10 Characters Who Wandered Into Other Films

Sometimes they can't let their favourite role gather dust...

By Thomas Wesson /

Sometimes actors become so attached to a role, or just so synonymous with the character that they can't be imagined as anything else. It happens to us when we binge watch every season of Friends and it must happen to directors when they cast their slimy tendrils into the pool of hard working actors. Lord knows that they return to the same actors often enough, forming friendships that last entire franchises, but it's slightly unusual when they don't even bother to change the actor's character. Still, it's not unheard of and whether it's done as a bit of sloppy, lazy writing or as an homage to other works it happens more often than you would think! Luckily for those of us who actually pay attention in the back of the cinema (as opposed to snogging the nearest breathing thing), the real big hitters of cinema-land don't often employ this tactic. It's left to the lower salary actors to repeat their mistakes / only successes for the lengths of their career. But we eagle eyed veterans of the over priced Maltesers here at WhatCulture have decided that enough is enough, it's time to call out those actors who wear the same old character again and again like it's their favourite pair of pajamas. Surprisingly, first up is...