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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
Now there's a set of movies where the casting *never* fit my mental picture of the characters, though Sean Connery was a reasonable fit for the Russian sub captain. You're right about Harrison Ford, he was the best Jack Ryan. Neither Alec Baldwin or Ben Affleck seemed to match my idea. And the biggest mistake they made was in casting James Earl Jones for Admiral Greer. The face in my head was sort of like John Mahoney (the father in Frasier) or James Whitmore.
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I really liked the Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford adaptations, they didn't match the books exactly, but they were good movies in their own rights. I didn't realize Ben Affleck played Jack Ryan though.
Pretty sure that never happened. (Sticks fingers in ears)...I CAN'T HEAR YOU....
