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But some did the movie, because they got to be vampires or superheroes, [[Unflinching Walk|walk away from explosions in trenchcoats]], ride motorcycles and ''fly through the air swinging a frickin' samurai sword''. This trope is when an actor took the part based on its [[Rule of Cool|cool factor]].
Contrast and compare with [[Money, Dear Boy]], [[Doing It for
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* [[Stephen Fry]] in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', as mentioned in the page quote.
* Ben Kingsley said his appearance in ''[[
* [[Hugo Weaving]] was once quoted as wanting to play [[The Lord of the Rings (
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] said that the only reason he took a role in ''[[Freejack]]'' was because he had always wanted to meet Mick Jagger.
** ''Both'' of them [[Ham and Cheese|Hammed and Cheesed]] it up like the world was ending. Perhaps the opposite was also true? The producers told Hopkins that Mick Jagger was involved so he'd sign on, and at the same time told Jagger that Anthony Hopkins was involved so '''he'd''' sign on.
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** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Made funnier]] by the fact that they did, indeed eventually get Keith Richards to play his dad.
* [[Matt Damon]], on why he took the role in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'':
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* Part of [[Robert Downey, Jr.|Robert Downey Jr.'s]] reason for taking the role of ''[[Iron Man (
** [[Jeff Bridges]], too. Not only was he a fan of the comics, he also wanted an excuse to shave his head bald.
** The same is also true of [[Jack Nicholson]] as [[The Joker]] in ''[[Batman (
** When it was announced that a ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' film was in the works, [[Michael Chiklis]] was the first man in line to audition. His anecdote was that, when casting was announced, he walked up to Stan Lee and introduced himself as Ben Grimm.
** When the character of [[Nick Fury]] was being reimagined for the ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'' line, [[Mark Millar]] and Bryan Hitch approached [[Samuel L. Jackson]] for likeness rights ([[Batman Gambit|knowing full well that Jackson was an avid comic book fan]]). Jackson's only conditions were that he get original prints of a few of the pages and that he get first crack at playing Nick Fury in a movie... which he did.
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] was in ''[[Snakes
** He also said it was the type of film he loved when he was a kid.
* [[Ron Perlman]] lobbied for the lead role in ''[[Hellboy (
* Basil Rathbone, on playing [[Sherlock Holmes]] in 1939's ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'':
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* This is why James Woods agreed to play Hades in ''[[Hercules (
* [[David Tennant]] went into acting specifically because he wanted to play the Doctor on ''[[
** Similarly, Alex Kingston has said on more than one occasion that one of her favorite parts of playing River Song is that she gets to do stunts, something that she didn't get to have on ''[[ER]]''.
** ''Doctor Who'' has a [
* [[Christian Bale]] said something to the effect of no matter how hard he worked out or how miserably uncomfortable the Batsuit was, it was all worth it because he got to be [[The Dark Knight|Batman]].
* [[Cillian Murphy]]'s reason for joining Nolan's [[Batman Begins]]: "just to be near the Batmobile".
* The [[Blaxploitation]] parody film ("Jewsploitation") ''[[The Hebrew Hammer]]'': Adam Goldberg, who played the titular character, opened the script, landed on a random page, read one epic line ("Shabbat Shalom, motherfuckers!"), and immediately agreed to do the film.
* [[Cate Blanchett]] largely took the role of Galadriel in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* [[Nicolas Cage]] was an [[Promoted Fanboy]] for his role as ''[[Ghost Rider]]''. Basically anytime you ask [[Nicolas Cage]] to play a superhero, he's there. [[One of Us|He named his kid]] ''[[Superman|Kal]]-[[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|El]]!'' Not to mention naming ''himself'' after [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]].
** This is also the reason he did ''[[Season of the Witch]]''. He always wanted to play a knight.
** There's a degree of this to ''every'' role Nic Cage takes, which is part of what makes him so awesome - he's ''always'' [[Doing It for
* [[Halle Berry]] says that she did ''[[Catwoman (
* [[M. Night Shyamalan]] wanted to direct the ''[[
** If he could ever admit to doing that, he'd win back a lot of the fans from his early movies who dismiss him now as too pretentious and formulaic.
* Part of the reason why Paul Verhoeven did ''[[
* [[Meryl Streep]] did ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'' because she took her daughter Louisa and some of Louisa's friends to see it for her eleventh birthday - which was in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 - and wrote a fan letter to the crew. When the time came for the movie, the girls-in-charge asked her to play Donna, and she accepted eagerly. Also, she wanted to have fun and kick up her heels for awhile.
** Meryl is actually pretty good for these. She's primarily known for serious, intense [[Oscar Bait]] roles, but every few years or so, she does something like ''She-Devil'' or ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' or ''[[Mamma Mia!]].'' It seems like she gives herself a Breather Movie every few years where she can just have fun, laugh, and ham it up.
** Pierce Brosnan, meanwhile, summed up his reason for doing the film as this: "Meryl Streep is starring." He also referred to Meryl as "that gorgeous blonde I had a terrible crush on in drama school."
* ''[[
** Mick Fleetwood played a nonhuman assassin in an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
** When [[Patrick Stewart]] is asked why a Shakespearean actor such as him wanted to be in ''Star Trek'', he gives this as his reason.
*** In fact, he once stated that years of performing Shakespeare ''prepared him for Star Trek''.
** NBA Hall-of-Famer James Worthy made guest appearance with very few lines in ''[[Star Trek:
** At the time, [[Wil Wheaton]] thought that getting to be helmsman of the ''[[Star Trek:
** [[Whoopi Goldberg]] actually went to the mountain - she showed up in person to ask for a part. They made her the [[Almighty Janitor|Almighty Bartender]] who is not only smarter and more capable than anyone else on the ship, but regularly gets away with dissing '''''[[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|Q]].'''''
