Worst Cases of Miscasting

[kane9321]

jessica alba- ff 1&2
kate bosworth- superman returns
Michael clarke duncan- daredevil
The entire cast of street fighter "the legend of chun li" jesus christ
Mila kunis- book of eli

 

[That-Guy]

The entire cast of street fighter "the legend of chun li" jesus christ

LOL, yep. Wow, that movie was horrible

 

[Slushy]

Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part III. She pretty much ruins the movie with her bad acting.

Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. He did great, but I would've loved to have seen Rick Deckard be played by the original choice, Dustin Hoffman (who by the way, was out of place in The Messenger).

William Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger. He plays great villain, but he was absolutely the wrong choice for John Clark.

Robert DeNiro as Frankenstein. I love DeNiro pre-2000, but it didn't work for me.

Cameron Diaz in Gangs Of New York.

Robin Williams in "What Dreams May Come" - I love Robin, but I always felt this role had Kevin Costner written all over it.

Sean Connery in Entrapment. He was too old to play such a character. Definitely a part that would've suited Pierce Brosnan much better.

Edward Norton as Will Graham - He wasn't gritty enough.

Liam Neeson in "Taken". Before I get flamed for this, don't get me wrong. I love Liam Neeson and I love this movie. I just feel Daniel Craig would've been better off playing Bryan Mills.

Adrian Brody in "Predators". I enjoyed the rest of Predators, but I couldn't take him seriously as a badass commando. It should've easily been Hugh Jackman or Gerald Butler instead.

Roger Moore as James Bond - He looked the part, but he insisted on playing Agent 007 as a whiny wimp for some God awful reason!

Russell Crowe as Robin Hood. He got the wrong role as he should've been Friar Tuck!

I'm probably going to add Tom Hardy as Bane next year. Javier Bardem would've been great as the infamous destroyer.

It didn't happen, but I always thought Matthew McConaughey as Captain America and Triple H as Thor would've been interesting.

Agree:

Jessica Alba as Susan Storm - WTF were they thinking? I thought everybody else did fine in their roles.

Arnold as Mr. Freeze - Again, WTF casting. Mr. Freeze is supposed to be a scientist, not a bodybuilder!

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka - He was supposed to be Willy Wonka, not Willy Whacko!

Topher Grace - They wanted to do the Ultimate version of Venom so to speak, but I'm sorry. I wanted my classic bodybuilder Venom even if he had to played by Brock Lesnar.

Nick Stahl - He was too much of a pansy to be taken seriously as a future military leader.

Denise Richards as Christmas Jones - Eye candy for the wrong reason!

Halle Berry as Catwoman - Thank God she didn't play Selina Kyle!

Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane - Too young for the role.

Agree Somewhat:

Jack Nicholson - Sure, he didn't look the part, but his potrayal as a campy Joker was simply fantastic!

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker- He had the look, but I think he would've better off with a different director who could've given proper guidance. I also blame George Lucas for ruining Darth Vader by revealing he was really a whiny fu**ing b**** after a million rewrites.

Eric Bana - He was a good pick look wise. Too bad he phoned in his performance.

George Clooney - He was a horrible Batman, but he was a good Bruce Wayne.

Disagree:

Brad Pitt as Troy - He was an accurate representation of the Greek tale. People have this misconception that Achilles was supposed to look like a blonde version of Arnold's Conan.

Ben Affleck as Daredevil - I'm not a Ben Affleck fan, but I thought he was great playing a blind lawyer.

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine - Too much hate for the guy on this. I thought he did well as the character and the main argument is he's too tall? FFS...

Dominic Purchell as Dracula - I liked his take on the character. It felt more realistic that he acted more like a warrior with centuries of combat experience instead of the traditional long-haired pretty boy.

Jim Carrey as The Riddler - He was the right choice. Had he approached the role with a more reserved whackiness (instead of being Joker Version 2.0), I think his performance would be praised.

Joacquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash - His performance was spot on.

Will Smith in I Am Legend - I don't get the hate. I thought him and the movie were great and also baffled on the movie ending hate because

Spoiler

He also dies in the book the movie was based on!

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Colin Farrell as Alexander The Great. Blond hair didn't suit him IMO.

