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When casting made a balls of it

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    #92
    martingriff
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    ted1 wrote: »
    Brilliant in the Usual Suspects and good in Gone in 60 seconds

    You sure as do not remember him in the Usual Suspect


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    #93
    martingriff
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    Beric Dondarrion wrote: »
    I've read previously that it was either Kevin Spacey for K-PAX or George Clooney for Batman and Robin....although it may have been Tom Hanks for Larry Crowne either...

    George Clooney Batman and Robin I was thinking about. I had George Clooney in my head


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    #94
    martingriff
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    Heres Johnny wrote: »
    Samuel L Jackson in pretty much everything apart from pulp fiction and django unchained. He just plays himself all the time. Cant stand him in most things

    Scrub you mouth out with soap and water


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    #95
    DJIMI TRARORE
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    Most of the casting in soap operas is pretty ridiculous,of the top of my head Lucy Fallon? in corrie,22/23 in real life playing a 15/16 year old but never looked the part. The new Ben in EE is badly cast(imo),Gabby in Emmerdale,born and bred in yorkshire but sounds very posh,Kerry and her daughter,only 8-10 years between them in real life


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    #96
    mistersifter
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    Jaden Smith as The Karate Kid.:confused:


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    #97
    Deedsie
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    Nobelium wrote: »
    Not if you know anything about acting . . . he's really not

    Elaborate, explain with examples why he is such a poor actor? Pick a scene of his that proves he is a poor actor


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    #98
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    ziedth wrote: »
    Outrageous statement to be honest. Apart from GOT where he went for it a little too much I would say he is a pretty decent actor and can be very good on occasion.

    I can't remember the name of the actors or characters off hand but the TV show revolution where the power stops world wide etc but they completely miscast the whole show. Only one who came out of it alright was the guy who played gus in breaking bad.


    Revolution
    Pile of sh1te


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    #99
    LimeFruitGum
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    When they recast Tracey Barlow in Corrie with Kate Ford. She just has the same sneery face in every scene.


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    #100
    PinotNero
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    Kevin Costner in Robinhood: Prince of Thieves


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    #101
    trashcan
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    Nobelium wrote: »
    Not if you know anything about acting . . . he's really not

    He is though. Very good in Peaky Blinders, also The Wind that Shakes the Barley and 28 days later.


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    #102
    Capt'n Midnight
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    mistersifter wrote: »
    Jaden Smith as The Karate Kid.:confused:
    If you haven't seen After Earth, don't.


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    #103
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Gregory Peck as Ahab in Moby Dick

    Patrick Stewart as Ahab in Moby Dick

    Danny Glover as Ahab in the Moby Dick cover Age of the Dragons. A truly awful film.



    The best Ahab is of course Ricardo Montalbán in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan


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    #104
    razorblunt
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    There's actually a bunch of actors that seem to rotate around tv shows and I groan every time I see them.
    Not really a miscast, more of a lazy casting kind of thing.


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    #105
    Red Lightning
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    They have made a hames of the Jafar casting in the Aladdin live action remake. He could play the role well but he does not look anywhere near sinister enough. That was the whole point of Jafar.


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    #106
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    Wil Wheton in TNG


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    #107
    Billgirlylegs
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    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.

    No No No

    He plays the same character everytime I see him

    CJH, Game of Thrones, Dave Allen and some new thing that I see previews for.

    same school of acting as Lena Headey


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    Billgirlylegs wrote: »
    No No No

    He plays the same character everytime I see him

    CJH, Game of Thrones, Dave Allen and some new thing that I see previews for.

    same school of acting as Lena Headey

    You leave Carcetti alone


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    #109
    Gimme A Pound
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    Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ Simpson - wtf?! Talk about "any black guy will do..."


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    #110
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    batistuta9 wrote: »
    Robert Sheehan as Darren in love/hate.

    Couldn't really take him seriously as the that type of character.

    Aiden Gillen was unbelievable too


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    #112
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    Elijah Wood as a football hooligan in Green Street. I actually haven't even seen but it just seems so wrong for Frodo to be a hooligan.

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    #113
    mistersifter
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    ^^
    I think he was meant to be an unlikely hooligan - a nerdy american who arrives in England and gets mixed up in that scene. It felt a bit strangely cast nonetheless.


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    #114
    Zaph
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Linda Hunt, a woman, playing Billy Kwan a man, in The Year of Living Dangerously

    You mean the role she won an Oscar for? Surely you jest?


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    #115
    ziedth
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Elijah Wood as a football hooligan in Green Street. I actually haven't even seen but it just seems so wrong for Frodo to be a hooligan.

    MV5BMjExNTg3NzYwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzcxMTEzMQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,677,1000_AL_.jpg

    To be fair the character is an american tourist who isn't a hooligan but having said that he's dreadful in it, like really really bad. Fight scenes are pretty well shot though.


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    #116
    Hal3000
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    It's gotta be Jimmy Rabbitte's younger son in The Commitments... Can I borrow your hairdryer ? That accent is definitely not Barrytown.

    https://youtu.be/92nBF9qLr1w ( minute 1. 43)


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    #117
    yourdeadwright
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    Jared Leto as the joker can fu*k off


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    #118
    Goodluck2me
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    DS Steve Arnott in Line of Duty. Surprised to see three pages go before this...


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    #119
    mistersifter
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    Hal3000 wrote: »
    It's gotta be Jimmy Rabbitte's younger son in The Commitments... Can I borrow your hairdryer ? That accent is definitely not Barrytown.

    https://youtu.be/92nBF9qLr1w ( minute 1. 43)

    nor is Andrea Corr's very convincing!

    still a great film though :cool:


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    #120
    quickbeam
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    Zaph wrote: »
    You mean the role she won an Oscar for? Surely you jest?

    No jest. I don’t doubt her talent as an actor but casting a woman to play a man makes no sense unless it was in a trans context. Like, why not have Jack Nicholson play the lead in The Iron Lady. He’s an excellent actor, I’m sure he’d pull it off.


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    #121
    mistersifter
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    No jest. I don’t doubt her talent as an actor but casting a woman to play a man makes no sense unless it was in a trans context. Like, why not have Jack Nicholson play the lead in The Iron Lady. He’s an excellent actor, I’m sure he’d pull it off.

    Then you get the usual offended brigade giving out that a non-trans person portrayed a trans person, as happened with Boys Don't Cry.

    I haven't seen that film yous are talking about but gender cross acting was normal once upon a time mainly due to women not being allowed to perform. It's also common in animated stuff. Cate Blanchett played Bob Dylan too in the film I'm Not There (havent seen it either)

    So at what point does it become unacceptable for an actor to portray a character? Surely it must depend on what the film itself is trying to achieve.


    Edit: actually I know where I draw the line - when Tom Cruise plays an Irish man in Far and Away! now THAT's Offensive :D


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