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28th Sep 2019

If you could be any character from any movie, who would you want to be?

Rory Cashin

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Before you answer, let us explain why the question isn’t as easy to answer as it sounds.

Okay. Listen. You can’t all say Batman.

In fact, none of you should be saying Batman.

Sure, he’s rich and handsome and gets to date Catwoman, but he also watched his parents get killed in front of him, doesn’t get any sleep because he’s up all night, every night, beating up bad guys, and has a weird relationship with a psychotic clown.

See, this was the problem when House Of Rugby’s Barry Murphy asked what seemed like a simple enough question: “If you could play one character in a movie, who would it be?”

And while you might immediately think Batman, or James Bond, or even The Dude, they all have their… how do we put this… issues?

Be it being shot at, or being overly dependent on certain substances, or just getting wrapped up in plots of missing toes. It all depends on what you actually want to do in your fictional day-to-day life to be…

Watch the link below from 06:01 to see what the folks on The Big Reviewski had to say…

Barry Murphy went with Quint from Jaws, before perfectly re-enacting the USS Indianapolis scene, down to a pitch-perfect impression of the actor himself. It really is… quite the thing to see.

Andrew Trimble decided to go for Kevin McAllister from Home Alone, mostly just because – even though he very much loves his family – he would really like to have some alone time, at home. Home. Alone.

Ironically, Eoghan also went with Kevin McAllister, and also from Home Alone, but why neither of them went with Home Alone 2, where they can be alone in a huge hotel room, getting all the room service they want, isn’t exactly clear!

And finally, Rory decided to be aggressively honest, and went with Catherine Trammell, because she’s rich, a famous writer, bones everyone she likes, and (probably) kills everyone she doesn’t…

So, let us know on Twitter or on Facebook, if you could be any movie character, who would it be, and why?

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