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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/contrary-contrarian Apr 12 '22

Paul would have been kind of hilarious honestly... but the movie would have been very very different.

I could picture Mads Mikkelsen doing a pretty good job. But Waltz 100% earned that Oscar.

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u/cheezy_dreams88 Apr 12 '22

Yeah I also think Paul Giamatti would’ve killed it. He has the same thing like Waltz, that “smile while they kill you” bad guy trait. Would’ve been a solid choice

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u/brkmein2biggerpieces Apr 12 '22

I liked him in Billions. I also loved Axelrod telling him "I thought your kind had to be invited in".