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10 Actors Who Returned To Famous Roles After A Very Long Time

Once upon a time, it was common practice for an actor to play a character in a movie just the once before moving on to other projects. However, in this new world we find ourselves in, where cinematic universes, sequels, reboots (even rebootquels) rule the box office, the stars of today are being asked to reappear in the same roles over and over again. Many for the first time in years. Decades, even.

5) Michael Douglas – 23 Years

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Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko, with his yuppie sensibilities and dated fashion sense, was such a product of the 1980s that it was a strange idea to resurrect him nearly two and a half decades later. But that’s exactly what director Oliver Stone did, with Michael Douglas back in one of his best known roles.

2010’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was flawed, but it had a good premise at the heart of it – how would the real-life financial recession affect Gekko? – and Douglas easily slipped back into the role. It also co-starred Shia LaBeouf, back when he was the king of resurrecting 80s properties after featuring in Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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