Worst Casting in a Film

K4t

There's been a few! Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone in the film which I cannot mention, Colin Farrell as a conquerer, Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, Keanu Reeves etc.

But after watching Michael Collins again last night, I found it quite painful to watch Julia Roberts as 'Kitty'. Her accent changed from Munster to Northern Irish to American in a matter of seconds. Any line more than three words was too long for her to hold her accent.

In fact, the whole love story itself was needless. If they had just stuck to the 'real' historic events and spent some more time dealing with the stuff that was actually interesting it could have been a great film. (e.g. 3 minutes to the Dáil debate on the treaty ffs).

Anyway, f**king woeful actress. Thank God she isn't being employed anymore.

Who are your nominees?

irish_bob

K4t wrote: »

There's been a few! Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone in the film which I cannot mention, Colin Farrell as a conquerer, Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, Keanu Reeves etc.

But after watching Michael Collins again last night, I found it quite painful to watch Julia Roberts as 'Kitty'. Her accent changed from Munster to Northern Irish to American in a matter of seconds. Any line more than three words was too long for her to hold her accent.

In fact, the whole love story itself was needless. If they had just stuck to the 'real' historic events and spent some more time dealing with the stuff that was actually interesting it could have been a great film. (e.g. 3 minutes to the Dáil debate on the treaty ffs).

Anyway, f**king woeful actress. Thank God she isn't being employed anymore.

Who are your nominees?

while her accent was awfull , she only had a minor role so it didnt really effect the movie , she was only cast in the picture so as to sell tickets in america anyway , not sure if it paid off

Running Bing

Bonfire of the vanities is a mess cast wise. Read the book and see the film and marvel at how they came to the choices they did.:rolleyes:


Angelina Jolie in the good shepherd was very distracting and Tom Cruise, for an actor with such a limited range who gets an incredibly diverse range of roles, invariably ends up being miscast....average Joe dad in War of the worlds? senator in Lions for Lambs?:rolleyes:

mike65

John Wayne as Genghis Khan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXXZ6URb4VU

Pigman II

Scarlett Johansen in everything. "Look at me, I'm blond and I can talk like a robot"

MaxFlower

Val Kilmer in most things but particularly The Saint and Batman.

bnt

K4t wrote: »

There's been a few! Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone in the film which I cannot mention, Colin Farrell as a conquerer, Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, Keanu Reeves etc.

I've never gotten the Sofia-bashing for her performance in The Godfather Part III. She was a gawky teenager, unsure of her place in the family business, playing... a gawky teenager, unsure of her place in the family business. Honestly, would you have had a problem with her if you had not read the reviews?

As for Colin Farrell, well, I haven't seen "that film", but I recently saw Miami Vice. Nice mullet, Colin.

Others that come to mind:
- Ewan McGregor in Star Wars I-III
- Brad Pitt as an Austrian mountaineer, Seven Years In Tibet.
- George Clooney as Batman.
- Godzilla: everyone in the cast, including Godzilla herself. :cool:

Dave147

Paul Walker in... any film that doesn't require the words: "DUDE; AWESOME; BRO; BRO; BRO; DAWG; DAWG; SURFS UP!" worst actor ever!

Zwillinge

Orlando Bloom... In general, I'm yet to enjoy him in anything.

Shacklebolt

K4t wrote: »

In fact, the whole love story itself was needless.

Not to mention complete nonsense, seeing as Collins was apparently a notorious womaniser.

Galvasean

Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom in Spider-Man 3
Mila Kunis as the physcho in American Psycho 2
Ashton Kutcher in The Butterfly Effect.

Here's a better idea, don't hire the kids from that 70s Show for serious roles.

Mark Wahlberg in.. anything.

Sangre

heath ledger in the dark knight.

BostonB

Tobey Maguire in Spider Man. Hes brutal.

Pigman II

BostonB wrote: »

Tobey Maguire in Spider Man. Hes brutal.

Bullshít. He's perfect.

jane86

Sangre wrote: »

heath ledger in the dark knight.

That was not bad casting at all. He played the character differently to how it was done before so maybe you didn't like his portrayal or the fact the whole thing was overhyped. Completely not the worst casting in The Dark Knight IMO.

I thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was though. I don't think she has the looks to have been believable as Bruce Waynes love interest.

Pigman II

jane86 wrote: »

I thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was though. I don't think she has the looks to have been believable as Bruce Waynes love interest.

She's a step-up from Katie holmes. I'd sniff that MG poon and so would bruce.

BostonB

He's perfectly brutal.

Arcee

The whole cast of Twilight. Terrible movie made worse by none of the cast coming across as anything like the characters in the book.

norrie rugger

Pigman II wrote: »

Bullshít. He's perfect.

No he was ****e and waaaay to old in the first place

norrie rugger

Arcee wrote: »

The whole cast of Twilight. Terrible movie made worse by none of the cast coming across as anything like the characters in the book.

