Miscast Movies

[Psycho Circus]

Everyone who has played Batman since Adam West

[Flick James]

Almost the entire cast of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Kevin Kostner: As Robin Hood? Are you f***ing kidding me?
Christian Slater: WTF!!!
Morgan Freeman: What kind of revisionist history crap was that?

Exception: Alan Rickman. He was a badass.

[Andrew]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror."

[Mr. DS]

Samuel L Jackson as Mace Windu - SLJ had no business being in a Star Wars movie.  I don't care how big of a fan he was or ever will be.  If he isn't swearing in a movie, I have no interest.

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker - Wooden, awful and just plain unwatchable.   I partially throw blame to the script.

Christian Bale as Batman - He makes a GREAT Bruce Wayne.  As Batman, he flops and generally looks silly in the costume.

[Psycho Circus]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror."

How wrong was that? Wrong on so many levels. I think Andrew's nailed it as far as the worst miscast actor goes...

[Skull]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror."

How wrong was that? Wrong on so many levels. I think Andrew's nailed it as far as the worst miscast actor goes...

nothing like white people playing asians



Mickey Rooney in Hollywood's gem Breakfast at Tiffany's

[AndyC]

Samuel L Jackson as Mace Windu - SLJ had no business being in a Star Wars movie.  I don't care how big of a fan he was or ever will be.  If he isn't swearing in a movie, I have no interest.

Oh yes. I like Jackson in most things he's been in - Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard 3. I could go on and on. But, he just doesn't suit Star Wars. That is a big problem, when big name actors want to be cast in a movie because it would be so cool. Who's going to say no? So we get a character actor who is brilliant as any kind of urban badass, playing a Jedi master, who, aside from kicking some ass a couple of times, is just about as far in temperament from a typical Sam Jackson character as you can get. And it's not like anyone was wowed by his unexpected versatility. He gave a competent performance, but just couldn't sell it.

I think the other place that casting gets screwed up is when the priorities are all backward. Instead of coming up with a story and choosing the right cast, it's all about who you can get and figuring out where to use them. Or worse, the movie is written as a vehicle for a particular star.

Then you get the worst of both, when a big star pushes to get a movie made, because it would be so darn cool to star in it, and the screenplay is written around them as the star. I just can't shake this image of John Travolta as an evil alien.

Most recently, I just didn't buy Christian Bale as John Connor. No way. But he is one of the big names right now, so....

[Mr. DS]

Orlando Bloom as Paris in Troy.  Bloom's huge lack of skills is apparent when he is around actors who can actually act like Eric Bana. 

[AndyC]

Orlando Bloom as Paris in Troy.  Bloom's huge lack of skills is apparent when he is around actors who can actually act like Eric Bana. 

You probably want a comma in there. Otherwise, everybody's acting like Eric Bana.

[Allhallowsday]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror."

Oo-oo that is bad.  

Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance in The Shining.

I think that's kind of a stroke of genius.  

Samuel L Jackson as Mace Windu - SLJ had no business being in a Star Wars movie.  I don't care how big of a fan he was or ever will be.  If he isn't swearing in a movie, I have no interest.

Y'know, I've said it before, and I'll say it again... "Mace Windu...???"  Doesn't that sound like bad gas after too much Chinese?  Who do wind-doo like mace?

How 'bout BRAD PITT as Louis and TOM CRUISE as Lestat in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE?  CRUISE was not nearly as bad as I'd expected, but the movie turned into a laugh-fest anyway.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGkBMe3j-Sk&feature=fvst

[retrorussell]

There was a movie somewhere in the 90s called "An Eye For An Eye".  Sally Field was a mom whose daughter was raped and killed by a psycho played well by Keifer Sutherland.  The mom takes martial arts lessons and marksmanship courses and tries to become a badass in her pursuit of the killer.  Sally Field.. are you kidding me?  She's a good actress and all, but definitely no badass.  The movie wasn't particularly good; no surprise there.

[Trevor]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror."

How wrong was that? Wrong on so many levels. I think Andrew's nailed it as far as the worst miscast actor goes...

I agree ~ the sad thing is the making of that film probably cost The Duke his life years later because of the place where they shot the film. 

[Mofo Rising]

Christian Bale as Batman - He makes a GREAT Bruce Wayne.  As Batman, he flops and generally looks silly in the costume.

Well, to be fair, the only person I've seen pull off a good Batman as Batman was that guy who played him in Batman: Dead End. Clark Bartram.

As far as Bale as John Connor, I had no problem with it. Who were our previous choices, a future Eddie Furlong and Nick Stahl? No thanks.

My vote for a miscast role, Anthony Hopkins in The Human Stain. I'm not going to spoil it for you, but the role Hopkins played had certain requirements. Hopkins in no way fulfills them.

[RCMerchant]

I hate to say it-but Bela as the Frankenstein Monster in FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN.



Larry Talbot was taller than Frankie!

Definitly agree about the Duke as Kahn! And the Ghoul hit the nail on the head with Batman. Micheal Keaton? Val Kilmer??? George Clooney????? WTF?

[paula]

Rosie O'Donnell in Flintstones.  I remember betty....being different.

Richard Gere in First Knight

Edward Norton in Pride and Glory....he just seemed to be trying too hard...don't know if that is 'miscast' or not