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Poll: Best Casting Ever
Last night I was watching VH-1 Classic again (insert Serenity Prayer here) and saw a clip from an old Doors concert film. I was struck by how absolutely perfect Val Kilmer was playing Jim Morrison. It wasn't just the face --- he was Jim Morrison, all kooky and creepy, a feat completely improbable for a guy named "Val."
I nominate Val Kilmer in "The Doors" for a proposed poll: Best Casting Ever ("Real" Person). Nominees must have inhabited the persona of another known person.
Runner up is Gary Cole playing Robert Reed playing Mike Brady in the otherwise awful Brady Bunch movies --- Shelley Long comported herself well, too. Special award to Jim Carrey playing Dick York playing Darren and Nicole Kidman playing Elizabeth Montgomery playing Samantha in their "Bewitched" project, if it gets made.
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