terrible casting choices thread

[krissy]

terrible casting choices thread

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full disclosure: i loved the prince of persia movie

and hey at least this isn't happening:

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[Pike]

I might be biased or looking at this wrong because I've never seen whatever anime that top one is but it looks pretty good to me. Give her purple hair and some contacts and she's good to go

Anyways, actors I can no longer take seriously in any role other than the one I've personally type-cast them as:

Chris Pratt (once Star-Lord, forever Star-Lord)
The entire cast of Arrested Development, especially Will Arnett. He will always be Gob to me.

[Ayen]

Raul Julia as M. Bison.

[The Man]

The entire cast of Arrested Development, especially Will Arnett. He will always be Gob to me.

This is 100% accurate. Portia de Rossi is always Lindsay Bluth to me whenever she appears in another show. It doesn't hurt that her character in Better Off Ted is basically what Lindsay would be like as CEO. Her character in Scandal is basically just a meaner and somewhat more competent Lindsay too.

[Slothy]

Raul Julia as M. Bison.

That was the only good choice they made when making that movie. Sure, he's nothing like the M. Bison in the games, buy watching him ham it up is the only enjoyable thing in the movie for me.

And can we at least wait until the Ghost in the Shell movie comes out before piling on a Scarlett hate train? I have a hard time taking pre-judging casting decisions seriously ever since Heath Ledger's Joker told us all we could fuck right off.

[Spuuky]

Yeah man, Raul Julia was the best possible Bison for that movie, that's just how it is. Whoever played Ken was way worse.

[Ayen]

He was a terrible choice for Bison, and Raul Julia knew it. Still better than casting Neal McDonough in the role.

On second thought, I'm changing my choice to Neal McDonough.

[Colonel Angus]

George Clooney Batman.

[krissy]

my issue isn't scarlett johansson or her acting ability
my issue is scarlett johansson playing motoko kusanagi
it may be a great movie once it's done
but kusanagi was always a japanese character from my understanding of Ghost in the Shell
or is this taking place in new york or something now?

clooney quote:

"I think we might have killed the franchise", and called it "a waste of money"

[Jinx]

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen. Come at me, EoFF.

[Sephex]

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I have no problem with Keanu Reeves. However, he was incredibly miscast for this role.

[Jinx]

Oh, another one I'm sure to get hate for: Alan Rickman as Snape. I love Alan Rickman and think he's an amazing actor. I didn't think his performance as Snape was bad, he just ~wasn't~ Snape. He played him a little too flat for my taste, where book Snape is super sardonic and openly cruel.

Same for Gary Oldman as Sirius. Has nothing to do with the talent of the actor, but the actor not fitting the role.

I think for me it's just that they're both like 20-30+ years older than their book counterparts, and it's really weird and jarring.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

terrible casting choices thread

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Relevant.

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[Ayen]

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen. Come at me, EoFF.

She is a little old for the part.

Oh, you meant she's a bad actor. I see where you're driving at.

[Shorty]

Chris Pratt (once Star-Lord, forever Star-Lord)

Total opposite for me. Dweeby, hilariously klutzy and absent-minded Andy Dwyer, forever hilariously klutzy and absent-minded Andy Dwyer.

Jessica Alba as Nancy for Sin City. You want to put an actress who doesn't get nude on film in the role of the most prestigious nude dancer in Sin City? Are you fucking nuts? Right look, wrong morals.

Ryan Reynolds as The Green Lantern.

Keanu Reeves as Constantine. This movie is my guilty pleasure and I do like it, but I don't think he was right for the part.

Shia LaBoeuf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. ANYONE ELSE PLEASE PICK ANYONE ELSE FOR THE ESTEEMED ROLE OF INDIANA JONES' SON

Megan Fox as April O'Neil. My childhood died.

Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson. Didn't buy it.

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Not going to buy it.

Halle Berry as Catwoman. Ugh, my heart.

Michael Keaton as Batman. What an atrocity.

[Ayen]

Michael Keaton as Batman. What an atrocity.

Shorty, no...

[Shorty]

He is no Batman. He is dead-eyed and passion-less and unconvincing. I hate him. :colbert:

although I do hear good things about birdman so

[Ayen]

I'm going to pretend you're talking about George Cloony. Yup. Just going to cover my eyes now.

[Colonel Angus]

Michael Keaton is my #3 live action Batman.

[Shorty]

You're all letting nostalgia cloud your opinion. He's terrible!

[Ayen]

His Bruce Wayne may have been crap, but his Batman was out of this world! He was legitimately terrifying in that movie.

