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* ''Film/The7thCompany'': Aldo Maccione played Tassin in the first film. He [[MoneyDearBoy demanded more money to return since the first film was a big hit]] (in addition to his personal beef with the director Robert Lamoureux) and was replaced by Creator/HenriGuybet.
* ''Fanfic/{{After}}'':
** Creator/RobEstes and Creator/KarimahWestbrook replaced Creator/PeterGallagher and Creator/JenniferBeals as Ken and Karen Scott, respectively, in ''After We Collided''. Karen would get a new actress again in ''After We Fell'', when Creator/FrancesTurner replaced Westbrook.
** The third film, ''After We Fell'', is somewhat infamous for several recasts among major characters. The changes most likely were born due to a mix of complications with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first two films were filmed in Atlanta; subsequent movies, however, were filmed in Europe, and were filmed concurrently, making for a long time actors had to spend in a foreign land in the midst of a pandemic, conflicting with other schedules the actors might have. This led to several roles having to be recast, with at least one character being written out after the second movie due to the actor not wanting to return. Among the recasts include Creator/ArielleKebbel as Kimberley (replacing Candice King), Chance Perdomo as Landon (replacing Shane Paul [=McGhie=]), Creator/StephenMoyer as Christian Vance (replacing Creator/CharlieWeber), and Creator/MiraSorvino as Carol Young (replacing Creator/SelmaBlair).
* For the ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'' film series, most characters have been portrayed by different actors over the years.
** Asterix: Creator/ChristianClavier for the first two films (''Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar'', ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra''), Creator/ClovisCornillac for the third (''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames''), Édouard Baer for the fourth (''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia'') and Creator/GuillaumeCanet for the fifth (''Film/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom'').
** Obelix is the very last character from the [[Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar first film]] way back in 1999 to be recast, with Creator/GerardDepardieu being replaced by Gilles Lellouche as of ''The Middle Kingdom''.
** UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar has never been played twice by the same actor. We got Creator/GottfriedJohn, Creator/AlainChabat, Creator/AlainDelon, Creator/FabriceLuchini and Creator/VincentCassel respectively.
** Vitalstatistix was also played by four different actors -- Creator/MichelGalabru, Éric Thomas, Michel Duchaussoy and Jérôme Commandeur.
** Getafix was played by Claude Piéplu in the first film, Claude Rich in the second, Creator/JeanPierreCassel in the third and Creator/PierreRichard in the fifth.
** For the fifth film, Creator/MarionCotillard replaced Creator/MonicaBellucci as UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII (from ''Mission Cleopatra'' 21 years prior).
** For ''The Middle Kingdom'' again, Belgian singer Angèle replaced Creator/LaetitiaCasta as Panacea (from ''Take on Caesar'' 24 years prior).
** Cacofonix was played by Pierre Palmade (1999), Franck Dubosc (2008) and Philippe Katerine (2023).
* An extreme example in the ''Film/AtlasShrugged'' films. Each movie in the trilogy has ''every'' member of the cast replaced between films, meaning ultimately there are as many as three actors for every character. Not a single one of mostly C or D-list actors to appear were contracted for more than one film. This makes ''Atlas Shrugged'' perhaps the most inconsistent film series of all time.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** After ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Creator/JaredLeto did not return to play [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' and was replaced by indie GothRock musician and performer Johnny Goth. Qualifies very much as FakeShemp given that he only appears in a very brief flashback.
** Creator/BillyCrudup ([[ComicBook/TheFlash Henry Allen]] in ''Film/{{Justice|League2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'') was replaced by Creator/RonLivingston for ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' as he was not available for the filming.
** ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' has a variant. In the [[Film/Shazam2019 first movie]], Creator/GraceCarolineCurrey was Mary Bromfield while Creator/MichelleBorth was Mary's superheroine form. The sequel has Currey as both the normal young adult and the superheroine. A flashback from the first movie was even altered to include Currey.
* ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}''. Quite a few people forget that Tarzan films reached theaters regularly from 1918 to 1968, and a live-action film came out as late as 2016. For obvious reasons (i.e. he barely wears clothes, so the aging of the actors received maximum attention, plus the fact multiple studios produced Tarzan films with two competing series at one point co-existing in Hollywood), the part of Tarzan underwent constant recasting. Elmo Lincoln, Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller, Lex Barker, Gordon Scott, and Mike Henry among others played the role including Creator/CasperVanDien in the 1998 version. In 2016 Alexander Skarsgård played Tarzan in the last live-action Tarzan film to reach theaters.
** The same is true for Jane and their son Boy - both had to be replaced. Justified with Boy, as they didn't want him getting too old.
* ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'': There are 3 different cases of it.
** Melvin, the 98 pound wimp is played by Mark Torgl in the [[Film/TheToxicAvenger original 1984 film]]. In the [[Film/TheToxicAvengerPartIIITheLastTemptationOfToxie third film]], he is played by Michael J. Kaplan.
** Melvin's alter ego, Toxie -the title character, is played by 5 different actors across the four ''Toxic Avenger'' films. In the [[Film/TheToxicAvenger first film]], he is played by Mitch Cohen. In the sequel, he is first played by John Altamura, who was fired due to a case of SmallNameBigEgo. Then for the rest of the [[Film/TheToxicAvengerPartII second]] and [[Film/TheToxicAvengerPartIIITheLastTemptationOfToxie third]] film, he's played by Altamura's stunt double, Ron Fazio. In the [[Film/CitizenToxieTheToxicAvengerIV fourth film]], Toxie is now played by David Mattey. However, due to miscommunication on part of his filming schedule, he was not on set during one of the scenes, and thus for said scene, Toxie was played by a tall African American actor, wearing the mask from the [[Film/TheToxicAvengerPartII second film]].
** Finally, Toxie's love interest is played by three different actresses. In the [[Film/TheToxicAvenger first film]], her name is Sara and she is played by Andree Maranda. In the following two sequels, her character's name is changed to Claire, and she's played by Phoebe Legere. Then in the [[Film/CitizenToxieTheToxicAvengerIV fourth film]], she is played by Heidi Sjursen.
* ''Film/JamesBond'': Many recurring characters have changed actors multiple times in the Creator/EonProductions film series, either due to them getting too old or for other reasons, since the series has been around since 1962.
** Bond himself was played in the film series by Creator/SeanConnery (1962-1967), Creator/GeorgeLazenby (1969), Sean Connery [[TheOriginalDarrin again]] (1971), Creator/RogerMoore (1973-1985), Creator/TimothyDalton (1987-1989) and Creator/PierceBrosnan (1995-2002) while Creator/DanielCraig (2006-2021) is a full reboot (more on that later). A seventh actor will be announced in either 2022 or 2023. On the first non-Connery Bond film ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', starring Lazenby, after the film's trademark opening action sequence results in this film's "Bond Girl" running away from him, Bond [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks directly into the camera and quips]] [[LampshadeHanging "This never happened to the other fellow!"]] However, the fact that Blofeld doesn't at first recognize him when he pretends to be Hilary Bray suggests that a plot element was carried over from the initial draft of the screenplay, in which Bond was explained to have undergone [[MagicPlasticSurgery plastic surgery]]. However, in the original book, this is indeed their first meeting.
** Felix Leiter has appeared in ten films in the Eon Productions series so far, and has been played by seven different actors. The only ones to have played him more than once are Creator/DavidHedison -- whose appearances were non-consecutive (in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill''), opposite two different Bonds[[note]](Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton)[[/note]] -- and Creator/JeffreyWright in the Creator/DanielCraig continuity. Before the Craig continuity, absolutely no attempt was made at maintaining continuity in terms of age and appearance, with the character alternating between young and middle aged and thin and portly. (Allegedly, this was to nip any danger of Leiter becoming a SpotlightStealingSquad, especially given the series' huge American fanbase.)
** Miss Moneypenny was played by Creator/LoisMaxwell from 1962 to 1985, then recast with younger actress Creator/CarolineBliss when Bond was also de-aged by the casting of Creator/TimothyDalton in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', and then recast again with Creator/SamanthaBond in the part in ''Film/GoldenEye''.
** In the earliest Bond films, Blofeld was TheFaceless, played by Anthony Dawson and voiced by Eric Pohlmann. Then in the consecutive films ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' and ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Blofeld was recast for each movie, played respectively by Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/TellySavalas and Creator/CharlesGray. [[LawyerFriendlyCameo A bald villain who is totally not Blofeld]] later made a cameo appearance in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', played by Creator/JohnHollis and voiced by Robert Rietty. As with Felix Leiter, the films make no attempt at continuity between the different portrayals of the character, moving from meek, mild and scarred Pleasance to large, robust and earlobe-less Greek-American Telly Savalas to uber-sophisticated Charles Gray (who also had a full head of hair). ''Diamonds Are Forever'' also introduces the notion that there may be different, surgically altered individuals claiming to be Blofeld.
** The character Q first appeared in ''Film/DrNo'', referred to as "Major Boothroyd", played by Peter Burton. From the next movie ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' all the way through to ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', the character was played by Creator/DesmondLlewellyn. Although "Q" is a title rather than a name, the two actors are meant to be portraying the same person as Llewellyn's Q is also named Major Boothroyd in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.
** Otherwise averted by actors playing Q and M, who are meant to be different people succeeding to the titles. This is shown in-universe, with Creator/JudiDench's character being referred to as "the new M" in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and Ralph Fiennes's character replacing her in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', and with Creator/JohnCleese's character first appearing as Q's assistant in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.
