Which Book-To-Movie Castings Were Actually Perfect?

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If you're like me, then every time you read a book you're already casting the award-winning movie adaptation in your head.

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Warner Bros.

And then sometimes when the book actually gets turned into a movie, the casting choices are even better than you originally imagined!

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NBC

Like, maybe you firmly believe that no other actor on Earth could ever play Lucy Gray Baird as authentically as Rachel Zegler.

Rachel Zegler is in a distressed pose on the ground wearing a light outfit with a tulle skirt in an industrial area
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Or maybe you still can't get over how Alan Rickman's Severus Snape practically walked out of the books and onto the movie screen.

Severus Snape in a black robe standing in the foreground, with Rubeus Hagrid blurred in the background
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Perhaps Taylor Zakhar Perez's portrayal of Alex Claremont in Red, White, & Royal Blue wasn't exaaaaactly what you imagined, but SO. MUCH. BETTER.

Young man stands at a podium labeled "The White House Washington" speaking in front of a backdrop with the same text and the White House image
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Or heck, maybe you hated Amy March when you read Little Women, but Florence Pugh's portrayal made you fall head over heels in love.

Woman in a light fur coat and stylish hat with veil, sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, looks back while an elderly woman sits beside her
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Whoever it is, we wanna know! Tell us which book-to-movie castings are absolutely perfect and why. The best responses will be included in a BuzzFeed Community post.

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