Same Names Different Faces

  • Rachel Dawes

    Rachel Dawes

    Batman's love interest switched actresses from Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight. Sorry, Bruce Wayne, but that's not an upgrade. 

  • Jim Rhodes (aka War Machine)

    Jim Rhodes (aka War Machine)

    The calm Don Cheadle replaced the crazy-eyed and sweating Terence Howard in the Iron Man series and subsequent MCU films. That's like switching from Red Bull to decaf. 

  • Bruce Banner - The Hulk

    Bruce Banner - The Hulk

    Marvel finally found their (green) man with Mark Ruffalo, who looked better in ripped purple shorts than Eric Bana and Edward Norton. 

  • Lisbeth Salander

    Lisbeth Salander

    Claire Foy wore the infamous back tat, taking over the Lisbeth Salander role from Rooney Mara in the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel.  

  • Red Skull

    Red Skull

    Genius impressionist/actor Ross Marquand (of The Walking Dead) put on the prosthetics to revive Captain America's nemesis in Infinity War. The face-melted Nazi was originally played by Hugo Weaving. 

  • Victoria

    Victoria

    Bryce Dallas Howard swooped into the villainous Twilight role in place of Rachelle Lefevre for the third film. Talk about ginger-on-ginger crime. 

  • Albus Dumbledore

    Albus Dumbledore

    Michael Gambon had to step into Sir Richard Harris' wizard shoes after the legendary actor's death before filming the first sequel.  

  • V

    V

    It's rare to get the heave-ho during the shooting of a film, but that's exactly what happened to James Purefoy for V for Vendetta. His replacement? None other than Hugo Weaving. 

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