Worst Cases of Miscasting

[Bim]

For me, Maggie Gyllenhaal in TDK (not that Katie was any better in BB, but Maggie annoyed me more)

 

[Panthro]

I thought Katie was worse, but the character really had no business being there. They really should have just used Harvey Dent.

 

[COAL TIGER]

Good one...?

Yeah, good one. Thanx.

 

[Panthro]

That would make Bruce Wayne homosexual. Not saying that's a bad thing.

It wouldn't hurt to have a Batman film with no love story for a change. Just saying.

 

[Figs]

This reminds me of the time I was watching a documentary on John Carpenter.

For the role of Elvis on an early 1979 tv film on him, he had a choice between a guy who looked almost like Elvis, but couldn't act, and Kurt Russell, who looked almost nothing like Elvis.

Good thing he chose Kurt Russell, a guy he'd be working with many more times in his directing career.

It pisses me off that I still don't think that's been released on DVD. I'm a huge Carpenter and Russell fan and have never seen it. I heard Russell won a few awards for that role.

 

[terry78]

Colin Ferrell in pretty much every flick aside from the ones in the UK, where he shines. He just does not do it for me. I saw In Bruges, which was well done, but the **** he put out over here.....no.

 

[Episode29]

Colin Ferrell in pretty much every flick aside from the ones in the UK, where he shines. He just does not do it for me. I saw In Bruges, which was well done, but the **** he put out over here.....no.

He was pretty good in Phone Booth, Minority Report and Tigerland...

Plus, I will go to the cold, empty grave defending his Bullseye performance.

 

[kedrell]

I'm sure it's been stated before but, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Totally wrong take on the character.

 

[That-Guy]

He was pretty good in Phone Booth, Minority Report and Tigerland...

Plus, I will go to the cold, empty grave defending his Bullseye performance.

I'm right with you on that one. I'm not a DD fan... I never got into the comics, so for all I know, he was WAY off base with the character, but just by looking at it as a movie fan, he was a great villain. I also think that Affleck gets judged a little too harshly on this one too... I think that if the script had been better, if Garner hadn't been there, and they had avoided all of the bad CGI effects, Daredevil might have been a really good film.

 

[Episode29]

I'm sure it's been stated before but, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Totally wrong take on the character.

If this were the year 2004, I'd call for your head.

However, from the pitiful vantage point of 2009, I wish to crown you King of the Omniverse.

 

[Octoberist]

For me, Maggie Gyllenhaal in TDK (not that Katie was any better in BB, but Maggie annoyed me more)

Besides looks (I think Maggie is attractive in her own way), I've never met anyone who prefers Katie over Maggie. Or think she's more annoying.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Besides looks (I think Maggie is attractive in her own way), I've never met anyone who prefers Katie over Maggie. Or think she's more annoying.

ditto

 

[MAN O STEEL]

I think Shia Laboob is pretty miscast in everything he does. Don't get me wrong, he works hard & makes many movies which believe it or not aren't easy to do, let alone so many he does a yr. But to me he picks bad roles. he often seems to play the same character. he always plays ppl who are supposedly geeks, yet he always has such charisma & gets the girl in the end, not very geeky if you ask me. I think he needs to stop playing roles as if he's older than he actually is, i always get the feeling the guy's always trying a little to hard to be impressive to the audience that he often comes off as a smart ass. Dunno, amybe that's just me, but I think he's as overused as Seth Rogen & needs to just take his time & pick better roles rather than riding the gravy train with buscuit wheels & burning out in the next few yrs. So to make a long story short, miscast in almost everything.




Steve

 

[WeaponXProject]

Phoenix in Walk the Line. C'mon Hollywwod, Johnny never looked that baby faced in his life.

Wow, I disagree. He became Johnny Cash...

 

[Superark]

For me, Maggie Gyllenhaal in TDK (not that Katie was any better in BB, but Maggie annoyed me more)

Agreed. Maggie grated on me so bad! At least Katie Holmes had looks going for her.

Another huge miscasting, and one that really irked me was Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom. I grew up reading Venom comics and a huge fan of the character and Grace was absolutey wrong on every level for Brock.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

He was pretty good in Phone Booth, Minority Report and Tigerland...

Plus, I will go to the cold, empty grave defending his Bullseye performance.

I'll join you there. It seemed like I was the only one defending his wonderfully campy, energetic performance in that film.

 

[Bim]

Besides looks (I think Maggie is attractive in her own way), I've never met anyone who prefers Katie over Maggie. Or think she's more annoying.

The "Jim Gordon? he's a friend, be nice!" scene alone makes me want to beat her up. So i guess there's a first time for everything

 

[Octoberist]

for one line? it's suppose to be in a quirky kind of delievery too.

 

[Superark]

The "Jim Gordon? he's a friend, be nice!" scene alone makes me want to beat her up. So i guess there's a first time for everything

I think it was the "Ceasar never gave up his power" line that made me want to punch Nolan for casting her.

 

[Sawyer]

I think it was the "Ceasar never gave up his power" line that made me want to punch Nolan for casting her.

Compared to Holmes's riveting performance (sarcasm), I think Gylenhaal did just fine...

 

[Max J Power]

He was pretty good in Phone Booth, Minority Report and Tigerland...

Plus, I will go to the cold, empty grave defending his Bullseye performance.

I kind of liked his Bullseye performance too. He really wasn't miscast in the role, he just had a lot of stupid lines.

 

[That-Guy]

Any bad guy who will kill an annoying old lady with a peanut gets an "OK" in my book.

Hey, how about Tara Reid as a brilliant archeologist in "Alone in the Dark?" granted, it's a Uwe Boll movie, so it would suck no matter what, but it wouldn't have mattered if the film had been directed by Steven Spielberg... there is NO WAY IN HELL that I would buy her as someone intelligent.

I remember reading a review of that film back when it came out and the critic said, "Imagine the worst movie you've ever seen. Now imagine TARA REID in the worst movie you've ever seen."

 

[Maresk]

Robert Pattison as Salvador Dali.
I mean...what the hell?!

 

[Eggyman]

Hayden Christenson in ___________.

 

[Rincewind]

Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.