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Badly cast movie and TV roles

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    #182
    kylith
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    Keanu Reeves in everything since Bill and Ted.
    Mos Def in Hitchhiker's Guide. Most of that film was miscast, imo.
    David Jason in The Colour of Magic. I think he cast himself in that though, or got himself cast anyway.


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    #183
    Links234
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    kylith wrote: »
    David Jason in The Colour of Magic.

    God I hated him in that, almost unwatchable


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    #184
    kylith
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    Links234 wrote: »
    God I hated him in that, almost unwatchable

    I couldn't watch it, even though I'm a huge Pratchett fan. The newer couple have been pretty good though.


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    #185
    Howard Juneau
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    cantdecide wrote: »
    I'm a massive J&W and Blackadder fan and maybe it just grates on me but I always felt like it's not him speaking. Tbh, I can't get a feel for the accent but I definitely feel like his pitch is to high. It just doesn't go well in my brain!

    Aside from that, he's great as House.

    He's generally regarded as having the best American accent on tv, many Americans believe he is one of them...poor buggers


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    #186
    LOSTfan57
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    Nicolas Cage in any Nicolas Cage movie


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    #187
    jigglypuffstuff
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    Anyone else think Will Smith would have been a far better Neo that Keanu Reeves??

    I read previously he was offered the role but turned it down in favour of Wild Wild West


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    #188
    Links234
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    pone2012 wrote: »
    Anyone else think Will Smith would have been a far better Neo that Keanu Reeves??

    I read previously he was offered the role but turned it down in favour of Wild Wild West

    he might have made a better Neo in the way that he's a better actor, but I can't quite imagine anyone else in the role?


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    #189
    LOSTfan57
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    Dan Radcliffe and Vinnie Jones and Taylor Kitch


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    #190
    120_Minutes
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    John Turturro in transformers. I could not believe Barton Fink or The Jesus was acting so badly.


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    #191
    Green Hornet
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    God, I loved Barton Fink. Turturro IS Barton Fink.


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    #192
    ButtersSuki
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    120_Minutes wrote: »
    John Turturro in transformers. I could not believe Barton Fink or The Jesus was acting so badly.

    Maybe he was doing an Edward Norton in "The Italian Job" and doing it out of contractual obligation (i.e. basically forced) rather than a desire to make an interesting piece of cinema? I love Norton's mustache in that as his "F_ _ _ You" to Marky Mark, the studio and the film in general. :D

    I like Turturro (esp. in any Spike Lee movie), can't recall him ever being bad. That said, I will never watch any Transformers movie……

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


    Similar to this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMqMIc0699Y


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    #193
    Skylinehead
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    LOSTfan57 wrote: »
    Nicolas Cage in any Nicolas Cage movie

    Sigh...

    Skylinehead wrote: »
    Yes he has, Lord of War is a stunning film.

    Bad Lieutenant and Kick Ass are good too.


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    #194
    Green Hornet
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    Actually saw 'The Frozen Ground' last night. Cage and John Cusack starred in it and Cage is actually pretty good in it to be fair.


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    #195
    120_Minutes
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Maybe he was doing an Edward Norton in "The Italian Job" and doing it out of contractual obligation (i.e. basically forced) rather than a desire to make an interesting piece of cinema?

    Then why was in the the second and (was he in the)third? (i cant remember?)

    thats one ****ty contract.


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    #196
    bnt
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    Maid in Manhattan was one of those movies that I didn't actually watch, but which happened to be on the TV while I was on the computer. But Ralph Fiennes stood out like a sore thumb in what was supposed to be a romantic role. His attempts to woo Jennifer Lopez had me reaching for the phone to call 911. To be fair, this was not long after I'd seen him tearing up the screen in Red Dragon, Coriolanus, and one of the Harry Potter movies ... :eek:

    edit: Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones. What the hell were they thinking?

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #197
    Mousewar
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    Johnny Depp playing a Native American in The Lone Ranger. He does alright but it's a bit weird. Plenty of native American actors around.


