Have you ever read a book and the resulting film's actor is wrong?

emslovesmickey

Obviously everyone has a different idea as to who should play a character - there's been at least four suggested here. I haven't read the books so can't judge but i don't like Cruise anyway. On the subject of a different book, i always thought Tom Hanks was wrong for professor Langdon in the Da Vinci code. There are very few book to film adaptations that cast who i think should be in the role - LOTR is the only one i can think of.

thehappybutterfly

http://www.listal.com/viewimage/8316

Mmm, tasty! Maybe not quite tall enough at 5' 10" though!

Nicki

I'd never heard of Viggo Mortensen, but just googled him, and yes he works!

bigmomma051204

aliasojo wrote: »

Is that true? Or are you kidding?

If only! :cool:

emslovesmickey

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

Oh and to anyone who hasnt read the books.... this isn't a simple case of us having a "mental image" of what we perceive Reacher to look like. The books LITERALLY describe him as a huge man, Tall, bulky......etc!

In actuality, there are few actors at the moment who would be LESS like Reacher than TC! Apart from perhaps Warwick Davis?

You're not suggesting Cruise is on the small side are you?;)

midnightraven3

the heartbeat books described greengrass as a small wirey man
not the huge hulking form of bill maynard

bugslet

Well it's a while since I looked and it's up to page 174 now:rotfl:

LoLo

I felt like that with the twilight books. Edward was all wrong for me as in my mind he looked like Edward scissor hands but without the scars, dark hair and really really pale skin.

Comyface

Hi, thanks for this thread, I'm always looking for good books to read on the train, reckon I'll try out Jack Reacher.

To answer your original question OP, yes! 'About a Boy' by Nick Hornby, no way is Hugh Grant 'cool' enough to play that part! Similar to yourself, nothing against Hugh Grant, do like him, but not as Will!

bigmomma051204

emslovesmickey wrote: »

Obviously everyone has a different idea as to who should play a character - there's been at least four suggested here. I haven't read the books so can't judge but i don't like Cruise anyway. On the subject of a different book, i always thought Tom Hanks was wrong for professor Langdon in the Da Vinci code. There are very few book to film adaptations that cast who i think should be in the role - LOTR is the only one i can think of.

But as i explained, it isn't a simple case of us readers thinking that an actor doesn't "suit" the part. The whole POINT of Reacher's character and therefore the storylines is that his presence (and in a large part his physique) is huge! The books constantly make reference to his body and overall size - how he makes most men who are in his presence seem like dwarfs! TC is 5ft 7". He is literally one of the smallest actors in Hollywood!!