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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* ''[[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 1998. 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, and Mike Henry among others played the role. In 1998, Casper Van Dien played Tarzan in the last live-action Tarzan film to reach theaters.▼
▲* ''[[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
** 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.
* Bond. [[James Bond (
** However, the fact that Blofeld doesn't at first recognize him when he pretends to be Hilary Bray suggests that a plot element was carried over from the initial draft of the screenplay, in which Bond was explained to have undergone [[Magic Plastic Surgery|plastic surgery]].
*** And when Connery returned to play Bond in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'', M asks whether he enjoyed his vacation.
** The Bond films also include many other characters having a change of actor, such as Bond's nemesis Blofeld, his American ally Felix Leiter (who appeared in nine of the films and was played by seven different actors) and Moneypenny. The character of M is, on the other hand, not really an example of this (despite even changing gender) since M is the character's ''title'', not name. M is therefore an example of [[No Name Given]] and [[Legacy Character]].
*** This may be justified in Blofeld's case: Even in the original novels, his appearance changes radically through the wonders of plastic surgery.
*** Actor Bernard Lee died after ''[[
* Batman/Bruce Wayne was played in ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Batman Returns]]'' by [[Michael Keaton]], who then quit the role and was replaced by Val Kilmer for ''[[Batman Forever]]'', who also quit the role and was replaced [[George Clooney]] for ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]''.
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** In [[The Dark Knight Saga]], Rachel Dawes is played by Katie Holmes in ''Batman Begins'' and [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] in ''The Dark Knight''.
* In the sequels of ''[[Back to
** Also, Crispin Glover declined to appear as George McFly, so he was made into a [[Fake Shemp]].
** Jeffrey Weissman became the Other Darrin for George McFly.
* Kirk Douglas played the dual roles of Harrison and his brother Spur in ''[[The Man
* The youth of most of the cast of the ''[[X-Men (
** 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.)
* Extremely common in direct-to-video sequels that feature the same characters from their theatrically-released predecessors. Just a few examples of many include ''[[Cruel Intentions]] 2'' and ''3'', ''[[
* Lieutenant Saavik was played by Kirstie Alley in ''[[Star Trek II:
** In addition, an earlier script for ''[[Star Trek VI:
* Terrence Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle for the ''[[Iron Man (
** Also in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], [[Edward Norton]] played Bruce Banner in ''[[The Incredible Hulk (
* The ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (
* ''[[Terminator]] Salvation'' has the recasting of all returning roles (except Sarah Connor, the taperecorded voice is still Linda Hamilton).
** Each of the ''Terminator'' sequels have a different actor portray John Connor (not counting [[Timeshifted Actor|Timeshifted Actors]]): Edward Furlong, Nick Stahl, and [[Christian Bale]]. Thomas Dekker played him in [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|the series]].
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** Boba Fett was portrayed by Jeremy Bulloch in Episodes V and VI (and voiced by Jason Wingreen), but in II, it's established that the character is a clone of Jango Fett, played by Temuera Morrison. Similar to Palpatine's appearance, Morisson's voice is re-dubbed over Wingreen's dialogue in the special edition DVD release of V.
* Anne Cusack replaces Courtney Cox in ''[[Ace Ventura]] Jr.''
* ''[[Plan 9
* Lampshaded in the second ''[[George of the Jungle (
* In ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]'' and ''The Mummy Returns'', the role of Evy O'Connell is played by Rachel Weisz. However, in ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', her role was taken over by Maria Bello when Weisz declined. Her first scene shows her at a book reading/signing event with several discrete camera angles showing an arm, her downturned head, etc. Eventually, one of her audience members asks her if it's true that the main character was based on her own experience. In the greatest [[Lampshade Hanging]] since [[The Matrix|The Oracle]]'s explanation for her new appearance, the camera zooms in on Evy's face for the first time as she says, "Honestly, I can truly say she's a completely different person."
* Always done with Clark Griswold's children Rusty and Audrey in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' series, always fluctuating in age and appearance, to the point that ''Vegas Vacation'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hung one on this]] when Clark remarked during their first appearance that he hardly recognises them anymore. ''Christmas Vacation 2'' had no Rusty (nor Clark nor Ellen, for that matter, as this one stars Cousin Eddie), but the Audrey from the original ''Vacation'' does return.
* Omar Epps replaced Wesley Snipes as Willie "Mays" Hayes in ''[[Major League]] 2''.
* Jack Ryan, in the movie versions of the [[Tom Clancy]] ''Ryanverse'' novels, has been played by
** Though in [[The Sum of All Fears|Ben Affleck's case]], it's justified as a [[Continuity Reboot]] attempt.
*
* After [[Jodie Foster]] played Clarice Starling in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'', [[Julianne Moore]] took over the role for ''[[Hannibal]]''.
* Brian Cox was the first actor to play Hannibal Lecter in ''[[Manhunter (
* ''[[Clerks]]'' features the character of Willam Black, played by Scott Mosier. ''[[Mallrats]]'', which takes place the day before ''[[Clerks]]'', also features the character--except now he's Ethan Suplee. We're left to assume that over the course of a night this guy lost a good fifty pounds and grew in a decent-sized beard. (The character also appears in Scott form in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''.)