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    #198
    DoesNotCompute
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    SimonTemplar wrote: »
    Jack Black in King Kong.

    On one hand, Peter Jackson was absolutely correct that that character is a film director not an action hero, so casting an actor known for action roles would have been a mistake. KK is a frustrating movie because it has absolutely brilliant positives but a lot of negatives, and Black's casting is one of the negatives. 8 years later, and I still think Paul Giamatti would have nailed that role.

    Jack Black nailed that role IMO.


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    #199
    ButtersSuki
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    120_Minutes wrote: »
    Then why was in the the second and (was he in the)third? (i cant remember?)

    thats one ****ty contract.

    I did say maybe, and it could have been a multi-picture deal! But then again, my eyes will never be tainted by Transformers so he'll always be cool to me. ;)


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    #200
    BlurstMonkey
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    Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange.
    Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. Absolutely ridiculous.


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    #201
    syklops
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    bnt wrote: »

    edit: Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones. What the hell were they thinking?

    :confused:


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    #202
    RobbingBandit
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    My whole point about Alexander the battle scenes sound like a punch up in Dublins inner city, "ah here leave it out" wouldn't be too far off some of the battle crys heard in the movie. Reminded me of intermission, Angelina Jolie was a ****e choice for role of his mother. Stone has a lot to answer for.


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    #203
    grenache
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    TheIrishGrover wrote: »
    Jon Voight in The General. I mean straight from "Darby O'Gill". Terrible choice and only in there for financial reasons.
    Thought Voight did one of the few decent Irish accents in movies.


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    #204
    Links234
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    BlurstMonkey wrote: »
    Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange.
    Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. Absolutely ridiculous.

    I can't comment on the above, but Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness

    I really like him as an actor, but I think the only reason he was considered for Khan is because he had a pre-established air of superiority given his familiarity in Sherlock. Everything else about him was wrong for Khan Noonien Signh


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    #205
    MonaPizza
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    Didn't Tommy Lee Jones play some plastic Paddy in a movie with Jeff Bridges? Some escaped IRA bomber living in Boston and plotting some crap. His accent was fairly pathetic too.


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    #206
    dexter647
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    almighty1 wrote: »
    Fooking Jack Black in King Kong :mad:

    Jack Black in the holiday...No way he could pull the gorgeous Kate WinSlet:mad:


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    #207
    elfy4eva
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    Dick van dyke in mary poppins. a cockney chimney sweep was a bit beyond his vocal range.


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    #208
    Diemos
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    pone2012 wrote: »
    Anyone else think Will Smith would have been a far better Neo that Keanu Reeves??

    I read previously he was offered the role but turned it down in favour of Wild Wild West
    Christ no,Will Smith as Neo.......would have ruined the thing.
    Keanu was perfectly wooden.


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    #209
    syklops
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    MonaPizza wrote: »
    Didn't Tommy Lee Jones play some plastic Paddy in a movie with Jeff Bridges? Some escaped IRA bomber living in Boston and plotting some crap. His accent was fairly pathetic too.

    That may not have been him, that could have been the director. Maria Doyle Kennedy's accent in Dexter was atrocious. Real plastic paddy and she's Irish.

    I can just imagine a poor director saying, "You know Tommy, I'm not hearing the oirish-ness, can you paddy it up a bit?"


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    #210
    Sam Mac
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    Green Hornet wrote: »
    Actually saw 'The Frozen Ground' last night. Cage and John Cusack starred in it and Cage is actually pretty good in it to be fair.

    +1 this film was really good, all performances were superb also, Cage in particular.


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    #211
    Sam Mac
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    syklops wrote: »
    The guy who plays Hannibal in Hannibal the TV series. Im not saying he is a bad actor, but he is just totally wrong. I find it very difficult to believe that this guy is the same Hannibal.

    Really? I thought Mads Mikkelson did a great job as Hannibal. Same goes for his minor role in Casino Royale and his major one in The Hunt. He is simply a superb Danish actor.


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