 

[Master Chief]

Will Smith in I Am Legend - I don't get the hate. I thought him and the movie were great and also baffled on the movie ending hate because

Spoiler

He also dies in the book the movie was based on!

I liked the movie too, but the last 20 minutes or so are really bad.

Spoiler

It's not the death, it's how the death happens. In the movie he blows up his lab, which was typical Hollywood. In the book he's captured by the vamps. As he's awaiting death and he looks out into a crowd of fearful vampires he realizes that being the last surviving human he became somewhat of a myth, a legend.... thus the title lol.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Exactly!

The book is miles above the film. I actually found it difficult to watch because of how much they changed.

Stand out things for me - how he came across the dog and built up a relationship, the fact that the vampires weren't unrecognisable monsters but still looked like people, and the entire 'love story'.

That movie was all kinds of pants.

Will Smith was a good cast for THAT, but would have been a terrible choice if they'd actually adapted the book.

I'd love to see Michael Shannon in that role myself, and have it be non blockbuster - I think it requires slower pacing because so much of the book is just about his solitude.

 

[GunRanger]

Watch the alternate ending. It's superior.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Everyone in First Knight. A movie with Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond can't possibly suck, right?

This one does. Connery looks so out of place as King Arther and the only person who looks more out of place is Richard Gere as Lancelot. Neither of these guys is comfortable in the roles they are playing, and it shows on the screen.

For a long time, I thought it was the screen play or dialogue that made this movie so bad. But watching Connery try to play a medieval action hero is only surpassed in pain as Gere trying to play a love struck Lancelot. The chemistry between him and him and Ormond is non-existent.

Julia Ormond looks like she was put in this movie just because they couldn't get Julia Roberts. She brings nothing to the role of Guinevere. Its as a bland performance as I've ever seen. Maybe Julia would have been a better choice. Or even Geena Davis.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker- He had the look, but I think he would've better off with a different director who could've given proper guidance. I also blame George Lucas for ruining Darth Vader by revealing he was really a whiny fu**ing b**** after a million rewrites.

I'll agree that it was mostly the writing of the character and not all on Hayden...
but, I do wish they recast the character once again for the third to portray adult Anakin
he was, ok, for a teenage Anakin... but would've just wanted to see an older looking adult version of the character in the third

 

[El Payaso]

I love DeNitro pre-2000, but it didn't work for me.

Oh yeah. That guy was dynamite!

 

[jacobed]

No Hayden wouldnt have been good with a different director, he's had plenty and he's awful in everything. My biggest miscast is Sam Worthington in everything.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I think Arnold could have made a great Mr. Freeze with the right director. He is The Terminator after all.

 

[Wolfwood]

Yeah, I think a way more toned down Arnold would've been perfect for Freeze. Basically have him do the Terminator, but with more science jargon and you got yourself a decent Freeze.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Without the silly puns, Arnold's portrayal of Mr Freeze is pretty good.

 

[Sawyer]

Unfortunately silly puns are, like, 80%-90% of his performance.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Without the silly puns, Arnold's portrayal of Mr Freeze is pretty good.

But that would mean he wouldn't speak at all.

 

[LOBO3315a]

But that would mean he wouldn't speak at all.

That might not have been a bad idea either....or have him speak through a voice box.

 

[henzINNIT]

Nick Stahl - He was too much of a pansy to be taken seriously as a future mility leader.

Will Smith in I Am Legend - I don't get the hate. I thought him and the movie were great and also baffled on the movie ending hate because

Spoiler

He also dies in the book the movie was based on!

Disagree on Stahl. He was cast perfectly in the role written, and carried the weight of his character's bizarre story well. Any problems people have with the character is down to his role in the script (which I also enjoyed).

I've never understood exactly what people expect from John Connor tbh. Stahl's features are a damn good representation of a Beihn/Hamilton love-child so he sure looked the part, and the character wasn't yet a military leader. I think people assume he'd be a hulking cliche soldier type, when the Cameron universe well establishes that the human race are basically scurrying around like cockroaches in the future.

As for I Am Legend, Smith did a great job but that movie shat all over the brilliant story it was based on.

 

[Slushy]

Even if Stahl was 100% badass, it still wouldn't have worked for me. He just doesn't have the look for the part. Even Michael Edwards looked more convincing as John Connor.

No Hayden wouldnt have been good with a different director, he's had plenty and he's awful in everything.

I used to think the same until I saw him in Takers, underrated movie by the way.

Re: Mr. Freeze

Had the Batman series stayed darked, either Patrick Stewart or Ben Kingsley would've been more appropriate to play the vengeful Victor.

As for I Am Legend, Smith did a great job but that movie shat all over the brilliant story it was based on.

Fair enough, but I never put my hope in a faithful book to film translation although I'll admit when I was watching IAL, it felt more like a proper Resident Evil movie instead since it had that realism feel to it.

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

Disagree on Stahl. He was cast perfectly in the role written, and carried the weight of his character's bizarre story well. Any problems people have with the character is down to his role in the script (which I also enjoyed).

I've never understood exactly what people expect from John Connor tbh. Stahl's features are a damn good representation of a Beihn/Hamilton love-child so he sure looked the part, and the character wasn't yet a military leader. I think people assume he'd be a hulking cliche soldier type, when the Cameron universe well establishes that the human race are basically scurrying around like cockroaches in the future.

He wasn't John Connor to me. Edward Furlong played 10-year old John Connor with more balls than Nick Stahl did.

Stahl's John scrambled around with a paintball gun in Los Angeles when he could've been hanging around Sarah's merc buddies in South America, preparing for war.

 

[cherokeesam]

Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part III. She pretty much ruins the movie with her bad acting.

Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. He did great, but I would've loved to have seen Rick Deckard be played by the original choice, Dustin Hoffman (who by the way, was out of place in The Messenger).

William Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger. He plays great villain, but he was absolutely the wrong choice for John Clark.

Robert DeNiro as Frankenstein. I love DeNiro pre-2000, but it didn't work for me.

Cameron Diaz in Gangs Of New York.

Robin Williams in "What Dreams May Come" - I love Robin, but I always felt this role had Kevin Costner written all over it.

Sean Connery in Entrapment. He was too old to play such a character. Definitely a part that would've suited Pierce Brosnan much better.

Edward Norton as Will Graham - He wasn't gritty enough.

Liam Neeson in "Taken". Before I get flamed for this, don't get me wrong. I love Liam Neeson and I love this movie. I just feel Daniel Craig would've been better off playing Bryan Mills.

Adrian Brody in "Predators". I enjoyed the rest of Predators, but I couldn't take him seriously as a badass commando. It should've easily been Hugh Jackman or Gerald Butler instead.

Roger Moore as James Bond - He looked the part, but he insisted on playing Agent 007 as a whiny wimp for some God awful reason!

Russell Crowe as Robin Hood. He got the wrong role as he should've been Friar Tuck!

I'm probably going to add Tom Hardy as Bane next year. Javier Bardem would've been great as the infamous destroyer.

It didn't happen, but I always thought Matthew McConaughey as Captain America and Triple H as Thor would've been interesting.

Agree:

Jessica Alba as Susan Storm - WTF were they thinking? I thought everybody else did fine in their roles.

Arnold as Mr. Freeze - Again, WTF casting. Mr. Freeze is supposed to be a scientist, not a bodybuilder!

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka - He was supposed to be Willy Wonka, not Willy Whacko!

Topher Grace - They wanted to do the Ultimate version of Venom so to speak, but I'm sorry. I wanted my classic bodybuilder Venom even if he had to played by Brock Lesnar.

Nick Stahl - He was too much of a pansy to be taken seriously as a future military leader.

Denise Richards as Christmas Jones - Eye candy for the wrong reason!

Halle Berry as Catwoman - Thank God she didn't play Selina Kyle!

Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane - Too young for the role.

Agree Somewhat:

Jack Nicholson - Sure, he didn't look the part, but his potrayal as a campy Joker was simply fantastic!

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker- He had the look, but I think he would've better off with a different director who could've given proper guidance. I also blame George Lucas for ruining Darth Vader by revealing he was really a whiny fu**ing b**** after a million rewrites.

