Dec 03 2009

Actors Return to their Most Iconic Roles for Empire’s 20th

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42 Responses to “Actors Return to their Most Iconic Roles for Empire’s 20th”

1. # Madisonon 03 Dec 2009 at 2:06 pm

   

   So well done. I’d have liked to have seen some Michael Beihn, but he’s not nearly as big as the rest of these guys. Maybe the cast of Pulp Fiction.

2. # Nattybon 03 Dec 2009 at 2:16 pm

   

   Wow, this is sick. How about William Zabka from Karate Kid?

3. # Lagrangeon 03 Dec 2009 at 7:28 pm

   

   haha, nice!!
   3 people I have to comment on:
   Matt Damon is just sitting there.
   Laurence Fishburne looks really gay.
   Of all of these, with those legs, Emma Watson is the one who I can’t imagine in her role the most.

4. # Megon 03 Dec 2009 at 8:28 pm

   

   What a brilliant photo shoot, I can’t believe it took someone this long to think to do it. Or more likely, convince all the celebs to do it. I agree with Madison, the cast of Pulp fiction would’ve been great, but I would’ve rather seen the cast from Reservoir dogs. Also, I would love to see Malcolm McDowell as Alex again. But that might bring back the nightmares.

5. # chelseaon 03 Dec 2009 at 9:52 pm

   

   tom cruise’s most famous role is “minority report”…. i don’t think so.

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   resevour dogs ftw !

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   that is pretty awesome…it made me smile ^^

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11. # Damienon 05 Dec 2009 at 9:48 pm

    

    Thanks so much for posting this.
    Made my day!

12. # Berton 07 Dec 2009 at 3:49 pm

    

    Christian Bale’s most iconic role is Patrick Bateman? Lose the “e” in Bateman and you’re getting much closer!

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15. # Lezzon 21 Apr 2010 at 11:18 am

    

    for Tom Cruise, the better option would’ve been Top Gun

16. # fdson 25 Jun 2010 at 5:24 am

    

    Some of these were honestly terrible and not at all “legendary”.

    Main offender being harry potter… The series isn’t even finished yet, is it?

17. # Brittanyon 11 Jul 2010 at 5:37 pm

    

    someone had to say it…if only heath ledger as the joker could be on this list.

18. # Stubbedon 05 Nov 2010 at 5:13 pm

    

    All of these look really good. Though I have to say, Matt Damon, anyone could have rolled up that magazine. But I guess rolling the shit outta that magazine is what makes him…?

19. # elsaon 08 Nov 2010 at 12:51 pm

    

    great pictures! while I don’t usually like movies with zombies and such … loved ‘Shaun of the Dead’!
    and that little video of the car parking … brilliant!

20. # bhuon 12 Dec 2010 at 2:42 am

    

    I think these are great pictures. Awesome actually.

    I have a problem with there being only 2 actresses represented, and neither in a shoot by herself. There have been tons of women in really awesome roles, and they’re not here. Seriously, where are the women? Why are they so under represented here? Where’s Meryl Streep? Where’s Cate Blanchett? Kate Winslet? Nicole Kidman? Laura Linney? Hillary Swank? Charlize Theoron? Emma Thompson? Judi Dench? So many amazing actresses, and only 2 in this huge “legends” shoot?

21. # Djon 21 Mar 2011 at 12:28 am

    

    Wtf? How is Minority Report Tom Cruise’s most iconic role? What happened to Jerry Maguire? Mission Impossible?

22. # alfaz12on 26 Mar 2011 at 3:43 pm

    

    what a collection man . gerat peace of work …. totally auwsum lovin it….

23. # Love Your Lawnon 22 May 2011 at 10:07 am

    

    I don’t know how Ben Stiller managed to get that iconic stupid look back again, but hilarious seeing it… Lawrence Fishburne always a legend, and Kevin Spacey always…. just a bit creepy.

    Great Pics!

24. # JaySin420on 29 May 2011 at 11:40 am

    

    Very cool.

25. # Daveon 14 Jul 2011 at 10:13 am

    

    Matt Damon sat in jeans and t-shirt is hardly returning to his legendary role…

26. # Nelsonon 22 Jul 2011 at 3:09 am

    

    Tom Cruise most Iconic role to me is the role of maverick in top gun

27. # T800on 25 Jul 2011 at 3:16 am

    

    Arnie is still The Man

28. # Mikeon 08 Aug 2011 at 4:23 pm

    

    The chair kills Fishburne’s shoot for me. It’s a shadow of what the movie prop was.

29. # nilson 09 Aug 2011 at 10:43 am

    

    nice idea, but seriously: the photos are horrible.
    the ones of matt damon for example… this is just no good photography.

