Try Walking In My Shoes – We Examine Recasting From Batman To Bond

All change! All change! David Bax of Battleship Pretension examines some roles that are bigger than any one actor.

If you’re wondering how Nick Stahl feels about Christian Bale taking over the role of John Connor in the new Terminator: Salvation, you could probably just ask Edward Furlong how he felt when Stahl took the same role from him in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In the types of movies that people are more likely to see for the special effects than the characters, actors have very little job security. And the rotating John Connors are just one example . . .

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