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Badly cast movie and TV roles

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  • 29-12-2013 11:01pm
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    cantdecide
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    In the middle of re-watching Star Wars and the more I think about it, the more I'm dumbfounded that Mark Hamil managed to be cast as Luke Skywalker. Truly atrocious actor and face could curdle milk, IMO. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN????


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    Stone Deaf 4evr
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    cantdecide wrote: »
    In the middle of re-watching Star Wars and the more I think about it, the more I'm dumbfounded that Mark Hamil managed to be cast as Luke Skywalker. Truly atrocious actor and face could curdle milk, IMO. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN????

    He was in a traffic accident between the first two films.


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    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,994 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    cantdecide wrote: »
    In the middle of re-watching Star Wars and the more I think about it, the more I'm dumbfounded that Mark Hamil managed to be cast as Luke Skywalker. Truly atrocious actor and face could curdle milk, IMO. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN????

    He was in a traffic accident between the first two films.


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    krudler
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    Atrocious actor? His is the best version of The Joker.


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    Nodin
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    Yer man that was cast as Apollo in the remake of Battlestar Galatica was weak in comparison to the Starbuck character. Terrible mismatch.

    Benecio Del Toro in "The Wolfman".....

    Keanu Reeves in Coppola's "Dracula"

    A famous one is John Wayne as Genghis Khan.


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    Nodin
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    krudler wrote: »
    Atrocious actor? His is the best version of The Joker.

    Aye. Somebody should give him a go on the big screen with that.


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    Pang
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    The actress that has been chosen to play Wonderwoman in the next film.

    I know it hasn't been filmed yet but physically she is a poor choice.


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    Artful_Badger
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    Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great.


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    DazMarz
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    Bryan Cranston was totally miscast as Walter White. Atrocious acting job he put in.

    James Gandolfini was a joke as Tony Soprano. A joke.

    Robert de Niro couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag and ruined films like The Godfather Part II, Heat, Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver.

    Al Pacino is pedestrian at best. The Godfather would have been better off without him. Both he and de Niro destroyed Heat.





































    ;) not really......


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    Nodin
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    Artful_Badger wrote: »
    Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great.

    I was warned off that one, but he wasn't mentioned specifically as one of the reasons it didn't work. Yer man that did the warning watched 3 versions in the hope they'd get it right, to apparently no avail.


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    Nodin
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    Pang wrote: »
    The actress that has been chosen to play Wonderwoman in the next film.

    I know it hasn't been filmed yet but physically she is a poor choice.

    That's bosom snobbery that is.


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    Irish Guitarist
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    Reese Witherspoon in Walk The Line. She looks nothing like June Carter Cash. I could possibly overlook that if she was a good actress but she's terrible.


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    MJ23
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    Gerard Butler in PS I love you.

    It's so bad that it's good.


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    Nodin
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    MJ23 wrote: »
    Gerard Butler in PS I love you.

    It's so bad that it's good.


    I salute you, as you are a braver and tougher man than I.


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    thecatspjs
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    Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker. He's just a bad actor.


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    Sofaspud
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    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, whoever cast him obviously never read any of the books, or even a synopsis.


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    cantdecide
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    Sofaspud wrote: »
    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, whoever cast him obviously never read any of the books, or even a synopsis.

    Tom Cruise in War of the World.

    WTFF like.


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    biko
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    thecatspjs wrote: »
    Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker. He's just a bad actor.
    +10000 lightyears (albeit a measure of distance and not acting acuteness).


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    ziedth
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    Hayden Christiensen is the obvious one alright. Aside from being a pretty piss poor actor he just didn't look the part.


    I thought the "bad guy" in Rocky Balboa was terribly miscast. He looked about 40lbs too light to be a heavy weight and didn't look like some bad ass boxing champion like Carl Weathers did. I seem to remember the guy who played him is actually a boxer though.


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    kryogen
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    Hugh Jackman in everything


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    biko
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    Keuanu Reeves



    Please stop "acting" Keeennnaaauuu


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    Henlars67
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    Sofaspud wrote: »
    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, whoever cast him obviously never read any of the books, or even a synopsis.

    I said the same thing, but then found out that Cruise more or less cast himself in the role.

    It was his company that bought the movie rights to Jack Reacher.


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    Pegmatite
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    ziedth wrote: »

    I thought the "bad guy" in Rocky Balboa was terribly miscast. He looked about 40lbs too light to be a heavy weight and didn't look like some bad ass boxing champion like Carl Weathers did. I seem to remember the guy who played him is actually a boxer though.


    That was Antonio Tarver, I'm pretty sure he was light heavyweight champion of the world at the time.


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    downonthefarm
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    Will smiths son ...in anything


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    Not G.R
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    Reese Witherspoon in Walk The Line. She looks nothing like June Carter Cash. I could possibly overlook that if she was a good actress but she's terrible.

    I thought she was outstanding as June.


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    keano_afc
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    Anyone not Irish being cast in a role where they have to put on an Irish accent.


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    #27
    cantdecide
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    keano_afc wrote: »
    Anyone not Irish being cast in a role where they have to put on an Irish accent.

    You mean like Jonathan Rhys Meyers?


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    awec
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    Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough.

    Completely unconvincing as a supposed highly intelligent character.


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    ColeTrain
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    keano_afc wrote: »
    Anyone not Irish being cast in a role where they have to put on an Irish accent.

    Sean Connery didn't even bother trying in the untouchables.


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    BabysCoffee
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    Reese Witherspoon in Walk The Line. She looks nothing like June Carter Cash. I could possibly overlook that if she was a good actress but she's terrible.

    She was brilliant in this.....and won an Oscar for her performance


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    blindside88
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    Reese Witherspoon in Walk The Line. She looks nothing like June Carter Cash. I could possibly overlook that if she was a good actress but she's terrible.

    But that accent, love it to bits. And she makes for a bit of eye candy as well :)


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