Dwarf. He was absolutely perfect in the role.

Probably not a good example, as he was played by someone else originally and then recast

return guide

Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher

The Talking Bread

Jesse Plemmons as Todd in Breaking Bad. Rarely gets mentioned really but he is brilliant in his depiction of this creepy, eager to please sociopath kid.
He is like the anti-Jesse Pinkman

Agent Coulson

Richard Belzer as John Munch.

Infernal Racket

David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst. Del boy and Rodders

TheIrishGrover

Bit of a caveat: Haven't seen it as it's not out yet but the casting for Good Omens is just unbelievably spot on:

Michael Sheen as Aziraphale
David Tenant as Crowley

That alone should have been enough but then:
Jack Whitehall as Pulsifer
John Hamm as Angel Gabriel
Nick Offerman as The American ambassador at the start of the book for God's sake (No pun intended)
Speaking of God: Frances McDormand
Miranda Richardson as Madame Tracey
Paul Kaye is in there somewhere too.

As long as the kids can act this is just the most amazingly spot on casting I've seen outside of Harry Potter cast.

All they are missing i Jermaine Clement...

is_that_so

Martin Sheen - The West Wing
Anson Mount in Discovery
Carrie Preston in Good Wife
John Thaw Morse
Kyra Sedgwick The Closer
Johnny Lee Miller Elementary
RDA Stargate SG-1

Capt'n Midnight

When they were casting Start Trek Next Generation a fan boy showed up in uniform and instead of sitting down stood to attention , "because that's what a Klingon would do"


Michael Dorn as Worf.

odyssey06

Some iconic ITV shows:
- Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
- David Suchet as Poirot (+1 mention)
- Leo McKern as Rumpole of the Bailey
- George Cole as Arthur Daley in Minder
- Leonard Rossiter in Rising Damp
- Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner
- Sean Bean in Sharpe (ironically 2nd choice for the role!)
- Sam Neill as Reilly Ace of Spies

Agent Coulson

Tom Ellis as Lucifer.

JP Liz V1

Jaime Camil and Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin

Capt'n Midnight

kind Hearts and Coronets. If that doesn't ring a bell stop whatever you are doing now ... you need to see it, a wonderfully black comedy.



Dennis Price as Louis "revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold."

Joan Greenwood as Sibella, oh the accent. Carry on Screaming is worth watching for Fenella Fielding, but this is better.

And Alec Guinness played eight parts. Including six in one scene, and there was no CGI in dem days.

holliehobbie

B0jangles wrote: »

The scene where he's wearing leather trousers is just... perfection

Try watching Cliffhanger and pretend Lithgow is just playing evil Dick, it's much more fun :pac:


To contribute, I've recently watched the whole of the Golden Girls for the first time and the entire main cast is absolutely marvellous.

Estelle Getty who played Sophia. That's was brilliant casting!

Arrested Development has to be the most perfect execution of casting.

Looks like each actor was playing a character very well known to themselves.

If I’m being critical I always thought they could have done better with the Stan Sitwell (ed begley jr) and Rebel Alley (Isla Fisher) characters.

Can’t see any other actor playing any of the other roles.

Would challenge you to name one actor that wasn’t perfect in their role on that show.

Dr Bob

glasso wrote: »

J.K Simmons in Whiplash.

Best piece of casting that I've ever seen.

He was the perfect J Jonah Jameson in Spiderman as well.

Nigel Fairservice

I thought Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden in Boardwalk Empire was fantastic. I always loved when Nelson lost it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDAMzu5z9cU

Capt'n Midnight

‎Lance Henriksen as Frank in Millennium

FortuneChip

Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens
Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder

Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon
Sean Bean as Edd Stark

Edward James Olmos as Admiral Adama

Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor

Idris Elba as Stringer Bell

ziedth

FortuneChip wrote: »

Edward James Olmos as Admiral Adama

That is a good shout. I just couldn't imagine an actor who could pull it off better.

I think Joss Whedon shows tend to be very well cast despite that he does tend to reuse actors. Eliza Dushku and Summer Glau both being less than stellar actresses but both suited the roles very well.

Radio5

Shaun Evans as young Morse and Roger Allam as DI Fred Thursday.

JP Liz V1

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

OK, if we're doing movies as well....

- Alan Rickman as Hans in Die Hard. Bruce Willis nailed it as well though

- Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street

- Someone already mentioned Ray Liotta in Goodfellas, but Joe Pesci as Tommy (and again as Nicky in Casino)

- Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile

- Robert Redford and James Gandolfini in The Last Castle

Maybe a thread on nailed film casting in the film forum would be better keep this just for tv shows, just my suggestion

Anyways can I add Stephen Graham in anything

is_that_so

Peter Firth in Spooks
Jodie Comer in Killing Eve
John Hamm in Mad Men

Agent Coulson

Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory.

Zoe Perry as Mary Cooper on Young Sheldon.


Iain Armitage as Young Sheldon.

Odyssey 2005

Telly Savalas in Kojak ..cool out.
Mark Harmon in NCIS..also cool out

Weepsie

Ian McShane as Al Swearengen. Can't wait for the new installment

denismc

Just finished watching the second series of Star Trek discovery, Anson Mount as Captain Pike really lifted the whole series.

smilerf

Justified.
The whole cast except Raylans wife.
She was annoying

smilerf

Cameron Monaghan as The veleska twins in Gotham

BrianJD

Stephen Graham in the new series Virtues is brilliant.

pl4ichjgy17zwd

Melanie Scrofano in Wynonna Earp

Red Lightning

Maybe already said but Steve Carell as Michael Scott & Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute (US Office)
Sublime.

is_that_so

Adrian Dunbar In the Line of Duty

brilou23

Stephen graham as al Capone in boardwalk empire and Travis kimmell in vikings.

voldejoie

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn 99

JackTC

Will Arnett as Gob Bluth

ziggyman17

Leo McKern as Rumpole

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

Ipso

The fella who plays Alfred in The Last Kingdom.

Ger Roe

Philip Glenister, as D.C.I. Gene Hunt, in Life On Mars and Ashes to Ashes.

I tried to look for a suitable youtube clip, but I couldn't find one that was 100% guaranteed inoffensive. That was the whole point of the character and Glenister played the part perfectly.

mistersifter

Burgess Meredith as Rocky's coach, Mickey Goldmill. :cool:

hefferboi

Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal Lector

mistersifter

hefferboi wrote: »

Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal Lector

Probably.

PinaKolada

Sam Rockwell as Wild Bill in the Green Mile. Rockwell is fantastic in everything he does but in that he was just perfect for the part.

smilerf

mistersifter wrote: »

Probably.

Loved the show but the arty farty season 3 killed it

JP Liz V1

Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield in Prison Break

Means Of Escape

Wagner Moura as Escobar in Narcos

Superb casting

smilerf

Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

WildWater

R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman Full Metal Jacket