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 |

By Petr Navovy | Social Media | January 17, 2023 |

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

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— SIN (@PoorBoyOnline) January 8, 2023

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— Tyler George (@tgeorge1323) January 8, 2023

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— 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

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— 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 🏳️‍⚧️ (@LittGanda4Paro2) January 10, 2023

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— Terminate the Social Contract for Convenience (@realfancylawyer) January 5, 2023

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— Spidertober (@MinionOfCthulhu) January 6, 2023

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— 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* 👏🏾👏🏾 she ATE this role. pic.twitter.com/E81oYSA4DS

— Porshay 🍂🍁 (@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 ♥️ 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/Vy7nkz5S0Q

— Robert Licuria (@robertlicuria) January 12, 2023

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— J.R (@Emulsiion) January 8, 2023

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— 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

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— Corey Gwin (@corey_gwin) January 7, 2023

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— Sad Mazov (@heybratan) January 7, 2023

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— 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

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— 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

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— 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

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— athera (@succssion_) January 7, 2023

▪︎Michael Kelly as redneck mall cop C.J. in 'Dawn of the Dead' (2004)
▪︎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

— Starstattootoo (he/him/his) (@starstattootoo) January 10, 2023

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— Garrett, Brisco County Jr Stan (@LeopardGarrett) January 5, 2023

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— 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
There can be only one pic.twitter.com/Sf2WIQ4Etx

— Danielle (@LibDanielleJ) January 9, 2023

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— Stephanie Hall (@stefalufagus) January 6, 2023

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— Mike Smith (@projectsmith) January 5, 2023

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— Prof. Mayn-nerd Brain-nerd (@maynardbrainard) January 9, 2023

RIP Michael K. Williams.
RIP Omar Little pic.twitter.com/eLuCdNwYXF

— Brett Baker (@BrettSBaker) January 9, 2023

Bee thinking about this one ever since I heard they first cast nic cage pic.twitter.com/aBlESvAQtV

— 🐝 Bee-rady 🐝 (@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