Thanks for the poll.
In AS III I thought Polaha did a decent job of holding up the absolute character of the Galt image. His acting was fluid and, as should be, strength is shown in gentleness since no need for posturing... I think he held his own and gave Galt a very human side. As for Dagny, my personal opinion, this time around was a- no. ASI & ASII had more stamina and strength. I was frustrated that she (Regan) just did not come across with the necessary fire within. On the other hand, I loved the James Taggart guy- perfect for the part! I hope they keep him for an eventual TV series.
Also, ALL the moochers were real sleaz balls! Every one of them played well the part- even President Thompson was so convencing.

I actually really liked the entire cast of the second movie the best (with the exception of John Galt, Polaha was exceptional in that role). Rearden in the second movie came off as I pictured him in the novel: a tougher, no nonsense, New Jersey businessman.

Nice job! Could you please add a "None of these" choice for each role?

Voted. Nicely done.

I completed the poll. Also, I have a lingering thought that I would like input on. While I enjoyed the movies, it seemed many references throughout, we're left incomplete because they lacked there relevant connections. The book is just too much to squeeze into three movies. Has the idea of a 12 part mini series been considered? Should it be? Is there better way to bring a greater fullness of this masterpiece to visual media? I recommend the book regularly. I also suggest the audio version due to the length and because we live in a perpetually distracted society?
Thoughts? Suggestions?

I like it, good job.

Cool. I'm curious to see results.

Let me know what you think of the poll.

Did I leave anyone out?

I love the idea of a poll. However, since I have not seen III yet, I will hold off as I don't feel it would be good just to base it on I and II.

Don't know if you want to do any more to this but I did some screen captures from AS1 and AS2 of all the actors. Happy to email a link to them. They would be more indicative of the actors in their roles on your poll page. Don't want to violate any copyrights without permission though.

Link to summary report of the poll: https://formscentral.acrobat.com?d=0kLvj...

I submitted my response. Thank you, lmarrott. Actually, I liked the idea of using different actors for the roles, although I'm not really sure why the Producers went this route. Lack of funds to contract an actor for the entire run? Availability of the actors during the scheduled film shoot?

Then of course, I thought all of the actors gave a superior performance, bringing with them the realities of the characters I could only imagine when reading the book.

The form has been filled out about 150 times so far. Definitely interesting to see some of the results.

Thanks everyone!

Great idea! Took the poll and looked at the results. I'm not too surprised by the results except for the casting of Ellis Wyatt. I don't think either actor really exemplified Ellis, but Lew Temple was the better of the two I think.

Feel free to share this with anyone who has seen the movies!