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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
So poll: Best examples of casting from TV/movies? What roles just had to be played by the person who ended up playing them?
Just a few...
A young Nicholson as Randall P. McMurphy (Cuckoo's Nest)
Hackman as Royal Tenenbaum (Royal Tenenbaums)
Brando as as Vito Corleone (Godfather
Elizabth Taylor as Maggie Pollitt (Cat on a Hot TIn Roof)
Andre the Giant as Fezzik (Princess Bride)
Jeff Bridges as the Dude (Lebowski)
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Excellent list. I would add:
Samuel L. Jackson - Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
Don Knotts - Barney Fife
Jimmy Stewart - George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)
George C. Scott - Patton
