When casting made a balls of it

the_pen_turner

the other thread is great so i thought about the oposite.

who is absolutely terrible or not a great fit for the character .

Wheety

Aiden Gillen in everything.

coolshannagh28

Al Pacino in Godfather 3.

coredev123

Wheety wrote: »

Aiden Gillen in everything.

He was absolutely fantastic when he played Charles Haughey in the RTE drama. He nailed it.

He was also brilliant as John-Boy in Love/Hate.

brian_t

coredev123 wrote: »

He was absolutely fantastic when he played Charles Haughey in the RTE drama. He nailed it.

He was also brilliant as John-Boy in Love/Hate.

You are posting in the wrong thread.

coredev123

brian_t wrote: »

You are posting in the wrong thread.

No, I'm replying to the user saying Aidan Gillen isn't good in anything.

McLoughlin

coredev123 wrote: »

He was absolutely fantastic when he played Charles Haughey in the RTE drama. He nailed it.

He was also brilliant as John-Boy in Love/Hate.

Plus the long forgotten but fantastic Wexford Trilogy

Unearthly

Finn Jones was a very poor Iron Fist

Nobelium

Cillian Murphy in anything, one of the most overated actors ever.

BorneTobyWilde

Johnny Depp as Willy Wanka

AndyBoBandy

Nicolas Cage in every movie he’s been in apart from Raising Arizona.

Westernyelp

coredev123 wrote:

He was absolutely fantastic when he played Charles Haughey in the RTE drama. He nailed it.

And as little finger in GOT. That post is debunked

Westernyelp

Nobelium wrote:

Cillian Murphy in anything, one of the most overated actors ever.

Tommy Shelby! He's great

amcalester

John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

TheValeyard

Julia Roberts in Michael Collins

martingriff

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Johnny Depp as Willy Wanka

Johnny Depp in the Lone Ranger

Cartman78

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan in the Walking Dead.

He's romcom fodder at best...couldn't take him seriously at all fluting around with a baseball bat

Nobelium

Westernyelp wrote: »

Tommy Shelby! He's great

No, for such good writing and such a good character, Murphy performance is as usual wooden, one dimensional, and dead.
It would much better with a better actor. There are hundreds of actors that could play that part better.

Charles Ingles

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Nicolas Cage in every movie he’s been in apart from Raising Arizona.

Ah come on,
Nicolas cage is so bad he's good.

Sardonicat

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Johnny Depp as Willy Wanka

Willie who!?

Charles Ingles

amcalester wrote: »

John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

Really? he was excellent in that role

Ursus Horribilis

Keanu Reeves in Dracula

valoren

Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffanys.

tony1kenobi

Fisher Stevens in Short Circuit.

punisher5112

John Connors in anything.....

Westernyelp

Nobelium wrote:

No, for such good writing and such a good character, Murphy performance is as usual wooden, one dimensional, and dead. It would much better with a better actor. There are hundreds of actors that could play that part better.

I disagree. I think he nails the self involved psycopath role. Would like to hear a couple of names from the hundreds who could do better. ?

gordongekko

When i have the misfortune of watching fair city i despair that this is the level of actors we turn out from our colleges. All acting schools in this country should be banned

Charles Ingles

punisher5112 wrote: »

John Connors in anything.....

Give it over, he is a fine actor he stole the show in love/hate

Ursus Horribilis

Charlie Schlatter in the woeful TV version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Sardonicat

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Charlie Schlatter in the woeful TV version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I'm glad I missed that, anyway! Sacrilege!

quickbeam

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Keanu Reeves in Dracula

And Dangerous Liaisons.

Patser

Katie Holmes in Batman Begins

Sardonicat

quickbeam wrote: »

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Keanu Reeves in Dracula

And Dangerous Liaisons.

Ah, in fairness he was playing a 'nice but dim' character in that. Perfect casting there, IMO.

i71jskz5xu42pb

Sexy Beast, ½ a great movie.

Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone - tense, well acted first half.

Then Ray meets the top boss - Lovejoy!
All downhill from there (not all Lovejoy's fault granted)

quickbeam

Jonathan Rhys Meyers in The Tudors. Looked nothing like Henry VIII.

Not quite as bad but also worth mentioning Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon in the same show.

blade1

Keanu Reeves in Much Ado About Nothing.

Water John

Not aware of the film but films generally are not filmed in the order you see it.

Eymmuroutraged Danu

Liv Tyler – The Lord of the Rings
Georgr Clooney in Batman
Colin Farrell in Alexander
Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs
Nicholas Cage was offered the role of Aragorn but pulled out................. Christ, that would have been up there on top of list if he took it up .

Ursus Horribilis

Chris O'Donnell in Circle of Friends. A truly anaemic romantic lead.

quickbeam

Linda Hunt, a woman, playing Billy Kwan a man, in The Year of Living Dangerously

Ursus Horribilis

Andie McDowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral.

blade1

Kevin Costner as Wyatt Earp.
Much preferred Kurt Russell in Tombstone.

Agent Coulson

Patser wrote: »

Katie Holmes in Batman Begins

Two things made that the perfect casting.

Ursus Horribilis

Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It didn't help that the film was a stinker but she was awful. And they shouldn't have let Shia LaBeouf within a 100 mile radius of the set.

Sardonicat

quickbeam wrote: »

Linda Hunt, a woman, playing Billy Kwan a man, in The Year of Living Dangerously

She was fantastic in that role!

martingriff

What's the film where the actor paid back people who went to see it allegedly

Buddy97mm

Tom Cruise as the 6 foot 5 Jack Reacher

pixelburp

Guys, it's the TV forum, at least try and keep things to that medium?

Gotta agree on Finn Jones in Iron Fist; and the producers knew it too cos season 2 made pains to downplay his presence in the story...

Eymmuroutraged Danu

pixelburp wrote: »

Guys, it's the TV forum, at least try and keep things to that medium?

Gotta agree on Finn Jones in Iron Fist; and the producers knew it too cos season 2 made pains to downplay his presence in the story...

Ah, here. What about films that are shown on tv??

Not exactly committing crimes against humanity by discussing films as well!!

dirkmeister

Buddy97mm wrote: »

Tom Cruise as the 6 foot 5 Jack Reacher

This is who I was going to list.

Reacher is built like a brick sh!t house in the books.

Tom Cruise is not.

IvySlayer

Euron Greyjoy and Shae in GoT. Awful.