Longer lives / careers for cinematic icons...

Some names that come to mind:

Bernie Mac
Michael Clark Duncan
John Candy
Chris Farley
Heath Ledger
Philip S. Hoffman

Sanford & Son (2018 movie)

Bernie Mac as Fred G. Sanford
Michael B. Jordan as Lamont Sanford
Donald Glover as Rollo
Ryan Guzman as Julio
Steve Harvey as Grady
Cedric the Entertainer as Bubba
Angela Bassett as Aunt Esther
Courtney B. Vance as Woody
 
And the discussion of West Side Story, reminded me that Julie Andrew did both the roles of My Fair Lady and Guinevere in Camelot on Stage.
So we could have seen her in the movie version of either.

And I still don't understand why Carol Canning was not in the Movie Version of Hello Dolly.
And Why Angela Lansbury was not in the movie version of Mame.
Both play the roles on Broadway and both had movie experience.
So both of them should have been no brainers.
Carol Channing was not in Hello Dolly because the film has a big budget and she was not a big enough star for it, and while and was nominated for an Academy Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie, she was not a good fit for movies, she just overacted on the screen, that was necessary for the stage but it was too much for the movies.
Angela Lansbury was not in Mame because Lucile Ball bought the movie rights for herself.
 
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