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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9708478" data-attributes="member: 18">Whilst I basically agree - I generally think recasting is fine in principle unless a character is genuinely inseparable from an actor (which is rare but does happen imho), but, but and really this is a big but, "So long as they do a good job" is absolutely hugely load-bearing here. That's got thousands of tons of stone all pressing down on that little arch!Because you misstep with a well-established character, and even if you're the original actor people might frown or ask questions, but you misstep with that character and you're not? People are going to reject it - and I'm not talking about angry whiny internet people, I'm talking about a much broader distaste that like any internet yelling is the mere tip of the iceberg on.So you really, really need to be careful!The best or at least most impressive recasting I've seen I think has to go to Kelvinverse Star Trek, I did not think they could pull that off, but there's essentially only one actual misstep (sorry Simon Pegg, but your Scottie is... not good), and one definitely overshadowed by the original - Zachary Quinto's Spock is servicable, but he seems more like "some Vulcan" than SPOCK!!!, whereas even with a very different take, Chris Pine's Kirk is clearly Kirk, and Karl Urban's Bones, Bones. Cho, Saldana and Yelchin also did excellent jobs. (Addams Family was also probably pretty great recasting-wise but I barely knew the original even back then.)Yeah I get that's probably what they're going for, I just don't buy it. I've met people who genuinely are always angry (but not at all psycho) and keeping a charming, controlled lid on it, and there's a fierce-ness to them that his portrayal of Banner just totally lacks. In fact I'd go as far as to say the charity sector has no shortage of people like that (I'm particularly thinking of one brilliant communications director I knew).</blockquote>

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