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When you think of an actor, what character comes straight to your mind?

71 replies

Soubriquet · 09/04/2023 08:09

For me it’s Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. I know she has the new Barbie movie coming out but I still see her Harley.

Anne Hathaway…would have to be Princess Mia from The Princess Diaries.

Ryan Reynolds…of course is Deadpool

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StagsLeap · 09/04/2023 17:44

ExtremelyDetermined · 09/04/2023 15:46

I agree with Ardal O’Hanlan as Father Dougal, I couldn’t cope with him in Death in Paradise at all.

Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham.

Hugh Bonneville for me is the dimwit banker friend in Notting Hill. Along with Tim McInerney, who is both Blackadder’s Captain Darling AND the guy from Kate Bush’s ‘This Woman’s Work’ video.

jazzybelle · 09/04/2023 17:47

Billybagpuss · 09/04/2023 09:16

Hand gruber, die hard does that make me the oldest?

David Tennant, Casanova

What about Mr Slope in The Barchester Chronicles? He was brilliant in that.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 09/04/2023 18:19

DannyZukosSmile · 09/04/2023 15:37

Margot Robbie isn't an actor though. She's an 'actress.'

Eh? Of course she’s an actor! It’s literally defined as a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or in television 😂

JulieHoney · 09/04/2023 19:13

WeAllHaveWings · 09/04/2023 13:34

I would see different characters for those two - might be an age thing!

Meg Ryan - working girl

Tom Hanks - turner and hooch

She isn’t in it! It’s Melanie Griffith, Joan B Cusack as dotty best friend and Sigourney Weaver as Bitch Boss.

JulieHoney · 09/04/2023 19:17

Anthony Edwards manages to be simultaneously Lance from The Sure Thing and Dr Mark Greene from er. Clever bloke.
He is never Goose from Top Gun because Top Gun is shite, but he’s occasionally Mike In The Bubble from Northern Exposure.

Tony Robinson is Baldrick despite being massive fans of all the audiobooks he did and Time Team.

Starlitestarbright · 09/04/2023 19:26

Ewan mcgregor as obiwan

Hayden christensen as anakin

Harrison Ford as solo and indy

Mark Hamiltons - luke skywalker

Carrie Fisher -.leia organa

Sarah michelle gellar.- Buffy

James masters -spike

David don't know how to spell his name as Angel.

Brendon Lee the crow

Johnny depp Jack sparrow

Leonardo dicaprio - Jack

Renee Zellweger- Bridget

Shannon - prue from charmed

Holly combs - piper

Allysia mallio- phoebe

Kit harrison-Jon snow

Emilia Clarke- Dany

Northernsouloldies · 09/04/2023 19:29

Phil Daniels.... Jimmy Cooper.
Qaudraphenia.

Northernsouloldies · 09/04/2023 19:31

QUADROPHENIA

x2boys · 09/04/2023 21:10

RainBow725 · 09/04/2023 15:33

Same here!

Aw it was a brilliant series wasn't it?

notprincehamlet · 09/04/2023 23:59

Roger Allam will always be Douglas from Cabin Pressure

OliviaFlaversham · 10/04/2023 00:14

All the Friends cast as their characters. Even Helen Baxendale.

Actually, with the exception of Brad Pitt-Tyler Durden.

RenoDakota · 10/04/2023 21:42

Ooh, just thought of another one.
Miles Jupp (who is in Why Didn't They Ask Evans? on right now)
will ALWAYS be Archie the inventor from Balamory.

Catsmere · 13/09/2023 13:33

Okay this is an old thread but I want to add to it!

Alec Guinness - Charles I

Kate Beckinsale - Flora Poste

Ian McKellen - Amos Starkadder

Joanna Lumley - Mary Smiling

Keith Michell - Henry VIII

Dorothy Tutin - Anne Boleyn

Glenda Jackson - Elizabeth I

Alan Rickman - Obadiah Slope

Colin Firth - Fitzwilliam Darcy

Alan Bates - Oliver

Sinead Cusack - Diane Priest

Bill Paterson - Mr Baxter

Michael Kitchen - Christopher Foyle

Honeysuckle Weeks - Samantha Stewart

Amanda Redman - Sandra Pullman

Prunella Scales - Sybil Fawlty

Shirley Henderson - Isobel Sutherland

Robert Carlyle - Hamish MacBeth

AlrightThen · 18/09/2023 15:15

I don't view actors in this way anymore.

boobot1 · 18/09/2023 15:27

Robin williams - mrs doubtfire
Colin firth - mr darcy
Brad pitt - joe black
Henry cavill - the witcher
Judy garland - dorothy
Vivien Leigh - scarlett o'hara

PickledMuffin · 18/09/2023 17:35

Tony Robinson will always be Baldrick!

StoatofDisarray · 18/09/2023 17:36

Mark Rylance probably.

StoatofDisarray · 18/09/2023 17:37

StoatofDisarray · 18/09/2023 17:36

Mark Rylance probably.

As Cromwell!

Iamtheonwandlonely · 18/09/2023 17:43

Tim Curry. It
Joan Collins, Alexis.
Tom Hiddleston Loki
Mik Meyers. Austin Powers.

Catsmere · 14/10/2023 03:47

David Ryall as Titanic in The Knowledge. I have seen him in lots of shows and never called him anything but Titanic until I looked his name up the other day.

SiobhanSharpe · 14/10/2023 09:10

Iamtheonwandlonely · 18/09/2023 17:43

Tim Curry. It
Joan Collins, Alexis.
Tom Hiddleston Loki
Mik Meyers. Austin Powers.

No ! Tim Curry is Dr Frank'n'furter and vice-versa.
(Saw him in the original Rocky Horror Show at the Theatre Upstairs (Royal Court) in the 70s, as well as the film. Am very old.)

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