** As the Daniel Craig era is supposed to be a ContinuityReboot this trope does not apply as of yet. Characters that were recast include Moneypenny now given a RaceLift and played by Creator/NaomieHarris and [[spoiler:In Spectre, Blofeld is played by Creator/ChristophWaltz]]. However and interesting aspect of this era is that as the producers liked Dench performance they kept her. Which means that Dench plays the same character in two different continuities (be the opposite of this trope in a way), and is the first M on screen on one and the last on the other. As a new actor will be announce is unclear whether this will be a new reboot or will be in the same continuity as the previous Craig films, if is the later then it will be this trope.
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* Film/BatmanFilmSeries:
** Batman/Bruce Wayne was played in ''Film/Batman1989'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns'' by Creator/MichaelKeaton, who then quit the role and was replaced by Creator/ValKilmer for ''Film/BatmanForever'', who also quit the role and was replaced Creator/GeorgeClooney for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. Keaton will be [[TheOriginalDarrin reprising]] his role in ''The Flash''.
** The character Harvey Dent/Two-Face was played by Creator/BillyDeeWilliams in ''Film/Batman1989'' and Creator/TommyLeeJones in ''Film/BatmanForever''. Williams appeared solely as "Harvey Dent", pre-Two-Face, but took the role with the expectation of returning to play the villain in a sequel; when he was replaced for ''Film/BatmanForever'' he ended up getting paid in compensation. Williams ''finally'' got to play Two-Face nearly thirty years later in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie''.
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', Rachel Dawes is played by Creator/KatieHolmes in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. Holmes had turned down ''The Dark Knight'' so she could star in ''Film/MadMoney''.
** For the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, Creator/BenAffleck played Batman for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. After ''Justice League'', Affleck parted ways with the DCEU and Warner Bros. recast the role with Creator/RobertPattinson for ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}''. Ultimately subverted when it was confirmed that Affleck would reprise his role in Creator/AndresMuschietti's ''The Flash'' and that ''The Batman'' was confirmed to be not part of the DCEU, ending several months of speculations. Billy Crudup was also recast as Barry Allen’s father for the upcoming ''Flash'' solo movie with Ron Livingston due to a scheduling conflict.
* Speaking of the DCEU, Creator/IdrisElba was originally cast as the new Comicbook/{{Deadshot}} in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' after Creator/WillSmith turned down an offer to reprise his role from [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 the first movie]]. However, possibly to leave the door open in case Smith chose to return in a later sequel, the script was eventually rewritten to have Elba play another DC Comics mercenary, Bloodsport, instead.
* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'':
** In the sequels, Jennifer is played by Creator/ElisabethShue, as Claudia Wells declined to reprise the role to care for her mother, who was dying of cancer. The opening shot of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' was the closing shot of the original reshot meticulously with Elisabeth Shue instead.
** Also, Creator/CrispinGlover declined to appear as George [=McFly=], so he was made into a FakeShemp played by Jeffrey Weissman. This sparked a precedent-setting lawsuit from Glover.
* Creator/KirkDouglas played the dual roles of Harrison and his brother Spur in ''Film/TheManFromSnowyRiver''. When the sequel ''Return to Snowy River'' was filmed six years later, the role of Harrison was played by Brian Dennehy, and Spur was said to have died between the events of the two films, making it both The Other Darrin ''and'' a BusCrash.
* The youth of most of the cast of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', as well as their easily identifiable powers, made it a simple matter for them to be replaced. The character of Comicbook/KittyPryde only became a major character in the third film, and was played by different actresses in both of her prior appearances. For the record, it went Sumela Kay, Katie Stuart, Creator/ElliotPage.
** Before he appeared in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', Hank [=McCoy=]/Comicbook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}} had a small cameo in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. Granted, he hadn't mutated yet, but the actor still looked and sounded nothing like Creator/KelseyGrammer.
** Tyler Mane played Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}} in X-Men. He was replaced by Creator/LievSchreiber for the prequel, ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''.
** Also, Stryker was played by Creator/BrianCox in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', and by TimeshiftedActor Creator/DannyHuston in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and by Creator/JoshHelman in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', although this is more a case of TimeshiftedActor.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' has Bill Duke playing "Secretary Trask", who was supposed to be Bolivar Trask... until the character appeared played by Creator/PeterDinklage in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. But Duke's character never has his first name mentioned, and the creators added that ''Days of Future Past'' is all about, well, changing the past, so some characters turned out slightly differently to the original timeline.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' has Creator/OliviaMunn replace Meiling Melancon as Comicbook/{{Psylocke}}, while Lana Condor replaces Kea Wong as ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Normally this would count as a case of TimeShiftedActor, but the new versions of those two are roughly the same ages as their counterparts in the original trilogy.
** Screenwriters unknowingly wrote the mutant Caliban into both ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' and ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which were released less than a year apart. So not only does Caliban have a different actor for the two movies, he's (roughly) the same age, despite the movies taking place almost 50 years apart, and the two Calibans have completely different personalities. Reportedly, screenwriters for ''Logan'' had written in Caliban before the ''Apocalypse'' writers had, but both refused to remove the character from the film. And this was ''one movie after'' ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' had rebooted the continuity to avoid snarls exactly like this.
* Professor Moriarty, nemesis of Franchise/SherlockHolmes, was played by Creator/LionelAtwill in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAndTheSecretWeapon'' and by Henry Daniell in ''Film/TheWomanInGreen''. (He was also played by George Zucco in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes1939'', but this film was made by a different studio and doesn't share the same continuity as the others, despite featuring the same actors in the roles of [[Creator/BasilRathbone Sherlock Holmes]] and Dr. Watson.)
* Extremely common in direct-to-video sequels that feature the same characters from their theatrically-released predecessors. Just a few examples of many include ''Film/CruelIntentions 2'' and ''3'', ''Film/DarkmanIITheReturnOfDurant'' and ''Film/DarkmanIIIDieDarkmanDie'', ''Film/DraculaIIAscension'' and ''[[Film/DraculaIIILegacy III: Legacy]]'', ''Film/TheScorpionKing 2'', ''Film/UniversalSoldier III'', and ''Van Wilder: Freshman Year''. (Direct-to-video sequels that feature the same lead actor are rare, but they exist, like ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder'', ''The Art of War II'', and ''Film/TheProphecyII''.)
* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''
** The character of Joachim, recast and slightly renamed, from his appearance in the original "Space Seed". The ExpandedUniverse attempted to cover this by claiming that the considerably younger looking Joachim seen in the movie is actually the son of the original Joachim, while WordOfGod suggested the movie version is ''Khan's son'', and was merely named in honour of the original, who was his closest friend and ally during the Eugenics Wars (and is presumably dead by the time of the movie).
** Lieutenant Saavik was played by Creator/KirstieAlley in ''[=TWoK=]'' and by Robin Curtis in the following two movies.
*** An early script for ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' featured Lt. Saavik as a bridge officer, with Creator/KimCattrall cast to play her. Cattrall objected to being the third actress to portray Saavik (and Roddenberry objected to Saavik being [[spoiler: revealed as a traitor]]), but then accepted when the character was rewritten to being a previously unknown Vulcan named Valeris (and at least one piece of marketing, the film's {{Novelization}}, included an unfilmed scene in which Valeris meets Saavik, in order to reduce the {{Expy}} factor).
* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' films had Creator/JudithHoag play April O'Neil in the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 first film]] and Paige Turco play her in the last two. Likewise, Donatello was voiced by Corey Feldman in the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 first]] and [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII third]] movies but was unavailable in the second due to a stint in rehab and was voiced by Adam Carl. Raphael had a different voice actor in each of the three films (Josh Pais, Laurie Faso, and Tim Kelleher respectively). Also, Master Splinter was voiced by Kevin Clash[[note]]a.k.a. [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]][[/note]] in the first two films and by James Murray in the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII third]]. ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' also had Creator/FrancoisChau replace Creator/JamesSaito as Shredder's on-set actor, though his lines were still looped by David [=McCharen=].
** As a result of the script being rewritten at the last minute, several characters who were supposed to have larger roles in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' had their parts cut down considerably. The sequel has now recast several of the parts for larger roles, with Brian Tee replacing Tohoru Masamune as the Shredder, Tyler Perry replacing K. Todd Freeman as Baxter Stockman, and Creator/BrittanyIshibashi replacing Minae Noji as Karai. And while in the first Johnny Knoxville voiced Leonardo, in the sequel the voice is also provided by his mocap actor Pete Ploszek (like with the rest of the turtles).
* ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' has the recasting of all returning roles (except Sarah Connor, the taperecorded voice is still Creator/LindaHamilton).
** Each of the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' sequels have a different actor portray John Connor (not counting {{Timeshifted Actor}}s): Creator/EdwardFurlong in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', Nick Stahl in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', Creator/ChristianBale in ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' and Creator/JasonClarke in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Creator/ThomasDekker played him in [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles the series]].
** John’s wife Kate is played by Claire Daines in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' and Bryce Dallas Howard in ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''.
** The only other actors to reprise their roles in every installment of the film franchise are Earl Boen (who portrays Dr. Silberman over the course of three films) and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (who portrays a T-800 series Terminator across two models--specifically, the T-800 and T-850--and three different copies--all come off an assembly line, mind you--in the first three films and the T-800's ''face''--Roland Kickinger portrayed that T-800's body--in the fourth). Apart from Schwarzenegger, Hamilton would've been the only other performer to appear in all four films if she didn't request an offer to reprise her role in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' (her character was originally supposed to die during the film, but after Hamilton's refusal to appear, it was stated that Sarah Connor died in Mexico of leukemia, her ashes were scattered at sea by her friends, apparently in secret, and a cache of weapons was buried in her grave at the mausoleum following a closed casket funeral in Los Angeles).
