One Role: Two Actors
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 8:00 am
The Daily Beast was inspired by Josh Brolin’s spot on performance as the 1969-era version of the character played by Tommy Lee Jones in “Men in Black 3” to create a gallery of movies with two actors playing younger and older versions of the same character. The most acclaimed are Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in the first and second Godfather
It’s a cheat, but my favorite example is Peter O’Toole, who played the same historical character, the British King Henry II in 1964’s Becket
Great point about Peter O’Toole. How about people playing a different role in a remake of an earlier film n which they appeared?
Great question, Martha! There are a lot of cameos by actors in remakes of the films they appeared in, most recently cast members from the television series “Dark Shadows” in the new Tim Burton film’s party scene. But there are other examples, too. Miriam Hopkins played one of the leads in “These Three” and then played the aunt of her original character in the remake, “The Children’s Hour.” And Patty Duke, who played Helen Keller in the play and movie versions of “The Miracle Worker,” played Annie Sullivan in the remake.