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What actor would have been better?

posted 20 years ago by dsic36141
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I like Chevy Chase but I think he's pretty weak in this one. Who would have been better... or would be good now?

[–] joliet_jane 20 years ago

I'm pretty happy with Chevy, really. I'd like to see more of him.

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[–] Renaldo Matlin 20 years ago

Ethan Suplee was 15-16 when this movie was shot.

If I were to imagine actors who could have starred in this 12 years ago names like Dennis Quaid or Tom Hanks springs to mind, BUT Chevy Chase is a daring move from Carpenter and it actually works! Chase does a great job!

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[–] martin-secker 19 years ago

I agree with you. Chevy is great but how better would it have been with John Cusack or Bill Paxton?

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[–] alexanderdavis84 19 years ago

Yeah, I thought Chevy was great in this role. I'd actually like to see more of him playing more serious roles with dashes of his trademark humor... more in the tone of his character in this film. I think he pulls it off very well.

[–] spanky_edge102 19 years ago

I think Chevy Chase was perfect for the part... Sam Neill was a great villain, too.... Darryl Hannah was just awful, though, her entire character should have been dropped (I believe that Nick is almost completely alone through most of the novel, he isn't chasing some silly love interest). That's my two cents, anyway...

[–] successor13326 19 years ago

He wasn't old enough at the time, but if they ever do a remake he'd be a good choice.

[–] eatanthropophagus 19 years ago

Sam is far better, Nick is sick!

[–] Girl-nextdoor80 18 years ago

I thought the combination of Chase's dry whit and Carpenter's Dark Direction married perfectly.

[–] TheDoomSong 18 years ago

harrison ford.
but chase plays it nice enough.

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[–] andyd-1 18 years ago

I don't agree! I liked every aspect of his performane in this one.

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[–] f-society 17 years ago

I thought Jim Carrey would have been better...but Chevy Chase was OK.

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[–] locnar1975 17 years ago

At the time, I think that only Chevy, or maybe Dan Aykroyd could have played it.

[–] urciolo 13 years ago

This is one of the few movies I liked Chevy in. He usually hams it up too much and it interferes with the plot; but in this one, he downplays it and I thought he pulled it off very well.

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[–] virgiltx 13 years ago

Chevy was just right for this. He was really good as a man on edge.

It was also his idea to be filmed visible some of the time and invisible at other times. That worked well and helped the movie, IMO.

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