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* [[Stephen Fry]] in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', as mentioned in the page quote.

* [[Hugo Weaving]] was once quoted as wanting to play [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Elrond]] and [[The Matrix|Agent Smith]] so that he could get action figures of himself and make them fight each other.

* [[Anthony Hopkins]] said that the only reason he took a role in ''[[Freejack]]'' was because he had always wanted to meet Mick Jagger.

* Basil Rathbone, on playing [[Sherlock Holmes]] in 1939's ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'':

{{quote|"Ever since I was a boy and first got acquainted with the great detective I wanted to be like him ... To play such a character means as much to me as ten '[[Hamlet]]s'!"}}

* [[David Tennant]] went into acting specifically because he wanted to play the Doctor on ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Apparently, several Doctors [[Long Runners|have said this]].<ref>Tenth Doctor David Tennant was inspired by Fifth Doctor [[Peter Davison]] who was inspired by Second Doctor [[Patrick Troughton]].</ref>

** 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]]''.

** 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."

* ''[[Star Trek]]'' in general is this. If you're casting a Star Trek episode and want an actor who has the ''slightest'' hint of geek in them, they're all yours as long as you let them have at least a ''little'' [[Ham and Cheese]].

** 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''.

** At the time, [[Wil Wheaton]] thought that getting to be helmsman of the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Enterprise]]'' was a dream come true.

** [[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]].'''''

** [[Malcolm McDowell]] actually ''hated'' the script of ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' until the producers said eight little words: "How would you like to {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him|kill Captain Kirk]]}}?"

** [[John Cho]] has stated that he strongly wanted the role of Sulu in the [[Star Trek (film)|2009 Trek reboot]] because it had meant a lot for him as a kid to see a rare non-stereotypical Asian face on television. In one interview he was asked if this was one of those times where he had aggressively pursued a role, and Cho emphatically responded "It was the ''only'' time."

* [[Noah Antwiler]] has admitted that his costume that he wore to portray his over-the-top parody of [[Battlefield Earth (film)|Terl]] made him physically ill. However, he was reportedly thrilled to play the character.

* Joseph Gordon-Levitt signed onto ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra|G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]'' upon seeing concept art for the costume that he'd be wearing. Needless to say, [[Ham and Cheese|he had a blast]]. Apparently this is why half of the cast signed up in the first place.

* To this day, [[Frank Langella]] remembers his role as Skeletor in ''[[Masters of the Universe (film)|Masters of the Universe]]'' as one of his favorites, and can be seen [[Large Ham|having the time of his life playing it]]. When he takes time out of an interview promoting ''[[Frost/Nixon]]'' to reflect on his time as a world-conquering skeleton monster, you know the awesome was there in spades.

* [[Raul Julia]] was in the [[So Bad It's Good]] ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'' movie as a combination of this and [[So My Kids Can Watch]]. He already knew that he was dying of cancer, so he choose the role because his grandkids were the fans of the series—and then [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|completely stole the movie]]. [[Ham and Cheese|M. Bison's scenes]] are the best parts of the film.

* Benicio Del Toro and Rick Baker jumped at the chance to work on the remake of ''[[The Wolf Man]]'' because both men are huge fans of the original.

* The ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' franchise, being a [[Long Runner]], has its share of [[Ascended Fanboy]]s. Masahiro Inoue ([[Kamen Rider Decade|Tsukasa Kadoya/Decade]]) and Renn Kiriyama ([[Kamen Rider Double|Shotaro Hidari/Double]]) are two such examples, both being part of ''[[Kamen Rider Black]]'''s [[Periphery Demographic]] when they were kids (and Inoue even getting the chance to work alongside ''Black'' star Tetsuo Kurata). However, the crown probably deserves to go to Ryota Murai, who went from a boy who loved ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' to the man who got to be the new Kuuga in ''Decade'' (since the original is busy [[I Am Not Spock|not being Spock]]).