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symphonicrox , Warner Bros. Television Distribution Report

There are plenty of websites offering advice for starting and experienced filmmakers. You know those never-ending titles at the end of the movie? Yes, that many people are actually needed for large productions, and each type of crew is an important gear in the big machine. One of them is the casting crew: casting directors, associates, and assistants. The casting director is a senior role, they follow the director's, producer's, or writer's guidelines and make deals, negotiate. They have a lot to consider: talent, suitable chemistry, actor availability, and pay. The associate helps them find actors and make deals.

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Any movie that takes place in high school, but all the actors are in their 20s or 30s.

Final score:

311points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

I agree. It gives teenagers a lot of insecurities about their looks and since the actors are old they add a ton of kissing/sex that is also not realistic for teenagers. It seels them the harmful idea that everybody had sex by 15-16 and that there is something wrong if they didnt.

133points

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Colin Farrell as Alexander The Great. As one of my old University professors once said, "I wouldn't follow that guy to the end of my DRIVEWAY".

thecyberbard , Intermedia Films Report

Final score:

254points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Also Alexander died like in his early 30s so he is way to old to play him.

32points

gardengnome15 , Paramount Pictures Report

Their assistant helps with various technical details, such as running the audition waiting room, camera work, reading the lines, etc. so the casting director can focus on the actors. If one is interested in becoming a casting director, it is advised they gain experience as a runner or assistant first, having graduated in Film and TV also helps. These beginner roles can be found on dedicated websites and social media groups dedicated to filmmakers in a particular area.

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. If you’ve read the book he is the exact physical opposite of the character as written.

Final score:

241points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Nobody should hire this guy with his cult harming so many naive people

160points

exploding_shadows , Universal Pictures Report

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Kristen Stewart as Snow White in Snow White and the Hunstman. Terrible.

Final score:

239points

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Stephen Branley 3 years ago

It's a role that required more than one expression.

128points

DonnieJuniorsEmails , Warner Bros. Pictures Report

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.

Final score:

222points

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Cip IESAN 3 years ago

He was million times better in "Now You See Mee".

55points

shootermcgavin125 , Paramount Pictures Report

To run the casting process professionally, there are several things to consider. Some available types of auditioning: watching showreels, which is a filmed collection of clips from different productions the actor has been in, it's cheap and quick, an actor's self-filmed reading for a particular role, it gives a sense of how suitable the actor is for the role, and more expensive - in-person auditions with or without giving script excerpts for actors to prepare in advance. The latter requires a professional and comfortable setting which would create an impression of what the production will be like.

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffanys --- straight up plays an Asian man in the most racist performance you've ever seen

Final score:

212points

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bonnyatlast 3 years ago

Have you seen the one where John Wayne played an Asian? Way worse.

74points

i_f#&kin_luv_it_mate , Universal Pictures Report

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Cats.

Final score:

193points

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More Thinking Needed 3 years ago

Using real cats would have made for a much better movie.

111points

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Steven Seagal as a person who can kick ass.

tmadik , Lionsgate Report

Final score:

181points

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Jono 3 years ago

The most expressionless actor ever

60points

Betabutter , Warner Bros. Pictures Report

Often, when two actors have to interact, there is chemistry read. There, shortlisted actors play together, to see as the name suggests, if they have chemistry. This is lacking in many of the films in this list, particularly noticeable in romantic ones, people mentioned 50 Shades of Grey. However, the Pulp Fiction poster wouldn't hang in every other film student's dorm room if John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson's acting didn't complement one another so much in this drama.

#10

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Jared Leto as the joker

Final score:

176points

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DUN DUN 3 years ago

You should see the Joker-team memes. He's like the "shame" among the other three

37points

#11

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Two that come to mind but weren't cast were in Lord of the Rings. Sean Connery was offered the role of Gandalf but turned it down because he couldn't understand the script. Could you imagine how bad of a casting decision that would have been now that we've seen Sir Ian McKellen in the role? Or Nicolas Cage as Aragorn?

joshuabeebe , Reddit Report

Final score:

174points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Mckellen is fantastic. I cannot imagine LOTR or zthe original XMen without him

112points

#12

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Reacher's supposed to be 6+ feet tall, 240+ pounds, basically a brick sh^#house of a man. And someone pulling the strings said yeah, that totally sounds like Tom Cruise to me!

sandrodi , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

171points

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JuniorCJ82 3 years ago

Probably the same moron who suggested Julia Roberts for Harriet Tubman.

