Sometimes, an otherwise awesome movie is ruined by a terrible casting choice (such as Kevin Costner as the title character in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [or Kevin Costner as anything at all, really]). What are some movies that you felt were horribly miscast, or would have been awesome if not for that one casting choice that was distractingly bad?
Along with the aforementioned Robin Hood adaptation, I have to say Richard Gere as Lancelot in First Knight was another distractingly bad casting choice. To have Gere with his East Coast accent as one of the most famous knights in English lore was simply a puzzling choice. I believe they were trying to use his fame as a popular rom com hero to appeal to the ladies, but I think his casting is part of the reason First Knight is not generally considered a must-see classic.
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Matthew Broderick in the 2005 remake of The Producers. I watched the '68 one first and then watched the second- everything else was great except for him. His acting was so wooden and stiff! It wasn't half as believable or interesting or as funny as Gene in the original role. It pulled down my opinion of the whole movie.
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The first that comes to mind is.
Seth Rogen in Green Hornet(2011). Robert Downey Jr. plays effectively the same role in the recent Iron Man movies, the millionaire playboy type, except he does it with so much more class. Rogen is just an endless stream of crude jokes and cussing for the sake of cussing.
Seth Rogen in Green Hornet(2011). Robert Downey Jr. plays effectively the same role in the recent Iron Man movies, the millionaire playboy type, except he does it with so much more class. Rogen is just an endless stream of crude jokes and cussing for the sake of cussing.
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MomentOfInertia (post: 1500190) wrote:The first that comes to mind is.
Seth Rogen in Green Hornet(2011). Robert Downey Jr. plays effectively the same role in the recent Iron Man movies, the millionaire playboy type, except he does it with so much more class. Rogen is just an endless stream of crude jokes and cussing for the sake of cussing.
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Eh, Nicholas Cage comes first to my mind. In anything really. I really can't think of anyone else in particular, since I haven't seen very many movies.
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Eric Roberts as the Master in the Doctor Who TV movie. That is all. Oh, and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. *shivers* Look, I like Johnny Depp, but he's too creepy to play Willy Wonka.
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Hayden chrisenten as Anakin Skywalker. There's so many people that George coukd pick, yet he picks that guy?
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Shao Feng-Li (post: 1500200) wrote:Eh, Nicholas Cage comes first to my mind. In anything really. I really can't think of anyone else in particular, since I haven't seen very many movies.
Nick Cage is great......when he is in something he can have fun in. Disney films are not his speciality he seems so bored.
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GrubbTheFragger (post: 1500318) wrote:Nick Cage is great......when he is in something he can have fun in. Disney films are not his speciality he seems so bored.
Apparently you have not heard of Wicker man.
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lol, I actually like all the casting choices mentioned so far. but anyway...
Only bad casting I can think of rescently is Colin Farrel as Jerry in the Fright Night remake. So doesn't even compare to Chris Sarandon in the original. From the minute he shows up on screen, he's got "villain" blazing over him in big neon lights, whereas Sarandon could actually pass for a suave charming person when not in vampire mode.
Only bad casting I can think of rescently is Colin Farrel as Jerry in the Fright Night remake. So doesn't even compare to Chris Sarandon in the original. From the minute he shows up on screen, he's got "villain" blazing over him in big neon lights, whereas Sarandon could actually pass for a suave charming person when not in vampire mode.
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Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in the Hellblazer . . . er, excuse me, Constantine movie. Look, he was awesome as Neo and as "Ted" Theodore Logan. Everything else . . . no.
Also the entire cast of the third and fourth Batman movies. Of course, they were just bad, anyway.
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Yamamaya (post: 1500364) wrote:Apparently you have not heard of Wicker man.
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No, wicker man is bad Nick cage. Raising Arizona, and Drive Angry are good Nick Cage
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