For example, Humphrey Bogart as Indiana Jones in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Or say Gregory Peck in Saving Private Ryan. Or how about James Dean as Luke Skywalker!

  • kalkulat@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Margaret Hamilton (witch) in a sci-fi Wizard of Oz remake. Oh hell, let’s throw Burt Lahr (lion) in there too.

  • TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    16 days ago

    I get that they weren’t technically movie stars but it would be so cool to see the real James Hunt and Niki Lauda playing themselves in Rush

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I get that they weren’t technically movie stars but it would be so cool to see the real James Hunt and Niki Lauda playing themselves in Rush

      I watched that movie before I was really into F1. Daniel Brühl did such a good job as Lauda that the first time I saw Lauda in an interview I was shocked. And Chris Hemsworth did so good as James Hunt that when listening to a recording of Hunt commenting I knew it was Hunt without having to be told.

      Those actors did a PHENOMENAL job in that movie. And damn is it a good movie.

  • ivanafterall@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    15 days ago

    Jimmy Stewart as Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder

    Edit: I’m sorry, but the two downvotes make me giggle.

    “Mary, MAAARY, what you gotta do, see, is you gotta pull down their pants and spank their ass, you SPANK 'em, Mary!”

  • Acamon@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I’d happily watch some clips of all of your suggestions. But I don’t think it’s a great idea in reality. There’s a lot more to acting that just having a specific appearance. Watching Humphery Bogart’s take on the character of Indiana Jones would be awesome, but watching his face deepfaked over Harrison Ford would be meh, and watching a team of graphic artists attempt to recreate what they think would be an interesting Bogart performance might work, but also might be dull, or unimaginative.

    What they’d probably need to do, is hire an actor to create the performance then cover his face up with cgi. In which case, I’d rather just watch the actual actor.

    But a future where it’s easy for fans to create mash ups and fan fiction episodes sounds fun. And I’d happily watch those for fun.