Come here, if the sourse material is anything like the movie then it would not matter.

norrie rugger

Pigman II wrote: »

She's a step-up from Katie holmes. I'd sniff that MG poon and so would bruce.

Which brings us to Katie Holmes herself.
Damn she was not the actress to play that part (although I did like her shirt at the end;) )

irish_bob

Pigman II wrote: »

Bullshít. He's perfect.

+1

the geeks are allowed to dream of being super heros aswell

i think kevin spacey was miscast in the new superman which i thought sucked to high heaven btw

Running Bing

norrie rugger wrote: »

No he was ****e and waaaay to old in the first place

A younger actor (or at least one who came across as younger), although probably being more faithful to the source material, could've never carried that film.

I agree Maguire is perfectly cast.


As for Mark Wahlberg I think he has been perfectly cast in almost everything he has done so Im amazed to see his name mentioned.

NightStrike

Just while ur on the subject of Julia Roberts and her dodgy Irish accent then surely Gerard Butler in PS I Love You deserves a mention. Oh my god how bad was that?

kwalshe

You know it's funny , I had a dust up with herself today as she reckons Margot Kidder was badly cast in Superman. Reckons she's not good looking enough!!! Ruin one of my first crushes why don't you .. stupid stupid person....

Serenity Now!

Keanu Reeves in the Coppola Dracula movie. Godawful.

Pigman II

Rob Coleman as director (and clearly in his own mind 'actor') of Yoda. Just because you can make someone look and behave as stupid as you on a daily basis doesn't mean you should be allowed to.

Tom10

This is a throw back one, but Errol Flynn in Captain Blood, where he plays an Irish pirate with an american accent, I mean they didn't even bother trying to do a bad one - good show though when u just ignore the line when he says he's Irish.

havana

Matt damon in the bourne movies. I reckon i would have enjoyed the films had i not read the books but for me he just isn't bourne

ArmCandyBaby

Excluding the Terminator films, almost everything Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in. Especially his comedies(!) Ho ho ho lets home we never see a return to that sort of film-making

Pigman II

Tom10 wrote: »

This is a throw back one, but Errol Flynn in Captain Blood, where he plays an Irish pirate with an american accent, I mean they didn't even bother trying to do a bad one - good show though when u just ignore the line when he says he's Irish.

Well at least give him credit for doing a good American accent then. He was after all Australian.

Tom10

Pigman II wrote: »

Well at least give him credit for doing a good American accent then. He was after all Australian.

Hell if he ever once sounded australian in one of his movies that would be something and in fairness he lived a long time in england too in his younger years, so his natural accent was different in the first place

norrie rugger

ArmCandyBaby wrote: »

Excluding the Terminator films, almost everything Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in. Especially his comedies(!) Ho ho ho lets home we never see a return to that sort of film-making

how is he miscast as a mindless action hero??

Predator, commando?

Remove yourself from this place of discussion.
For Shame!!

sceptre

Babybing wrote: »

Bonfire of the vanities is a mess cast wise. Read the book and see the film and marvel at how they came to the choices they did.:rolleyes:

I'd have cited this one as well -the archetype of a great book made that became a terrible movie almost entirely due to the casting choices.

jane86 wrote: »

I thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was though. I don't think she has the looks to have been believable as Bruce Waynes love interest.

Oh, you're going to hell for that comment:)

Zwillinge

Only the other day myself and the brother were watching Groundhog Day wondering how Andie MacDowell had so many movies under her belt. Dodgy acting in that film amongst others.

"It's raining, I hadn't noticed"

havana

God i can't stand that woman. How you can hate someone so much that you've only seen on screen i don't really know. But i do. She makes my blood boil!

And relax.....

Zwillinge

havana wrote: »

God i can't stand that woman. How you can hate someone so much that you've only seen on screen i don't really know. But i do. She makes my blood boil!

And relax.....

I feel your pain. I really do.

Guy:Incognito

jane86 wrote: »

I thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was though. I don't think she has the looks to have been believable as Bruce Waynes love interest.

She was his childhood friend. Even people as rich as Bruce Wayne cant go back in time to on have people in his life who will grow up beautiful.


Eitheer way, I think shes hawt

Sangre

Sangre wrote: »

heath ledger in the dark knight.

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Slutmonkey57b

kwalshe wrote: »

You know it's funny , I had a dust up with herself today as she reckons Margot Kidder was badly cast in Superman. Reckons she's not good looking enough!!! Ruin one of my first crushes why don't you .. stupid stupid person....

Margot Kidder is a flat chested minger.

Babybing wrote: »

A younger actor (or at least one who came across as younger), although probably being more faithful to the source material, could've never carried that film.

I agree Maguire is perfectly cast.

+1 the perfect nerd casting.

As for Mark Wahlberg I think he has been perfectly cast in almost everything he has done so Im amazed to see his name mentioned.

