Post an example of horrible casting.

[SmileyBoy]

Will Smith as Muhammad Ali instead of the obvious best choice, Cuba Gooding, Jr.

What else??

[Shell Beau]

1. I never saw that movie so I am not sure he was badly cast b/c

on the surface, I would think he would have been good.

[Rambis]

2. Kevin Costner

:shrug:

[Deep13]

7. As Robin Hood? check.

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane in Superman Returns.

:puke: Definitely the WRONG choice here.

[Deep13]

11. My small complaint is that ...

...Clark, Lois and Richard all looked too young for a five-year elapse. The actors in the 70s Superman looked older.

[NewWaveChick1981]

18. True. And another issue I have is that the kid is supposed to be

five years old, and Clark has been gone five years. So if the kid's 5, she had to have had him the instant (or thereabouts) Clark disappeared. When did she start dating Richard? Ok, so it takes nine months to produce a child. She says the child is Richard's. HUH??? Yep, screwy timeline. And that goes right along with your assertion that all three of the adults are too young---and you're exactly right.

Too many funky continuity issues...

[Deep13]

20. My wife and I talked about that when we left the theater.

Maybe Superbabies take longer. ??????

[Cannikin]

71. Brandon Routh is the same age Reeve was in the first film

I agree about Bosworth. Her acting was fine IMO, but I want another Margot Kidder.

[taterguy]

4. Bill Paxton as Colonel John Paul Vann

An HBO version of A Bright Shining Lie. The book makes frequent references to Vann's lack of physical stature and it's effect on him. Paxton seemed like a normal sized guy and thus inappropriate for the role.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

Instead of the obvious best choice- Twiggy.

That's how this works, right? Take a bad casting choice and replace it with a worse one? As per your Cuba Gooding Jr. example.

[Deep13]

8. Oh my God,...

...where's the brain bleach?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. "Alright, men..."

"I want you to kill the men, rape the women, burn the houses... and don't get that mixed up."

[slide to the left]

6. anything with kirsten dunst

she is so awful.

[YankeyMCC]

32. I gotta second that

I like the Spiderman movies...except for her portrayal of Mary Jane...I'm no good at articulating what is good or bad acting but that's one example of bad acting I feel confident in identifying.

[politicat]

9. Keanu Reeves as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing.

The man can't act, much less deal with something as complex as Shakespeare. The movie was fine otherwise (I actually enjoyed Denzel Washington as the prince) but I cringed every time that idiot was on screen.

At least he's taking roles that don't require him to act now. The Matrixes just required him to be stiff and stoic.

[AlCzervik]

15. he should have retired after Bill and Ted.

[ThomCat]

24. He was in My Private Idaho too.

Do you think he reads and likes Shakespeare?

[politicat]

46. Uh... are you sure he can read?

I'm not.

[ThomCat]

58. That's mean.

:P
He's not the sharpest knife in the kitchen, and his movies are painful to watch, but I'm sure he's not nearly as illiterate as our President.

[tigereye]

62. I thought he was an interesting pick for both

granted, he'll never be like the folks trained in England. But somehow his Don Jon made sense. And I liked him in My Private Idaho.


He has gotten a little better over time. I don't think he will ever be a great actor, by any means. But he tries hard. He was good in the Matrix and interesting in Little Buddha ( I think that was the title.)

[Deep13]

10. Marlon Brando as Julius Caesar?

More consideration, less cannibis next time.

[WCGreen]

65. He was Marc Anthony.....

[Deep13]

12. Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc.

Joan was 16. Ingrid was in her 30s and seemed tall, especially next to Jose Ferrar.

Another bad casting choice, Jose Ferrar as King Charles.

[unpossibles]

13. Paris Hilton as Jeanie in I Dream of Jeanie

yuk. I used to love that show.

[SaveElmer]

14. Sophia Coppola in Godfather III...

She almost sunk that movie!!!

She is talented...but not as an actor!

[jpgray]

37. I don't think she's talented in any field personally.

[NewJeffCT]

55. I think the guy that replaced Robert Duval sucked more

I am drawing a blank on his name, though.

[sarge43]

59. George Hamilton n/t

[NewJeffCT]

61. yes!

Duvall being replaced by Hamilton is like pinch-hitting for Babe Ruth by sending up the infamous Mario Mendoza (he of the "Mendoza" line)

[SaveElmer]

68. The Tan Man...

George Hamilton!

[KyndCulture]

16. Tom mofo'in Cruise as Lestat

UGH!!!!!!

[AlCzervik]

17. i thought that was his best role, i loved all the Anne Rice books and was

pissed when i found out they cast him but after seeing it i'd say his interpretation of Lestat is probably pretty close to who he is in real life.

[KyndCulture]

19. Oh I tried hard to like him in that role but.

I couldn't get Top Gun cheese outta my head.

