Comments on: 7 Ways to Cope with Movie Star Deaths

By: Moji

Moji — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:53:02 +0000

The ultimate example of “Cut and Paste” is Bruce Lee in the Game of Death.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:38:52 +0000

Danny on Trial,

My sentiments exactly! While I was watching Dark Knight, I kept exclaiming to my friend how fantastic Maggie Gyllenhall was and God, why wasn’t she in the first movie? It’s such a rare occasion when you don’t miss the original actor for a role. The first actor has to really RUIN a role.

By: Danny on Trial

Danny on Trial — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:11:23 +0000

I think it’s funny when actors are so terrible (Katie Holmes) that replacing them for the sequel doesn’t make any negative impact on the film or character.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:17:32 +0000

Dave,

It was David Strickland – he played ‘Todd, the music critic’.

I looked it up on IMDB

By: Kristyn

Kristyn — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:15:51 +0000

Chris Farley recorded almost all of the voice for Shrek before he died, but they scrapped it and got Mike Myers. It’s said that Farley made a really moving Shrek.

By: Andrew D

Andrew D — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:34:51 +0000

Didn’t the woman who played the Oracle in the first Matrix die between the first and second movies? They just replaced her with another character and make up some stupid story about her appearing changing.

-Andrew

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:24:50 +0000

Does anyone remember “Suddenly Susan” and the actor that committed suicide during one season? I don’t remember his name, but I do remember that the next episode was about him dying (accidentally) and it was a very sad and moving half hour.

Come to think of it, “NewsRadio” handled Phil Hartman’s death similarly.

In both cases the series went downhill quickly with less talented replacements.

By: joey

joey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:57:51 +0000

this isn’t in reference to film but to tv. when nancy marchand died on the sopranos they used old outtakes and poor body doubles for the first few episodes after her death. it was extremely distracting and creepy.

By: ladron

ladron — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:42:50 +0000

No mention of commenting without reading the entire article is complete without a reference to Austin and “8-14-2008 at 8:50 am.”

By: Sheldon Siegel

Sheldon Siegel — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:29:41 +0000

I think I remember reading about how they had to dub David Niven’s voice for his last Pink Panther movie because his MLS had made him unable to speak.

Also, when they re-released “Sparticus” they had to dub Olivier’s voice in some scenes because the originals were gone and he was dead by then.