** ''Everybody'' outside of the Terminator in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Creator/EmiliaClarke as Sarah Connor and Creator/JaiCourtney as Kyle Reese are justified from a meta-standpoint as this is based in the time of the original film but produced decades later, so Creator/LindaHamilton and Creator/MichaelBiehn have aged. Additionally, Creator/CourtneyBVance replaced Creator/JoeMorton as Miles Dyson, but [[spoiler:this is less justified and even invoked QuestionableCasting reactions as when we see Dyson in the altered timeline, it's 2017 and hence Dyson didn't require a younger actor like Sarah and Kyle did]]. The T-1000 going from Caucasian Creator/RobertPatrick to South Korean actor Byung-hun Lee could be summed up as a different disguise. However, this doesn't explain why John Connor undergoes this again, as Creator/ChristianBale was replaced by Creator/JasonClarke, unless Bale's F-bomb meltdown on the set of ''Salvation'' cost him the part.
* The entire original cast of ''Film/DaddyDayCare'' is recast in ''Film/DaddyDayCamp''.
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Palpatine was portrayed by veteran actress Marjorie Eaton in prosthetic makeup and voiced by Creator/CliveRevill. Creator/IanMcDiarmid replaced them in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and the prequels, and then Creator/GeorgeLucas [[ReCut put him in the DVDs]] for ''ESB'' for continuity's sake.
** The original Anakin/Darth Vader ghost -- played by Sebastian Shaw -- from the '83 ''[=RotJ=]'' was controversially replaced by Creator/HaydenChristensen in the remastered edition.
** In ''Film/ANewHope'', Wedge's voice was dubbed in by David Ankrum, but in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', they used the voice of the actual actor, Denis Lawson, complete with his native Scottish accent in the latter.
*** Wedge is a rare case of being TheOtherDarrin in the same movie. During the Death Star briefing scene, Wedge is played by Colin Higgins, still voiced by David Ankrum. For the actual X-Wing scenes, it's Denis Lawson.
** Boba Fett was portrayed by Jeremy Bulloch in Episodes V and VI (and voiced by Jason Wingreen), but in II, it's established that the character is a clone of Jango Fett, played by Creator/TemueraMorrison. Similar to Palpatine's appearance, Morisson's voice is re-dubbed over Wingreen's dialogue in the special edition DVD release of V. Various Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic employees were stand-ins for Boba in the new scenes he appeared in the special editions of IV and VI.
*** Boba Fett was already played by two different actors in his film debut, since John Fass Morton was inside the costume during the carbon freezing scene.
** {{Averted|Trope}}, remarkably, in the case of relatively minor character Oola (the slave dancer Jabba throws to the Rancor). Professional dancer/actress Femi Taylor was able to fill [[{{Stripperiffic}} what passed for her costume]] to film extended Special Edition scenes 14 years after originally playing the part. ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' has plenty of RoleReprise, and even the costumed roles of Admiral Ackbar and Nien Nunb bring the same guys back.
** The role of R2-D2, previously portrayed by Creator/KennyBaker, is portrayed by Jimmy Vee beginning with his obligatory cameo alongside C-3PO (once again portrayed by Anthony Daniels as always) in ''Film/RogueOne''.
** Mon Mothma was originally portrayed by Caroline Blakiston in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Creator/GenevieveOReilly took over for [[DeletedScene a mostly-deleted role]] in the prequel film ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and reprised the character more than a decade later in ''Film/RogueOne''.
** ''Film/RogueOne'' again with Creator/GuyHenry as Grand Moff Tarkin. The face of the late Creator/PeterCushing was [[DigitalHeadSwap digitally recreated on Henry's body]].
*** Tarkin had already appeared at the end of ''Revenge of the Sith'' in a brief non-speaking role, played by actor Wayne Pygram in heavy makeup.
** In perhaps the most obvious example, Creator/AlecGuinness portrayed Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original three films, while in the prequels he was replaced with Creator/EwanMcGregor.
** Peter Mayhew reprised the role of Chewbacca in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', but Joonas Suotamo played Chewbacca in the more physically-demanding scenes. Suotamo then took over the role altogether from ''Film/TheLastJedi'' onwards.
** Peter Serafinowicz voiced Darth Maul in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' before being replaced in ''Film/{{Solo}}'' by Sam Witwer, who had voiced the character extensively in the animated series ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. According to Serafinowicz, they did have him record the lines from ''Solo'' as well but ultimately chose Witwer's version instead.
* Anne Cusack replaces Creator/CourteneyCox as Melissa Robinson Ventura in ''Film/AceVentura Jr., Pet Detective''.
* ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' is probably the most ignoble example: after Creator/BelaLugosi died in the middle of filming, he was replaced by Tom Mason, ''Creator/EdWood's chiropractor'', who had to hold a cape in front of his face to cover up the fact that he looked nothing like Lugosi. He was also much taller than Lugosi, so he spent the film hunched over.
** This example overlaps with the FakeShemp trope as well.
** Lugosi was never alive during filming in the first place. The film was made with a tiny amount of Lugosi footage filmed by Wood previously, and the chiropractor played Lugosi's character during virtually the entire film!
* Lampshaded in the second ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', when the narrator stops to ask who the title character (played by Chris Showerman) is, to which he replies, "Me New George. Producers too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser." Other references to Fraser appear throughout the movie.
* In ''Film/TheMummy1999'' and ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', the role of Evy O'Connell is played by Creator/RachelWeisz. However, in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', her role was taken over by Maria Bello when Weisz declined. Her first scene shows her at a book reading/signing event with several discrete camera angles showing an arm, her downturned head, etc. Eventually, one of her audience members asks her if it's true that the main character was based on her own experience. In the greatest LampshadeHanging since [[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions The Oracle's]] explanation for her new appearance, the camera zooms in on Evy's face for the first time as she says, "Honestly, I can truly say she's a completely different person."
* Always done with Clark Griswold's children Rusty and Audrey in the ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' series, always fluctuating in age and appearance, to the point that ''Vegas Vacation'' [[LampshadeHanging hung one on this]] when Clark remarked during their first appearance that he hardly recognizes them anymore. ''Christmas Vacation 2'' had no Rusty (nor Clark nor Ellen, for that matter, as this one stars Cousin Eddie), but the Audrey from the original ''Vacation'' (Dana Barron) does return, making her the only actor the play a Griswold kid in more than one movie.
** Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmvluvhNG8 this]] Old Navy commercial featuring no less than three Audreys and three Rustys two of these, New Audrey and New Rusty being exclusive to this comercial. Sadly [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Johnny Galecki]] aka Christmas Rusty is not one of them.
* Omar Epps replaced Wesley Snipes as Willie "Mays" Hayes in ''Film/MajorLeagueII''. This gets a LampshadeHanging when people say that he thought he was too good for the team after becoming a hotshot action movie star.
* The Creator/TomClancy film series:
** In the 90s-era Jack Ryan films, both the character and his family change completely between movies. Creator/AlecBaldwin (who played the role in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'') went through scheduling conflicts for the second film (''Film/PatriotGames'') and didn't return, being replaced with ''Creator/HarrisonFord'' (the actor the studio wanted for the role to begin with, but wasn't available for ''Red October'').
** Creator/GatesMcFadden (who played Cathy Ryan) was replaced by Creator/AnneArcher for the two subsequent films. A combination of scheduling conflicts (she was on a year-long hiatus from shooting ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'') and her role being reduced to TheCameo (most of the scenes involving her character were cut from the final print) likely played a role in her decision.
** Louise Borras, who played Sally Ryan in ''Red October'', was replaced by Creator/ThoraBirch for the two sequels.
** ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'' is an interesting case, as Ford was initially in talks to star, but bowed out when script problems dragged on for years. The role was subsequently recast with Creator/BenAffleck in the lead and reworked as a ContinuityReboot / {{Prequel}} that takes place at the beginning of Jack's career.
* The third ''[[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]]'' film, ''Film/AddamsFamilyReunion'', did this to most of the cast who played the family due to various reasons: Creator/RaulJulia (Gomez) had died, Creator/ChristinaRicci (Wednesday) and Jimmy Workman (Pugsley) were by this point too old (they had turned 18 at the time), and Creator/AnjelicaHuston (Morticia), Creator/ChristopherLloyd (Fester) and Carol Kane (Grandmama) declined. Only Lurch and Thing retain the same actors. This is justified due to actually being a separate continuity.
** Even earlier, the actress playing Grandmama changed between ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'': Judith Malina played her in the former, while for unknown reasons she was replaced by Carol Kane for the latter.
* After Creator/JodieFoster played Clarice Starling in ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Creator/JulianneMoore took over the role for ''Film/{{Hannibal}}''. This is no small part due to Foster (as well as writer Ted Tally and director Jonathan Demme) feeling the ending of the book, [[spoiler:where Clarice and Hannibal became lovers]], betrayed the character of Clarice.
** Creator/RayLiotta replaced Ron Vawter as Paul Krendler because of the latter's passing.
** Brian Cox was the first actor to play Hannibal Lecter in ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''. He was replaced by Creator/AnthonyHopkins in ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
** Creator/ScottGlenn went through a particular traumatic example of EnforcedMethodActing, as John Douglas, {{the profiler}} Jack Crawford was based on, played him a tape of one of the victims of serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris being tortured and killed, which caused Glenn to leave his office in tears. This is why the character was {{adapted out}} of ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' (and underwent a combo of KilledOffscreen and type 2 of DeathByAdaptation in a deleted scene) and why the role was recast with Creator/HarveyKeitel in ''Film/RedDragon''.
* ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' features the character of Willam Black, played by Scott Mosier. ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'', which takes place the day before ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', also features the character--except now he's Creator/EthanSuplee. We're left to assume that over the course of a night this guy lost a good fifty pounds and grew in a decent-sized beard. (The character also appears in Scott form in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''.)
** Writer/Director Creator/KevinSmith explained at a fan Q&A that he had a film in mind entitled ''Clerks: The Voyage Home'' where Jay and Silent Bob travel back in time a day to bring back a whale (who would presumably replace Willam for a day). It's hard to tell whether Smith was joking because his response is so sincere.
* ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' has Roy Scheider replacing William Sylvester (from ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]]'') as Dr. Heywood Floyd.
** Averted in the case of Douglas Rain, which is interesting because the book says HAL's voice is different after he's rebooted.
* Mother Firefly is played by Karen Black in ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' and Leslie Easterbrook in ''Film/TheDevilsRejects''. Grandpa Hugo was played by Dennis Fimple in the first movie but wasn't included in the sequel at all because Fimple passed away.
* Three of the four main cast in ''Another Gay Movie'' were replaced for ''Another Gay Sequel'' -- {{Lampshaded}} by the mother at the beginning of the movie.
* Dave Robicheaux is played by Creator/AlecBaldwin in ''Heaven's Prisoners'' and by Creator/TommyLeeJones in ''In the Electric Mist''.
* Creator/LizFraser played Mrs. Pike in ''Film/DadsArmy1971'' rather than Creator/JanetDavies (who had played her in ''Series/DadsArmy'') at the order of Columbia Pictures.
* ''Series/ChildrenOfDune'', the sequel to the Sci-Fi channel mini-series, features a new Stilgar, a new Jessica and a new Duncan Idaho.
* ''Film/ElMariachi'' has the title character played by Carlos Gallardo. In the sequels ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' and ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico'', he is played by Creator/AntonioBanderas. Gallardo even has a [[RemakeCameo cameo]] in ''Desperado''.
* ''Series/DeadLikeMe''. Daisy Adair was played by Creator/LauraHarris in the TV series but was replaced with Sarah Wynter in the movie.
* In a {{Same Language Dub}}bing example, the restored scenes from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' had a voice actor dubbing over the late Creator/LeeVanCleef.
** And in the seldom seen television prologue of a ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' (added by the network to soften The Man With No Name) we get a Very Much Not Creator/ClintEastwood with his back to the camera getting a pardon from Creator/HarryDeanStanton in exchange for taking care of the two gangs.
* This happens to Literature/{{Dracula}} from time to time.
** In the [[Film/{{Dracula 1931}} first Universal film]] he was played by Creator/BelaLugosi, but in the sequels ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'' and ''Film/HouseOfDracula'' he was replaced by Creator/JohnCarradine. In ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' Lugosi returned.
** In the Film/{{Hammer|Horror}} films that came much later, Creator/ChristopherLee played the count in all of the films where the character appeared except the last one, ''Film/TheLegendOfThe7GoldenVampires'', where he was played by John Forbes-Robertson.
* Similarly, in the classic Franchise/UniversalHorror series, FrankensteinsMonster was played by no fewer than four actors: Creator/BorisKarloff (3 films), Creator/LonChaneyJr. (1 film), Creator/BelaLugosi (1 film), and Glenn Strange (3 films).
** In addition Elizabeth was played by Creator/MaeClarke in the original ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Frankenstein]]'' and by Valerie Hobson in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' due to Clarke's illness at the time. This is a bit jarring since ''Bride'' picks up right where the original leaves off and Elizabeth's [[AdaptationDyeJob hair changes]] from blonde to brunette.
* Creator/LuisBunuel's film ''Film/ThatObscureObjectOfDesire'' features two actresses, Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina, in the single role of Conchita. Who Conchita is played by changes from scene to scene, and sometimes even from shot to shot. It's unclear whether this is a comment on Conchita's mercurial nature, a comment on Mathieu's failure to see her for who she really is, or if it's just [[MindScrew weird for the sake of weird]].
-->In his autobiography, My Last Sigh (1983), Buñuel explains (pp. 46–47) the decision to use two actresses to play Conchita: \\
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In 1977, in Madrid, when I was in despair after a tempestuous argument with an actress who'd brought the shooting of That Obscure Object of Desire to a halt, the producer, Serge Silberman, decided to abandon the film altogether. The considerable financial loss was depressing us both until one evening, when we were drowning our sorrows in a bar, I suddenly had the idea (after two dry martinis) of using two actresses in the same role, a tactic that had never been tried before. Although I made the suggestion as a joke, Silberman loved it, and the film was saved.\\
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The actress who caused the 'tempestuous argument' was Maria Schneider. Bouquet and Molina stepped in after she was fired.
* In the teen romantic comedy ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'', the Prince's fiancee Paige is played by Creator/JuliaStiles. In the film's direct-to-video sequel ''The Prince and Me II: The Royal Wedding'', Paige is played by Kam Heskin instead, who went on to play the part in the next two movies as well. Luke Mably played the the titular prince in the first two films, but declined to return for more. Chris Geere took over for the next two movies.
* ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIITheNextChapter'' was almost completely recast; only one actor reprised his role (Thomas Hill as Mr. Koreander). The sequel's sequel, ''Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia'', was ''completely'' recast relative to both films.
* ''Franchise/PerryMason''
** Perry Mason was originally played by Warren William in a series of 1930s movies. After four movies, William left; two more movies were made, with Ricardo Cortez and Donald Woods playing Mason in each of them. Then the character went to television, with Raymond Burr becoming the definitive Mason.
** And before Barbara Hale played Mason's secretary Della Street on TV, no fewer than 5 actresses took turns playing the role in the above-mentioned film series; only Claire Dodd played Street in more than one movie.
%%* This trope was done several times for artistic effect in ''Palindromes''.
* In the first ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'', Abe is played by Creator/DougJones with his voice dubbed over by Creator/DavidHydePierce. However, after seeing the film, Hyde-Pierce was so impressed by Jones' performance that he refused to be credited and convinced the producers that the character did not need a separate voice actor. In the [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy sequel]] and [[WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated two animated films]] that followed, Jones supplies his own voice, which is surprisingly similar to Hyde-Pierce's.
* Perhaps the most extreme example of this trope is the character of Allen in ''Happiness'' and its sequel, ''Life During Wartime''. The character was played by white actor, Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman, and then black actor, Michael K. Williams, without any explanation for the complete change of the character's race. Of course, all of the characters in ''Life During Wartime'' were played by different actors than in previous Creator/ToddSolondz' films, but Allen is the most noticeable difference.
* Creator/MatthewBroderick played Inspector Gadget in [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 the 1999 live-action feature film adaptation]]. For [[Film/InspectorGadget2 its 2003 direct-to-video sequel]], Broderick was replaced by French Stewart (for the record, with the exception of D.L. Hughley as the voice of the Gadgetmobile, ''none'' of the cast of the 1999 film returned for the sequel).
* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'':
** Rachelle Lefèvre played vampire villainess Victoria in ''Literature/{{Twilight|2005}}'' and ''Literature/NewMoon''. Due to scheduling conflicts, she was replaced by Creator/BryceDallasHoward for ''Literature/{{Eclipse|2007}}''.
** Narrowly averted when Creator/TaylorLautner almost lost his role as Jacob Black in ''New Moon''. The director of ''New Moon'', Chris Weiss, was considering recasting Jacob, because he decided he wanted a taller and more muscular actor to play him ([[ExecutiveMeddling the studio producers were openly negotiating with other actors before the end of filming the first movie]]). Upon hearing this, Lautner immediately hit the gym and [[HeroicBuild apparently never left]]. He gained an insane ''35 pounds of muscle'' to keep his role in the series.
* The ''Film/{{Halloweentown}}'' Disney Channel movies had this happen with the lead character, Marnie Piper, who was played by Creator/KimberlyJBrown for the first three movies, and Sara Paxton for the fourth. Not even Brown knows why she was replaced. It's usually speculated that Disney wanted a younger actress for the 4th film to keep the franchise fresh (Brown was 22 at the time whereas Paxton was 18). This is usually cited as a reason why many fans pretend the fourth film doesn't exist.
** In addition, Benny's voice was recast from Creator/RinoRomano in the first movie to Richard Side in the second, but for his brief appearance in the fourth movie, he was voiced by another, uncredited voice actor.
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' suffer this a lot. Creator/GerardDepardieu as Obélix is the only actor to have stayed in all movies so far, while the rest of the main cast has been constantly changed: Astérix has been the same only in the first two movies and Caesar has been played by a different actor every time (including [[DirectedByCastMember the director of the second movie]], and in the third, French legend Alain Delon).
* ''Film/{{Critters}}'':
** In the first film, Sheriff Harv is played by M. Emmet Walsh. In the sequel, he's portrayed by Barry Corbin.
** The original film had the Krites voiced by Creator/CoreyBurton, with the second, third and fourth films leaving whoever voiced the Krites uncredited. In the fifth film ''Critters Attack!'', the Krites are now voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
* In the ''Film/{{Subspecies}}'' series, Laura Tate plays Michelle in the first film, Denise Duff in the three sequels
* The ''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizarding World]]'' franchise has made it two decades and even films with only two major recastings, which is quite remarkable considering some of the cast started out so young and the production team had assumed all the kids were going to have to be recast eventually when they started. Creator/EmmaWatson is reported to have thought about leaving halfway through the original series when she wanted to attend university. Inevitably she ended up deciding to defer her enrollment a year in order to finish.
