If You Were a Director....Who is Your "Holy Grail" Actor?

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When I saw this question I instantly thought of Daniel Day Lewis. Other honorable mentions: Robert Deniro, Vigo Mortenson, Michael Fassbender, Naomi Watts, Phillip Seymour Hoffman

BQ: it really depends on what kind of film I was making

Bq3: top 5

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Robert De Niro between 1970 and 1995

Daniel Day-Lewis

Christian Bale

pretty much actors that really give 100% effort and go all out. and can transform into any role

BQ (or is it MQ)- no. considering I've seen There Will Be Blood over 15 times. When I think of DDL, I don't think of the guy with slicked back hair and earrings, I think of Daniel Plainview. De Niro in his prime could've pulled off the role, but it's really impossible to tell

BQ2- favorite- top 10 best (right now)- top 3. maybe #1

To the question in the subject....it would depend on the script. I'm actually attempting to write a script right now, and the only person I can picture in the role is Doug Stanhope (the comic, I don't know if he's ever acted aside from a great role on an episode of 'Louie'). But if I were able to get any actor I wanted, it'd probably be Bill Murray, just because....it's Bill Murray.

MQ: Not at all. The closest would be De Niro in his 30s or 40s.

I pretty much answered the BQ above.

BQ3 (2?): He's not really among my favorite actors, but easily top five best.

GOOD QUESTION , I have seen actors in parts at first i thought no way, but then i watched the movie and was blown a way robert Downy as IRON MAN and holmes .i Thought he pulled both of and very well too but if you were to think about it before hand you might not think he could.D LEWIS is without question a great actor who can take on just about any roll and nail it so to answer MQ- no i don't . to answer BQ- john wayne as ROOSTER COGBURN , not jeff bridges . sorry but when you try to remake a movie with other people playing the rolls they are going to be measured to the first actor, more times than not they will lose

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Nope, couldn't picture anyone else playing Daniel Plainview.

My holy grail actors - Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt, John Mills (when he was alive), Jack Nicholson, Anthony Hopkins, Leonardo DiCaprio.

BQ: I've always wanted to see Leonardo DiCaprio in a proper baddie's role. I would have written that but Tarantino might have beaten me to it! Or Michael Fassbender, he's fast becoming one of my favourite actors.

BQ2: He's not really in my favourite actors. I appreciate a lot of people like him and he's a master of the craft, but he's not in my personal list.

Have a great day!

MQ: No, I guess once someone's cast, you kind of can't picture it being anyone else and I think Daniel plays his character well. :)

BQ: Tom Hiddleston and/or Simon Pegg, just so I could meet them. That's why J.J.Abrams cast Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn in Mission Impossible III. Because he secretly wanted to meet Simon!! ^^ That's what I'd do, too. :)

MQ - i haven't seen there will be blood since soon after it came out and can't remember much about so i dunno sorry.

BQ -

Male: Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks, Ryan Gosling, Forrest Whittaker

Female: Scarlett Johansson, Emma Watson, Melanie Laurent (Just because they're hot)

Sean Connery & Diana Rigg, but you'd need to go back in time.

It would have to be Guy Pearce

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