*** She, in turn, got [[Dwight Schultz]] on board.
** Kim Cattrall took the part of Lieutenant Valeris in ''[[Star Trek VI:
** [[Malcolm McDowell]] actually ''hated'' the script of ''[[
** [[John Cho]] has stated that he strongly wanted the role of Sulu in the [[Star Trek (
** Averted with Stephen Collins, who played Decker in ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[Noah Antwiler]] has admitted that his costume that he wore to portray his over-the-top parody of [[Battlefield Earth (
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt signed onto ''[[G.I. Joe:
** This was ''almost'' inverted by Channing Tatum, who was skeptical of signing on to the film because he thought it would be a pro-war, gung-ho propaganda piece. Then he read the script and [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing|realized that it was none of that,]] and this trope was played straight.
*** According to the producers once they started casting they had so many applicants that actors actually starting ''fighting each other'' to try and get in on the movie.
* To this day, [[Frank Langella]] remembers his role as Skeletor in ''[[Masters of the Universe (
* [[Raul Julia]] was in the [[So Bad It's Good]] ''[[Street Fighter (
* Tom Hanks signed up for ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' when Pixar showed him a rough skit featuring a wireframe Woody. He said he knew the film was going to be unlike any other and signed on when they pitched him.
* Benicio Del Toro and Rick Baker jumped at the chance to work on the remake of ''[[The
* The ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' franchise, being a [[Long Runner]], has its share of [[Ascended Fanboy
* [[Peter Cullen]] was invited to voice the ''[[Predator]]'', and was reluctant, since he injured his throat voicing ''[[King Kong]]'' in 1976. Then he saw the unmasked creature, and accepted.
** This is also why he auditioned to reprise his role as Optimus Prime in the live-action ''[[Transformers (
* [[Jason Isaacs]]'s primary reason for doing the ''[[Harry Potter (
** [[Bill Nighy]] likewise signed on as Rufus Scrimgeor (despite the role amounting to only about ten minutes of screentime) because he didn't want to be the only actor in Britain who hadn't been in a ''Harry Potter'' movie.
** Ralph Fiennes on taking the role of Lord Voldemort:
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* When an interviewer asked [[William H Macy|William H. Macy]] why he accepted a role in ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park III]]'', he replied "Because I'm 50 years old and I [[Everything's Better
* Amusingly inverted by [[David Bowie]], who chose not to play a [[James Bond (
* [[Ryan Reynolds]] would ''not stop'' auditioning for superhero movies and talking himself up as the perfect casting choice for any superhero you could shake a stick at. He clearly wanted to be a superhero so very badly, and got to be [[Deadpool]] and [[Green Lantern (
* Jack Huston basically outright stated that he did ''[[Outlander (
* Most of the cast of ''[[The Phantom Menace]].'' Reportedly, after a lightsaber scene, Ewan McGregor could be overheard muttering, "'Do I want to be in ''[[Star Wars]]?''' F**k yeah!"
* By his own report, when Spielberg offered [[Shia
* Jude Law, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow all signed on for ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' immediately after watching Kerry Conran's six-minute film, which he produced on a home computer. They were all impressed with his vision, and wanted to see the film to its completion. (Also, it allowed Jolie to wear an eyepatch and a bubble-helmet, two things she'd always wanted.)
* If there's a a [[Super Robot Wars]] game with a role in it voiced by [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] of [[Gundam Wing]] fame, you can bet he's going to have a lot of extra voiced lines in it. This is because the guy is a huge fan of the games and as such always offers to do his lines for free.
* [[Angelina Jolie]] agreed to do ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
* Just about anyone doing a [[James Bond]] film has this as justification (due to either being part of the series or winning a free trip).
* Some of the cast of ''[[Sin City]]'' signed on after seeing the test footage which would eventually become the opening scene. In the making-of it's noted that a lot of them had wanted to play noir characters for a long time, such as [[Bruce Willis
* ''[[Andrew Garfield]]'' has said the reason he wanted to play ''[[Spider-Man]]'' in the [[The Amazing Spider-Man
* Paul Bettany did ''[[Legion]]'' because he got to play with guns, and got to be the ''good'' guy in an action film for once.
* [[The Beatles (
* ''Everyone'' involved in [[Speed Racer (
* [[Michael Caine]] on why he accepted a role in the sequel to ''Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D'':
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* [[Edward Norton]] appeared in ''The Score'' despite not particularly liking the script because it was likely the only chance he'd ever have to work with both Marlon Brando and Robert de Niro. As it turned out, it was Brando's final onscreen role.
* [[Vin Diesel]] took a voluntary pay cut to jump start the production of of [[The Chronicles of Riddick]] 2 with an R rating and avoid [[Executive Meddling]].
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120658/bio Victor Buono] was a
* [[Bob Hoskins]] has said one of his motivations behind starring in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' was that he'd get to be onscreen with [[Bugs Bunny]].
* Most if not all of the [[All-Star Cast]] of ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' agreed to be paid less than their usual asking prices because the script was so good.
* Helen Mirren loved working on ''[[
* When the production team of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' offered the role of the Great Dragon to [[John Hurt]], they didn't actually expect him to agree to be part of a small show with a cast of unknowns. His response to the offer, though, has been paraphrased as "hell, yeah, I want to be a dragon."
* Kasuka Heiwajima of ''[[Durarara
* This is exactly why {{spoiler|Basil Karlo/Clayface jumped at the chance to act as Joker's body double in [[Batman: Arkham City]]. Given that he was once an accomplished actor turned criminal, being able to play the role of Gotham's biggest and most dangerous criminal is (in his own words) "THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME!"}}
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