Seeing familar actors in unfamilar roles

[Guest notJames]

Crispin Glover - from anti-social psycho teen malcontent in River's Edge to introverted dweeb in Back to the Future

 

Alyssa Milano - from goody goody little daughter in Who's the Boss to naked sexpot in Embrace of the Vampire

 

Jerry O'Connell - from tubby sidekick in Stand by Me to leading man in Sliders

 

Rick(y) Schroeder - from clean-cut rich boy in Silver Spoons to hard-nosed detective in NYPD Blue

 

Eric Stolz - from wishy-washy artboy in Some Kind of Wonderful to edgy drug dealer in Pulp Fiction

 

Tom Hanks - from wacky newlywed in The Money Pit to AIDS-suffering litigant lawyer in Philadelphia

[Guest Steve J. Rogers]

Since I found out why Sean Astin's name sounded familiar, now everytime I see Sam in LOTR I half expect him to whip out an inhaler and/or make a speech about it being "our time"

 

Here is another funny one, watching Terry Farrell on one episode of Becker. It was a Christmas episode and Reggie had to drag a tree from Mid-Town Manhattan (I think) all the way back to The Bronx where her restaurant is. Anyway in classic sit-com style the tree ends up getting the Charlie Brown treatment by the time she gets back but while whatching it I'm saying "Gee on her last show all she had to do was just get it transported" Her last show being Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

 

Steve

[Guest notJames]

Since I found out why Sean Astin's name sounded familiar, now everytime I see Sam in LOTR I half expect him to whip out an inhaler and/or make a speech about it being "our time" ...

I half expect him to call Frodo "Weasel" and try to dress Gollum in skater clothes.

 

(Thanks for the save, Steve-O.)

[Guest Sandman9000]

No has mentioned anything about Denzel in "Training Day," much to my surprise. I loved that movie, and Denzel carried Ethan Hawke and everyone else's asses through it.

[Guest notJames]

I don't see how his role was so unfamiliar. He's played law enforcement roles before (albeit not the crooked type) in Virtuosity, Crimson Tide and Ricochet, and his lawyer character in Philadelphia wasn't so clean-cut, either. I guess in a way, his being a tried-and-true bad guy is a bit of a stretch from him, but the role wasn't that big a stretch.

 

If you want unfamiliar, watch Denzel go from jazz musician in Mo' Better Blues to Shakespearean side character in Much Ado About Nothing. Now that's unfamiliar.

[Guest EdwardKnoxII]

Don't forget about Micheal Chiklis. From the nice sweet guy from the Commish, Toni Scalie and some goofy ass guy on Daddio to the meanass, take shit from no one crooked cop in Vic Mackey.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Pat Hingle as anything but Com. Gordon

 

Michael Gough as anything but Robin

 

Keaton going from comedic genius in his early films, (Night Shift ruled it.) to PERFECT as Batman.

 

Mifune as anything but Yojimbo

 

Mark Hamill in Village of the Damned

 

Peter Cushing in the Hammer movies. (Come on, I love Cushing like a father, but Tarkin sticks with you.)

[Guest crandamaniac]

Michael Gough as anything but Robin

wasn't he Alfred?

[Guest T®ITEC]

Yep, Michael Gough played Alfred.

[Guest PlatypusFool]

David Duchovney (Mulder in X-Files) as a transvestite FBI agent in Fire Walk With Me, the Twin Peaks prequel.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Whoops, sorry guys!

[Guest Downhome]

Am I the only one who thought it evil to see James Gandolfini play the character he did in The Mexican?

[Guest Madmartigan21]

David Duchovney (Mulder in X-Files) as a transvestite FBI agent in Fire Walk With Me, the Twin Peaks prequel.

I'm fairly certain David Duchovny was NOT in "Fire Walk With Me". He WAS however in a few episodes of the TV show.

[Guest notJames]

Yeah... no Duchovny is listed. Maybe you're confusing him with Kyle McLachlan from the TV series.

 

And after looking on imdb.com, I didn't realize that Heather Graham was in Fire Walk... It's been so long since I've seen it.

[Guest Madmartigan21]

Yeah... no Duchovny is listed. Maybe you're confusing him with Kyle McLachlan from the TV series.

 

And after looking on imdb.com, I didn't realize that Heather Graham was in Fire Walk... It's been so long since I've seen it.

Ummm..... what?

 

I checked the imdb as well, David Duchovny is NOT listed as being in "Fire Walk With Me", not to mention the fact that I don't remember him being in it. Kyle MacLachlan, however, was in both the movie AND the TV series.