RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Media The Prestige or Batman vs. Wolverine

I have yet to see how casting someone you've worked with as "unoriginal."

"Oh, God! He cast Bill Murray in a movie! Other people have cast Bill Murray in a movie! This guy is just ripping off Harold Ramis!"

I think until you've actually seen the movie and Bale's performance, you can't really make any assumptions. Especially the kind of assumptions you like to make. If Bale is totally wrong for the role and blows it, then I'd be more willing to conceed that Nolan is trying to ride Bale's popularity (though, which director in Hollywood isn't using a star's drawing power to make his own movie succeed?). Directors and actors tend to like working with people over again because once they figure each other out, they're able to work better and faster with one another. Plus, as has been mentioned, many of them become friends.

Kurt Russell likes working with John Carpenter. The Cohen brothers like working with John Turturro, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Steve Buscemi. That "unoriginal" casting has led to some of the most enjoyable and memorable films I've ever seen.