Questions tagged [casting]
Questions concerning the cast of a film or show.
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What rules govern how TV show opening credits are structured?
I've always been curious what decides if a credit is in the opening or closing credits. It seems loosely that cast (in order of today's "big name" significance), directors and financiers get the ...
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Why are some actors uncredited in certain films?
Eli Wallach appears in Mystic River. Olivia Williams plays a role in X-Men: The Last Stand. However, neither of them (according to IMDb) is credited in the movie. These two instances are simply ...
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In opening credits for TV shows, why does it say 'with so and so' for some actors?
I am thinking of Ally McBeal in particular. For the entire run of the show the opening credits generally had clips of a character and the name of the actor that plays them. The final two actors (Peter ...
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Lead actor/actress VS Supporting actor/actress
On what basis, Chris Hemsworth is considered as a Lead actor in the movie Rush?
In the movie, both characters have equal importance and both narrated the story in equal measure and occupied same ...
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Why cast an A-lister for Groot?
I'm currently watching Guardians of the Galaxy on Netflix and as we know, Vin Diesel played Groot.
The question. What's the point?
I mean. Groot has a distorted voice, only says "I'm Groot" and ...
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Are Movie Stars typically forbidden from appearing in future commercials resembling a played character?
Maybe no one around here would know the answer to this, or maybe it varies wildly, but I'm curious to know whether or not it's typical for movie stars to be forbidden from resembling the character ...
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Why has the role of Bruce Banner been played by different actors in the three films that Hulk has appeared in?
Hulk (2003)
Eric Bana
Bruce Banner
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Edward Norton
Bruce Banner
The Avengers (2012)
Mark Ruffalo
Bruce Banner
Is there any reason why different actors are used in different ...
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Why is Christian Bale not in the upcoming movie Batman vs Superman?
This is about the upcoming Zack Snyder movie Batman vs Superman, where Ben Affleck is playing Batman. I just read an article that Christian Bale wanted to be Batman again. So I wanted to ask why wasn'...
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Why didn't Katie Holmes play Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight?
Katie Holmes played Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins but Maggie Gyllenhall played the character in The Dark Knight.
Was there any particular reason why Katie Holmes didn't continue on in the role?
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First appearance of a predominately black cast in a TV show
I was watching MeTV the other day, which is a fantastic station chock-full of old-time TV shows. In one sitting I saw episodes of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Rifleman and Star Trek (TOS). So ...
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How do filmmakers avoid offending actors when casting?
Almost all characters in films necessitate actors who have certain features before makeup and costumes fill in the gaps. The role of James Bond, for instance, necessarily calls for a tall, handsome ...
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Why so many British actors in American productions?
As a viewer from a non-Anglophone country, I noticed that there is a quite high proportion of British actors in American films and TV shows.
They often portray British characters: a handful of agents ...
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Is "Logan" the last movie with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine?
Hugh Jackman has played the role of Wolverine as a major character in various X-Men films since 2000 and contributed highly to the brand of the X-Men movie series. But is he playing the Wolverine ...
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Why did Tommy Lee Jones play Harvey Dent in Batman Forever?
How is it that Tommy Lee Jones plays Two-Face in Batman Forever,
when Dent is black in Batman?
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Paul Walker body doubles in Fast & Furious 7
I had just recently watched Fast & Furious 7. I am aware that Paul Walker's two brothers stood in as a body double for his character in order to finish filming some scenes.
I am also aware that ...
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Why were there so many repeat performances in Columbo?
Watching Columbo reruns I noticed that a lot of actors have repeat performances in different episodes portraying different characters. This page has a big list of such actors, one of them played as ...
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Why didn't Hugo Weaving reprise his role as Red Skull?
In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, Ross Marquand played the role of Red Skull, even though Hugo Weaving played the role initially in Captain America: The First Avenger.
Why did they replace Weaving ...
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Why don't they align actor & actress names with their photos in film posters?
I've always wondered why they don't do this properly. It seems wrong to me to place a different name on top of an actor's/actress' photo.
Why don't they align actor & actress names with their ...
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Top-billed actor with the least screen time
What is the least amount of screen time, relative to the total running length, that the single highest-billed actor (or actress) has ever had in a feature-length, non-experimental film? (For the ...
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Why is Pablo Escobar not speaking proper Spanish?
I am watching the series Narcos in the original language. This means that Pablo Escobar's voice, among others, is in Spanish.
From the very beginning, his accent sounded very strange to me, not ...
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What was the first tv show that successfully continued after losing a co-star from an established pair of characters?
It's getting to be the end of this year's cycle of tv seasons and there have been a few shake-ups announced on some shows.
Both Sleepy Hollow and Castle were built on the pairing of a couple and now ...
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Did Michael Shannon appear in Batman v Superman, or was it just CGI?
In "Batman vs Superman", the character Zod appears briefly as a corpse. Actor Michael Shannon - who portrayed Zod in "Man of Steel" - is credited as Zod, but in the actual cameo his face looks a ...
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Is this the biggest age gap between romantic leads where the actress is the older?
The Lost City stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum as the romantic leads. The movie was filmed in 2021. Sandra Bullock was born on July 26, 1964 and Channing Tatum was born on April 26, 1980, ...
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What is the record for siblings from a single family in a film?
I was wondering if there's a movie that can beat Scrooged (1988) in terms of sibling actors starring in it - it starred Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joel Murray and John Murray.
To narrow it: (...
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Is Léa Seydoux the first person to be in both Mission: Impossible and a Bond film?
I recently found out that Léa Seydoux, who played female assassin Sabine Moreau in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, will be appearing in the newest James Bond film, Spectre, as Madeleine Swann.
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Why does John Travolta play a woman?
In the 2007 film Hairspray the character Edna Turnblad is played by John Travolta. She's also played by a man in at least one stage production I know of.
Why? I know of the tradition in panto for ...
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What does Sicario have to do with Sabrina the Teenage Witch?
In response to Josh Brolin being cast in Deadpool 2, Ryan Reynolds tweeted the following:
The fuck, Fox! You can't play 2 characters in the same universe!! Josh Brolin was in Sicario and I was in ...
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Were Craig Bierko and Yvonne Zima cast due to their physical resemblance of one another?
In The Long Kiss Goodnight, Charly informs Timothy that her daughter, Caitlin, whom she has been raising for the past 8 years, is his biological child.
Charly begs Timothy to look into Caitlin's eyes ...
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Who provided voice for Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 7?
Who provided voice for Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 7?
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Why does Joss Whedon use the same actors so frequently?
When I watch Joss Whedon's shows I'm very aware of how often the same actors appear. Here's a quick list of ones I've spotted.
Eliza Dushku - Dollhouse and Buffy/Angel
Alexis Denisof - Buffy/Angel ...
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Why is Hugh Jackman not going to continue to portray Wolverine?
According to several news sources, Hugh Jackman has decided not to continue to play Wolverine in films after the upcoming The Wolverine sequel:
Hugh Jackman Will Play Wolverine “One Last Time”: Is ...
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Why do older actors play teenage roles?
In many films, I have seen that a lot of teenage characters are played by actors in their 20's.
Two notable examples are:
In Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire (26) plays an 18-year-old.
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