Eric Bana - He was a good pick look wise. Too bad he phoned in his performance.

George Clooney - He was a horrible Batman, but he was a good Bruce Wayne.

Disagree:

Brad Pitt as Troy - He was an accurate representation of the Greek tale. People have this misconception that Achilles was supposed to look like a blonde version of Arnold's Conan.

Ben Affleck as Daredevil - I'm not a Ben Affleck fan, but I thought he was great playing a blind lawyer.

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine - Too much hate for the guy on this. I thought he did well as the character and the main argument is he's too tall? FFS...

Dominic Purchell as Dracula - I liked his take on the character. It felt more realistic that he acted more like a warrior with centuries of combat experience instead of the traditional long-haired pretty boy.

Jim Carrey as The Riddler - He was the right choice. Had he approached the role with a more reserved whackiness (instead of being Joker Version 2.0), I think his performance would be praised.

Joacquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash - His performance was spot on.

Will Smith in I Am Legend - I don't get the hate. I thought him and the movie were great and also baffled on the movie ending hate because

Spoiler

He also dies in the book the movie was based on!

I have to strongly agree with everything you've written here, even everything you disagree with....

....except Ford as Deckard.

Please. There can be no other but Ford. Hoffman would have played him with his usual quirky angst and he'd wind up being more of a seriocomic caricature than anything else. Ford brought *exactly* the right degree of self-deprecating awkwardness and loneliness to the role that it called for. (There's only one section in the film I disagree with, and am still put off by --- and that's his "impersonation" of some weird morality inspector or other backstage at the strip club. It made no sense at all, and was played for completely stilted and nonexistent laughs. I wish they could have rewritten that entire section.)

 

[Spider-Who?]

I would say Mark Wahlberg in The Lovely Bones.

Mark Wahlberg in anything.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Dirk Diggler would like to have word with you.

 

[dude stannis]

So would Sgt. Dignam. Before anyone says all he did was yell and swear, go watch Goodfellas and Casino.

 

[Wolf Boy]

I'm doing this based on actual bad casting and not really.....bad acting. Halle Berry is a great actress with the right material, sadly the material was crap for Catwoman, so it made her look bad. Had she had the right script, she could have done something decent with the character, so i'm not going to include poor writing for bad performances. This is purely just CRAP casting from start to finish.

Jessica Alba - Fantastic 4
I haveno issue with a Latino girl playing her, however, let her BE Latino and don't try and make her look like a middle class white woman with creepy blue contacts and plastic blonde hair. She essentially looks like BARBIE.

Jennifer Lopez - The Cell
She wasn't bad, but i didn't buy her as a psych, sorry. They should have gotten someone who had that air of "doctor' about them.

Keanu Reeves - Dracula
The only mis-step in an otherwise fantastic film. He wouldn't have been so bad if they ditched the ****** British accent which he clearly couldn't pull off.

Nick Stahl - Terminator 3
Good actor, and perfect if John was meant to be a weedy little man, but he wasn't, so i have no idea why they cast a weedy little man to play him. He was good in the role, but not good as the actual future leader of the world. As s confused mid 20's runaway though, he was ok.

George Clooney - Batman and Robin
Wrong, wrong, wrong, even with a good script he was wrong, it's just NOT for him.

Hayden Christensen - Star Wars
He had the look, but even a good script wouldn't capture the charm and appeal his character needed. He's just not a good actor.

Ryan Rynolds - Green Lantern
He constantly looks like he's trying not to laugh, he should stick to comedies only.

Katie Holmes - Batman Begins
She wasn't terrible, but she looks and talks like she's 12, Bale was supposed to be smitten by such a weak woman??? he's Batmna for ****s sake, give the guy a girl with a bit of believable backbone.

Justin Timberlake - In Time
He's an average actor to begin with, but as an action star, it's just awkward and weird to watch.

Shia LaBoof - In nearly everything
The flaired nostrils, the stutterig, the 'cute nerd" act, he was ok in a couple films [e.g, Holes], but i find him beyond punchable in everything else. He comes across as such a smug tool.

Jake Gyllenhall - Prince of Persia
Didn't match the character at all. He didn't even look Persian, wtf.