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* ''[[The Good Girl]]'' features [[Jennifer Aniston]] soon after ''[[Friends]]'', taking the lead role as a young woman trapped in a dreary, depressing life in a small Texas town. Her attempts to escape the crushing tedium result in terrible consequences with which she must live. Critics refer to it as Aniston's finest hour.

* In ''[[A Few Good Men]]'', doing this revived Kevin Bacon's career.

* When the first ''[[Tremors]]'' movie was beginning production, the studio was pushing for Michael Gross as Burt Gummer. Gross was then coming off the successful ''[[Family Ties]]'' (where he played Steven Keaton, an ex-flower child and the calm patriarch) and the studio was hoping his fame would be an asset. Of course, Burt was characterized as a conspiracy theorist with an itchy trigger finger. Casting was hesitant to say the least, but Gross wowed them at the audition (and he wound up being the only actor to be in every part of the ensuing franchise).

* [[Chris Evans]] is best known for playing characters who are smart alecs and/or pretty boys such as [[Fantastic Four (film)|Johnny Storm]]. So it came as quite a shock to see him play the serious, strait-laced [[Captain America (comics)]] in ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''. Surprisingly, he made it work.