** The first major recasting came with Dumbledore in ''Film/HarryPotter''. Creator/RichardHarris played him in the first two films, but [[CharacterOutlivesActor after his death]] he was played by Creator/MichaelGambon for the remainder of the series. Given the genre they could have {{handwaved}} his change in voice and appearance by referencing [[TheNthDoctor some magic-related cause]], but chose not to acknowledge it at all. Gambon also made no attempt to imitate Harris's Dumbledore, instead playing the character in his own and sometimes quite contrasting way.
** The second major recasting in the franchise was the role of Gellert Grindelwald between the second and third ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' installments. Creator/JohnnyDepp was fired when he lost a lawsuit in the UK against a tabloid that fount it was legally permissible to call him a “wife beater”. The judge found, to the civil standard, that he’d abused his ex-wife Creator/AmberHeard on at least twelve different occasions and therefore it was not defamatory to call him that. The ruling came down in late 2020 during the middle of the [[Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore third film's]] production, although allegedly he’d only filmed one scene himself. [[note]]Allegedly WB had done its own investigation into the situation that came to a similar conclusion as the court case and made the decision to fire him then but were just waiting for some sort of ruling from either the UK or another case in the US to fire him.[[/note]] His replacement Creator/MadsMikkelsen was officially signed on within three weeks of his firing. As with Dumbledore, the change goes unmentioned and the new actor didn’t chose to mimic the original in anyway. Mikkelsen plays the character much less stoically and much less overtly evil. A couple of dubs also changed from Depp's regular VA to Mikkelsen's including in Japanese where Creator/KazuhikoInoue replaced Creator/HiroakiHirata and in Latin American Spanish where Creator/GerardoReyero replaced Creator/RicardoTejedo. [[note]] Funnily enough, that also gives the franchise its first intance of TheDanza because Gerardo and Gellert are different version of the same name and the character's name is Gerardo in many translations. [[/note]]
** The series has a handful or so instances where characters were played by extras originally before being recast later on when the characters become [[AscendedExtra important players]]. An infamous case being Lavender Brown, who gets a RaceLift once she becomes the ClingyJealousGirl played by Creator/JessieCave. Other prominent examples include Helena Ravenclaw before Creator/KellyMacdonald was cast in the eighth and Dumbledore's brother Aberforth in the fifth movie before Creator/CiaranHinds was cast for the eighth.
** Tom Riddle/Voldemort has been played by several actors. Ian Hart voiced the character in the first movie. Christian Coulson played the teenaged version in the second. Creator/RalphFiennes was cast as the present day version in the fourth film and stuck with it through the rest of the series. Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (Ralph’s nephew) played the pre-teen version and Frank Dillane played the teen version in the sixth. Coulson, by that point, was in his late twenties so they decided to recast. Given that the ''Fantastic Beasts'' series will eventually get to his school days, it’s quite likely he will be re-cast again.
** Ariana Dumbledore was also recast in a roundabout way between ''Harry Potter '' and ''Fantastic Beasts'' due to the actor aging out of the role. She only briefly appeared in ''Deathly Hallows'' in a couple of pictures but never spoke. She was re-cast as a speaking part with an unknown child actor for ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' but didn’t make it into the final product. Three years after release, [=MuggleNet=] published some pictures of her in two different outfits, one on set and one of a costume test. Their source told them that her scenes were scrapped to focus on the main plot.
* Lestat was played by Creator/TomCruise in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' and Stuart Townsend in ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned''. Also, in the former, Armand is portrayed by Creator/AntonioBanderas, who is replaced with Matthew Newton in the latter, although the character is not actually named on screen.
* In Uwe Boll's ''Film/BloodRayne'' films, Kristanna Loken played the title character in the first film, but was replaced by Nastassia Malthe for the sequels.
* In ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes'', Creator/RoddyMcDowall only appears in footage from the original in the intro. Schedule problems caused Cornelius to instead be played by David Watson, though the heavy make-up and a similar voice makes it hard to notice. He reprised the role in the next film, ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes.''
* In the ''[[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Tomb Raider]]'' films, Lara Croft was played by Creator/AngelinaJolie. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23uXa2Jl9jQ this VISA credit card TV commercial]] featuring the film version of Lara, she was played by Creator/SofiaVergara.
* In ''Film/RockyV'', Robert Balboa was played by Creator/SylvesterStallone's late [[RealLifeRelative real-life son]], Sage Stallone. In ''Film/RockyBalboa'', the character was played by Milo Ventimiglia.
* ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' already ditches most of the characters in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', but one of the returning ones is recast: [[BigBad Cobra Commander]], with Joseph Gordon-Levitt replaced by Luke Bracey.
* Creator/JoshBrolin played Dwight [=McCarthy=] in ''[[Film/SinCity Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]'', a role that was played by Creator/CliveOwen in the 2005 original. Possibly justified, since Dwight's appearance in the titular story [[AnachronicOrder takes place before his appearance in "The Big Fat Kill"]], and a major plot point in the graphic novel involves [[spoiler: Dwight getting a new face via plastic surgery after he murders Damien Lord]]. Curiously, [[spoiler: the plastic surgery does take place but instead of Clive Owen, we see Josh Brolin with prosthetic makeup instead]].
** Creator/DennisHaysbert replaced the late Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as [[ScaryBlackMan Manute]].
** Creator/JamieChung replaced Devon Aoki as Miho, due to the latter's pregnancy.
** Jeremy Piven replaced Creator/MichaelMadsen as Bob.
* ''Return to Nim's Island'', the sequel to ''Film/NimsIsland'', has Bindi Irwin instead of Abigail Breslin as Nim, and Matthew Lillard instead of Creator/GerardButler as her father Jack.
* In the original run of ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' films, several key characters' performers changed over time -- and sometimes changed back!
** The third film, ''Inspector Clouseau'', had Creator/AlanArkin playing the title character instead of Creator/PeterSellers. Sellers returned to the role with ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther''. After he died, the filmmakers used a variety of techniques (ClipShow, FakeShemp, etc.) to disguise his absence for ''Film/TrailOfThePinkPanther'' and ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther'' before revealing in the latter that Clouseau was now played by [[spoiler: Creator/RogerMoore, with Magic Plastic Surgery the justification]].
** Sir Charles Lytton was originally played by Creator/DavidNiven, but when the character came back for ''The Return'' he was played by Creator/ChristopherPlummer. Niven returned for ''Trail'' and ''Curse'' -- they were shot at the same time -- but he was terminally ill by then and Creator/RichLittle dubbed his voice.
** Costumer Auguste Balls was initially played by Harvey Korman for a sequence filmed for but cut from ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain''. When ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther'' was made two years later, the part was recast with Graham Stark. Then the ''Strikes Again'' footage was incorporated into ''Trail'', so to keep things consistent Korman was brought back as Balls for it and ''Curse''. Stark returned to the role for ''Son of...'' ten years later.
** Maria Gambrelli was played by Creator/ElkeSommer in ''Film/AShotInTheDark'', but nearly thirty years later Claudia Cardinale played her in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''. Also counts as YouLookFamiliar: Cardinale was Princess Dala in the [[Film/ThePinkPanther1963 original film]].
** In the Creator/SteveMartin-led reboot films at the TurnOfTheMillennium, Charles Dreyfus was played by Creator/KevinKline in the [[Film/ThePinkPanther2006 first film]] and Creator/JohnCleese in the [[Film/ThePinkPanther2 second]].
* The ''Film/CharlieChan'' movies went from Warner Oland to Sidney Toler to Roland Winters playing the famous sleuth.
* In the Creator/ClintEastwood comedy ''Film/EveryWhichWayButLoose'', Clyde the orangutan was played by an ape named Manis. In the sequel, ''Any Which Way You Can'', the orangutan goes uncredited, but from the physical differences one can tell that it is not the same ape. Manis had matured between the first and second films, and was considered potentially dangerous (orangutans have a tendency to get meaner as they age). Sadly, the ape who portrayed Clyde in the second film died of a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks after filming was complete.
* In ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'', the role of Susan Johnson is played by Jill Eikenberry. In the sequel, the role is played by Cynthia Sikes.
* In ''Film/TheFly1986'', Veronica Quaife was played by Creator/GeenaDavis. In the 1989 sequel ''Film/TheFlyII'', Saffron Henderson replaces her in the beginning and in a voice-over when Martin watches an interview she filmed. Geena Davis didn't want to reprise her role because the nightmare where she gives birth to a giant maggot in the first movie traumatized her so much.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark''
** Mr. DNA was initially voiced by Creator/GregBurson in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Following Burson's [[CreatorBreakdown downfall]] and eventual death, his role was significantly reduced to a cameo in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and was voiced by Colin Trevorrow, [[CreatorCameo the film's director]].
** The role of [[spoiler:Lewis Dodgson]] was taken over in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' by Campbell Scott after his original actor, Cameron Thor, was charged with sexual assault of a minor in 2016.
* In ''Film/PitchBlack'', Jack was played by Rhiana Griffith. In ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', Creator/AlexaDavalos took over the role, with a new name and a completely new look. Her only explanation for how changed she was: "I'm a whole new animal." Many fans were not happy. Salt in the wound is the fact that Rhiana Griffith was willing to reprise the role - and Vin Diesel apparently wanted her, but was told by executives she needed to "toughen up" for the role.