53points

Many of the casting controversies come from changing characters' sex or race from the book or previous film or one ethnicity character being played by different ethnicity actors. The general opinion is that the actor doesn't have to be like the character in their personal life. However, in some cases such as when there is a leading transgender role, many people ask that it go to a transgender actor as they do not get many opportunities and might bring more life-like representation of the character's complexity.

#13

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Schwarzenegger in Twins. He looks nothing like Danny De Vito...

sebadc , Universal Studios Report

Final score:

147points

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Jono 3 years ago

😂

120points

SatynMalanaphy , Columbia Pictures Report

#14

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker in Dracula (1992). He's charming and pretty, but he shouldn't have been in this cast against such titans as Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins. And the English accent was atrocious. In over his head. It's like Jennifer Lopez trying to sing a Céline Dion song.

Final score:

143points

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Julia Atkinson 3 years ago

Keanu is a graduate of the D**k Van Dyke Dialect School. So is Winona Ryder - their scenes together were excrutiating

50points

#15

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Did you guys forgot Ben Afflek in Daredevil?

Rais93 , 20th Century Studios Report

Final score:

140points

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Daisy Cartwright 3 years ago

Even Ben Affleck thinks it was a bad move 😂

27points

The Academy Awards introduced representation and inclusion standards for eligible films. While there was a lot of blowback, the standards are not that hard to meet. Though, some of them do require keeping some statistics about cast and crew composition. There are 4 standards, at least 2 of which the best picture nominees for 2024 must meet. Such as "at least one of the lead actors or significant supporting actors is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group", "The film’s distribution or financing company has paid apprenticeships or internships that are from the following underrepresented groups: women, racial or ethnic group, LGBTQ+, people with cognitive or physical disabilities, or who are deaf or hard of hearing."

#16

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Shia Leboeuf in Crystal Skull. That part should've been Short Round as an adult.

darkdent , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

140points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Its a pity that the movie was so bad bevauae the idea of Indy having a kid with Marian and passing kn his legacy was quite good.

42points

Universal Pictures Report

#17

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in the 50 Shades trilogy

Aside from the movies being absolutely sh&^$y, the two had no chemistry with each other and it was awkward as hell to watch. More so when I found out that Jamie was married while filming those movies. The movies shouldn't have even been made.

Final score:

125points

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JuniorCJ82 3 years ago

Why does an actor being married make any romance movie/scenes awkward? Not every actor in the world is single.

162points

allisonofgreengables , Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Report

#18

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Emma Watson as Belle in beauty and the beast. I actually thought she was the perfect choice before I saw it. But belles main qualities are supposed to be her warmth and kindness, and it felt like Emma was genuinely judging all the people living in her town. She’s a good hermione though

Final score:

124points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago (edited)

I only heard this idea recently: maybe belle is bored because the whole town was enchanted to forget the beast, so they might also be stuck in some loop. Belle and her father joined the village after leaving Paris, and after the beast enchantments were cast. Maybe she found the village boring because it really was super-monotonous (cause of the spell) 🤷‍♀️

70points

Tell us what role you would like to witness being played by a different actor and why in the comments. Do you agree with the list? What do you think about diversity and inclusion standards in the entertainment industry?

#19

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Maybe an unpopular opinion, but Sophie Turner as Jean Gray.

I like her as an actress, but I just couldn’t get into it. I felt like she struggled with hiding her accent.

mmacaluso915 , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

123points

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Nives Novko 3 years ago

Agree, and the development of her character... Lawd have mercy!

28points

#20

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Whoever the dude was in 50 shades. Christian Bale would have crushed that role

willsbma , Universal Pictures Report

Final score:

121points

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DUN DUN 3 years ago

They actually went to Ian Somerhalder initially for this role, and he denied.

37points

249ba36000029bbe9749 , Universal Studios Report

#21

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group I have no issues with Pierce Brosnan. Made a fine bond even though his scripts weren't strong. Can do comedy even.

But singing in Mamma Mia? How was that ever allowed to happen?

Final score:

116points

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Scooter Premium 3 years ago

I admired that he gave it his all for the singing. He wasn't great but he was sincere.

