Hey pandas. What casting choices made a character iconic? This could include great characters that are made even better by the casting choice or uninteresting or poorly written characters that came to life with a casting choice. Voice actor casting choices are welcome as well.
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Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man. It sounded right the minute I heard it, and he didn’t fail to deliver.
Dale Dickey as Patty the Daytime Hooker
From Marvel:
Alfred Molina as Doc Ock
Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Sir Patrick Stewart as Professor XFrom DC:
Heath Ledger as the Joker
Mark Hamill as the Joker(voice actor)
From Harry Potter:
Alan Rickman as Snape
Maggie Smith as Mcgonagall
From LOTR:
Sir Ian Mckellan as Gandalf
Sir Christopher Lee as Saruman
From Star Trek:
Sir Patrick Stewart as Picard
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
From The Matrix:
Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith
From John Wick:
Keanu Reeves as John Wick
I'm sure that I have forgotten and left some people off this list.
Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala
Ian McDiardmid as Emperor Palpatine
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
Oscar Isaac as Poe
Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel Madrigal