* ''[[
* Mother Firefly is played by Karen Black in ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]'' and Leslie Easterbrook in ''[[The
* Three of the four main cast in ''Another Gay Movie'' were replaced for ''Another Gay Sequel'' -- [[Lampshaded]] by the mother at the beginning of the movie.
* Dave Robicheaux is played by Alec Baldwin in ''Heaven's Prisoners'' and by Tommy Lee Jones in ''In the Electric Mist''.
* Liz Frasier played Mrs. Pike in [[The Movie]] of ''[[
* ''[[Dune|Children of Dune]]'', the sequel to the Sci-Fi channel mini-series, features a new Stilgar, a new Jessica and a new Duncan Idaho.
* ''[[El Mariachi]]'' has the title character played by Carlos Gallardo. In the sequels ''[[Desperado]]'' and ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]'', he is played by [[Antonio Banderas]]. Gallardo even has a [[Remake Cameo|cameo]] in ''Desperado''.
* ''[[Dead Like Me]]''. Daisy Adair was played by [[Laura Harris]] in the TV series but was replaced with Sarah Wynter in the movie.
* In a [[Same Language Dub|Same Language Dubbing]] example, the restored scenes from ''[[The Good, the Bad
* This happens to [[Dracula]] from time to time. In the [[Dracula (
** Similarly, in the classic Universal horror series, [[
* Luis Buñuel's film ''That Obscure Object of Desire'' features two actresses, Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina, in the single role of Conchita. Who Conchita is played by changes from scene to scene, and sometimes even from shot to shot. It's unclear whether this is a comment on Conchita's mercurial nature, a comment on Mathieu's failure to see her for who she really is, or if it's just [[Mind Screw|weird for the sake of weird]].
* In the teen romantic comedy ''[[
* The sequel to ''[[The Neverending Story (
* ''[[Perry Mason]]''
** Perry Mason was originally played by Warren William in a series of 1930s movies. After four movies, William left; two more movies were made, with Ricardo Cortez and Donald Woods playing Mason in each of them. Then the character went to television, with Raymond Burr becoming the definitive Mason.
** And before Barbara Hale played Mason's secretary Della Street on TV, no fewer than 5 actresses took turns playing the role in the above-mentioned film series; only Claire Dodd played Street in more than one movie.
* This trope was done several times for artistic effect in ''Palindromes''.
* In the first ''[[Hellboy (
* Perhaps the most extreme example of this trope is the character of Allen in ''Happiness'' and its sequel, ''Life During Wartime''. The character was played by white actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and then black actor, Michael K. Williams, without any explanation for the complete change of the character's race. Of course, all of the characters in ''Life During Wartime'' were played by different actors than in previous Todd Solondz' films, but Allen is the most noticeable difference.
* [[Inspector Gadget (
* Rachelle Lefèvre played vampire villainess Victoria in ''[[Twilight (
** Narrowly averted when [[Taylor Lautner]] almost lost his role as Jacob Black in ''New Moon''. The director of ''New Moon'', Chris Weiss, was considering recasting Jacob, because he decided he wanted a taller and more muscular actor to play him ([[Executive Meddling|the studio producers were openly negotiating with other actors before the end of filming the first movie]]). Upon hearing this, Lautner immediately hit the gym and [[Heroic Build|apparently never left]]. He gained an insane ''35 pounds of muscle'' to keep his role in the series.
* The ''[[Halloweentown]]'' Disney Channel movies had this happen with the lead character, Marnie Piper, who was played by Kimberly J. Brown for the first three movies, and Sara Paxton for the fourth. Apparently Brown was being screwed by Disney because not even she knows why she was replaced! It's usually speculated that Disney wanted a younger actress for the 4th film to keep the franchise fresh (Brown was 22 at the time wheres Paxton was 19).
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* The [[Live Action Adaptation|Live Action Adaptations]] of ''[[Asterix]]'' suffer this a lot. Gerard Depardieu as Obelix is the only actor to have stayed in all movies so far, while the rest of the main cast has been constantly changed: Asterix has been the same only in the first two movies and Caesar has been played by a different actor every time. The fourth movie, coming in October 2012, will feature two different actors as Asterix and Caesar, again.
* In the first ''[[Critters]]'' film, Sheriff Harv is played by M. Emmet Walsh. In the sequel, he's portrayed by Barry Corbin.
* In the [[
* A slight variation occured in [[The Lion King]] with Scar. Scar was normally voiced by Jeremy Irons, but the ending portion of the song "Be Prepared" (starting with the verse "You Won't Get A Sniff Without Me") was done by Jim Cummings (who is Ed's voice actor) instead of Irons due to Irons blowing out his voice during recording sessions. It also led to a [[Throw It In]] moment when Ed was uncharacteristically sang a verse from the song (most of the time, Ed is either silent, or [[The Hyena|communicates via insane laughter]]).
* [[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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