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** Also by Leone - [[Lee Van Cleef]] had played a romantic character in ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' who developed a father-son relationship with [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Monco. In ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Film)|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', Leone had him play a desperately evil mercenary torturer (the eponymous "Bad") who [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Blondie eventually shoots dead.
** Also by Leone - [[Lee Van Cleef]] had played a romantic character in ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' who developed a father-son relationship with [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Monco. In ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Film)|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', Leone had him play a desperately evil mercenary torturer (the eponymous "Bad") who [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Blondie eventually shoots dead.
** ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' was itself playing against type for Van Cleef, who was notorious for playing villains in Westerns. The movie teases us by introducing his character as if he was a villain, and only revealing him as a good character about half way through; it also uses imagery from all the Westerns in which Van Cleef played a villain - having him hide his gun like his character from ''Gunfight At The OK Corral'' and have a pocket watch like in ''The Bravados'' (although for an ''entirely'' different reason).
** ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' was itself playing against type for Van Cleef, who was notorious for playing villains in Westerns. The movie teases us by introducing his character as if he was a villain, and only revealing him as a good character about half way through; it also uses imagery from all the Westerns in which Van Cleef played a villain - having him hide his gun like his character from ''Gunfight At The OK Corral'' and have a pocket watch like in ''The Bravados'' (although for an ''entirely'' different reason).
** What about Clint Eastwood? In ''[[Rawhide]]'', he played a very wholesome [[Idiot Hero]] cowboy. In ''[[A Fistfulof Dollars]]'', he played an [[Anti-Hero]] [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Poncho]] cowboy, even using some of the same props he used for his last character. Leone claims that he decided to approach him for the lead for ''[[A Fistfulof Dollars]]'' after [[Face Doodling|drawing]] [[Perma Stubble]] [[Face Doodling|on his promo picture]].
** What about Clint Eastwood? In ''[[Rawhide]]'', he played a very wholesome [[Idiot Hero]] cowboy. In ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', he played an [[Anti-Hero]] [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Poncho]] cowboy, even using some of the same props he used for his last character. Leone claims that he decided to approach him for the lead for ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' after [[Face Doodling|drawing]] [[Perma Stubble]] [[Face Doodling|on his promo picture]].
*** Watch ''Rawhide'', ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Film)|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon (Film)|Paint Your Wagon]]'', and ''[[Unforgiven]]'' in rapid succession, it is amazing how many types Eastwood can play, without even leaving his westerns.
*** Watch ''Rawhide'', ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Film)|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon (Film)|Paint Your Wagon]]'', and ''[[Unforgiven]]'' in rapid succession, it is amazing how many types Eastwood can play, without even leaving his westerns.
* Jamel Debbouze, a renowned French-Moroccan comedian, played a major role in French war drama ''Indigènes'' (released in the US as ''Days of Glory''), even getting several [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowners]] throughout the film.
* Jamel Debbouze, a renowned French-Moroccan comedian, played a major role in French war drama ''Indigènes'' (released in the US as ''Days of Glory''), even getting several [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowners]] throughout the film.
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* When [[Tim Burton]] cast [[Michael Keaton]] as ''[[Batman (Film)|Batman]]'', audiences were dubious because Keaton was best known for his comedic roles. Burton already had a working relationship with Keaton and thought he would fit as the somewhat out-of-sync and antisocial Bruce Wayne that the script called for. Since that time, Keaton has played other menacing and even villainous characters.
* When [[Tim Burton]] cast [[Michael Keaton]] as ''[[Batman (Film)|Batman]]'', audiences were dubious because Keaton was best known for his comedic roles. Burton already had a working relationship with Keaton and thought he would fit as the somewhat out-of-sync and antisocial Bruce Wayne that the script called for. Since that time, Keaton has played other menacing and even villainous characters.
** And one [[Camp Straight|Sexually Ambiguous]] [[Toy Story|Ken Doll]].
** And one [[Camp Straight|Sexually Ambiguous]] [[Toy Story|Ken Doll]].
* When [[Heath Ledger]] was cast as the Joker in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga (Film)|The Dark Knight Saga]]'', he was best known for playing hunky, romantic characters in films such as ''[[Ten Things I Hate About You]]'', ''[[A Knights Tale]]'', and ''[[Casanova (Film)|Casanova]]''. Even his dramatic breakout role as a hunky, closeted gay rancher in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' didn't stray all that far from his niche. Audiences had no idea what to expect from Ledger playing the [[Complete Monster|downright evil]] [[The Joker|Joker]]. And both the gay rancher and the Joker provided the page image.
* When [[Heath Ledger]] was cast as the Joker in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga (Film)|The Dark Knight Saga]]'', he was best known for playing hunky, romantic characters in films such as ''[[Ten Things I Hate About You]]'', ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', and ''[[Casanova (Film)|Casanova]]''. Even his dramatic breakout role as a hunky, closeted gay rancher in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' didn't stray all that far from his niche. Audiences had no idea what to expect from Ledger playing the [[Complete Monster|downright evil]] [[The Joker|Joker]]. And both the gay rancher and the Joker provided the page image.
** [[Crazy Awesome|In the end]], [[So Cool Its Awesome|it worked]] [[Academy Award|pretty damn well.]]
** [[Crazy Awesome|In the end]], [[So Cool Its Awesome|it worked]] [[Academy Award|pretty damn well.]]
* [[Johnny Depp]] was perceived as merely a teen idol - then he played ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'', an almost textbook example of [[The Grotesque]], for [[Tim Burton]]. This is regarded as the turning point of Depp's career, so much so that eccentrics ''are'' his type whenever he works with Tim Burton. Also, Anthony Michael Hall was cast against type in that film as [[Jerk Jock|the brutish Jim]]; he was best known at the time for his nerdy roles.
* [[Johnny Depp]] was perceived as merely a teen idol - then he played ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'', an almost textbook example of [[The Grotesque]], for [[Tim Burton]]. This is regarded as the turning point of Depp's career, so much so that eccentrics ''are'' his type whenever he works with Tim Burton. Also, Anthony Michael Hall was cast against type in that film as [[Jerk Jock|the brutish Jim]]; he was best known at the time for his nerdy roles.
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