Alternative Actors

i was just reading up on the Pirates of the Caribbean wiki that other actors were considered to play Jack Sparrow before they finally decided on Johnny Depp, among them Jim Carrey, Christopher Walken, and Michael Keaton. i cant help but wonder what the Pirates films would be like if anyone other than Depp played Jack, though

so, anyway, for any film or television show of your choice, pick an actor or actors from that movie IOTL and pick a different actor, one that could play that one genuinely well or would otherwise be fitting. this doesn't only apply to live action films and shows, but also to voice actors


if Walken were chosen to play Jack, there would certainly be alot of comedic pauses and inflections to each and every one of his words, but i dont think he'd work very well for it appearance-wise, and im not sure if he'd be able to do much in the way of sounding vaguely similar to the Jack we know and love (ie, having an English accent)
 

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David Bowie as Max Zorin in A View to a Kill is a popular one. He'd probably ham it up quite a lot and enjoy doing so, though I honestly can't see him being too credible in an action scene such as the climax of the movie, what with his comparatively frail physique.
 
Josh Holloway (Sawyer from LOST) was supposed to play Gambit in X-men 3, but he was too busy, so they wrote the part into X-men Origins, and asked him to do it again, but again he was too busy.

Considering the part was written for him, and Josh Holloway is the shit, i think he would have been awesome
 
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