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If You Made a Crime Movie, Who Would You Pick?
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03/14/10 12:35 AM
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has there ever been an organized crime movie, where you feel that the actors or actresses were miscast?
one for me, was the 1991 movie Mobsters.... but even though it wasnt historically accurate, i love that movie
because its violently graphic and full of action.
but everytime i see it, i feel some actors and characters were miscast.... they cast Richard Grieco as Ben Siegel,
and Costas Mandylor as Frank Costello.
but in my opinion, Mandylor's face looked way more like Siegel, than Grieco did. and Grieco looked more like
Costello than Mandylor.... im sure it was because Grieco was a more known actor, than Mandylor at the time.
i thought that Patrick Dempsey and Christian Slater's roles were cast well....even though in this movie, Lansky was
taller than Luciano but then again,
they were up against Salvatore "Faranzano" not "Maranzano"....so i guess anythin goes in this movie...haha. but i do
think that F. Murray Abraham, played the best Arnold Rothsetin on film to date.
but anyway, "long story boring", if they had fixed this it wouldve been an even better movie.
now if i made a movie or movies, below are the actors that i would choose for each role. note all these characters
arent in the same movie, they are just the actors next to the character that i would choose for them. below is a
list of older era actors, and more modern day actors.
Back In The Day Actors for roles, all these actors would be in thier youth:
Paul Newman (hair dyed dark brown/black) - Benjamin Siegel/Bugsy
Angelo Infanti - Salvatore Lucania/Lucky Luciano
(cant think of anyone) - Meyer Lansky/The Little Man
Norman Fell - Louis Buchalter/Louis Lepke
Elliot Gould - Abraham Reles/Kid Twist
Tyrone Power - John "Jack" Diamond/Legs
William Frawley - Jacob Shapiro/Gurrah
(cant think of anyone) - Arnold Rothstein/the Brain
Jack Klugman - Francesco Castiglia/Frank Costello
Abe Vigoda - Vito Genovese/Don Vitone
Walter Matthau - Joseph Valachi/Joe Cargo
i cant think of many names, for the old school actors to match. thats why some are missing above.
Modern Day Actors for the roles:
Costas Mandylor - Benjamin Siegel/Bugsy
Mark Wahlberg - Salvatore Lucania/Lucky Luciano
David Vadim - Meyer Lansky/The Little Man
Johnny Depp - Louis Buchalter/Louis Lepke
Joaquin Phoenix - Abraham Reles/Kid Twist
Christian Bale - John "Jack" Diamond/Legs
Wil Wheaton - Jacob Orgen/Little Augie
Brad Pitt (with weight gain) - Jacob Shapiro/Gurrah
Kevin Spacey - Arnold Rothstein/the Brain
Tom Sizemore - Francesco Castiglia/Frank Costello
Tobey Maguire - Arthur Flegenheimer/Dutch Schultz
Benicio Del Toro - Vito Genovese/Don Vitone
Casey Siemaszko - Meyer Cohen/Mickey
Gary Oldman - Owney Madden/The Killer
Adrien Brody - Abner Zwillman/Longy
Leonardo DiCaprio - Vincent Coll/Mad Dog
Ben Affleck - Harry Strauss/Pittsburgh Phil
Philip Seymour Hoffman (hair dyed black) -Meyer "Martin" Goldstein/Buggsy
George Clooney (with a little weight gain) - Umberto Anastasio/Albert Anastasia
Dylan McDermott (slight weight gain) - Giuseppe Doto/Joe Adonis
James Gandolfini - Giuseppe "Joe" Masseria/The Boss
Tom Hanks - Salvatore Maranzano/Caesar
William Forsythe - Alphonse "Al" Capone/Scarface
that should be more than a few for now.....
Which actors/actresses would you pick, If you could make an Organized Crime Movie?
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Re: If You Made a Crime Movie, Who Would You Pick?
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10/25/10 02:24 AM
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They should make a picture of mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, played by Chazz Palminteri as they look a lot like each other.   Haha wow! You're right. Would be an interesting film too!
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Re: If You Made a Crime Movie, Who Would You Pick?
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11/06/10 01:42 AM
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Richard Dreyfuss did okay, but not really looked the part. Ben Kingsley was better, but a little bit annoying cause of his forced Jewish accent (which he also used for other movies in which he played a jew), while the real Lansky spoke clearly 'American'.
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