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Did you know Patrick Stewart appears in I, Clavdivs?

A very young Patrick Stewart? With hair? Wearing a legionary uniform?

In the absence of Titus Pullo, this will do just fine.

casting heroes

I did enjoy The Last Samurai a lot. I really liked the character of Nathan Algren. I was just sorry he had to be played by Tom Cruise.

I was also sorry Mad Max was portrayed by Mel Gibson. Not at the time, but now.

(For the record, I never thought Indiana Jones should have been played by anyone other than Harrison Ford. Nor should Han Solo, although Nathan Fillion comes from a damn fine alternate universe)

T. E. Lawrence could have been played by no one but Peter O'Toole. This is why I don't want to see the movie about Lawrence's life after he left the desert, even though he's played by Ralph Fiennes. I do heart me some Ralph Fiennes, but he's just not Lawrence. No way.

Viggo Mortensen was all wrong as Aragorn. Daniel Day-Lewis would have been so much better. By the same token, DD-L really wasn't the best choice for Hawkeye.

Pierce Brosnan made James Bond into a caricature, but he redeemed himself in The Matador.