Characters in movies and TV series are often defined by the actors who play them. And while characters can have a myriad of people play them, there is always that one actor who manages to fill a character's shoes the best, and people can’t imagine anyone else playing the role.
Reddit has been discussing just that. One user asked the lovely AskReddit community which actor crushed a role so hard that nobody else will be able to live up to it? and got a slew of amazing responses.
Bored Panda has collected the best answers and turned it into a curated list that you can find below. While you’re scrolling, comment and vote on the submissions you loved the most, and tell us what character-actor combinations you think are iconic in the comment section below!
#1
When they inevitably recast Jack Sparrow [Johnny Depp], it'll be clear just how big a gap there is.
Billbap@#$o, The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Second Mate Productions
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#3
Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean.
458points
#5
Ryan Reynolds did an excellent job being Deadpool to the point where i am reading a Deadpool comic book with Reynolds' voice in my head narrating it.
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399points
#6
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones.
He’s so deeply connected to that character that I feel it would be impossible for anyone else to fill the fedora.
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359points
#9
Ian McKellen is the both true Gandalfs.
346points
#11
Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard.
331points
#14
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator.
298points
#15
Christopher Lloyd as Doc in Back to the Future.
296points
#17
Tim Curry, Frank N Furter. Anyone else in the role knows they never live up to that sexy god of a man. ‘I can make you a man’ is the most brilliant filthy scene to appear on cinema screens while people aren’t nude :/
282points
#18
Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams.
SnooDonkeys9743, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Creative, The Jackal Group, Cinesite Studios, Nitrogen Studios
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#19
Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn. Best book to movie translation for a character I’ve ever seen.
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269points
