In our One Year Spectacular, we created four Top 10 lists. Best cast roles, worst choices, best moments, and Top 10 adaptations of the past year of Adapt or Perish. Here’s the first in a series of posts detailing each list.
We mentioned that we came up with a list of nominees that we both chose from for our draft. Some were individual actors, some were pairings, and some were groups. Here’s that complete list. Each will bring you to that episode!
- Amybeth McNulty as Anne Shirley, Anne with an E
- Geraldine James and R.H. Thompson as Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, Anne with an E
- Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
- Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry, Jurassic Park
- Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice (1995)
- Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, Pride & Prejudice (1995)
- Stephen Fry as The Book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Alistair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (1951)
- Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (1999)
- Trini Alvarado, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, and Samantha Mathis as the little women in Little Women (1994)
- Susan Sarandon as Marmee, Little Women (1994)
- Elizabeth Moss as June, The Handmaid’s Tale (2017–)
- Samira Wiley as Moira, The Handmaid’s Tale (2017–)
- Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, The Godfather
- Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
- The entire cast of The Princess Bride
- Ingrid Bergman as Greta, Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express (2010)
- Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- Cate Blanchett as Carol, Carol
- Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock, The Producers (2001 & 2005)
- Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind, The Producers (2005)
- All the baby actors in The Joy Luck Club
- Roy Schneider as Brody, Jaws
- Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper, Jaws
- Robert Shaw as Quint, Jaws
- Bruce the Shark, Jaws
- Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as Armand and Albert, The Birdcage
- Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Jeff Bridges as the aviator, The Little Prince (2015)
- Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Who, A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Here’s how our Top 10 Cast came together:
- Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
- Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as Armand and Albert in The Birdcage
- Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (1995)
- Trini Alvarado, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, and Samantha Mathis as the little women in Little Women (1994)
- The cast of The Princess Bride
- Amybeth McNulty as Anne Shirley in Anne with an E
- Stephen Fry as The Book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Ingrid Bergman as Greta in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Elisabeth Moss as June in The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)
- Bruce the Shark in Jaws
I still can’t believe that Bruce the Shark made his way onto the list. Michael Caine and Patrick Stewart didn’t make it to the list.