Casting Ben Affleck's Chinatown Movie

10. Burt Young - Jason Clarke

Perhaps most famous for his role in the Rocky franchise, Burt Young has a small but memorable part in Chinatown and one that would be worth exploring in Affleck's film, as it features a pretty dated reference to domestic abuse that would be worth a discussion.

Aside from that, Young is a bit of a character. Along with acting, he is a talented painter and writer, and there are few actors that could capture Young's particular New York swagger like Jason Clarke.

Clarke is a fantastic actor who has proven himself capable of embodying a whole myriad of characters over the last few years, and it would require that kind of adaptability considering Chinatown's Curly seems as far from the real Burt Young as you could hope to find.

Although not a prominent character in the film, it could be easily imagined that Burt Young would be a big presence on set and Clarke is a man who certainly carries the kind of respect these days to pull the role off.