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** Speaking of ''Elf'', you can make a case for tough-guy [[James Caan]] playing the straight man father figure to Will Ferrell's man-elf, his deadpan delivery leading to some laughs as well.
** Speaking of ''Elf'', you can make a case for tough-guy [[James Caan]] playing the straight man father figure to Will Ferrell's man-elf, his deadpan delivery leading to some laughs as well.
* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]'' had [[Liam Neeson]], usually cast as the noble hero, as the baddie, and [[Gary Oldman]], usually cast as the villain (or at least violently conflicted anti-hero) as the heroic Jim Gordon, Batman's sole ally among the Gotham City police.
* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]'' had [[Liam Neeson]], usually cast as the noble hero, as the baddie, and [[Gary Oldman]], usually cast as the villain (or at least violently conflicted anti-hero) as the heroic Jim Gordon, Batman's sole ally among the Gotham City police.
** [[Gary Oldman]] in ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', where he is very much a subversion of himself. In the first act, he is set up to be the villainous Gary Oldman we all know, but not when we see him.
** [[Gary Oldman]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', where he is very much a subversion of himself. In the first act, he is set up to be the villainous Gary Oldman we all know, but not when we see him.
* Speaking of [[Gary Oldman]], he and [[Tim Roth]] were [[Typecasting]] as some of the all-time toughest villains and [[Badass|badasses]] of [[The Nineties]], but played totally against type as the title characters of ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'', where Oldman is an innocent [[Adult Child]] and Roth is a neurotic paranoiac.
* Speaking of [[Gary Oldman]], he and [[Tim Roth]] were [[Typecasting]] as some of the all-time toughest villains and [[Badass|badasses]] of [[The Nineties]], but played totally against type as the title characters of ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'', where Oldman is an innocent [[Adult Child]] and Roth is a neurotic paranoiac.
** [[Tim Roth]] interestingly subverted his "type" by playing a clever ex-con... in the fluffy [[Woody Allen]] musical ''Everyone Says I Love You''.
** [[Tim Roth]] interestingly subverted his "type" by playing a clever ex-con... in the fluffy [[Woody Allen]] musical ''Everyone Says I Love You''.
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* [[George Carlin]] played an atypically serious role in [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''Jersey Girl'', as a grandfather who takes sick leave to care for his granddaughter that her father's been neglecting.
* [[George Carlin]] played an atypically serious role in [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''Jersey Girl'', as a grandfather who takes sick leave to care for his granddaughter that her father's been neglecting.
* Played for laughs in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'' where [[Mark Hamill]] is the Cocknocker, a supervillain with a massive right fist.
* Played for laughs in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'' where [[Mark Hamill]] is the Cocknocker, a supervillain with a massive right fist.
* [[Rupert Grint]] (best known as [[[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]] Ron Weasley) admitted that he made a conscious effort to play against type in the Irish teen drama ''[[Cherrybomb]]'', in which he can be seen swearing, drinking, stealing, having sex, and snorting cocaine.
* [[Rupert Grint]] (best known as [[Harry Potter (film)|Ron Weasley]]) admitted that he made a conscious effort to play against type in the Irish teen drama ''[[Cherrybomb]]'', in which he can be seen swearing, drinking, stealing, having sex, and snorting cocaine.
* Beverley Mitchell, best known as the middle daughter in ''[[7th Heaven|Seventh Heaven]]'', plays a jigsaw victim in ''[[Saw]] II''.
* Beverley Mitchell, best known as the middle daughter in ''[[7th Heaven|Seventh Heaven]]'', plays a jigsaw victim in ''[[Saw]] II''.
* Shahid Kapur, often associated to romantic movies like ''Jab We Met'' and ''Vivah'', plays a gangster in ''Kaminey''.
* Shahid Kapur, often associated to romantic movies like ''Jab We Met'' and ''Vivah'', plays a gangster in ''Kaminey''.
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