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OK, my first shot at a "Top 100" list. The idea here is a movie which could have been good but was ruined for you by a terrible casting decision. Doesn't matter if you know whether there was a better choice considered (but feel free to offer your alternate casting choice).

Two off the top of my head.

1. Chevy Chase in Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992). Modern take on the invisible man story, an ordinary guy becomes invisible by accident and has to deal with the consequences. One of those everyman-stuck-in-a-thriller deals. Fantastic book by H.F. Saint.

But to cast Chevy freakin Chase as the lead?

2. Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady (1964). An oldie, one of my favorite musicals. I grew up listening to the London cast album, with Julie Andrews debuting in the title role. Man could she sing, and the fire she brought to the role must have been a great thing to see on stage. So why the hell did Hollywood cast little mousy non-singing Audrey Hepburn in there? And why the hell does anyone like Audrey Hepburn anyway?

3. For some reason I never cared for James Cagney in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which I probably saw as a wee lil nip of a youngster when it played on one of the local PBS stations.  That's right his performance scarred me from an early age.   :wink:

4. Speaking of pysche scarring experiences don't even get me started on the casting misfires of the 1999 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  They really should gather all the copies of that atrocity in one place, then nuke it from orbit!  I'm not kidding.   :hatred:

5. Since I know someone will inevitably mention Coppola's Dracula* let me just say that, for me, Winnoa Ryder ruined this movie.  With each new watching of this movie I despise her presence in it more and more.  Keanu Reeves, for me, wasn't so bad.  Then again I was lucky NOT to have seen any of his previous works aside from that Bill and Ted movie for many years.  My advice: Don't watch too many of his movies and you'll be fine.

* OOPS.  I was looking up a Carpenter movie at IMDB in another window as I was typing that and got the director's names confuddled.

6)  Adrienne King as the Final Girl (Alice Hardy) in Friday the 13th.  She was the most lackluster and uninspiring character in the whole movie.  You always want to hire an actual "actress" for your lead character.

Do you mean Bram Stoker's Dracula?

Bram Stoker's Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola --

I happen to like Audrey Hepburn just fine, thank you -- Aside from her lovely, long neck, she was really excellent opposite Alan Arkin in "Wait Until Dark" and Shirley McClaine in "The Childrens' Hour" -- 2 films I think most people who frequent this site would really enjoy, if you haven't already seen them -- Other stuff like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and her other light romantic fare maybe not so much -- But she's still easy on the eye in those, as I've heard men say --

peter johnson/denny a room somewhere . . .

I agree with you halfway on this one.  I hated both Reeves AND Ryder.  But it is funny that Reeves gets most of the blame, when Ryder was equally bad, and had a much more important role. 

7) (I think).  John Wayne as Genghis Khan in THE CONQEUROR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re96l2FJCjc

8) Margot Kidder as Lois Lane in Superman.   Not even close.

9) Jim Cavizel as Jesus in Passion of the Christ.

Could they have possibly picked a blander, less inspiring actor to play Christ?  Christ ought to have presence and charisma.

10. Lon Chaney Jr. as Count Alacard in SON of DRACULA. He's a little too jowly to be a vampire. (I ...er...I mean Bela should have gtten that part,dammit!)

11.  Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis in STING II

12.  George Hamilton in GODFATHER 3

13. Christopher Llloyd in Star Trek III: Search for Spock as a,, KLINGON COMMANDER? what were they thinking?

14.) Michael Madsen as Vladimir in Bloodrayne. 
Uwe Boll movies are usually miscast with big names.  Boll decides to have an actor who typically plays wise guy roles to hold down a role as a vampire hunter.  As an honerable mention in that movie, I'd have to say Michelle Rodriguez.

15) Jose Ferrer as mayor of a small farming community in Idaho.
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/thebeing/ (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/thebeing/)

16. & 17.)

18)  Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist in The World is Not Enough

(http://www.virginmedia.com/microsites/movies/slideshow/bondgirls-2007/img_13.jpg)

Hey, she's damned fine to look at, but a nuclear physicist?  Um...no.

 
19.) Jar Jar Binks ins Star wars Episode I - III (Kermit would have been a better pick)

agree!

20.  Then has to be Ben Kingly as Kagen.  I've played both Bloodrayne games and scene both movies.  The movies arn't even close to the games.

21.  Arnold Schw..I'm not even going to attempt it...as Mr Freeze in Batman and Robin.

22. Sandra Bernhard in THE APOCALYSPE

23. Halle Berry as CATWOMAN

24. Uma Thurman as Emma Peel in THE AVENGERS

25. Gary Oldman as Dr. Smith in LOST IN SPACE (1998)

NOT getting Sean Connery to play GANDALF in the LOTR trilogy.

TOM CRUISE as Lestat in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/InterviewwithaVampireMoviePoste.JPG)

ALI MacGRAW in anything...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Love_story.jpg)

Ben Affleck. People complain about Keanu Reeves being wooden; if so, Affleck is petrified wood. He even did a poor job playing himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. How sad is that?

Samuel L Jackson as Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels.  I know he's a fan boy who got to be in it but he's much too good of an actor for that role. 

Don't know what # we're up to but I'd like to add the entire cast of VAMPIRELLA, including the director and production staff, but most especially the costumer.

Both of mine are from Ed Wood.  Both Sarah Jessica Parker as Dolores Fuller and Jeffrey Jones as Criswell.  Jeffrey Jones wasn't that bad, but there were actors out there who could do Criswell better.  SJP was IMO not that great for Dolores.

And isn't that a dumb name?  MACE WINDU...!??  Sounds like bad gas  after a loada chinese food... hoodoo wind like mace?

34.) (i counted)  George Clooney as Batman - It wasn't just the nipples on the batsuit that stunk. Then again, most of the later series was horribly miscast.

CHARLTON HESTON as a Mexican narcotics agent in TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)...  :lookingup:

36) Arnold Schwarzenegger playing an American in countless films  :bouncegiggle:

(http://www.reason.com/UserFiles/schwarzenegger_smoking_joint.jpg)

A favourite of mine, for sure. I love how they don't even acknowledge it. America's top marshal, secret agent, soldier or whatever is walking around with an Austrian accent and nobody considers that worthy of an explanation. Indeed, they play it down by giving his characters names like Douglas Quaid, Howard Langston and Adam Gibson. In that case, Victor Fries wasn't such a miscast, by virtue of at least a probable German heritage. Honestly, I almost applauded in the theatre when John Leguizamo called him a German sausage in Collateral Damage. Most memorable thing about that movie - somebody finally noticed Arnie's ancestors might not have come over on the Mayflower.

Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling in Hannibal ~ beautiful and talented actress but she was wrong for that part, IMO.

Lorenzo Lamas in anything

39?: Val Kilmer as Batman too in BATMAN FOREVER.

40. the kid from That 70's show as Eddie Brock/Venom in Spiderman 3

Chris Noth as Tozzie in "Bad Apple": That should have been ME making out with Dagmara Dominczyk.  :teddyr:

42. Val Kilmer in THE SAINT.

43) Judi Dench as M in those newer Bond Movies.  A lot of people seem to like her, but I absolutely detest her in that particular role.