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Imagining That Different Characters Played By The Same Actor Are In Fact The Same Characters After A Name Change

alcxxk [Edit] [Delete] 66 replies 13:55, 27 March '13

eg:
Walter White from Breaking Bad is Hal from Malcolm In The Middle

Q in Skyfall is Pingu from Nathan Barley

Edward Lyle in Enemy Of The State is Harry Caul from The Conversation (this is deliberate, but still)

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thewarn | 27 Mar '13, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
nah

Jordan_229_2 | 27 Mar '13, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
NEIN

Balonz | 27 Mar '13, 13:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Elaine from Seinfeld is also Christine from The New Adventures of Old Christine and the Vice President from Veep

Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 13:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh and she's also Maggie Lizer from Arrested Development
  
  Antpocalypsenow @Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I like Elaine being Veep
  
  alcxxk @Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antpocalypsenow this'd this
Bruce Wayne from Batman is actually Patrick Bateman from American Psycho 20 years later

hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 13:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- THIS IS GOOD
  
  alcxxk @hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  joeymahone this'd this
  - Hence the name
    
    Bateman
    Batman
    
    Geddit?
    
    andyvine @alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    hedgehog this'd this
    - HOLY FUCKING SHIT BAT(E)MAN!!!!
      
      alcxxk @andyvine | 27 Mar '13, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      joeymahone, andyvine, hedgehog, incandenza_, and monoshono this'd this
      - https://twitter.com/alcxxk/status/316937335767957504
        
        alcxxk @alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Michael keaton would have been great in American Psycho.
  
  IN EVERY ROLE
  
  thewarn @hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  hedgehog this'd this
  - Michael Keaton in Terminator Salvation
    
    in Equilibrium.
    in The Fighter.
    
    Similarly, Christian Bail in Beetlejuice.
    in Multiplicity.
    in Jack Frost.
    
    Oh, why isn't this a real thing?
    
    hedgehog @thewarn | 27 Mar '13, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Why?

Steved | 27 Mar '13, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

meths this'd this
- it amuses me
  
  it's not something I spend a lot of time doing or anything, but I really like the idea that Patrick Bateman turned into Batman, which I wouldn't have had without this thread
  
  alcxxk @Steved | 27 Mar '13, 14:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  hedgehog this'd this
  - I'm glad I was a part of this historic moment
    
    hedgehog @alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Leeloo from the Fifth Element is Alice from Resident Evil in the future

SHE WILL NEVER DIE.

hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 14:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
I do this quite a lot.

Ben Aflleck in The Town is the same character as Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting (this one works).

hip_young_gunslinger | 27 Mar '13, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Richard Kimble in the Fugitive becomes Norman Spencer in What Lies Beneath

this time he IS trying to kill his wife.

hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 14:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Will Hunting is plucked from an MIT cleaning job

to join the CIA.
Years later he is found in the sea with gunshots and amnesia. In a series of dramatic adventures, he discovers his codename, JASON BOURNE.

JustJay | 27 Mar '13, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

hedgehog this'd this
Titanic was part of Cobb's inception

hence getting washed up on the beach

alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Different, but related

sometimes i like to imagine that Al Pacino can't actually act, but just turns up on film sets and makes a bunch of noises and somehow it just works out ok

alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I saw Dog Day Afternoon for the first time recently
  
  Basically Al Pacino walks back and forth for 90 minutes, shouting incoherently. It's mesemerising
  
  LordLuciusBanter @alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 11:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm keen to rationalise how Russell Crowe's character in Master and Commander also turns

out to be father of a murdered gecko in Gladiator. Is it a past life thing?

saps | 27 Mar '13, 14:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Or rather he becomes a washed up singing cop, chasing an ex con around France
  
  msmonipenni @saps | 27 Mar '13, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - OH MY GOD
    
    Gladiator/Les Mis mash up
    
    DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
    SINGING THE NAME OF MAXIMUS!
    IT IS THE MUSIC OF A PEOPLE
    WHO WILL NOT BE SLAVES AGAIN
    
    LordLuciusBanter @msmonipenni | 28 Mar '13, 11:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    nice_squirrel this'd this
Ripley stops hunting Aliens and starts studying them, though her knew found Aliens

are vegetarians and more blue.

msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply

hedgehog this'd this
- Knew found
  
  Antpocalypsenow @msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
  - I meant 'new'
    
    argh.
    
    msmonipenni @Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 15:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Eddie Izzard quote

I think it's because the characters became bigger than the actors. In the sense that if you ever saw TJ Hooker, this cop series, it was Captain Kirk pIaying TJ Hooker. Not William Shatner the actor, it's Captain Kirk, taking a month off on earth. "I want to be a cop for a bit."

