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Originally Posted by Catlady
There's not another actor I can envision in the role of Atticus Finch.
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Nor really for Ahab. Patrick Stewart wasn't bad but some roles just become associated with a particular actor. Like Robert Newton as Long John Silver or Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Other actors may do an ok job but they aren't quite right for the task unlike that particular actor who seems to be a natural fit. Probably it's somewhat like how no one can write a particular character like the original author could as well. Only Arthur Conan Doyle can really write Holmes exactly as Holmes, though some (like our own Tony Richards here at MR) have done some good stuff with the character.