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* ''[[Tarzan]]''. Quite a few people forget that Tarzan films reached theaters regularly from 1918 to 1968, and a live-action film came out as late as 2016. For obvious reasons (i.e. he barely wears clothes, so the aging of the actors received maximum attention), the part of Tarzan underwent constant recasting. Elmo Lincoln, Johnny Weissmuller, Lex Barker, Gordon Scott, Mike Henry and Casper Van Diem among others played the role. In 2016, Alexander Skarsgård played Tarzan in what is (as of this writing), the most live-action Tarzan film to reach theaters.
** The same is true for Jane and their son Boy - both had to be replaced. Justified with Boy, as they didn't want him getting too old.
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** Jeffrey Weissman became the Other Darrin for George McFly.
* Kirk Douglas played the dual roles of Harrison and his brother Spur in ''[[The Man from Snowy River]]''. When the sequel ''Return to Snowy River'' was filmed six years later, the role of Harrison was played by Brian Dennehy, and Spur was said to have died between the events of the two films, making it both The Other Darrin ''and'' a [[Bus Crash]].
* The youth of most of the cast of the ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' movies, as well as their easily identifiable powers, made it a simple matter for them to be replaced. The character of Kitty Pryde only became a major character in the third film, and was played by different
** Tyler Mane played Sabretooth in X-Men. He was replaced by [[Liev Schreiber]] for the prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
* Professor Moriarty, nemesis of [[Sherlock Holmes]], was played by Lionel Atwill in ''Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon'' and by Henry Daniell in ''The Woman in Green''. (He was also played by George Zucco in ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'', but this film doesn't share the same continuity as the others, despite featuring the same actors in the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.)
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* [[The Dragon|The Female Cenobite]] is played by [[w:Grace Kirby|Grace Kirby]] in the first ''[[Hellraiser]]'' movie and by [[w:Barbie Wilde|Barbie Wilde]] in the second. Of course, given the ''ton'' of makeup the actors playing Cenobites have to wear, it was easy to conceal the difference in looks.
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