{"id":15298,"date":"2011-07-22T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15298"},"modified":"2014-07-14T14:15:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T18:15:24","slug":"collecting-movie-classics-nobody-can-play-that-part-better-than-that-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15298","title":{"rendered":"Nobody Can Play (That Part) Better Than (That Actor)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Has anyone ever topped the performance <a title=\"Boris Karloff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Boris+Karloff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boris Karloff<\/a> gave as the Frankenstein Monster? Does anybody out there think <a title=\"Steve Martin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Steve+Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steve Martin<\/a> was as funny\u00a0playing Inspector Clouseau as the late, great <a title=\"Peter Sellers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Peter+Sellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peter Sellers<\/a>? Maybe you thought that once <a title=\"William Shatner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Shat<\/a> created the character of James T. Kirk onscreen,\u00a0no one\u00a0else could do justice to the unique character of the Enterprise captain. (I once thought that, too, but Chris Pine convinced me otherwise)<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of\u00a0unforgettable characters played by actors (and actresses)\u00a0whose shoes were then thought to be too big to fill in sequels or remakes. Irv and his guest have come up with their own list of filmdom&#8217;s most daunting iconic roles, with an insightful\u00a0rundown of how those\u00a0brave thespians who attempted to avoid the shadows of beloved and brilliant performances past fared for good or ill. See if you agree!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5hBwTIrZtr4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has anyone ever topped the performance Boris Karloff gave as the Frankenstein Monster? Does anybody out there think Steve Martin was as funny\u00a0playing Inspector Clouseau as the late, great Peter Sellers? Maybe you thought that once the Shat created the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"coauthors":[5441],"class_list":["post-15298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-notes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nobody Can Play (That Part) Better Than (That Actor)!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What actor can play a character better than anybody else? 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