Special Characters

I can think of a few..all of them from Lord of the Rings. Christopher Lee nailed Saruman, no one will ever be able to do Gandalf like Ian McKellan...and Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn? Don't get me started. When I read the books now and read about Aragorn, the only thing I can picture is Viggo Mortenson. Man.

How about the Terminator and Arnold? (I refuse to write the last name because I'll probably spell it wrong and I'm too lazy to google it, but we all know who he is)
To me, Arnold is the Terminator and no one else. And I suppose I have to say Heath Ledger and Joker from Dark Knight. Nobody else will be able to play that part the way he did.

I'll add Chris Reeve as Superman. A lot of people have played that role, but they haven't been able to match the presence he brought to it in the first film. I agree with all of the others mentioned so far, too.

I'd have to say Scott Bakula playing Dr Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap. Does anyone else remember that show?

Oh, and another "special character" would be Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal in the eponymous television series. The character she is currently playing in Brothers and Sisters, Kitty Walker McCallister, is a conservative Republican and quite different from Ally. Yet it's taken me quite a while to stop thinking "Ally" whenever I see her on screen; she was so memorable in that role.

Yeah, Quantum Leap was a good show. I think it still airs on one of the local networks in my area. Hooray for syndication!

I think Scott Bakula was amazing in "Quantum Leap", and also his co-star whose name slips my memory right now.

I also think Scott did not do as well as the captain in the "Star Trek" program he did. Maybe it's just me. I think he's a terrific actor, but I just couldn't get into him as a Star Trek captain, I don't know why.