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Guy Pearce is one of my faves, but I don't think he brings the same iconic presence or on-screen history as Henry Fonda, I might go for... Mad Mel.



Inception

Release Date: 1982

Don Cobb: Jeff Bridges

Arthur: Dan Ackroyd

Ariadne: Carrie Fisher

Eames: Yaphet Kotto

Mr Saito: Toshiro Mifune

Yusuf: Roshan Seth

Robert Fischer: Richard Gere

Peter Browning: Charles Durning

Mal Cobb: Isabelle Huppert

Maurice Fischer: Henry Fonda, in his final film role.

And Peter O'Toole as Professor Stephen Miles

Story by Michael Crichton

Screenplay by William Goldman and Robert Towne

Directed by Ridley Scott
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The character of Arthur is given an almost inhumane amount of exposition to deliver; it has to come naturally, be well-spoken, and not bore the audience. As such, throughout the numerous films I have watched over the years I noticed that Ackroyd has always perfected the art of delivering mumbo-jumbo technical jargon without alienating the audience.



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Haha, I love picturing Ackroyd in the hallway fight!

Guy Pearce is one of my faves, but I don't think he brings the same iconic presence or on-screen history as Henry Fonda, I might go for... Mad Mel.
Definitely considered it. Almost had him as Cheyenne as well.

I don't know, I guess I like Pearce more than Mel.



Once Upon a Time in the Outback

Joel Edgerton - Harmonica



Margot Robbie - Jill McBain



Russell Crowe - Cheyenne



Guy Pearce - Frank

Think Guy Pearce is too young to play Frank. Mel Gibson would probably suit this role better.



Rio Bravo
Directed by The Coen Brothers

Josh Brolin - Sheriff John T. Chance



Robert Downey Jr. - Dude (Clooney was busy)



Harry Styles - Colorado



Jessica Chastain - Feathers



Barry Corbin - Stumpy



Tommy Lee Jones - Pat Wheeler




Boogie Nights (2012)
Directed by David O. Russell

Starring
Armie Hammer as Dirk Diggler
Robert De Niro as Jack Horner
Amy Adams as Amber Waves
Jonah Hill as Scotty J
Bradley Cooper as Reed Rothchild
Michael K. Williams as Buck Swope
Jeremy Renner as Little Bill
with Jennifer Lawrence as Rollergirl
and Christian Bale as Rahad Jackson



“I was cured, all right!”
Drive
Director: Na hong-jin

Driver: Keanu Reeves
Irene: Seo Yeong-hie
Shannon: Choi Min-sik
Bernie Rose: Lee Byung-hun
Standard: Ha Jung-woo
Nino: Kim Yun-seok



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Lee Byung-hun is kinda young for Bernie, no?

I might switch Choi Min-sik to Rose and have Song Kang-ho as Shannon.

Too obvious?



You need an against type actor for Rose, Hyung-rae Shim?



The Departed (1990)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Ray Liotta as Billy Costigan
Sean Penn as Colin Sullivan
Paul Newman as Frank Costello
Gary Oldman as Dignam
Lorraine Bracco as Madolyn
Joe Pesci as Ellerby
Robert de Niro as Queenan



The Revenant (2015)

Liam Neeson (age permitting) or Russell Crowe as Hugh Glass



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A somewhat half assed (half half assed) attempt at...

Doctor Zhivago (2012)

Dir. Joe Wright

Yuri- Oscar Isaac


Lara- Keira Knightley


Victor- Russell Crowe


Tonya- Alicia Vikander


Pasha- Daniel Bruhl


Yevgrafa- Geoffrey Rush



Swordfish (1989)

Directed by Brian De Palma




Jack Nicholson as Gabriel Shear (John Travolta)


Charlie Sheen as Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) (Tom Cruise was offered the role but chose to star in The Matrix instead)


Julia Roberts as Ginger Knowles (Halle Berry)


Morgan Freeman as Agent J.T. Roberts (Don Cheadle)


Hulk Hogan as Marco (Vinnie Jones)



The Breakfast Club (2007)
Directed by Greg Mottola

Shia LaBeouf as John Bender


Emma Stone as Claire Standish


Kristen Stewart as Allison Reynolds


Michael Cera as Brian Ralph Johnson


Miles Teller as Andy Clark
As Carl the janitor (the eyes and ears of the school)...James Franco

And, the best casting of all, as Assistant Principal Vernon...J.K. Simmons!
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Franco would be too young. In 2007, he'd a probably been Bender.

How about going meta and casting Anthony Michael Hall as Carl (most likely to succeed).

Simmons is perfect.