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Worst miscasting role

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    #32
    razorblunt
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    Maggie Gylenhaal in The Dark Knight.


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    #33
    evilcloud
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    El Duda wrote: »
    I thought Hathaway was fine in TDKR

    Nolan is the king of terrible casting on paper, turning out to be fine. Ledger. Styles. Hathaway.

    Yea i know she was generally considered fine in the role. It's more a personal thing for me.


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    #34
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    Peatys wrote: »
    Any American to ever play an Irish person.

    Anjelica Huston?


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    #35
    tusk
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    I love Green Street! Hunnam's accent is woeful, but love the film, and I generally hate frodo, but in that one he's decent.


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    Dades
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    One recent one I remember being so angry about was Jesse Eisenberg in Batman v Superman.

    The movie I thought was miserable, but he was just awful.


    As mentioned already, Hayden Christensen in the SW prequels and Katy Homes in Batman are next top of my list. *Shudder*.


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    #37
    tusk
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    I have so many vague memories of moaning to my GF about pants casting. And now I can't remember any of the specifics :(


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    Gwynplaine wrote: »
    Adrian Brody in Predators

    That was a weird one.

    And he sort of became, not bulked up, but leaned and ripped for it. He actually looked like someone who had a believable gym physique (as opposed to a Wolverine type physique). But Adrien Brody, in Predators? Just.....why?

    Also badly cast in that film was Topher Grace (yer man out of That 70s Show).


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    ....... wrote: »
    That was a weird one.

    And he sort of became, not bulked up, but leaned and ripped for it. He actually looked like someone who had a believable gym physique (as opposed to a Wolverine type physique). But Adrien Brody, in Predators? Just.....why?

    Also badly cast in that film was Topher Grace (yer man out of That 70s Show).

    On that
    Topher Grace as Venom!

    Sweet jaysus but that guy was no Eddie Brock


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    #40
    venomousfrog
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    Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal, playing the part of Martin Cahill aka the General, what were they thinking....


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    #41
    El Duda
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    Alistair McGowan was rubbish in Predators, agreed.

    Piers Morgan in Hereditary

    Steve Bruce in Home Alone 2


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    El Duda wrote:
    Vince Vaughan in Brawl on Cell Block and Pyscho

    I thought he was great in both.


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    #43
    B_ecke_r
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    anything involving Hulk Hogan.


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    B_ecke_r wrote: »
    anything involving Hulk Hogan.

    You apologise to Suburban Commando, right now

    Seriously though there is a difference between bad actors (or bad films) and good actors playing the wrong role.
    Hogan was not miscast in most things that he was in, just that he was terrible in them (excepting Gremins 2, his cameo was perfect in that)


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    Small Wonder
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    El Duda wrote: »
    I thought Hathaway was fine in TDKR

    Nolan is the king of terrible casting on paper, turning out to be fine. Ledger. Styles. Hathaway.

    He also said that he had Matthew McConaughey in mind for Intersteller long before the 'McConaissance'. He was actually quite humorous about it, saying that he accidentally ended up looking like the "smartest guy in the room".


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    Small Wonder
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    El Duda wrote: »
    Alistair McGowan was rubbish in Predators, agreed.

    Piers Morgan in Hereditary

    Steve Bruce in Home Alone 2

    Brilliant. :pac::pac:


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    yermanoffthetv
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    I thought casting Tom Hardy was a mistake for the role of Mad Max. Eric Bana would have been a better fit imo (or even Mels son Milo, seeing as it was mostly a silent role).


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    yermanoffthetv wrote: »
    I thought casting Tom Hardy was a mistake for the role of Mad Max. Eric Bana would have been a better fit imo (or even Mels son Milo, seeing as it was mostly a silent role).

    I like Bana but just because it was not a speaking role didn't mean it needed a certain type of actor.
    Hardy was able to play right along with the mayhem and even his grunting/movements worked in what was being smashed at the screen


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    Small Wonder
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    I think we all have varying opinions about what miscast means. For me miscast doesn't mean a dodgy accent, a poor performance or simply a bad actor being given the role. There has to be something more, some intangible factor that means that the actor in question was never the right choice, even if he or she nailed the accent and turned in a good performance.

    Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys is one that comes to mind. Too prim and proper and carrying too much outside baggage from her association with another huge franchise. Take a look at Linda Hamilton's portrayal of the character in T2 (which I did on Saturday at the IFI, in glorious 70mm no less). She's a nasty curled-up-fist lashing out at everything that isn't her son. She isn't sexy and she's not written or positioned within the frame to appear sexy. She's Sarah Connor and she'll put a bullet in your head (except, she wont ;))

    Clarke is just about okay as a detached regent lording it over Westeros, but she doesn't have enough dirt under her fingernails to play a role like Sarah Connor.


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    Hangdogroad
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    Kevin Spacey as a Dublin gangster loosely based on Martin Cahill in Ordinary Decent Criminal.


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    Small Wonder wrote: »
    She isn't sexy and she's not written or positioned within the frame to appear sexy.

    I beg to differ!


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    Small Wonder
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    ....... wrote: »
    I beg to differ!

    Really? Wow. Good for you! I never took that from her performance and it's one of the reasons I enjoy it so much. For me it's not that type of performance or film.


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    homerun_homer
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    I don't know if anyone else agrees but I thought Matthew Goode as Ozymandias in The Watchmen was a bad casting choice.


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    #54
    MillField
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    Denise Richards as Dr Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.


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    Stoner
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    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher

    Reacher's details are in the start of all.the books

    A summary below,

    Reacher is described as being 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall, weighing 250 and having a 50-inch (130 cm) chest


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    #56
    Hurrache
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    xabi wrote: »
    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

    I knew this would be near the top. If you never read the book or knew anything about it I think Cruise is good in the role. The issue I suppose is he's far from the physical attributes as described in the books.


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    Clint Eastwood in the Bridges of Madison County. His character is supposed to be gorgeous in the book


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    silverharp
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    The guy they got to play Solo ,lacked any kind of swagger

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #59
    razorblunt
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    silverharp wrote: »
    The guy they got to play Solo ,lacked any kind of swagger

    Harrison Ford?







    :pac:


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    Krombopulos Michael
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    Thomas Jane as The Punisher/Frank Castle. Didn't suit the role or character. (although he did a short called Dirty Laundry that was much better)

    Ray Stevenson looked the part in the sequel.


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    DaeryssaOne
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    micar wrote: »
    Ellen Page in inception.

    I rewatched this film last week and had forgotten how good it was. I'm curious as to why you think Ellen Page was miscast though? Couldn't really find anything wrong with her performance :confused:


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