96points

tohones82 , Sony Pictures Releasing Report

#22

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Is it now the time to talk about Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom?

Final score:

113points

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Joy 3 years ago

He wasn't completely sh!te - his Eddie/Venom had the same slimy quality James Spader's characters had, and we loved those! But the film tried to do too much and short-changed the actors and the characters.

7points

tonytonix , ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks Report

#23

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group everyone in the last airbender movie, especially considering the fact that they took the waterbenders (canonically the nation with the darkest skin coloring) and made all of them white, then made the firebenders dark-skinned.

Final score:

106points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

It is even worse. The main actors in the tribe (Sokka and Katara) are played by caucasian people but the "not important background characters" are inuit looking.

54points

#24

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Has anyone said Emelia Clarke as Sarah Connor yet? Also Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. Actually the whole movie sans Arnold was cast fu$^king horribly.

HelloTosh , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

96points

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Vic 3 years ago

Which movie is this? Terminator 20? Or is it Terminator 30? I've lost count.

24points

#25

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Just wanted to say for anyone doubting future casting, look at Robert Downey Jr as Ironman. When that was announced so many fans were up in arms and now he IS Ironman...

Helfire7 , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

95points

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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago

Yes, but the complaints were all BEFORE the movie, then he went and nailed it! Then, he did Dolittle. We don't talk about Dolittle.

93points

#26

Ginny Weasley... that actress just never grew into that role. I know it’s hard to cast kids that young, but man they should have replaced her for the last few movies, it was harsh seeing Harry have more actual chemistry with a Muggle coffee shop girl (who was amazing) than the supposed love of his life (who was nothing like fiery character in books).

justaguy394 Report

Final score:

86points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

I think that the problem here is direction and not the poor actress. Book Ginny is funny, athletic and cool while movie Ginny is super akward. They made her play the stupidest scenes like tying Harrys shoelaces or the coolie scene. I dont think that the poor girl had much to work with.

103points

akchemy , Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Report

#27

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York. It’s the only time I’ve really be pulled out of a movie because the casting didn’t seem right.

Final score:

84points

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Lisa 3 years ago

I was waiting for this one. I was watching it for the first time yesterday and she just can't keep up with DDL and DiCaprio. The movie would have been better without a love interest, she was just awful.

24points

#28

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. It just seemed a bit too on the nose.

matzobrei , USA Films Report

Final score:

79points

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Titas Burinskas 3 years ago

I agree, John Malkovich was miscast, there was someone who could play John Malkovich better than John Malkovich.

100points

this_is_poorly_done Report

#29

John Dorian as Dr. Acula. He is way to hammy, and not very threatening for a vampire who is behind loads of mysterious deaths in the hospital. He clearly only got the part because he wrote the darn script for it. It was also a very racist filming process where multiple times Chris Turk was told to "act blacker". In good conscience I can't support the film

Final score:

78points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Lol. I love Scrubs

37points

Raven DeathShade 3 years ago

Me too :).

0points

Kzincat 3 years ago

I hope everyone knows that this was from an episode I’d “scrubs” and how funny that show was.

9points

Bobby 3 years ago

I think Dr. Jan Itor would have been a better choice for this role

7points

Jennifer Briscese 3 years ago

I so feel you on this one

2points

Sage Gusano 3 years ago

Oh, and from now on, whenever I'm in the room, you're definitely not allowed to talk. Dr. C*x rules.

1point

Sage Gusano 3 years ago

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The site edited his name!!!!!!!!!!!

4points

JuJu 3 years ago

All the love for this post

1point

Ece Cenker 3 years ago

MY! GOD! I sure was not expecting this!! LOL!!

0points

Sarah Downer 3 years ago

This is my favorite thing on the internet today!

0points

#30

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. Not because of the whole situation around it, but after reading the books and the cameos in Potter, I just don't see him as Grindelwald, just as albino Depp.

-itra , Warner Bros. Pictures Report

Final score:

74points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

I agree. I was a big fan of Depp but he is not a good one to play Grindelwald. You know who could have pulled it off? The guy who plays Magneto in the new movies.

31points

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#31

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Cameron Diaz was horrible in the 2014 Annie remake. She hasn't made a movie since.

