Twitter Users Ponder Characters Who Absolutely Could Not Be Played By Anyone Other Than Who Played Them
By Petr Navovy | Social Media | January 17, 2023
Header Image Source: FX
Sometimes audiences are blessed by performers who come along and who don’t just turn in a performance—they deliver the performance, embodying a character so fully and completely so as to make it nigh on impossible to imagine anybody else taking on that character ever again. Sometimes the performance is so good that even if someone else has played that character before, or indeed after, they still remain powerfully linked to that indelible interpretation that makes it hard to think of any of the others. Twitter had this rare acting spectacle on its mind when it pondered the following prompt:
Name a character who absolutely COULD NOT have been played by any other actor. I'll start: pic.twitter.com/rXyKk2uKAh
— St. Vincent Price (@muddaub) January 5, 2023
I want to say basically everyone in Fargo pic.twitter.com/JC1qws5GnF
— pokey pup (@Whatapityonyou) January 8, 2023
— SIN (@PoorBoyOnline) January 8, 2023
— Tyler George (@tgeorge1323) January 8, 2023
— B.S.H. (@brndnscotthrrll) January 6, 2023
also pic.twitter.com/A000KuoekI
— St. Vincent Price (@muddaub) January 5, 2023
I got a duo for you: pic.twitter.com/4zcUbpS8kq
— Teddy Ruxpin SVU (@garfsvu1) January 5, 2023
— josh (@oldtimeysheriff) January 6, 2023
My initial thoughts were well represented in the replies, so here are a couple others pic.twitter.com/KH86q94870
— Sisyphus ⊗웃 (@cmaprice) January 7, 2023
Idk why I feel this way but the entire Jurassic Park trio pic.twitter.com/BK4cMd6Mdm
— Litten Propoganda 2: GabeJihJihJi ðŸ³ï¸â€âš§ï¸ (@LittGanda4Paro2) January 10, 2023
— Terminate the Social Contract for Convenience (@realfancylawyer) January 5, 2023
— Spidertober (@MinionOfCthulhu) January 6, 2023
— Kayos/DHGT #2 👻 | 📌 smaus (@mensa_chickens) January 8, 2023
Definitely Lucy Lawless as Xena pic.twitter.com/30e9VDHg8W
— Unfashionably Late (@Nate__Summers) January 7, 2023
Angela bassett in "What's Love Got To Do With It* ðŸ‘ðŸ¾ðŸ‘🾠she ATE this role. pic.twitter.com/E81oYSA4DS
— Porshay ðŸ‚ðŸ (@PorshayHarris1) January 9, 2023
Edie McClurg did her own hair for this part, and ad-libbed the line "They think he's a righteous dude." pic.twitter.com/q0GrYrtyuP
— Amy Cote (@AmyCote6) January 6, 2023
Haven’t seen this one yet. pic.twitter.com/RsCynby88Q
— 2001 Pontiac Aztek (@richcurren) January 6, 2023
Mariska was born to play Olivia Benson â™¥ï¸ pic.twitter.com/iI3Zrq7E2Q
— Pauline 💋 (@livxbenson) January 8, 2023
There's nobody else who could have done this. pic.twitter.com/cKYktFQHhV
— (((David Gaffen))) 🇺🇸 (@davidgaffen) January 9, 2023
Lots of great contenders here. My suggestion is a bit of a cheat. pic.twitter.com/LvpvFOoJr5
— [email protected] (@levi_mccormick) January 7, 2023
Jennifer Coolidge âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸ pic.twitter.com/Vy7nkz5S0Q
— Robert Licuria (@robertlicuria) January 12, 2023
— J.R (@Emulsiion) January 8, 2023
— Justin Bills (@CaptainPeyote) January 5, 2023