* Due to fan complaints that Buttercup - Prim's cat in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' - was shown as [[AdaptationalAttractiveness somewhat less ugly than the book described]], he was recast (as it were) for ''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' to be more in line with Suzanne Collins's intentions.
** Mainly people complained that the cat named Buttercup because of his orange fur was for some reason played by a black and white cat in the film.
* Mike Brody and his brother Sean (Chief Brody's sons), the only characters to appear in all four ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' movies, are played by Chris Rebello and Jay Mello in the original, Mark Gruner and Marc Gilpin in ''Film/{{Jaws 2}}'', Creator/DennisQuaid and John Putch in ''Film/Jaws3D'' and Lance Guest and Mitchell Anderson in ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''. Justified, as they grow older in the course of the series.
* In the 2010 ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'', Andromeda was played by Alexa Davalos and was brunette. In ''Wrath of the Titans'', she was played by Creator/RosamundPike, who is blonde.
* In the 1940's ''Mexican Spitfire'' movie series, the role of Carmelita's husband Dennis went from Donald Woods (3 movies) to Charles "Buddy" Rogers (3 movies) to Walter Reed (2 movies).
* Following the box office success of ''The Carpetbaggers'', Paramount gave the character of Nevada Smith his own prequel. Unfortunately Creator/AlanLadd was unavailable due to his death (in fact, ''The Carpetbaggers'' was his final movie), so Creator/SteveMcQueenActor played the role.
* ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'':
** The film reverts Kowalski and Private to their original voice actors in the first three ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' movies (Chris Miller and Christopher Knights, instead of Creator/JeffBennett and James Patrick Stuart, respectively, on [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar the TV series]]). Oddly, Rico, who kept his original voice actor Creator/JohnDiMaggio for the TV series, is now voiced by Conrad Vernon, who voiced Mason the chimp in the movies and TV series. The only penguin who has had the same voice actor through every adaptation is Skipper (Tom [=McGrath=]). It should be noted all four [[DescendedCreator are Dreamworks crew]] (in the first ''Madagascar'', [=McGrath=] was one of the directors, Miller a story artist, Knights an assistant editor, and Vernon a creative consultant).
** King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen.
* The WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' saw the post-Flashpoint versions of Batman and the Flash voiced by the same voice actors as their pre-Flashpoint selves, Creator/KevinConroy and Creator/JustinChambers respectively. The other films sees the post-Flashpoint Batman and Flash voiced respectively by Creator/JasonOMara and Creator/ChristopherGorham.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', the sequel to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', sees Creator/JerryOConnell replaces Creator/AlanTudyk as Superman, Creator/RosarioDawson replaces Creator/MichelleMonaghan as Wonder Woman, Creator/NathanFillion replaces Creator/JustinKirk as Green Lantern ([[WesternAnimation/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights though he]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom has played]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox GL before]]), and Creator/SamWitwer replaces Creator/SteveBlum as Ocean Master (though Blum returns as Cyborg's computer and also reprises his ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' role of ComicBook/LexLuthor). Sean Patrick Thomas also replaced Creator/ShemarMoore as Cyborg, but [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=56203 Moore later became available again]], so they redub him, resulting in Thomas being a case of TheOtherMarty, instead.
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'' sees Alfred go from Creator/DavidMcCallum, who voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' (and first voiced the role in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'') to Creator/JamesGarrett (who first voiced the role in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'').
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'' would see [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul, or at least a minion of Trigon impersonating him, voiced by Creator/TerrenceCCarson instead of Creator/GiancarloEsposito, who voiced Ra's in ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman''.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract'' sees Deathstroke voiced by the late Creator/MiguelFerrer instead of Thomas Gibson like he was in ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman''. [[https://mobile.twitter.com/JTuckerAnimator/status/1385088842768609281 According to]] WordOfGod, the Kid Flash in the movie is actually a young Barry Allen, which would make Creator/JasonSpisak this to Creator/ChristopherGorham who voiced Barry in all other appearances, [[TheOriginalDarrin including later ones]].
** ''WesternAnimation/TheDeathOfSuperman'' sees [[RealLifeRelative O'Connell's real life wife]] Creator/RebeccaRomijn replace Creator/JulietLandau as ComicBook/LoisLane, Creator/RainnWilson replace Creator/SteveBlum as ComicBook/LexLuthor, and Cress Williams replace Creator/KharyPayton as [[ComicBook/{{Steel}} John Henry Irons]]. Additonally, while ComicBook/JimmyOlsen didn't speak in ''Throne'', Patrick Cavanaugh was credited in the role. Here, the role is reprised by Jimmy's ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' voice actor, Creator/MaxMittelman. The immediate follow-up, ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', sees Creator/TonyTodd reprising his ''WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes'' specials role as ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and in doing so, replacing Creator/SteveBlum.
** The Joker's cameo in ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' sees his laugh voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, a short attached to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'' that sets up ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' (as well as resolve Batman chasing the Scarecrow's goons in his introduction after Green Lantern interferes in Bruce's pursuit of them) sees Scarecrow voiced by Creator/MichaelRosenbaum, and ''WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay'' once again sees Creator/TaraStrong as Harley Quinn. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush'' sees Baker, Rosenbaum, and Strong replaced as the Joker, the Scarecrow, and Harley respectively by Creator/JasonSpisak, Creator/ChrisCox, and Creator/HyndenWalch.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' sees [[spoiler:Trigon voiced by Creator/JohnDiMaggio instead of Creator/JonBernthal, who voiced him in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseConstantineTheHouseOfMystery'' sees Creator/JeremyDavies replaced by Creator/RayChase as Ritchie Simpson [[spoiler:or a demon impersonating him.]]
* While the live-action ''[[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' films were otherwise consistent with the voice actors of the robots, Sideswipe received a different voice between [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen the second film]][[note]]where he was voiced by André Sogliuzzo aka [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender King Bumi]][[/note]] to [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon the third]][[note]] here played by [[Series/{{Dexter}} James Remar]], who further reprised the role for the ride[[/note]] for no real reason. Barricade also got a [[Creator/FrankWelker different voice]] in the third film due to an audio and [[OffModel animation error]].
** This was similarly applied to the remainder of the series, which replaced Mark Ryan with Erik Aadahl in ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' and Creator/HugoWeaving with TheOriginalDarrin Creator/FrankWelker in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''.
** The reboot of the series, ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', replaced Aadahl with Creator/DylanOBrien as Bumblebee, [[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Jon Bailey]] as Soundwave and Shockwave instead of Creator/FrankWelker, and Dennis Singletary as Ratchet instead of Robert Foxworth.
* ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'' {{parodied|Trope}} this in the SequelSnark filled ending sequence, which showed a series of increasingly absurd further installments in the franchise. ''29 Jump Street: Sunday School'' features Schmidt being portrayed by Creator/SethRogen instead of Creator/JonahHill. Jenko asks Dickson if Schmidt looks different, but Dickson says he looks the same. Schmidt claims he's wearing new glasses, then whispers to Jenko, "No one's gonna fucking notice." We then see them on their mission, with Schmidt [[AccidentalMisnaming accidentally calling Jenko "Jenkins", which he quietly apologizes for]]. ''30 Jump Street: Flight School'' shows Schmidt once again portrayed by Jonah Hill, and Jenko is glad he's back, to which Schmidt replies, "What are you talking about? [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial What contract dispute?]] I've been here the whole time." Jenko just tells him to shut the fuck up.
* ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'':
** The centaur Chiron is played by Creator/PierceBrosnan in the original film. In the sequel, the role is taken up by Creator/AnthonyHead.
** Hermes is played by Dylan Neal for his cameo in the first film. In the sequel, where he has a larger role, he is played by Creator/NathanFillion.
* Creator/BryceDallasHoward has done this ''thrice'':
** Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) in ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'', as mentioned above.
** Kate Brewster (Creator/ClaireDanes) in ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''.
** Grace Mulligan (Creator/NicoleKidman) in ''Film/{{Manderlay}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'':
** In the first movie Murray was voiced by Music/CeeLoGreen, then by Creator/KeeganMichaelKey for the sequels.
** Creator/AdamSandler voiced Dracula in the first three movies, then Creator/BrianHull voiced the character in ''[[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTransformania Transformania]]''. Brad Abrell took over for Creator/KevinJames as Frankenstein, and Zoe Barri replaces Sandler's daughter Sadie as Winnie.
* ''Angel'' ([[Series/{{Angel}} not that one]], the honor student by day/hooker by night in the '80s) had a different actress play her in all four movies - Donna Wilkes in the 1984 original, Betsy Russell in 1985's ''Avenging Angel'', Mitzi Kapture in 1988's ''Angel III: The Final Chapter'', and Darlene Vogel in 1993's ''Angel 4: Undercover''. Lt. Andrews, the cop who helps Angel get off the streets in the first movie (and whose murder Angel avenges in the second), was played by Cliff Gorman in the first movie and Robert F. Lyons in the second.
* In a cross of this with PoorMansSubstitute, many of the direct-to-video sequels and AnimatedSeries derived from the Disney feature films have the famous actors being replaced (such as Creator/DanCastellaneta for Creator/RobinWilliams in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''); the one that escaped the most was ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', which saw all of the original cast (save Creator/DannyDeVito and Rip Torn) returning for the [[RecycledTheSeries spinoff series]].
** Similarly, in ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' Eddie Murphy could not reprise his role as Mushu due a clause in his contract for ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''. Mark Moseley replaced him. Coincidentally, Moseley has also filled in for Murphy by voicing Donkey in the ''Shrek'' video games.