30. # Alexon 10 Aug 2011 at 11:16 am

    

    @Meg
    http://29.media.tumblr.com/JHNSjgA33lvzuz18AgigySvxo1_400.jpg

    Sorry for the nightmares…

31. # Greatideaon 30 Aug 2011 at 7:17 pm

    

    Some more ideas:

    Keanu Reeves – Neo

    Helen Mirren – Queen Elizabeth II

    Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett (best example of a great film with them together)

    Sir Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn – Professor X, Storm, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Mystique

    Will Ferell and Christina Applegate – Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone

    Mike Meyers – Austin Powers

    Charlize Theron – Eileen Wournos

    Kate Beckinsdale – Selene

    Milla Jokovich – Alice

    Samuel L Jackson, John Travolta – Jules Winnifred, Vincent Vega

    Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu – Beatrix Kiddo, Oren-Ishi

    Catherine Zeta Jones, Queen Latifah – Velma Kelly, Matron Mama Morton

32. # jayon 07 Sep 2011 at 10:05 am

    

    al pacino as scarface, robert de niro as the bull or the taxi driver, val kilmer as either ice man or doc holliday, anthony hopkins and jodi foster from silence of the lambs, bruce willis from die hard, robin williams from either patch adams or good morning vietnam, clint eastwood in a fistful of dollars or dirty harry, …

33. # hosaon 10 Sep 2011 at 8:30 am

    

    I WANT THAT SWORD SO BADLY

34. # matton 29 Sep 2011 at 12:21 pm

    

    Uhhhhhh Stubbed……..
    If you’ve ever seen the Bourne movies, you would know what the rolled up magazine means. It means he’s gonna kick your ass with it. And I really liked the Sam Neil one. Jurassic Park FTW.

35. # ceciliaon 04 Oct 2011 at 2:47 am

    

    This is the best thing I’ve seen in my life!

36. # Fisherron 27 Oct 2011 at 12:47 pm

    

    This is the best photo shoot my eyes have ever laid on.

    Would have loved to see something for De Niro or Pacino or maybe both together in a picture reprise “Heat”.

    Harrison Ford as Indiana.

    Hanks in Road To Perdition.

    Richard & Julia in Pretty Woman.

    Michael Jay Fox & Chris Lloyd in Back To The Future.

    Robert Englund as Fredrick Kruger.

    Michael Keaton as Batman.

    Bruce Willis in Die Hard.

    Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.

    Damn, there are a lot of other great movies.

37. # ikilledacaton 29 Nov 2011 at 11:15 pm

    

    Feed Me A Stray Cat.
    Yes! Patrick Bateman lives again. Too cool. So glad they didn’t go with Batman, that’s too prosaic. Any true fan of Christian knows that American Psycho was one of his best earliest roles that is a cult classic. He only became well known in the US because of Batman.
    Very cool that they got all the celebs to relive some iconic roles, but the set design is atrociously dull and you can see the masking tape on the ground and things are off framed. Poor photography, but still epic to see everyone.
    The harry potter and bourne identity ones are just lazily put together. Paper airplanes are wizardly?
    And agreed about Tom Cruise. Minority Report is the last movie I associate with him.
    Be greedy all you want, but Harrison hates reliving old roles. He’d never agree to doing the photo shoot. Would be groovy tho.

38. # Joelon 18 Jan 2012 at 9:09 pm

    

    I am fairly sure that a large number of these movies are from the 21st Century

39. # Iggy Catalpaon 02 Feb 2012 at 12:00 pm

    

    Y’know, why HASN’T someone gotten all the James Bonds together in one room at the same time? That would be an amazingly awesome portrait! And yeah, Tom Cruise really should have been Top Gun’ing it in his picture.

40. # Zachon 12 May 2012 at 1:02 pm

    

    Lots of good suggestions here. I especially like the one about getting all the Bonds together. That would be great. I’d also like to see….

    1. Cast of Star Wars
    2. Cast of Star Trek (original)
    3. Cast of Aliens
    4. Sly Stallone (Rocky or Rambo)
    5. Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
    6. Kevin Costner & Connery (Untouchables)
    7. Gene Hackman (Hoosiers)
    8. Sean Astin (Rudy)
    9. Kurt Russell (Escape From NY)
    10. Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins (Shawshank)

41. # Chuckon 10 Jun 2012 at 8:12 pm

    

    They should have done Kirgo for Kevin Spacey, he’s got a sense of humor I’m sure he would have been down.
    http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsS/16266-16897.gif

42. # Dannyon 17 Jan 2013 at 11:06 am

    

    You dumb people, legendary mean old roles… how are you gonna use batman or some new movie? the idea is from old papers, is not like using dicaprio for inception since its a recent movie

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