Mark Hamill almost Had a Role

It could have broken his typecast. Heath Ledger was actively pushing against his "heartthrob" status with excellent effect - or Elijah Wood doing Sin City right after his wide-eyed Frodo.

I need to think about it some. Amadeus was one of those films where the acting was tour de force. Rarely does such a cast knock it out of the park. Hulce wasn't bad, but I think he was overshadowed by the other performances and they could have cast better - perhaps an unknown for Mozart.

Now, I have to admit I was stunned by some of the other casting choices that were superb: Christine Ebersole and Jeffrey Jones are two. I honestly wouldn't have auditioned either thinking (before seeing this) that either one had a shot. But they were both superb which proves my career choice in engineering was better than a career in casting..

Even the priest that Salieri was telling the story to was superb. If he didn't nail that reaction shot when it was finally dawn and Salieri finished his tale, the whole thing would have collapsed. That priest looked wrung out, not from being up all night, but from what he heard.

I'll give your question some more thought and reply in a day or so, even if I can't come up with someone.

Hamill is a good actor, The only reason why you don't like him is because he's a liberal, He's a much better actor than Gina Carano who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag.