10 'Creatively Different' Film Castings
WhatCulture brings you 10 more characters that have been creatively chosen compared to the source material.
Poor Tom Cruise. The man now faces his third divorce and a battle for sole custody of his daughter with Katie Holmes. He's hit a few obstacles in his recent movie career with a string of underwhelming titles - Lions of Lambs (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Knight and Day (2010) before retreating to the comforting safety in the M:I franchise. And he's 50 years old. Yep, Maverick is half a century. Ouch. Don't worry about Tommy though. You don't carve out a thirty year career as a Hollywood leading man by folding every time the going gets rough. He's already taken the helm as another iconic action hero for an upcoming December release. Jack Reacher. Can you think of a better way to soothe a savaged ego than casting yourself (5' 7") as a 6' 5", 250 pound, ex-Marine protagonist? Sign me up. And in the spirit of creative casting, WhatCulture brings you 10 more characters that have been creatively chosen compared to the source material. Note: This is not an article on miscasting. We already posted that yesterday. This is just 'different' casting.