I thought Kirsten Dunst was perfect in her role however.

[Deep13]

21. Yeah, I thought he nailed it.

[Ramsey]

45. This was my first thought

I LOVE the Lestat books and Tom Cruise was HORRIBLE!!! He did not capture the bad boy essence of Lestat at all. Brad Pitt was pretty good as Louis though. That guy who played Lestat in the otherwise terrible Queen of the Damned movie was better the Tom Cruise.

I always thought an old boyfriend of mine would have made the perfect Lestat. He had the long blond hair, was tall and lean , and could do the best "vampire" face, not to mention he a little evil streak :-)!

[NewJeffCT]

57. I thought Cruise did okay in that role

I loved the first two books - Interview with a Vampire & The Vampire Lestat.

Lestat was always the cocky arrogant type and Cruise plays that same role every time he is onscreen.

I thought Pitt as Louis was worse casting - that was a role that required a really deep & intense actor.

[Bridget Burke]

22. Julia Roberts as the fiance of Michael Collins...

Liam Neeson played the famous Irish revolutionary.

Julia made no attempt at all to do an Irish accent. Otherwise, her acting was dreadful.

[azmouse]

23. Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves in Dracula

Their British accents were the worst I've ever heard!

[vikegirl]

30. Thank you!

I expected no less from Reeves, but Ryder was a disappointment. And everyone else was so good in that movie.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. Look no further: Barbra Streisand as "Yentl"

What a fucking embarrasssment. Had she has been smart -- and serious -- as a director, she would have realized there was no way in hell she should have played that role, and cast it with an appropriate actress.

Madonna as "Evita" is another big stinker.

[MsAnthropy]

29. or in The Mirror Has Two Faces

[Throd]

26. Keanu Reeves in anything

[MsAnthropy]

27. Marlon Brando in Don Juan DeMarco

in bed with Faye Dunaway. I may never get rid of that image. Ish.

[wildhorses]

28. Jim Carrey as Lemony Snicket

he over played it IMHO

[azmouse]

33. It had to be tough to make those books into a movie.

So much of the charm of the books is in how they are written.
I thought Carey did an ok job.

[XemaSab]

82. Jim Carrey is annoying as hell

n/t

[Taverner]

34. Crispin Glover in Rivers Edge

That role was made for River Phoenix, who turned it down.

Crispin overacted that role IMHO...but always did good in any movie he did afterwards...

[YankeyMCC]

35. Here is a rumored casting that would be horrible

"Matt Damon is being eyed to play a young Capt. James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams' proposed 11th Star Trek movie"

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/news/sfw_news_20060626.html

[ThomCat]

36. Rumors about superhero movies.

Jack Black as Green Lantern.
Sandra Bullock as Wonderwoman.
Tom Cruz as Iron Man.

[wildhorses]

38. u gotta be kiddin' me???

those are sucky choices
even though I like
Jack Black and Sandra Bullok
I refuse to mention TC

those roles are JUST not them


Catherine-Zeta Jones would make a better Wonder Woman
and the Green Lantern should go to anybody but Jack Black...

[ThomCat]

39. I'm not sure about Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I must be the only person on earth who isn't impressed with her. Though I don't have any better ideas who to cast.
:(

Any hunky guy who can actually act would make a good Green Lantern. Though I'd prefer if it's someone slightly older (somebody at least 30). Can you picture Harrison Ford as a much older very experienced Green Lantern?

Eric Bana would be my choice for a younger Green Lantern.

I have no idea who I'd cast as Tony Stark/Iron Man. I guess I'm not up on the current crop of celebrities.
:shrug:

[wildhorses]

41. I am not that impressed with C-ZJ either but, physically

her body type comes to mind for Wonderwoman long before SB. And I agree with you about Green Lantern...those are interesting choices.

Iron Man....I am at a loss

[WCGreen]

47. I nbelieved they found a Bollywood actress....

To play Wonder Woman...

She has the look of a greek goddess....

Also, isn't the newest incarnation of Green Lantern Black...

I also heard about Tom Cruz as Iron Man...

But that was a couple of years ago...

Pierce Bronson would make a great Tony Stark....

[ThomCat]

54. The newest Green Lantern

is the original, back from the dead.

Hal Jordan, then John Stewart, then (I forget his name with the bowl haircut), then Kyle Raynor, and now Hal Jordan again.

A movie about the Kyle Raynor green lantern would be cool. He was the Artist, so his use of the ring was the most elaborate. That would be a awesome opportunity for special effects.

I hope you're right about the bollywood actress. That seems like a much better idea than casting an inappropriate American actress. But were no greek actresses available?
:shrug:

Good choice for Iron Man. A bit old, but he could definitely do it.

