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replacement actors for popular characters - are they ever better?
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I was just wondering if anyone could think of any characters in shows that have had the actor replaced - and have actually been better than the original....?
i can only think of neil stuke in game on, being better than ben chaplin... not by a huge margin, but still better i thought.
( i don't mean kids growing up and coming back as adults, like adam ricket in corrie)
i can only think of neil stuke in game on, being better than ben chaplin... not by a huge margin, but still better i thought.
( i don't mean kids growing up and coming back as adults, like adam ricket in corrie)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Of course, this sort of thing happened on the radio as well: in The Archers, Harry Oakes (Dan Archer) was replaced by Monte Crick; in Mrs Dale's Diary Ellis Powell was replaced by the former musical comedy star Jessie Matthews; and there have been several others.
Interesting to see viewpoints on best Dr Who; most Who fans rate Tom Baker as the best, with Patrick Troughton or Jon Pertwee fighting it out for second place.
I have to say I preferred the first Becky in Roseanne.
And what about A for Andromeda? In the original series the 'creature' was played by Julie Christie; but in the second and final series The Andromeda Breakthrough, she had somehow 'morphed' into Susan Hampshire!
Interesting to see viewpoints on best Dr Who; most Who fans rate Tom Baker as the best, with Patrick Troughton or Jon Pertwee fighting it out for second place.
I have to say I preferred the first Becky in Roseanne.
And what about A for Andromeda? In the original series the 'creature' was played by Julie Christie; but in the second and final series The Andromeda Breakthrough, she had somehow 'morphed' into Susan Hampshire!
Lynbrown,
Thomas Law http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/ Peter_Beale_ee.jpg is the fourth actor to appear as Peter Beale, his predecessors being James Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peter_Beale 9.jpg , Joseph Shade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peterbeale_ josephshade.JPG and Alex Stevens (sorry couldn�t find a pic).
The transition between actors was obviously smoothed over with the blonde, brunette, blonde actor rotation system that is never mentioned!
Thomas Law http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/ Peter_Beale_ee.jpg is the fourth actor to appear as Peter Beale, his predecessors being James Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peter_Beale 9.jpg , Joseph Shade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peterbeale_ josephshade.JPG and Alex Stevens (sorry couldn�t find a pic).
The transition between actors was obviously smoothed over with the blonde, brunette, blonde actor rotation system that is never mentioned!
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