BvS Who is Miscast in this cinematic universe?

[sportjames23]

I know I've said this a million times before--and despite how great he was--I'm still not keen on Affleck being cast as Batman/Bruce Wayne. I don't see Batman, I see Affleck. And I know they were going for an older Batman, but I still would've preferred a younger Batman, just starting out.

The only other casting problem I have is Ezra Miller as the Flash. No. Just, no. That is not Barry Allen.

I just wish they would've used Grant Gustin. Yeah, I know, WB wants to keep their cinematic and TV universes separate, but still.

 

[morningmimosa]

I know I've said this a million times before--and despite how great he was--I'm still not keen on Affleck being cast as Batman/Bruce Wayne. I don't see Batman, I see Affleck. And I know they were going for an older Batman, but I still would've preferred a younger Batman, just starting out.

The only other casting problem I have is Ezra Miller as the Flash. No. Just, no. That is not Barry Allen.

I just wish they would've used Grant Gustin. Yeah, I know, WB wants to keep their cinematic and TV universes separate, but still.

Since we can't compare his portrayal to Grant's yet (from an acting point of view), what other aspects are there to convince you that he's miscast in comparison to his small screen counterpart?

 

[shauner111]

Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor

Amy Adams isn't necessarily miscast as Lois, but her Lois and Henry's Superman have no romantic chemistry at all. Didn't they do a chemistry screen test between these two? Amy has more chemistry with Batfleck.

Doomsday's CGI was miscast.


Gal Gadot's okay so far, but her two lines in the final battle against Doomsday stuck out like a sore thumb at how badly wooden and awful she delivered them.

Imagine if it was Bale instead of Affleck? Cavill and Adams' lack of chemistry would stick out like a sore thumb waaay more. All one has to do is watch American Hustle and The Fighter, and you can see instant chemistry between Christian and Amy. That would have been a disaster with Henry on board.

Amy is good casting for Lois, but she's just not working with anybody..good. The only time i really feel like it works is when she's doing a back and forth scene with Laurence Fishburn. For obvious reasons. He's a better actor that most of the people Lois comes in contact with. The problem is that Henry is not a very good actor, he's written poorly, directed poorly. But he does have a warmth to him, but it's being thrown away most of the time, all because Snyder wants him to behave more like Dr. Manhattan.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I think their chemistry was fine in MOS. The problem with it in BvS is all we got were scenes where Lois was consoling him while he moped. We didn't even get any fun Daily Planet scenes. Ugh.

 

[GreenKToo]

JE as Lex. I tried, I really did, but I can't take him serious as Lex.

 

[auditor]

probably Jesse Eisenberg as Lex. It's possible that it wasn't the actor's fault. The character was written horribly. But even if written correctly it's easy to imagine
Eisenberg just not being the right actor for the role.

 

[KangConquers]

For me it's

Amy Adams as Lois Lane,

Laurence Fishburn as Perry White

Jessie Einsenberg as Lex Luthor

Ezra Miller Barry Allen

Diane Lane as Martha Kent


This is my first thread and I am new around here so do apologise if there is a similair thread, I also apologise if I am violating any rules as I am not trying to incite hate and if anyone feels this thread is redundant then I am happy for it to be closed. I just want to see if people generally feel the same way about the castings as I do.

The director is so bad that none of the casting choices matter.

 

[Boom]

I don't know if it's because he is given next to nothing to work with, but we're two films in and Cavill hasn't done anything for me.

 

[MydnightPhoenix]

Only Amy Adams everyone else was great. I even bought Jesse as Lex though as soon as the jokky rancher happened I knew people were going to hate his Lex.
Henrybis great as Superman in some scenes but I also wonder if he is struggling with the accent. There are just sometimes when he comes off as stiff..."did you find the spear" is the first one that comes to mind. Plus he dies have bad chemistry with Amy but I would rather replace her than Henry. Its just unfortunate that such a great Superman has such a bad Lois.
Ben, Gal, Ezra, Jeremy, Laurence are all fantastic.

 

[Fincher]

Batman, Lex Luthor, Zod.