[WCGreen]

63. I've been out of the loop for a while now...

Just dip into the comic world now and then...

I thought Hal Jordan was coming back...

Wasn't he the Spector for a while...

[ThomCat]

64. Yes. But apparently he wasn't real popular as the Spector

and DC wanted to revive the Green Lantern brand so they cobbled together return.

I still think Kyle Raynor was the better Green Lantern.

[Divameow77]

43. I think Katie Holmes

would have been a good Wonder Woman, before she got all weird.

[ThomCat]

52. Way too small and thin.

I can't see her as a wonderwoman.

Wonderwoman is supposed to be almost six foot tall and built like, well, an amazon. I'd like to see someone in that roll who looks like she knows how to work out and work up a sweat.

[NewJeffCT]

53. Like who?

Holmes is fairly tall.

However, I don't see her as WW.

[ThomCat]

56. Good question.

I rarely watch TV or see movies so I don't know many celebrities. I don't have anyone better to suggest.

But there are so many talented actors around, and so many of them are virtually unknown. It should be possible to find one who works out somewhere. I think I'd prefer an unknown actor.

[Fleshdancer]

40. Keanu Reeves in anything except Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

What was he doing in Dangerous Liaisons anyway? As for the Matrix, just think how much better it would have been with someone who could convey more than one emotion on screen.

[jpgray]

51. Completely agreed

Ted (or was it Bill?) was his peak.

[BlueIris]

42. David Schwimmer as Herbert Sobell in "Band of Brothers."

ACK. So BAD. After I finished the mini-series, I read Stephen Ambrose's book about E Company and yes, Schwimmer did bear a striking physical resemblance to Sobell, but still. It was like watching Ross get "angry" at Rachel. After they had joined the paratroopers. It sounds stupid because it is stupid.

[Rabrrrrrr]

70. David Schwimmer in anything. Same with Adam Sandler.

[skygazer]

44. Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell

Ugh. Of course, Hook was a horrible movie all around but Julia was particularly dreadful.

Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes (too old and not good looking enough. And with an English accent)
Kevin Costner in anything (except Silverado in which he thankfully has a small and cute part).

[China_cat]

As bad as Stephen King's Tommyknockers was

the choice of Marg Helgenberger and Jimmy Smits for the main roles was just WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

Better casting would have brought it up to awful.

[WCGreen]

48. Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy in Bonfire of the Vanities...

I always thought that role was tailor made for Edward Herrman...

[ohno]

49. Ben Affleck

Daredevil. But then again, the writing wasn't that great anyway. So I can't fault him, too severely...

[jadedconformist]

50. Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code

If you read the book, you just would never have pictured Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. That said, I still think Tom Hanks is great.

[tigereye]

60. Helen Hunt in Curse of the Jade Scorpion

terribly unfunny.

[devilgrrl]

66. Mike Myers as Keith Moon in the upcoming bio-pic.

How? Why?

[rug]

67. .

[Rabrrrrrr]

69. Tom Cruise in anything; any 'rapper' or 'pop star' in anything.

Unless the 'rapper' or 'pop star' were actors before they got into music; but I'm sick and tired of studios putting popular musicians into acting roles for the sole reason that they're famous and popular. Because invariably, none of 'em can act for shit - or, as I say it, they act as well as they "perform" music.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

74. You need to watch more movies.

One of the best actors working today is a rapper.

[Rabrrrrrr]

76. He made a great Ford Prefect!

I checked IMDB and I see that, other than Monster's Ball in which he played a character I don't remember at all, I've seen nothing that he's done besides Hitchhicker's.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

77. It was a small role in Monster's Ball.

He played the father of the neighbor children who the racist father threatened. Still very good.

He had a lead role opposite Alan Rickman in an HBO film "Something the Lord Made" as Vivien Thomas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Thomas

It was an extraordinary performance. I don't know if it's available on video, but I highly recommend it.

[begin_within]

72. Diana Ross - at the age of 34 - as a child (Dorothy) in "The Wiz" (1978)

[Cannikin]

73. Katie Holmes in Batman Begins

[Arkham House]

75. Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls"...

...this has always bothered me. They have Brando, singing(sic) and dancing(sic) in this film...when the man who was *born* for the &*^%$^&* role, Frank Sinatra, *is in the same movie*...playing Nathan Detroit, another monumental piece of miscasting. But Sinatra! My God--"My Time of Night" amd "Luck Be A Lady" were *meant* to be sung by Sinatra...what the hell were they thinking?

[Tikki]

78. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts in that Notting Hill.......

Zero chemistry....Zero believability.

[grannylib]

79. Chimpy/Cheney as Pretzeldent/Puppet Master.

[mark414]

80. colin farrell in anything

especially in miami vice...blah

[atomic-fly]

81. how about this crappie