People are mistaking "bad acting" for "bad casting"

havana wrote: »

Matt damon in the bourne movies. I reckon i would have enjoyed the films had i not read the books but for me he just isn't bourne

Bourne in the books is a 40+ professor who may be *barely* believable in the first one, but by the third is clearly a joke character who Ludlum didn't want to bring back at all. Damon is perfectly cast, but the character is misused by Greengrass in the third.

irish_bob

kwalshe wrote: »

You know it's funny , I had a dust up with herself today as she reckons Margot Kidder was badly cast in Superman. Reckons she's not good looking enough!!! Ruin one of my first crushes why don't you .. stupid stupid person....

margot kidder was superb in superman , tough and fiesty and not half bad looking without being gorgeous
dont know who played lois lane in the new superman but she like the whole movie , sucked balls

cjmcork

Zwillinge wrote: »

Only the other day myself and the brother were watching Groundhog Day wondering how Andie MacDowell had so many movies under her belt. Dodgy acting in that film amongst others.

"It's raining, I hadn't noticed"

hallelujah, some one else who feels the same about that woman - I HATE that scene with the 'skulking' overuse.............


I also think Sean Young can't act her way out of a paper bag..........

Zwillinge

George Clooney as Batman!

Dirk_Diggler

Deleted User wrote: »

Mark Wahlberg in.. anything.

You're forgetting about Boogie Nights, one of the better films of the 90s.

Dirk_Diggler

Batman Begins actually has a load. Caine, Freeman, Holmes and Murphy. That beats most out there tbh.

Heckler

nothing wrong with that casting except for Holmes. Caine was a great choice in my opinion.

Quigs Snr

Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heavan. Supposed to be a rough tough warrior, but just looks like a weedy pantene ad for most of it. Ruined the movie.

I would agree with the Paul Walker comment earlier, but... I thought he was ok in Running Scared...

For me, its anything with Sarah Jessica Parker cast in the role of main love interest... are you kidding me, she looks like she should be flying around on a broomstick screaming something about her slippers...

And oh yes... Timothy Dalton in the bond movies, supposed to be a suave lady killer but looks more like a plumber...

KnifeWRENCH

Michael Gambon when he took over as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films after Richard Harris' death.

Did they not read the bits in the book where Dumbledore's meant to be a kindly old man? Gambon plays him more like a fire and brimstone preacher ffs.

"THE GOBLET OF FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE" Totally wrong.

Having said that I wasn't too keen on Richard Harris either, for the opposite reason: he seemed too weak and frail to be a convincing Dumbledore.

Average-Ro

irish_bob wrote: »

margot kidder was superb in superman , tough and fiesty and not half bad looking without being gorgeous
dont know who played lois lane in the new superman but she like the whole movie , sucked balls

Kate Bosworth played Lois Lane in the new movie, and I agree on her crapiness. She used to be in a show years ago called Young Americans. As part of our editing test in college (Film student!) we were given the rushes to a scene and had to edit it together. My God, she is such a bad actor, it was so difficult to find any decent shots of her.

Dudess

mike65 wrote: »

John Wayne as Genghis Khan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXXZ6URb4VU

LOL
And don't forget him as a Roman centurion in The Greatest Story Ever Told: "Truly, this man was the son of Gawd..."
Apparently during takes, the director shouted "no John, do it again - this time with more awe."
Wayne: "Awwww... truly, this man was the son of Gawd."

bnt wrote: »

I've never gotten the Sofia-bashing for her performance in The Godfather Part III. She was a gawky teenager, unsure of her place in the family business, playing... a gawky teenager, unsure of her place in the family business. Honestly, would you have had a problem with her if you had not read the reviews?

Yep. Her performance was... embarrassing. Whether you think she was suited to the role or not... I don't think that makes a difference. Her acting was horrible in it, hence all the criticism. She ruined that film imo.

Deleted User wrote: »

Mark Wahlberg in.. anything.

Sangre wrote: »

heath ledger in the dark knight.

I think people seem to be mixing up "castings you didn't expect" with "worst casting".

jane86 wrote: »

That was not bad casting at all. He played the character differently to how it was done before so maybe you didn't like his portrayal or the fact the whole thing was overhyped. Completely not the worst casting in The Dark Knight IMO.

I thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was though. I don't think she has the looks to have been believable as Bruce Waynes love interest.

Bizarre (well not that bizarre) the way people here feel actresses (only actresses, mind) have to be good-looking to play love interests (Sarah Jessica Parker, Margot Kidder, Maggie Gyllenhaal). So only beautiful women are in relationships...? And it's not as if those three have hooked noses and are covered in warts...

norrie rugger wrote: »

No he was ****e and waaaay to old in the first place

Huh? He's really baby-faced and young-looking... who gives a **** what's on his birth cert once he looks the part? Would you have said that if you had no way of knowing his date of birth?