ShadyIce , Tribune Content Agency, LLC Report

Final score:

72points

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JuniorCJ82 3 years ago

That's not why.

47points

#32

John Wayne as a Native American or Anthony Hopkins as a black man come to mind.

Jedi4Hire Report

Final score:

72points

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SCamp 3 years ago

John Wayne as Ghenghis Khan. John Wayne as a Roman soldier. John Wayne as anything apart from a wooden cowboy

67points

#33

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Jon Voight as a snake hunter in Anaconda is fine......but him as a PARAGUAYAN snake hunter?.....just......why lol

birdperson_012 , Mark Mathosian Report

Final score:

71points

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Lyone Fein 3 years ago

Hollywood has not yet figured out that there are great actors of color all over. . . . Other than their go to tokens.

34points

#34

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Pretty much everyone from the Percy Jackson movies

ferrafox , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

67points

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Janine B. 3 years ago

I liked them.

25points

#35

Jafar in the new Aladdin. He wasn’t believable or menacing and way too young. Plus for much of his screen time he’s standing next to Navid Neghaban, who would have been a MUCH better choice.

Larrik Report

Final score:

66points

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Autumn 3 years ago

YES! I didn’t like Jafar’s portrayal. But, overall, it wasn’t a bad movie.

2points

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#36

Nicole Kidman is cast as Lucy in Aaron Sorkin's Lucille Ball movie. She can't move her face anymore. And I like Nicole Kidman, she's done some great stuff lately but this doesn't make sense.

theorgangrindr Report

Final score:

62points

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James016 3 years ago

My wife and I have just finished Nine Perfect Strangers. She was very good in that.

16points

#37

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Every actress cast as Sue Richards, The Invisible Woman, from the Fantastic Four so far

JustFlanders , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

60points

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Kat Sotiriou 3 years ago

Right!!! Jessica Abla had to wear a blonde wig with blue contacts it was off-putting. Was there no blue eyed blonde actress available?

22points

Nonsenseinabag , EuropaCorp Distribution Report

#38

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Dane DeHaan - Valerian

That move is pretty awesome except for him, it felt entirely miscast and I couldn't believe this guy was the kind of character they were making him out to be.

Final score:

53points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

In general, I feel that the movie had a lot of potential (and probably the comics are great) but it was mediocre

23points

#39

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Joel McHale as Roy in the ill-fated US remake of The IT Crowd.

We want a scruffy and misanthropic IT nerd, so let's get an actor known foorrr... charisma and confidence? OK.

lucklater , Joel McHale Report

Final score:

48points

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Horatio Jay 3 years ago

That was awful casting. It was even more cringe-inducing that he was alongside Richard Ayoade in a WORD-FOR-WORD remake.

16points

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#40

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone

sabelotodo9 , Image Entertainment Report

Final score:

44points

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Martin John 3 years ago

I wouldn't mind seeing is because I love Nina, but the Netflix documentary "What Happened, Miss Simone?" is probably much more informative.

10points

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#41

Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, he would have been more believable as Kyle Raynor then Hal Jorden... he was regularly thrown around to play Wally West as the Flash.

They took a big(ish) popular actor and throw him at a role without any consideration that his personality matched the character.

Everything that makes Reynolds perfect as Deadpool makes him wrong as Hal Jordan.

Final score:

25points

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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago

That cgi mask, what was wrong with a real mask???

3points

#42

Ferdia Shaw as Artemis Fowl. He conveys none of the intelligence, shrewdness or relentless determination of the book character. He comes across as a child dressed up in a suit and handed cue cards with smart-sounding lines to read unconvincingly. He's a child so I'm going to lay the blame for that one on the casting director.

Alyverse Report

Final score:

23points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

The entire movie was terrible. The whole point is that he is evil and a genius and they made him into a soft daddys boy who believes in fairies not because of evidence or greed like in the books but because daddy told him so. It was such a easy book to adapt and it was a disaster.

17points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#43

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Idk their names, but the main protagonists in the live action remake of dragon ball and also the one in the last airbender

What's crazy to me is how these movies still were able to make a profit

DesecrateTheAbyss , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

22points

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anarkzie 3 years ago

Goku was played by Justin Chatwin in the live action movie. People complain about him, but the movie was bad no matter who they would have cast. Dragon Ball was never going translate well into a film.

9points

#44

Me watching previews: Jim Halpert for Jack Ryan...

Me after watching it: Ah s^#t he rocked it.

MrEngin33r Report

Final score:

16points

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Amir Ahmed Asif 3 years ago

He was good in it

6points

#45

I will take a look in the future and say Mark Whalberg as Sully in the Uncharted movie

Mairess99 Report

Final score:

14points

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Fred L. 3 years ago

I will take a look in the past and say Mark Wahlberg in almost every movie.

5points

level 1 RhodyChief , New Line Cinema Report

#46

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Dominic Purcell as Dracula in Blade: Trinity.

That movie has A LOT of problems but Purcell just isn't believable in the role. He's also the smallest person in the movie which just makes it harder to buy him as the king of the vampire world.

Hell, Parker Posey would have made a much better Dracula because she is 100% going for it in her role and was the best part of the film.

Edit: a few people have mentioned that Purcell is 6'1 and I get that he isn't a short guy, the problem is he's shot as if he is and doesn't come off as imposing whatsoever. I left his acting off because, well...it speaks for itself.

Final score:

13points

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Beans 3 years ago

That's not Dominic Purcell, that's Triple H. Someone is just pulling photos at random on Bored Panda. Wonder how quick they'll fix this.

25points

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#47

Recently watched the new series The Equilizer and saw Queen Latifah lay out a gigantic bad guy and thought “What?

Meercatnipslip Report

Final score:

11points

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Laura Watts 3 years ago

Now I disagree with you she's a spy she's supposed to look underrated

10points

#48

Meryl Streep as whomever that was in Mary Poppis Returns. That whole scene was atrocious

Maddie215 Report

Final score:

10points

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AnnaBanana 3 years ago

No way!! If you've read all the Mary Poppins books, Meryl was great as Topsy Turvey!

8points

#49

Movie hasn’t even come out yet but Kevin Hart is playing Roland in the new Borderlands movie and i can already tell you right now, it’s gonna be a terrible fu#^ing time.

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Final score:

9points

Gabija Jan

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Beans 3 years ago

Seriously? Roland is kind of the antithesis of Kevin Hart. He's practically the straight man in both games.

7points

#50

Chloe Grace Moretz in the Carrie remake.

oliverklozov_ Report

Final score:

9points

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anarkzie 3 years ago

I think the problem was making a remake in the first place not so much the casting.

31points

#51

Kevin Hart as Roland in the upcoming Borderlands movie. Everyone who knows anything about Borderlands will agree with me. Terry Crews should be playing Roland. He's big, has comedic chops, and can play the no-nonsense straight shooter BADASS when everything else is wild.

Dekklin Report

Final score:

9points

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Beans 3 years ago

I don't think Terry Crews is right either. For one thing he's too old-- Roland is like in his 20s at the start of the games. Terry Crews is 53. He's also too comedic in my opinion. Someone like Michael B Jordan would be ideal imo

5points

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#52

40 Times Producers Chose The Wrong Actors For The Role, According To People In This Online Group Annabeth in the "Percy Jackson" movie. The main physical feature was supposed to be the blond hair, and they somehow messed up on that.

Crazy_Crayfish_ , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

7points

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Lyone Fein 3 years ago

She's blonde.

7points

#53

Non-British (particularly male) actors cast as protagonists in a medieval settings. The accents aren't just often bad, they're extremely distracting too.

What's crazy is that the supporting (often antagonist) casting are very often British and often.. very good.

Russell Crowe vs. Mark Strong in Robin Hood (2010)

Dennis Quad vs. David Thewlis in Dragonheart

Kevin Costner and Christian Slater vs. Alan Rickman in Robin Hood (1991)

There's a few exceptions. Namely Braveheart and A Knights Tale.

GreyFoxNinjaFan Report

Final score:

-1point

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Believe it or not there were other countries than UK in europe at the time. Now, not casting people with strong American acents makes sense. But in any case medieval people spoke such a different english that you could hire about anybody.

19points

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XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

Amber Heard in literally anything

29points

Janine B. 3 years ago

Same goes for Cara Delevingne.

19points

13 3 years ago

Came here to say this. Going to repeat it for the ones in the back ok?

0points

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Jennifer Briscese 3 years ago

Ben Afleck as Batman

28points

Janine B. 3 years ago

Take my thousand upvotes.

8points

Tuna Fish 3 years ago

I'm an old so I'm gonna say the roles of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt should have been switched in Anne Rices' "Interview with a Vampire". I mean come on Pitt was made to play Lestat and Cruise is who you envision when you read Luis. Interview-...fb1069.jpg

9points

13 3 years ago

Yeeeeees.

4points

Rob Woodman 3 years ago

I don’t think Pitt had the acting skill then. But I wanted Sting, so what do I know 😂

1point

Julie 3 years ago

Anne Rice hated the casting of Cruise as Lestat...until she saw the movie and she was very happy with his portrayal. Little tidbit, when she wrote the character Lestat, she had envisioned Rutger Hauer in her mind.

0points

SCamp 3 years ago

No one for Vince Vaughn in Psycho remake?

7points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

michael gambon as the dumbledore who replaced richard harris. physically, harris was spot on per description in the books but, due to his illness, he did lack a bit of the energy. if he had lived to continue the character i don't think he could have carried the character well due to his fragile condition. gambon seems to not have read the books or just didn't want to play the character as rowling intended. personally, ian mckellen would have been a great dumbledore but, from what i have read, he didn't want the part because of his wizard character in lord of the rings.

5points

Kitty Dick 2 years ago (edited)

Call me crazy but I always thought Liam Neeson in a good amount of makeup would have been a fantastic Dumbledore. That’s just how I imagine Dumbledores voice. Firm and rough but with a gentle quality. I think seeing him play Zeus is what gave me the idea. Also as QuiGon in Star Wars.

0points

Rass Wann 3 years ago

That's not why. Richard Harris couldn't stand Ian McKellen. So Ian thought that it wouldn't be aprpropiate for him to take the role.

0points

Incitatus 3 years ago

We spout loud vituperations EVERY time we see Gambon as Dumbledore. That's an outrage that keeps on outraging. Worst Interpretation EVER. I hope he reads BP.

0points

kjorn 3 years ago

Will Ferrel in Bewitch. Nicole kidman was just great in that role but with Will ferrel??? no chemistry at all!!!

5points

kjorn 3 years ago

George clooney as batman

4points

13 3 years ago

AMBER HEAD IN LITERALLY ANYTHING. Altho can we take a moment to appreciate the galaxy sized cringe the latest version of the Stand causes? Just... no.

3points

Moosy Girl 3 years ago

90% of that probably caused by Ezra Miller. :p

1point

No you didn't 3 years ago

I love her, but I think Julia Roberts was the wrong cast for Eat Pray Love. The main character was supposed to be way more bubbly, and her being a bad fit added to the movie being so terrible.

3points

kjorn 3 years ago

Brad Pitt and Julia Robert in The Mexican. both were horrible together

3points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Tim Roth in 'Reservoir Dogs'. The role should've gone to James Woods, but his agent didn't pass on the script to him (I think he was sacked because of it). Tim Roth's an excellent actor, don’t get me wrong, check out his film debut ‘Made in Britain’ (1982). It's just that accent and I think James Woods would've been better in the role.

3points

Susan Stead 3 years ago

No mention of Benedict Cumberbatch as Kahn in Star Trek? He's the perfect case of a great actor in a role he simply was not built for. They didn't even put on a brown wig or contacts or ask him to ditch the British accent. Nothing. He did the best he could, but he's too far divorced from resembling Ricardo Montalban to have been remotely convincing, especially since the rest of the cast was true to the original characters and the actors who portrayed them.

2points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

Arnold as Mr. Freeze. That movie was so bad though, that casting was just one of its issues.

2points

wv10014 3 years ago

The blond actor in the Hunger Games. Good actor but wrong for the part. No chemistry with the lead actress (sorry I'm forgetting all of the actors' names; I'm 50)

2points

snekvibez 3 years ago

Passengers, filled with famous actor as bad story lines

2points

GqIce 3 years ago

John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. He didn't play a good version of himself.

1point

TERESA KLEIN 3 years ago

Natalie Portman as Jane in the Marvel-Thor movies. Absolutely no chemistry with Thor! I mean it's Chris Effin Hemsworth!

1point

13 3 years ago

Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Was she on uppers during the shooting? The whole movie gve me the jitters like a caffeine overdose. Mary Poppins was a calm and safe haven. We were spoiled with Julie.

1point

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

Actually, Emily Blunt was far more true to the part than the way Julie Andrews played it. The Mary Poppins character in the books was stern, haughty and a little bit sarcastic. Blunt nailed it. I have been a lover of all things Poppins my entire life, have read the books thousands of times and although I love both movies, Emily Blunt was much more true to the character as originally written by PL Travers.

4points

Ece Cenker 3 years ago

I am surprised noboduy mentioned Russel Crowe as Val Jean in Les Miserables. After all the talent that portrayed the character on stage performances, Crowe ?...I still refuse to see the movie.

1point

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

Yes, my favourite musical of all time and I flatly refuse to see the movie because of the casting.

2points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

I don't know a ton of these movies/actors unfortunately. Maybe that just reinforces the point!

1point

Natalie Williams 3 years ago

Any of the actors cast for One for the Money. It's like they were putting a solid effort into casting badly.

1point

Biba Little 3 years ago

I just saw "Dean in real life". Actors are actually good, but Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche have no chemistry at all. It's just the wrong couple.

1point

Ann Mohrmann 2 years ago

My first exposure to Lex Luthor was on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Jesse Eisenberg actually seems like he'd grow up into that Lex.

0points

Jacquelyn Howard 2 years ago

Can I just say Tom Cruise in anything after Risky business is bad .

0points

Sabrina Beullens 3 years ago

What did you think of the movie Artemis Fowl? Almost every character in the book is completely different than in the movie. That's why I thought it was a major setback, while I've worn out the books to pieces.

0points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

Singers as other singers. Please! If soneone is unique for their voice, get an actress who looks or can be made to look like, and who can move like say Bessie Smith and put Bessie s voice in there. We have the recordings and the tech to restore them and nobody, Nobody sang like Bessie, or Billie Holiday, or Josephine Baker or looked or moved like La Belle Josephine either, 'specially not that, whoever that was they cast to play Ms Baker in that movie.

0points

gracekim1185 3 years ago

Tom cruise in Valkyrie. The supporting cast are amazing actors and I don't think tom cruise is anywhere near their caliber when it comes to dramatic acting. He's got the star power but he didn't even feign a British accent to match the other actors' (I know they're all German characters, but as all the other actors were brits or had British accents, the film would've been more unified as a whole if the main character had the same regional accent).

0points

Kara 3 years ago

Keanu Reeves as John Constantine.

0points

Kim Lorton 3 years ago

Tom Cruise as the vampire Le Stat! OMG! He was an awful choice!! The role of Lewis and Le Stat should've been reversed! Brad Pitt would've made. Much better Le Stat! Actually, it should've been Adrian Brody, and Jamie Dornan! Tom Cruise should never ever play a vampire ever. He just cannot carry that kind of character. Or, anyone that has an accent, other than an Irish accent. He apparently can't do any other accent. Don't know if Brad Pitt can either, but he doesn't go out for roles with accents other than southern.

0points

Kay Jursik 3 years ago

John Wayne as an Irish man??? Nope. Just nope.

0points

Dave Burley 3 years ago

Why has no one mentioned Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins? Far too young for the part.

0points

Life is ? 3 years ago (edited)

Godzilla lead pair and Russell Crowe in Gladiator were miscast

0points

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

I thought Crowe was magnificent in Gladiator.

5points

Lunar Bicycle 3 years ago

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin in LOTR. Wood is a fantastic actor, but neither of them felt remotely like the right actors for the parts. And Astin’s accent…yuck. But then you get Martin Freeman for the role of Bilbo, just unbelievably perfect casting, and the Hobbit movies are an unwatchable mess.

0points

kjorn 3 years ago

Cameron Diaz in Gang of new york. urgh...

-1point

Donnie Mc0 3 years ago

Billy Connolly in The Hobbit -Battle of five armies- I'm Scottish and i physically cringed when he appeared and basically just transferred his 1970's stage patter to the screen. elves trolls & men gathered in their multitudes and an immense battle. and he shouts - "WOULD YOU ALL JUST KINDLY BUGGER OFF!" I will never forgive Peter Jackson for allowing the casting and subsequently that line to be in the movie.

-1point

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XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

Amber Heard in literally anything

29points

Janine B. 3 years ago

Same goes for Cara Delevingne.

19points

13 3 years ago

Came here to say this. Going to repeat it for the ones in the back ok?

0points

Life is ? 3 years ago

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Jennifer Briscese 3 years ago

Ben Afleck as Batman

28points

Janine B. 3 years ago

Take my thousand upvotes.

8points

Tuna Fish 3 years ago

9points

13 3 years ago

Yeeeeees.

4points

Rob Woodman 3 years ago

I don’t think Pitt had the acting skill then. But I wanted Sting, so what do I know 😂

1point

Julie 3 years ago

0points

SCamp 3 years ago

No one for Vince Vaughn in Psycho remake?

7points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

5points

Kitty Dick 2 years ago (edited)

0points

Rass Wann 3 years ago

That's not why. Richard Harris couldn't stand Ian McKellen. So Ian thought that it wouldn't be aprpropiate for him to take the role.

0points

Incitatus 3 years ago

We spout loud vituperations EVERY time we see Gambon as Dumbledore. That's an outrage that keeps on outraging. Worst Interpretation EVER. I hope he reads BP.

0points

kjorn 3 years ago

Will Ferrel in Bewitch. Nicole kidman was just great in that role but with Will ferrel??? no chemistry at all!!!

5points

kjorn 3 years ago

George clooney as batman

4points

13 3 years ago

AMBER HEAD IN LITERALLY ANYTHING. Altho can we take a moment to appreciate the galaxy sized cringe the latest version of the Stand causes? Just... no.

3points

Moosy Girl 3 years ago

90% of that probably caused by Ezra Miller. :p

1point

No you didn't 3 years ago

I love her, but I think Julia Roberts was the wrong cast for Eat Pray Love. The main character was supposed to be way more bubbly, and her being a bad fit added to the movie being so terrible.

3points

kjorn 3 years ago

Brad Pitt and Julia Robert in The Mexican. both were horrible together

3points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

3points

Susan Stead 3 years ago

2points

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

Arnold as Mr. Freeze. That movie was so bad though, that casting was just one of its issues.

2points

wv10014 3 years ago

The blond actor in the Hunger Games. Good actor but wrong for the part. No chemistry with the lead actress (sorry I'm forgetting all of the actors' names; I'm 50)

2points

snekvibez 3 years ago

Passengers, filled with famous actor as bad story lines

2points

GqIce 3 years ago

John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. He didn't play a good version of himself.

1point

TERESA KLEIN 3 years ago

Natalie Portman as Jane in the Marvel-Thor movies. Absolutely no chemistry with Thor! I mean it's Chris Effin Hemsworth!

1point

13 3 years ago

Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Was she on uppers during the shooting? The whole movie gve me the jitters like a caffeine overdose. Mary Poppins was a calm and safe haven. We were spoiled with Julie.

1point

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

4points

Ece Cenker 3 years ago

I am surprised noboduy mentioned Russel Crowe as Val Jean in Les Miserables. After all the talent that portrayed the character on stage performances, Crowe ?...I still refuse to see the movie.

1point

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

Yes, my favourite musical of all time and I flatly refuse to see the movie because of the casting.

2points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

I don't know a ton of these movies/actors unfortunately. Maybe that just reinforces the point!

1point

Natalie Williams 3 years ago

Any of the actors cast for One for the Money. It's like they were putting a solid effort into casting badly.

1point

Biba Little 3 years ago

I just saw "Dean in real life". Actors are actually good, but Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche have no chemistry at all. It's just the wrong couple.

1point

Ann Mohrmann 2 years ago

My first exposure to Lex Luthor was on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Jesse Eisenberg actually seems like he'd grow up into that Lex.

0points

Jacquelyn Howard 2 years ago

Can I just say Tom Cruise in anything after Risky business is bad .

0points

Sabrina Beullens 3 years ago

0points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

0points

gracekim1185 3 years ago

0points

Kara 3 years ago

Keanu Reeves as John Constantine.

0points

Kim Lorton 3 years ago

0points

Kay Jursik 3 years ago

John Wayne as an Irish man??? Nope. Just nope.

0points

Dave Burley 3 years ago

Why has no one mentioned Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins? Far too young for the part.

0points

Life is ? 3 years ago (edited)

Godzilla lead pair and Russell Crowe in Gladiator were miscast

0points

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

I thought Crowe was magnificent in Gladiator.

5points