** A brief in-series example, for ''Aladdin'': At one point, Mozenrath's voice actor Jonathan Brandis was unavailable, so he ended up being voiced by Jeff Bennett for one episode. Brandis returned as Mozenrath's voice in subsequent episodes.
** In the direct-to-video sequel to ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', Creator/JoaquinPhoenix did not return to voice Kenai. He was instead voiced by a popular actor already under contract with Disney (through his role at ABC's ''Series/GreysAnatomy''): Creator/PatrickDempsey.
** Mostly averted by the [=DTV=] sequel to ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', which brings back almost all the main voice cast except for Creator/DavidOgdenStiers (replaced by Creator/JimCummings1952) and the late Mary Wickes (Jane Withers, who filled in for her in some parts of the movie, took over in full).
** The original Western continuity of the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise kept most of the original actors from [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the original film]], but had a few notable changes:
*** Creator/DakotaFanning replaced Creator/DaveighChase as Lilo Pelekai for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch''. This was due to the fact that Chase was working on ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''.
*** Likewise, Miranda Paige Walls voiced Mertle Edmonds in the original ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' film, but after Walls decided [[OneBookAuthor not to pursue acting any further]], she was replaced by Creator/LilianaMumy in [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie all]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch three]] [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch sequels]] and ''The Series''.
*** Jason Scott Lee voiced Nani Pelekai's boyfriend David Kawena in the original film and ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'', but he was replaced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker for ''The Series'' and its films.
** A slight variation occurred in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' with Scar. Scar was normally voiced by Jeremy Irons, but the ending portion of the song "Be Prepared" (starting with the verse "You won't get a sniff without me") was done by Jim Cummings (who is Ed's voice actor) instead of Irons due to Irons blowing out his voice during recording sessions. It also led to a ThrowItIn moment when Ed uncharacteristically sang a line from the song (most of the time, Ed is either silent, or [[TheHyena communicates via insane laughter]]).
*** The DirectToVideo sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', on the other hand, plays this straight two times, the first being with Cummings replacing Irons outright as Scar in [[spoiler:Simba's nightmare sequence]], as Irons was under contractual obligations performing in ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask''. The second time was when Creator/RowanAtkinson turned down an offer to reprise his role as Zazu in the sequel to avoid conflict with his work in ''Film/{{Bean}}''; Edward Hibbert replaced him (the third actor to voice the character after Michael Gough).
*** The parallel direct-to-video sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' had Jonathan Taylor Thomas replaced by Matt Weinberg as the voice of cub Simba. Hibbert again replaced Atkinson as Zazu due to conflicts with ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' and ''Film/LoveActually''.
** The sequels to ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' had none of their cast return as they either died, retired or were too old to reprise their roles, this was most likely understandable as they were released decades after the 1950s and 1960s.
* The MadeForTVMovie ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint'' manages to have ''three'' Other Darrins in spite of being, well, a movie; for its initial airing the movie was narrated by Creator/DustinHoffman, but for contractual reasons he was replaced on later (and, outside North America, all English language) airings by Alan Barzman initially and then Alan Thicke, with the VHS (and later DVD) release narrated by Music/RingoStarr.
* Franchise/DisneyFairies:
** In ''Tinker Bell'', Fawn was voiced by America "Series/UglyBetty" Ferrera; Angela Bartys took over for ''Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure'' and the next few movies; Ginnifer Goodwin voiced her in ''Tinker Bell and the Legend of the [=NeverBeast=]''.
** In addition, Rossetta was originally voiced by Creator/KristinChenoweth for the first three features. The character has since been voiced by Megan Hilty.
* ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'':
** Three of the characters, Maltazard, Selenia, and Darkos, were recast for the sequels. Maltazard was originally voiced by Music/DavidBowie, but was replaced with Music/LouReed, Selenia was originally voiced by Madonna, but was replaced with Music/SelenaGomez, and Darkos was originally voiced by Creator/JasonBateman but was replaced with Music/IggyPop.
* ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'':
** In the original ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', the character of the Female Cenobite was portrayed by Grace Kirby (a cousin of Creator/CliveBarker's). In ''Film/HellboundHellraiserII'', the character is played by Barbie Wilde.
** Creator/DougBradley plays Pinhead in the first 8 Hellraiser films, then the role is given to Stephan Smith Collins ''Film/HellraiserRevelations'' and Paul Taylor in ''Film/HellraiserJudgement''.
* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' - Pamela Voorhees and Tommy Jarvis are both portrayed by multiple actors throughout the series. Not to mention Jason himself, though for a while there was consistency as Creator/KaneHodder played him for four movies.
* ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' - Kristen was played by Creator/PatriciaArquette in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors'', while singer Creator/TuesdayKnight took over the role for ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster''. This change is usually attributed to Arquette's pregnancy.
* ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'':
** Michael Myers rarely had a consistent actor, sometimes even within the same film.
** In ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'', J.C. Brandy took over for Creator/DanielleHarris as Jamie Lloyd, who played the role as a child in the [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers previous]] [[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers two films]]. Harris even sat down for an interview for the 2014 Blu-ray release to discuss why she chose not to return. Apparently producers had wanted to recast the role from the beginning of production with an actress over 18, but Harris (17 at the time) got herself legally emancipated so she could work on the film. However the role was heavily reduced at the last minute, and Harris refused to work for scale, in part because it would not even cover the court costs she spent to get herself emancipated. She also disagreed with the script, and was not happy with how she was being treated by the production team. That said, Harris later returned to the franchise in the [[Film/Halloween2007 Rob Zombie]] [[Film/HalloweenII2009 reboot films]], albeit as a different character.
** Tommy Doyle is played by Brian Andrews in the original film, Creator/PaulRudd in ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'', and Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall in ''Film/HalloweenKills''. Rudd was approached to reprise his role in ''Kills'', but was unavailable due to him being busy with ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
** Lonnie Elam is played by Brent Le Page in the original film, and Robert Longstreet in ''Halloween Kills''.
* ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' series:
** Lloyd Sherr took over as the voice of Fillmore in ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' following Creator/GeorgeCarlin's passing.
** Chick Hicks was played by Creator/MichaelKeaton in the first film, and then by Pixar's own Bob Peterson in ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'', as the former was busy with ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
* Because several of the actors involved in the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series had passed on before ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' was made, they were replaced with different actors for the voices.
* Agnes in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'' is voiced by Nev Scharrel instead of Creator/ElsieFisher, like in [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1 the first]] [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2 two films]].
* While the ''Oz'' stories have been adapted enough times that switching performers doesn't usually raise eyebrows, Creator/FairuzaBalk's casting as Dorothy in ''Film/ReturnToOz'' was nonetheless jarring. Chalk it up to AdaptationDisplacement and MisaimedMarketing. See, Creator/WaltDisneyPictures marketed the movie as a direct sequel to the most iconic ''Oz'' adaptation, Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's 1939 musical ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', which featured seventeen-year-old Creator/JudyGarland as Dorothy. In truth, while ''Return to Oz'' did borrow some elements from the MGM version (like the magic shoes being ruby instead of silver, and Oz potentially being AllJustADream), most of the movie was more in tune with Creator/LFrankBaum's original ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series. So even though eleven-year-old Balk was ironically closer to the original Dorothy's age, a lot of viewers were surprised because they expected someone resembling Garland but got Balk instead.
* ''Film/TheCannonballRun'':
** The "Lamborghini Ladies", Marcie and Jill, were played by Adrienne Barbeau and Tara Buchman in the first film and Catherine Bach and Susan Anton in the second. Also, they were only named in the credits in the first film, but their names are finally mentioned on screen in the second.
** The two guys in the stock car are played by Terry Bradshaw and Mel Tillis in the first film. Tillis returned for the second, but Bradshaw was replaced by Creator/TonyDanza. In an odd turn of events, they also weren't given names for the first film but named Terry and Mel for the second. So, Terry is an example of TheDanza in the first film and the TropeNamer for TheDanza in the second.
* ''Film/RoboCop3'' sees Creator/RobertJohnBurke replace Creator/PeterWeller as Murphy, due to a combination of Weller doing ''Film/NakedLunch'' after having a bad time filming ''Film/RoboCop2'' and Orion starting to collapse, resulting in them wanting to cast an actor similar in size to Weller to save money and modifying the suits from ''2'' for Burke to wear. Burke is on record as saying wearing the suits got painful after a while.
* Almost all the characters in Disney's ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' were recast with mainly British voice actors, one exception being Pooh himself, with Jim Cummings reprising the role he first performed in [[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh the beloved Saturday morning cartoon adaptation]]. Cummings [[ActingForTwo playing Tigger as well]] was due to the initial recast performance of Chris O'Dowd as Tigger being received negatively by test audiences, where he then walked from the film. As such, Cummings [[TheOtherMarty filled in]] and reprised Tigger.
* ''Film/TeenWolfToo'', the sequel to the surprise hit ''Film/TeenWolf'', has Stiles and Coach Finstock return with different actors. Only two actors from the original reprise their roles, while the main character is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute due to Creator/MichaelJFox not returning.
* Max from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' was voiced by Creator/LouisCK, but is voiced by Creator/PattonOswalt in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2'' following the former's sexual misconduct allegations in 2017.
* Of the four leads in ''Film/AnotherGayMovie'' only Jonah Blechman reprised his role in ''Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!'' The film opens with a ''Wizard of Oz''-style sequence in which the replacements are introduced with the explanation that the agents of the original actors warned them not to play gay too often because of the danger of type casting.
* As with Louis C.K., Creator/TJMiller got [=#MeToo=]'d out of his ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' role and was replaced with Justin Rupple as the voice of Tuffnut in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''.
* ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'': Mario Yedidia is replaced by Nathan Phillips as Ryan Jeffers in the sequel.
* In ''Film/TheWoman'', Darlin' Cleek was played by Shyla Molhusen. In the sequel ''Film/{{Darlin}}'', she's played by Lauren Canny.
* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' had Creator/BrentonThwaites playing Prince Phillip. He was unavailable to reprise the role in ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'', Creator/HarrisDickinson replaced him.
* The 25th Anniversary Edition ReCut of ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' has an interesting case of this, due to the fact that some of the dialogues for the deleted scenes were unrecoverable, this caused Disney to have them redubbed, Creator/AngelaLansbury and Creator/RoddyMcDowall reprised their roles so they could rerecord their own lines, but some characters who had actors that either died or were too old had new ADR actors for these parts. While Creator/DavidTomlinson was still alive while the 25th Anniversary Edition cut was being made, he was unable to do the role due to being in his 70s and was in ill-health, which sadly meant that Creator/JeffBennett had to subsitute for him. However, there were slight hiccups during the dubbing, such as Mrs. Hobday's accent changing from Welsh to Scottish and back again, Charlie sounding nothing like Ian Weighill, and Emelius Browne sounding a bit off.
* In-Universe played for laughs in the 1995 TV movie ''The Adventures of Captain Zoom''. An arrogant 1950s TV actor is whisked away into space by an alien race who mistakenly believed he's his heroic sci-fi hero. He goes along with it with only a few allies knowing he's just an actor. At one point, he sighs on how he feels sorry for the folks back on the show who are now out of work as there's obviously no way [[ItsAllAboutMe the show can go on without him]]. GilliganCut to the show's set where they've simply hired a new actor with the explanation of the hero needing special surgery to get a new face and the show runs for several more years.
* While most of the voice cast for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' returned for ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'', Vincent Martella, who voiced Jason Todd as Robin in both productions, replaces Creator/JensenAckles as Jason as ComicBook/RedHood. [[spoiler:It is because the new footage that features Jason as the Red Hood sees him don the identity years earlier than he did in the original film.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', the Master of Games was voiced by Creator/JimCummings1952. In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans'', he's voiced by Rhys Darby. Granted, he also looks different and [[spoiler:the version in the film is actually the Trigon of ''Go''.]]
* The original ''Film/WalkingTall1973'' had a couple of made for TV sequels that starred Bo Svenson instead of Creator/JoeDonBaker. Plans to hire the actual Buford Pusser fell through after he died of a car crash.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': For his cameo, Geri from ''WesternAnimation/GerisGame'' is voice by Creator/JonathanHarris rather than [[Creator/PixarRegulars Pixar Regular]] Bob Peterson, who'd played him in the original short.
** Meanwhile on the American side of things, this would mark the first time in several years that Barbie got a voice actor that wasn't Chris Anthony Lansdowne, who had been voicing her in nearly all tie-in media such as commercials, talking toys, and interactive games up to this point, as Jodi Benson provides the voice for her in this movie. Subverted in that she did not have an established voice in the Toy Story universe.
* In the European French dub of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Camélia Jordana voiced [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen]]. Creator/ShirineBoutella replaced her in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''.
* In the European French dub of ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'', Henri Guybet replaced the late Creator/MichelGalabru as Vlad Dracula.
* Wayne Westhorpe played Little Arthur in ''Film/MutinyOnTheBuses'', but Adam Rhodes took over the role in ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses''.
* ''Film/TheExorcist'':
** Pazuzu is voiced by a different actor in each film, being played by Mercedes [=McCambridge=] and Ron Faber in ''Film/TheExorcist'', Karen Knapp in ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic'', Colleen Dewhurst in ''Film/TheExorcistIII'', Rupert Degas in ''Film/ExorcistTheBeginning'', and Creator/MaryBethHurt in ''Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist''.
** Several other examples specific to ''Film/TheExorcistIII'':
*** Lee J. Cobb died in 1976, so the part of William F. Kinderman was recast with Creator/GeorgeCScott. A bit of a meta BrickJoke, as Scott also plays another character previously played by Cobb: Juror #3 of ''Film/TwelveAngryMen''. Creator/GeorgeCScott was a pretty good choice to replace the (deceased) Creator/LeeJCobb as Lt. Kinderman in this sequel, [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting not only on account of his similarly craggy facial features]], but because Cobb and Scott appeared on stage in many of the same roles, often as ornery, curmudgeonly characters.
*** Father Dyer was originally played in the first film by the Reverend William O’Malley, a real-life Jesuit priest. O'Malley decided not to pursue acting any further after that film, and was replaced by Ed Flanders in this film.
*** Father Kanavan (the elderly priest murdered in the confession booth played by Harry Carey Jr.) was the same character played by Father Thomas Bermingham (an actual Jesuit Priest) in ''Film/TheExorcist''.
* ''Film/ToAllTheBoysPSIStillLoveYou'' replaced Jordan Burtchett with Creator/JordanFisher as John Ambrose. That said, Burtchett's role in ''Film/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore'' is a mid-credits cameo (and canonically does not happen in the books).
* In ''Film/FuriosaAMadMaxSaga'', a younger Furiosa is portrayed by Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy, succeeding Creator/CharlizeTheron from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. Since Creator/HughKeaysByrne passed away in 2020 before the filming happened, another actor portrays Immortan Joe.
* All of the cast of ''Series/UpPompeii'' barring Creator/FrankieHowerd were replaced for [[Film/UpPompeii the film]]:
** Creator/MichaelHordern was the third Ludicrus Sextus after Max Adrian and Wallas Eaton.
** Creator/BarbaraMurray took over Ammonia from Elizabeth Larner.
** Creator/MadelineSmith took over Erotica from Georgina Moon.
** Royce Mills took over Nausius from Kerry Gardner.
* The official Russian dub of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' was produced in Georgia instead of Russia itself due to many Hollywood studios boycotting the country following the invasion of Ukraine. As a result, all returning characters were re-cast. For example, Andrej Bibikaŭ replaced Vsevolod Kuznetsov as the titular character, while Kitty [=Softpaws=], voiced by Tatiana Shitova in [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots the previous film]], is now voiced by Diana Nersesova.
* Done InUniverse in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}''. At the end of the film, Bolt and Penny quit the ShowWithinAShow and a new trained dog and child actress are cast to replace them, explained in the show as Penny getting MagicPlasticSurgery due to severe burns.
* ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries'': Mrs. Lea was at first played by Creator/DandyNichols, then Creator/DorisHare in all the sequels.
* After ''Film/TheMouseThatRoared'', Creator/PeterSellers did not return for ''The Mouse on the Moon'' so his roles of the Duchess and Prime Minister were played by Creator/MargaretRutherford and Creator/RonMoody respectively.
* Due to ''Film/MaryPoppins'' dating back to 1964 and its cast being too old or having passed away long ago, every role was inevitably recast for ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns''.
** Creator/EmilyBlunt replacing Creator/JulieAndrews as Mary, of course.
** Creator/DickVanDyke returns but doesn't play an older Bert, he has been cast as Mr. Dawes Jr. instead, replacing Arthur Malet, who passed away of natural causes in 2013. It's also a case of ActorAllusion and [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Son]], since Van Dyke played Mr. Dawes Sr. in 1964.
** Creator/EmilyMortimer plays Jane Banks, succeeding Karen Dotrice, who's in her 60s.
** Creator/BenWhishaw plays Michael Banks. Matthew Garber died at the age of 21 in 1977 due to pancreatitis.
** Creator/JulieWalters plays Ellen the maid. Creator/HermioneBaddeley passed away of a stroke at age 79 in 1986.
** Creator/DavidWarner plays Admiral Boom. Reginald Owen died of a heart attack in 1972 at age 85.
** {{Creator/Jim Norton|Actor}} plays Mr. Binnacle. Don Barclay passed away in 1975 at age 82.
* ''Film/OnTheBuses'': Nobby was played by Patrick Connor, then Norman Mitchell in [[Series/OnTheBuses the series]]. In the film, he's now played by Terry Duggan.
* ''Film/DadsArmy2016'' has the [[Series/DadsArmy original characters]] played by a brand-new cast of actors (barring Creator/FrankWilliams as TheVicar), as almost all of the originals had sadly died. These replacements are:
** Creator/TobyJones playing Mainwaring instead of Creator/ArthurLowe (died 1982).
** Creator/BillNighy playing Wilson instead of Creator/JohnLeMesurier (died 1983).
** Tom Courtenay playing Jones instead of Creator/CliveDunn (died 2012).
** Creator/BillPaterson playing Frazer instead of Creator/JohnLaurie (died 1980).
** Blake Harrison playing Pike instead of Creator/IanLavender (too old to play Pike but played Brigadier Pritchard, himself originally played by Robert Raglan, who died in 1985).
** Creator/MichaelGambon playing Godfrey instead of Creator/ArnoldRidley (died 1984).
** Daniel Mays playing Walker instead of Creator/JamesBeck (died 1973).
** Martin Savage playing Hodges instead of Creator/BillPertwee (died 2013).
** Sarah Lancashire playing Mrs. Pike instead of Creator/JanetDavies (died 1986).
** Alison Steadman playing Mrs. Fox instead of Creator/PamelaCundell (died 2015).
** Creator/AnnetteCrosbie playing Cissy instead of Nan Braunton (died 1978) or Kathleen Saintsbury (died 1995).
** Julia Foster playing Dolly instead of Amy Dalby (died 1969) or Joan Cooper (died 1989).
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