I'm always nervous when I see a screen adaptation of a book I love which stems primarily from a fear of them getting my fave characters wrong. But when they get them right it makes the whole movie or show even better!
So I recently asked the BuzzFeed community for the times that a film or TV adaptation perfectly nailed a character from the book. Here are the best responses:
6.Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall – Harry Potter
Watch some of Mcgonagall's best bits:
7.Julianne Moore as President Alma Coin – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Watch Julianne in action here:
8.Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth – Game of Thrones
Here's Brienne being a badass:
9.Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn – The Lord of the Rings
Watch the best of Aragorn here:
10.Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler – Revolutionary Road
Here's Leo being Frank:
11.Matt Damon as Mark Watney – The Martian
Here's Matt as Mark putting some laughter into tense moments:
12.Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid – Harry Potter
Watch the best of Hagrid:
13.Tom Sturridge as Dream – The Sandman
Here's Tom as Dream:
14.Jenny Walser as Tori Spring – Heartstopper
Here's Tori's best bits:
15.Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy – Harry Potter
Watch some of Malfoy's best moments:
16.The main cast – Shadow And Bone
Watch the Crows in Shadow and Bone:
17.Andre the Giant as Fezzik – The Princess Bride
Watch some of Fezzik here:
18.Emilia Clarke as Louisa Clark – Me Before You
Check out Louisa's best moments here:
19.Ian McKellan as Gandalf – The Lord of the Rings
Here are some of his best scenes:
20.Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch – To Kill a Mockingbird
Watch Atticus' closing argument:
21.Ruth Wilson as Mrs. Coulter and James McAvoy as Lord Asriel – His Dark Materials
Here's the scene the two of the reunited:
22.Storm Reid as Meg Murray – A Wrinkle in Time
Here's Storm as Meg:
23.Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet and Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy – Pride and Prejudice
Here's the two of them in Pride and Prejudice:
24.Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf – A Series of Unfortunate Events
Here's his first scene:
25.The main cast – Troy
Here's a clip from the director's cut:
26.Nite Owl and Rorschach – Watchmen (film)
You can see them in Watchmen here:
27.Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Here's Noomi as Lisbeth:
28.The main cast – Fried Green Tomatoes
Watch Idgie and Ruth from Fried Green Tomatoes here:
Editor's note: Some of these submissions have been edited for length or clarity.
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