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Worst miscasting role

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  • #202
    p to the e
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    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Anyone else thin Arnold was miscast in The Terminator.

    He's a huge muscle bound mono tone guy from a post Apocalypse future who's meant to be able to blend in.

    Wasn't OJ Simpson in in line to play the terminator? Whatever happened that guy?


  • #203
    tusk
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    Stop moaning ffs wrote: »
    He’s great in burn after reading too.

    Actually acting. Believably.

    Couldn't get into that. Must give it another try.


  • #204
    Stop moaning ffs
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Stop moaning ffs


    tusk wrote: »
    Couldn't get into that. Must give it another try.

    It’s all very quirky or something. But not bad.


  • #205
    Arne_Saknussem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭Arne_Saknussem


    Mousewar wrote: »
    :confused:

    He was great in that.

    There's something I read once about Brad Pitt and it's incredibly true. He's a very good character actor cursed with the looks of a leading man. Every time he plays the leading man, the good looking lead or the hero (Troy, Ocean's 11), he's dull as ditch water. But whenever he plays a supporting character, ideally an eccentric one(Snatch, 12 Monkeys), he's great. It really should be the only thing he does. He's John Turturro but he tries to be Tom Cruise.

    Thought he hammed it up badly in 12 Monkeys, was the worst thing about it.


  • #206
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Some of these are just "actors I don't like". The Idris Elba one especially. He wasn't brilliant as Stringer Bell - it was something to do with pc.

    Anyway, not a movie but Cuba Gooding Junior as OJ Simpson in an otherwise very well cast TV series. That actually did just seem like "This guy's perfect - he's black!" Despite nothing like the physical stature or voice. Actually Idris Elba would have been ideal.


  • #207
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    I've never seen the film but I thought looks wise Kutcher was very close to Jobs

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    Oh the absolute spit. But it seems like that was the only reason for the casting, even though I do think similar physicality is important. Although Al Pacino looks absolutely nothing like the investigative journalist he played in The Insider.


  • #208
    Church on Tuesday
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    p to the e wrote: »
    Wasn't OJ Simpson in in line to play the terminator? Whatever happened that guy?

    Not sure of that but Lance Henriksen (who plays a cop in the Terminator) was the actor Cameron originally had in mind to play the Terminator.


  • #209
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    Just saw Jack Reacher books are going to be a TV show and wont have Tom Cruise as reacher which is a blessing in a way, but wonder who will get the role.

    https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/tv-series-based-on-lee-childs-jack-reacher-books-in-works-at-amazon-937275.html


  • #210
    Recliner
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Julia Roberts as Kitty Kiernan in Michael Collins

    I actually went to see that film when I was in New York, and Americans coming out of the cinema complimenting her accent.


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  • #211
    Mr Crispy
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    Krombopulos Michael wrote: »
    Just saw Jack Reacher books are going to be a TV show and wont have Tom Cruise as reacher which is a blessing in a way, but wonder who will get the role.

    https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/tv-series-based-on-lee-childs-jack-reacher-books-in-works-at-amazon-937275.html

    Alexander Skarsgard would be my nomination - good actor, though not too big a name for a TV role, ie he's attainable. And yes, at six four, he's hopefully tall enough for even the staunchest fans of the books :pac:


  • #212
    Krombopulos Michael
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    Darch Nemesis wrote: »
    Alexander Skarsgard would be my nomination - good actor, though not too big a name for a TV role, ie he's attainable. And yes, at six four, he's hopefully tall enough for even the staunchest fans of the books :pac:

    Daniel Cudmore would be my pick. He played Master Chief int he Halo shorts promos for Halo 4.


  • #213
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    George Clooney as batman.


  • #214
    el_gaucho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭el_gaucho


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Anyone else thin Arnold was miscast in The Terminator.

    He's a huge muscle bound mono tone guy from a post Apocalypse future who's meant to be able to blend in.

    He wasn’t supposed to be perfect though. If he was, it would’ve been hard to supersede him with the T1000.


  • #215
    el_gaucho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭el_gaucho


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Not a movie but the stage production of "The Field" had Brian Dennehy as the Bull McCabe. Hearing someone say "Go home Yank" in an American accent was pretty surreal.

    Other than the accent he was pretty good, in fairness.

    Ray McAnally, who played Christy Brown’s father in My Left Foot, was originally cast as The Bull in the film but he died.


  • #216
    SexBobomb
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    el_gaucho wrote: »
    He wasn’t supposed to be perfect though. If he was, it would’ve been hard to supersede him with the T1000.

    Ya the way I took it was that the T800's were big machines used in the war against humans and they just put muscle and skin on to aid its blending in, so it would have to look like a big guy with big muscles, which would stand out a bit alright but no one would be like oh that guy looks like a robot from the future. It wasn't designed to be a stealthy blend in type like the T-1000 which Im assuming was developed after the failed attempt on SC. As schlocky as these movies can be I love this universe.


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  • #217
    Stop moaning ffs
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    Rosie Juicy Runway wrote: »
    George Clooney as batman.

    Oh god yes.

    He soon after was asked about that on a press line for another film and said ‘I think we put an end to that franchise’
    Paraphrasing but that was the gist


  • #218
    Sheridan81
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    David Carradine as Bill in Kill Bill: Volume 2. I remember I enjoyed the movies. It was like a Double Dragon video game where Uma Thurman fought against all these unique bad ass villains and then she gets to end of the level and has to fight the big boss Bill and...he's just some old guy in a shirt. If I remember correctly, they then proceed to have a cosy chat. I would have preferred Bill to be younger and vigorous, or if it's going to be a pensioner, let it be someone a bit scary. Disappointing ending.


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  • #219
    Heckler
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    Still looks like a cool cat


  • #220
    Dots1982
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    Edward James Olmos in American Me. He developed the treatment so was always going to be casting himself. But neither him or the other main character in the movie were up to the job. Would have been a very interesting film if they cast some big hitters in it.


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