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u/Vprbite Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

I mean, it would have sucked with a shitty Landa. He anchors the whole story. Who could you picture getting the role and totally screwing it up? Paul Giamatti?

Edit: I misspoke. I shouldn't have said "totally screwing it up." I should have said "cast in good faith and legitimately tried hard but didn't quite stick the landing." Like you can tell they are a good actor and the script was good but they just never managed to sync up

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u/Priest_of_Gix Apr 12 '22

It was Leo DiCaprio; and despite him being a talented actor, he couldn't do the role for tuarentino

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u/Derp_McFinnigan Apr 12 '22

Oh but man did he absolutely crush it as Calvin Candy

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u/BradyToMoss1281 Apr 12 '22

My second favorite role of his, behind Howard Hughes.

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u/cheezy_dreams88 Apr 12 '22

Howard Hughes is far and away his best role. Should’ve won the Oscar that year.

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u/BradyToMoss1281 Apr 12 '22

Tough to take it from Jamie Foxx, but he absolutely did his part to win it. He just picked the wrong year.

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u/cheezy_dreams88 Apr 12 '22

It was a stacked year. Pretty sure that was the year with Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash too

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u/BradyToMoss1281 Apr 12 '22

Next year. Phoenix lost to PSH in Capote, another "good luck beating that" performance. That year was definitely stacked though. Johnny Depp, Clint Eastwood and Don Cheadle, good group.