Movie/TV castings you figured wouldn't work. But did.

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Don't anyone post Jochim Phoenix in Gladiator.  We already know.

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Well, Heath Ledger as the Joker is kind of the gold standard here I would think. 

[HornOnTheBayou 8967]

When I first heard about Breaking Bad, I thought it was insanely stupid that the goofy dad from Malcolm in the Middle and the Jewish dentist from Seinfeld was going to play a teacher turned drug dealer in a drama. I guess I was wrong.

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22 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

When I first heard about Breaking Bad, I thought it was insanely stupid that the goofy dad from Malcolm in the Middle and the Jewish dentist from Seinfeld was going to play a teacher turned drug dealer in a drama. I guess I was wrong.

Relatedly, I was shocked at how good Bob Odenkirk was as an action lead - Nobody.

[wutang75 452]

When I first heard about Breaking Bad, I thought it was insanely stupid that the goofy dad from Malcolm in the Middle and the Jewish dentist from Seinfeld was going to play a teacher turned drug dealer in a drama. I guess I was wrong.

He was brilliant on MITM so I knew he had major chops - but I’m not sure anyone expected that.

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49 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

When I first heard about Breaking Bad, I thought it was insanely stupid that the goofy dad from Malcolm in the Middle and the Jewish dentist from Seinfeld was going to play a teacher turned drug dealer in a drama. I guess I was wrong.

Similar:

 

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Not anything groundbreaking but I was surprised by the comedic chops of Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Street.

 

Spoiler

A fantastic cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine if you haven’t seen it.

 
 

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[Helobious 9503]

Tyler Perry in Gone Girl

[mr. sunshine 2836]

Michael Keaton as Batman. Come on kids try and keep up

[South Austin 52686]

John Travolta as Terl.

[Incredulity 11686]

Tip of the cap to last two posts

[Underdog 28868]

Bruce Willis in The Verdict. 

[PilotsError 2338]

Robert Pattinson in Batman.  I only knew him from the vampire shit.

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No one thought it made any sense to put Bruce Willis in an action movie in the 80s. Everyone knew him from Moonlighting. 

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And The Verdict. 

[Butch Had Not 3019]

Mr. Miyagi from his sitcom days to karate kid. 

[Red Five 41066]

As far as bang for your buck.... Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man initially raised some eyebrows. 

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6 hours ago, South Austin said:

John Travolta as Terl.

Travolta as Bud in Urban Cowboy.

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Lou Diamond Phillips as Henry Standing Bear.  He's all wrong for it, yet he was perfect. 

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3 hours ago, Butch Had Not said:

Mr. Miyagi from his sitcom days to karate kid. 

Don't forget 

 

[Gil Bang 26099]

Tom Cruise in Tropic thunder.

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In retrospect, Paul Reiser shouldn’t have worked in Aliens, but he was nails as the slime ball Carter Burke. Zero comic vibe from him and it was great.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan 

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gabourey sidibe in precious, based on the novel push by sapphire.