ma0sm | 27 Mar '13, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
After Red was released from Shawshank he died and became God.

eltham | 27 Mar '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips this'd this
Little Matilda put aside her dreams to become an assassin

to pursue a life of ballet.

msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- this is rubbish
  
  Silkyskillz11 @msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Still trying are you?
    
    msmonipenni @Silkyskillz11 | 27 Mar '13, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - you're a bit weird
      
      Silkyskillz11 @msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      DaddyorChips this'd this
      - ok
        
        msmonipenni @Silkyskillz11 | 27 Mar '13, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Toy Story is all happening in Forrest Gump's imagination

alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply

andyvine this'd this
Renton did manage to leave the life of smack and destitute life behind

To become a jedi.

Songs_about_ducking | 27 Mar '13, 20:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Han Solo is a replicant

-dan- | 27 Mar '13, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- These aren't the 'cants you're looking for.
  
  DaddyorChips @-dan- | 27 Mar '13, 23:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  berksy this'd this
Gandhi can't be fucked with the touchy feely shit anymore

changes his name to Don Logan and goes to Spain to pester Ray Winstone

japes | 27 Mar '13, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips this'd this
After losing custody of his children in Mrs Doubtfire, Robin Williams changes his name to Walter Finch and moves to Alaska

-dan- | 27 Mar '13, 23:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *starts working at a photo developing place
  
  hedgehog @-dan- | 28 Mar '13, 01:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Slightly related to the above,

when the game of Jumanji finishes and the timelines fall apart, Van Pelt the hunter is catapulted back through time to become the managing director of the White Star Line and subsequently makes a bit of a mistake when he deems his new ship "unsinkable".

-dan- | 28 Mar '13, 00:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

hedgehog this'd this
bruce willis was die hard the whole time

mug_mug_mug | 28 Mar '13, 00:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips this'd this
disillusioned after almost killing everyone he cared about with an evil camera

schoolboy Greg Banks buys a stupid jacket.

incandenza_ | 28 Mar '13, 01:17 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips this'd this
- holy shit i need to see that goosebumps
  
  alcxxk @incandenza_ | 28 Mar '13, 12:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
i'm not sure about this

anal_schwarzenegger | 28 Mar '13, 01:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
ferris Beulah went from cool kid

to worm scientist

Yesiamaduck | 28 Mar '13, 02:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Terminator gets repaired after Terminator 3

Uses John Connor's humanity lessons to rename himself Howard and settle down with a wife and adopted kid, before embarking on a hilarious caper to find the wee 'un a Turbo Man doll before Christmas. Later finds out he's Danny DeVito's estranged brother, and becomes Governor of California.

in_limbo | 28 Mar '13, 04:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- And it was all to save humanity from the robots
  
  monoshono @in_limbo | 28 Mar '13, 10:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Joffrey out of game of thrones ended up that way after meeting batman

NickLazzard | 28 Mar '13, 10:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

andyvine this'd this
Had a new one last night.

After the events of Oceans 13, The Night Fox (Vincent Cassell) decides to lay low in London, buying a nightclub and watching lots of football before being tempted into one last score by James McAvoy. Trance was shit by the way.

eltham | 28 Mar '13, 11:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
phased by his traumatic childhood amandonment issues

Kevin McCallister succumbs to a life of debauched partying and drug abuse as "King of the Club Kids"

alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 11:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bryan Cranston's character in Drive is Waler White post Breaking Bad

LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 11:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Good Old Waler.
  
  msmonipenni @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 11:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  hedgehog this'd this
  - http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4427867#r7420671
    
    LordLuciusBanter @msmonipenni | 28 Mar '13, 11:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Touche.
      
      msmonipenni @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 12:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- what, dead??
  
  alcxxk @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 11:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - No, with broken hips reduced to fixing cars for crims
    
    LordLuciusBanter @alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 11:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah but
      
      walter's going end BB dead, surely?
      
      alcxxk @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Probably
        
        But I kind of like the idea that he just about escapes with his life but for all his effort ends up as a loser eeking out an existence
        
        LordLuciusBanter @alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Lilo from Lilo and Stitch crawls out of people's TV sets

SarahIsPi | 28 Mar '13, 12:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cillian Murphy

escaped a zombie apocalypse and loved humanity so much he tried to save it by planting a nuclear bomb in the sun.

berksy | 28 Mar '13, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- but then he moved to Gotham
  
  andyvine @berksy | 28 Mar '13, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  hedgehog this'd this
Ted «Theodore» Logan

was involved in some sort of glitch with that phone booth and ended up doing kung fu in a cyberpunk dystopia.

TheWza | 28 Mar '13, 13:40 | X | ^ This | Reply

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