The Most Successful Last-Minute Actor Replacements Ever
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Date: 2020-07-14
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SilverBrook
Frank Sinatra replaced by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry, because Sinatra sustained an injury while filming the Manchurian Candidate? The Manchurian Candidate was released in 1962 (so probably shot in 1961) and Dirty Harry was released in 1972 - so over 10 years on - Sinatra would have been nursing that injury for 10 years. According to Wikipedia, Sinatra was certainly up for the role (along with Burt Lancaster, George C. Scott and others) but would have known about his injury long before being attached to the project, so seems odd if the injury was the reason he left it.
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Frank Sinatra replaced by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry, because Sinatra sustained an injury while filming the Manchurian Candidate? The Manchurian Candidate was released in 1962 (so probably shot in 1961) and Dirty Harry was released in 1972 - so over 10 years on - Sinatra would have been nursing that injury for 10 years. According to Wikipedia, Sinatra was certainly up for the role (along with Burt Lancaster, George C. Scott and others) but would have known about his injury long before being attached to the project, so seems odd if the injury was the reason he left it.
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Krinkle
I think this obsession with famous stars in films has messed up many movies. Honestly I never really liked Leonardo DiCapri (I'll get a lot of hate mail for this, but before you guys get mad at me. it's because to me, he looks like my brother and it's very difficult to imagine a romantic scene with your brother in it, like in the Titanic for example. Anyway. he's like in every movie ever made. I'm glad Christian Bale got the chance. It made him Batman, and I liked him ever since he played in Empire of the Sun. when he was what? 9 or 10 years old?
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I think this obsession with famous stars in films has messed up many movies. Honestly I never really liked Leonardo DiCapri (I'll get a lot of hate mail for this, but before you guys get mad at me. it's because to me, he looks like my brother and it's very difficult to imagine a romantic scene with your brother in it, like in the Titanic for example. Anyway. he's like in every movie ever made. I'm glad Christian Bale got the chance. It made him Batman, and I liked him ever since he played in Empire of the Sun. when he was what? 9 or 10 years old?
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OneAndOnlySound
Michael Phiefer wasn't a super last minute, but the actress who originally won the part dropped before production began. Now, just saying, I am not a fan of the film because tim burton turned penquin into a horror-cartoon. However, Michelle plays an excellent catwoman and her chemistry with Michael Keaton was fantastic, so I never step it when binge watching batman films. The film also plays it as if the penquin is the 2nd villain and if you exclude his red triangle gang scenes, he actually has much less screentime than it appears.
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Michael Phiefer wasn't a super last minute, but the actress who originally won the part dropped before production began. Now, just saying, I am not a fan of the film because tim burton turned penquin into a horror-cartoon. However, Michelle plays an excellent catwoman and her chemistry with Michael Keaton was fantastic, so I never step it when binge watching batman films. The film also plays it as if the penquin is the 2nd villain and if you exclude his red triangle gang scenes, he actually has much less screentime than it appears.
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Terminator
Could you imagine if Frank Sinatra played Dirty Harry instead of Clint Eastwood? That movie would have had nowhere near the impact that it had, no disrespect to Mr. Sinatra. Clint Eastwood was born into this world with three roles custom-made for him: the first being the man with no name, the mysterious and dangerous drifting loner out on the western plains; the second being a marine sergeant or combat veteran who is gritty but still likeable; and the last being the tough-as-nails big city homicide detective, I/e Dirty Harry.
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Could you imagine if Frank Sinatra played Dirty Harry instead of Clint Eastwood? That movie would have had nowhere near the impact that it had, no disrespect to Mr. Sinatra. Clint Eastwood was born into this world with three roles custom-made for him: the first being the man with no name, the mysterious and dangerous drifting loner out on the western plains; the second being a marine sergeant or combat veteran who is gritty but still likeable; and the last being the tough-as-nails big city homicide detective, I/e Dirty Harry.
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Mark
Wait a minute. you're showing Frank Sinatra in a fight scene from The Manchurian Candidate which was released in 1962, and implying that he broke his hand during a fight scene in that movie. And because of that broken hand he couldn't hold a gun for Dirty Harry, released in 1971? Frank had no problem holding a gun for Von Ryan's Express in 1965. So what gives? Either your info is really screwed up or you were too lazy to get the fight scene that Frank actually broke his hand in.
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Wait a minute. you're showing Frank Sinatra in a fight scene from The Manchurian Candidate which was released in 1962, and implying that he broke his hand during a fight scene in that movie. And because of that broken hand he couldn't hold a gun for Dirty Harry, released in 1971? Frank had no problem holding a gun for Von Ryan's Express in 1965. So what gives? Either your info is really screwed up or you were too lazy to get the fight scene that Frank actually broke his hand in.
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malcolmkerny
Robert Patrick has such an intense, intimidating stare that it basically landed him the iconic role of the T-1000 in Terminator 2.
Billy Idol was set to do the role of the T-1000, as I understand, Patrick told Heat Vision. I can tell you that I saw Billy's image when I went to Stan Winston after I got the role. Unfortunately, he got into a motorcycle accident and busted up his leg, so he wasn't able to physically do what the role demanded.
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Robert Patrick has such an intense, intimidating stare that it basically landed him the iconic role of the T-1000 in Terminator 2.
Billy Idol was set to do the role of the T-1000, as I understand, Patrick told Heat Vision. I can tell you that I saw Billy's image when I went to Stan Winston after I got the role. Unfortunately, he got into a motorcycle accident and busted up his leg, so he wasn't able to physically do what the role demanded.
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San
Eastwood becoming Dirty Harry was the second biggest miracle here.
but BY FAR, the most epic result here, was Geena Davis getting into A League of Their Own. that movie is one of the greatest 50 movies EVER MADE. and it would not be remotely close to that, w/o Davis in that movie. Davis' acting & role there, even outshined the great Tom Hanks, in their respective roles in that movie.
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Eastwood becoming Dirty Harry was the second biggest miracle here.
but BY FAR, the most epic result here, was Geena Davis getting into A League of Their Own. that movie is one of the greatest 50 movies EVER MADE. and it would not be remotely close to that, w/o Davis in that movie. Davis' acting & role there, even outshined the great Tom Hanks, in their respective roles in that movie.
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Elspeth
What about Harrison Ford and the first episode of Star Wars (Episode IV, the Empire Strikes Back? He was working as a carpenter on the sets, and asked to read lines along with someone who was auditioning. Not sure who was supposed to be the original Han Solo, but Ford got the part based upon how well he did just reading lines.
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What about Harrison Ford and the first episode of Star Wars (Episode IV, the Empire Strikes Back? He was working as a carpenter on the sets, and asked to read lines along with someone who was auditioning. Not sure who was supposed to be the original Han Solo, but Ford got the part based upon how well he did just reading lines.
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Notmyreal
That wasn't the most interesting Clint Eastwood replacement story. Sergio Leone originally wanted James Coburn for Fist Full of Dollars, but he wanted too much money. Coburn was an established movie actor so they had to settle for Clint Eastwood a young TV actor from the series Rawhide.
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That wasn't the most interesting Clint Eastwood replacement story. Sergio Leone originally wanted James Coburn for Fist Full of Dollars, but he wanted too much money. Coburn was an established movie actor so they had to settle for Clint Eastwood a young TV actor from the series Rawhide.
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