Who would you have play Barry Lyndon?

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Felixthecat34213 — 10 years ago(December 13, 2015 10:21 PM)

If Ronald Colman, Richard Burton, Frederic March, Peter O'Toole (all in their youth, of course) would be ideal.
They would have brought too much Hubris, would have been too self aware. Almost the stereotype of the typical "rogue."
Although lacking the charm of the above mentioned, Ryan O Neal brings a quiet, calculating resolve to his character that works much better.
O'Neal, sounding like he just got off his surf board in Malibu, is an embarrassment.
No he really doesn't, he actually came off as someone who studied and observed the accent thoroughly, although I can't say that about most of his roles. Ryan O Neal actually worked on this role and put some effort into it.

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Huskies545874 — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 07:22 PM)

Ryan O'Neal was outstanding in the lead.

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jones7418 — 10 years ago(November 18, 2015 07:04 PM)

Tom Courtney, Oliver Reed or Alan Bates.

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kaskait — 10 years ago(December 06, 2015 10:04 AM)

They are better actors than O'Neal but none of them had his angelic good look. The way O'Neal looked was many times more important than his acting.

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Bob_Schaaf — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 05:04 AM)

In the same way that the look of a Kubrick movie is often more important than its content.

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andyk69 — 10 years ago(December 10, 2015 01:40 PM)

Anybody except Ryan O'neil, his performance is the only thing in this beautiful movie that doesn't fit quite right at all.

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guccipix — 10 years ago(December 15, 2015 04:24 PM)

I actually think O'Neal suited the role, but McDowell would've been awesome in it too.
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TheArtOfBeingRandom34523 — 9 years ago(July 10, 2016 05:36 PM)

Michael J Fox.

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nephihaha — 9 years ago(July 26, 2016 04:04 PM)

David Warner if he could do the accent.
But what about an Irish actir?
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Druffmaul — 9 years ago(December 16, 2016 03:25 PM)

Keith Carradine could have done it.