 

[Luke234]

Love the cast. I think a safer route would have been to drop Cyborg and have will smith and Chris pine as Hal and Stewart / Green lanterns , and the rock as Aquaman. I'm sure everyone could be great but those actors would make a boatload.

 

[The Joker]

Jesse Eisenberg x 1000000000

 

[BH/HHH]

I don't think anyone's been miscast in this universe

 

[Micromind]

I don't think anyone's been miscast in this universe

Agreed, I don't think anyone is miscast.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Chris Evans is a mediocre actor. Main reason he has made it this far , it's because of his looks and being white.

Bull****! Evans rules. I literally can't possibly imagine a better Captain America. It's not exactly easy to sell the warmth and earnestness of that character while still being likable. Evans is by far the best casting choice in the MCU. RDJ is his only competition. And you just had to bring race into it...

 

[metaphysician]

Bull****! Evans rules. I literally can't possibly imagine a better Captain America. It's not exactly easy to sell the warmth and earnestness of that character while still being likable. Evans is by far the best casting choice in the MCU. RDJ is his only competition. And you just had to bring race into it...

*points up* This.

Anyway, I'd say the closest thing to a miscast is Eisenberg. I suppose its not *impossible* that he could have done a good job. . . but I tend to think the range of opportunity is much narrower for him than the other roles. He'd have needed a much better written, and much better targeted, script than the others, relatively.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Eisenberg is honestly not miscast at all. He gets better upon repeat viewings. The Ultimate Edition improves literally every negative aspect of the movie

 

[The Joker]

*points up* This.

Anyway, I'd say the closest thing to a miscast is Eisenberg. I suppose its not *impossible* that he could have done a good job. . . but I tend to think the range of opportunity is much narrower for him than the other roles. He'd have needed a much better written, and much better targeted, script than the others, relatively.

Not impossible, but highly ulikely. Eisenberg never felt right for the role, and granted the horrible characterization didn't help, but Eisenberg is just wrong in Luthor's skin, IMO.

 

[titansupes]

Eisenberg is miscast. Dear lord is he miscast.

 

[BH/HHH]

Bull****! Evans rules. I literally can't possibly imagine a better Captain America. It's not exactly easy to sell the warmth and earnestness of that character while still being likable. Evans is by far the best casting choice in the MCU. RDJ is his only competition. And you just had to bring race into it...

100% agreed

Eisenberg is honestly not miscast at all. He gets better upon repeat viewings. The Ultimate Edition improves literally every negative aspect of the movie

I agree, I think when people say he's miscast they mean he's not the Lex they wanted. I see this Lex as a reinvention of a classic character, which I think was needed. Of course it's all opinions.

 

[MydnightPhoenix]

Eisenberg is honestly not miscast at all. He gets better upon repeat viewings. The Ultimate Edition improves literally every negative aspect of the movie

I don't think he's miscast I just think the Lex they were going for throws people off. He played quirky intimidating and psychotic quite well.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I don't think he's miscast I just think the Lex they were going for throws people off. He played quirky intimidating and psychotic quite well.

 

[The Joker]

I don't think he's miscast I just think the Lex they were going for throws people off. He played quirky intimidating and psychotic quite well.

He was as campy as a row of tents. That's not quirky and psychotic, that's cheesy and cartoonish. Quirky psychotic is something like this;

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The Luthor characterization was awful true, but his poor acting just added fuel to the fire.

When people say he was miscast, they mean he was miscast. If they meant otherwise they would say so. If it was just the lame characterization we would say so like we do for Leto's Joker for example. His characterization was terrible, but Leto was not part of the problem. Nobody is asking for him to be recast or calling him miscast. With Luthor, Eisenberg was part of the problem.

 

[Lantern Venom]

He was as campy as a row of tents. That's not quirky and psychotic, that's cheesy and cartoonish. Quirky psychotic is something like this;

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That's a good performance to point out. The things she does with her eyes and voice there makes the character go from whacky to terrifying in a matter of seconds.

I'm still at a loss as to why WB can't get Lex right in live action. DC's animation department has always found fitting voice actors for Luthor and the character has had solid writing in many shows/animated films. I can't fathom how the studio missed the mark by such a wide margin this time.

 

[BH/HHH]

He was as campy as a row of tents.

I have never heard that expression, it's genius t: