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Are there characters you could only imagine portrayed by specific actors…forever ?

Even if that actor is no longer with us ? Would seeing the character played by someone else be an adjustment ?

For me, Superman will always be
The late Christopher Reeve

The Black Panther will always be
The late Chadwick Boseman

Sherlock Holmes will always be
The late Jeremy Brett

And the X-Man Wolverine is
Hugh Jackman
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SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M
Hannibal Lector will always be Sir Anthony Hopkins. Just brilliant.
@SleepingWithGhosts True. He owns that role.
Rutterman · 46-50, M
@SleepingWithGhosts That's exactly who I was going to mention, but you beat me to it. 😎
fun4us2b · M
Here's a double....Sean Connery and Rowan Atkinson!

I agree wholeheartedly.

Out of curiosity ... Who is your favourite Batman?
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard I was first entranced by the character when I watched the 1949 serial Batman and Robin in the children's matinee at a local cinema in about 1962. That was with Robert Lowery. Very dated now. I loved the Adam West era, but was glad it became more 'serious' with Michael Keaton as I matured.
JSul3 · 70-79
@FreddieUK Did you ever see Lewis Wilson in '43 Batman serial?
The villain is J. Carroll Naish as the evil Japanese Dr. Daka.

This rivals The Mask of Fu Manchu with Boris Karloff for its over the top racism.....but it was war time so all bets were off.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@JSul3 No, I've never seen that one, only a few extracts. I believe it's somewhat controversial now for its portrayal of the villain which is seen by modern sensibilities as racist.
caPnAhab · 26-30, M
For me, the only Han Solo is Harrison Ford
@caPnAhab Agreed.
Harmonium1923 · 56-60, M
Great list. I couldn’t agree more on Jeremy Brett.

I’d add Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in the Slow Horses series.
Convivial · 26-30, F
There is only one Sherlock Holmes and that is Basil Rathbone...
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
David Suchet=Hercule Poirot
@ChipmunkErnie Yes ! I’ve read the novels and after seeing the show I can’t imagine anyone else.
Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday.
Mel Blanc!

Bugs Bunny
Porky Pig
Daffy Duck
Yosemite Sam ...and so many others :D
Forrest Gump will always be Tom Hanks.
@bijouxbroussard Nice!

Ooh Ooh, got another!

Ferris Bueller will always be Matthew Broderick.

@OlderSometimesWiser Yes, he will ! I can’t imagine anyone else in the role.
Nanoose · 70-79, M
Yeah I can't imagine anybody but Harry Belafonte playing -
Big Time Geechie Dan Beauford in the movie Uptown On A Saturday Night. Cheers!
@Nanoose I had to look back a bit…
Pfuzylogic · M
The thin white duke
BooksRMe · 46-50, M
Rory Cochrane as Slater in Dazed and Confused
@BooksRMe Yes ! I adored him.
BooksRMe · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard The lovable stoner, it was me too on my good days in school .....:)
bowman81 · M
Superman will always be George Reeves for me. Black & White TV flying around in his pajamas. Yep, I'm old school. 🥴
David Tennant will always be
Sidepoint. Before Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett was an actor in My Fair Lady as a love interest of Eliza Doolittle and sang the hit number "On the Street where you live"😷
@whowasthatmaskedman I remember. I was told at the time that his voice was dubbed, although I heard him sing in another production and he had a perfectly pleasant voice.
@bijouxbroussard I remember a few similar stories around My Fair Lady and the "thing" over Audrey Hepburn V Julie Andrews involving Voice dubbing and even the Oscars..😷
Godzilla will always be
a rubber suit
JSul3 · 70-79
Bela Lugosi is Dracula.

Boris Karloff is the Frankenstein monster.

Lon Chaney (Jr) is Lawrence Talbot the Wolf Man.

Claude Rains is The Invisible Man.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
I agree with all of these, although Dean Cain was a good younger Superman, I thought. (Let's forget his politics.) Reeve was a big loss to the franchise and to acting generally, becoming a person to be admired after his tragic accident.

 
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