I understand both these characters have had multiple versions on screen. But no actors have, and will never, come close to ever doing this level of performance for them and frankly, couldn’t. Which is why they will likely always remain the most famous portrayal of both. pic.twitter.com/ny5hDnSc94
— CJ Peterson 👉 “IN THE SIGHT OF SOUND” OUT NOW! (@cjtweeterson) January 7, 2023
There will NEVA be anotha Elektra Evangalista Wintour. pic.twitter.com/yRBwLrESl3
— K€nnY(B☆i) (@ItzKennyBoii) January 9, 2023
— Corey Gwin (@corey_gwin) January 7, 2023
— Sad Mazov (@heybratan) January 7, 2023
— Sad Mazov (@heybratan) January 7, 2023
The only person who can play Austin Powers is Mike Myers pic.twitter.com/aTXcb0yCcZ
— Siah (@Cat0verlord1) January 8, 2023
— Paul Muad’Dib (@trygraptor) January 7, 2023
Only going to say this once… pic.twitter.com/pUmZ83h6pX
— MinnJES | Free fallin' 🪄🎩 (@jes_minn) January 8, 2023
— GingersRGorgeous! (@locogirlp) January 7, 2023
Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister 🫡 no one took over the scene like him when he entered so imposing “YOURE MY DAUGHTA” pic.twitter.com/GXtoliuGgi
— 8thProgenitor (@thekingsmind8) January 11, 2023
Patrick Stewart is captain Picard pic.twitter.com/eVMMRPcKfk
— ClassicGameLover (@NLDClassic) January 8, 2023
Aubrey Plaza as The Shadow king in Season 1 of Legion. Loved Navid Negahban for season 2 & 3, but Aubrey brought a different vibe that I will forever love and is one of my favorite villains in media. pic.twitter.com/yZqdqnu5CS
— Michael Devoe (@MichaelDevoeArt) January 9, 2023
— athera (@succssion_) January 7, 2023
▪︎Michael Kelly as redneck mall cop C.J. in 'Dawn of the Dead' (2004)
— Starstattootoo (he/him/his) (@starstattootoo) January 10, 2023
▪︎Eva Green as Vanessa Ives in 'Penny Dreadful'
▪︎Jude Law as Alfred, Lord Douglas ("Bosie"), in 'Wilde'
▪︎Rosamund Pike as "Amazing" Amy Dunne in 'Gone Girl' pic.twitter.com/TtIL0in4AJ
— Garrett, Brisco County Jr Stan (@LeopardGarrett) January 5, 2023
— Bog Witch Energy (@nohomelikeplace) January 6, 2023
Jeffrey Wright and Bowie as Basquiat and Warhol pic.twitter.com/RQOiu68QZj
— Bowiegrrl (@Bowiegrrl1) January 9, 2023
Well, it needs to be an actor who makes the character so iconic you can’t even bother to think about anyone else. Here are 4: Close (Fatal Attraction), Tomei (MCV), Stone (Casino), Pile (Gone Girl). pic.twitter.com/zu8fTmH0uy
— HowDareU (@earcas1) January 7, 2023
@JamesMarstersOf
— Danielle (@LibDanielleJ) January 9, 2023
There can be only one pic.twitter.com/Sf2WIQ4Etx
— Stephanie Hall (@stefalufagus) January 6, 2023
— Mike Smith (@projectsmith) January 5, 2023
— Prof. Mayn-nerd Brain-nerd (@maynardbrainard) January 9, 2023
RIP Michael K. Williams.
— Brett Baker (@BrettSBaker) January 9, 2023
RIP Omar Little pic.twitter.com/eLuCdNwYXF
Bee thinking about this one ever since I heard they first cast nic cage pic.twitter.com/aBlESvAQtV
— ðŸ Bee-rady ðŸ (@firescenes) January 6, 2023
his range. every character he played had to be played by him https://t.co/m2yfk1GFqM pic.twitter.com/vQ62CyP3ii
— laura 🦠(@ecto_fun) January 6, 2023
no other actor could've played dennis reynolds like this pic.twitter.com/wpeEuRIg3X https://t.co/RDsVMZwBya
— Ù‹ (@paddysroyco) January 7, 2023
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