[Freya]

Michael Cera as Scott pilgrim. I like the movie but I just think if they got someone else it would have been soooo much better.

[Night Fury]

Oh, another one I'm sure to get hate for: Alan Rickman as Snape. I love Alan Rickman and think he's an amazing actor. I didn't think his performance as Snape was bad, he just ~wasn't~ Snape. He played him a little too flat for my taste, where book Snape is super sardonic and openly cruel.

I do have to disagree, Alan Rickman was totally Snape.

Speaking of Batman, I wasn't a fan of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. I don't know, I just couldn't buy it.

[Wolf Kanno]

Michael Cera as Scott pilgrim. I like the movie but I just think if they got someone else it would have been soooo much better.

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Also Kirsten Dunst and Tobey McGuire for Spider-Man, I gave them a pass for the first film but coming back to them after watching Amazing Spider-Man I just feel they are both too angsty for their characters and we never get to see the fun side.

[Shorty]

I thought Toby MacGuire was the perfect dweeby little freak for Peter Parker until he got weird in the third one. But I haven't seen either of the Amazing Spider-Man movies so I can't comment on them D:

[Sephex]

I thought Toby MacGuire was the perfect dweeby little freak for Peter Parker until he got weird in the third one. But I haven't seen either of the Amazing Spider-Man movies so I can't comment on them D:

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[Shlup]

The entire cast of 21. (http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/21mitblackjack.php)

[Lonely Paper Star]

The cast of The Last Airbender, the cast of Cloud Atlas, Scar Jo in Ghost in the Shell.

[Quindiana Jones]

Ryan Reynolds

Agreed.

[Shorty]

Michael Gambon as Dumbledore. :nonono:

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[Ayen]

Yeah... He got better as the series went on, but those first couple of movies were a rocky start. Why did Richard Harris have to pass away? :(

[Shiny]

Michael Keaton as Batman. What an atrocity.

Shorty, no...

No indeed.

Christian Bale as Batman

Christopher Nolan is horrible at casting women in his films. Every single casting was odd. Katie Holmes, Anne Hathaway, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ellen Paige, Marion Cortilland (or whatever her name is), no just no. While I like some of those actresses in other things, in the roles he gave them, nah.

Keanu Reeves in anything that isn't Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure or Point Blank. I can tolerate him in The Matrix and My Own Privae Idaho though.

Hayden Christensen in anything.

Chris Evans in Snowpiercer.

Jack Black in the King Kong movie

Matthew Broderick in Godzilla

Topher Grace as Venom (this pissed me off so much)

Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern (granted that movie was terrible too)

Elizabeth Banks in anything

Sophia Coppola in Godfather 3

Shia Labeouf (whatever) in Transformers

Jim Cavaziel as Jesus

That white guy as that Asian guy in Breakfast at Tiffany's (pretty sure they had Asian actors in America then)

Seth Rogen in Green Hornet

[Bubba]

Oh, another one I'm sure to get hate for: Alan Rickman as Snape. I love Alan Rickman and think he's an amazing actor. I didn't think his performance as Snape was bad, he just ~wasn't~ Snape. He played him a little too flat for my taste, where book Snape is super sardonic and openly cruel.

I do have to disagree, Alan Rickman was totally Snape.

No I have to agree with Jinx. I love Alan Rickman and I did enjoy many of his scenes in the films. He just wasn't Snape for me. There were many parts of the book where Snape would be incandescent with rage and shout at Harry with genuine hate and contempt. Alan Rickman plays him so... dead in the films. He's so monotone and lifeless which I think worked for some scenes but to do it all the way through... it just didn't work for me.


Michael Gambon as Dumbledore. :nonono:

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Abso-smurfing-lutely. Why would you hire someone who openly says that they've never read any of the Harry Potter books. I mean, how the hell are you supposed to know how to play him? Richard Harris was perfect for me.

I have a few others...

Winona Ryder in Alien Resurrection - I mean, what the hell is she doing there?

Brad Pitt as Hercules in Troy - He didn't play it well. I think the role should have gone to someone lesser known

Colin Farrell in Alexander - It may have been mainly the wig, but he was still terrible

Keira Knightly in Domino - A bounty hunter? Keira Knightly? Nope, not in a million years

Finally, one that cuts close to the bone for every English man. Kevin smurfing Costner as Robin Hood. The thing is, it's a really good Robin Hood film. I still enjoy it but... WHY??!! I'd rather he made an effort and did it badly than have a Californian Robin Hood. Oh yeah, Christian Slater as well. God damn Hollywood.

[Quindiana Jones]

Without Costner's Robin Hood, there would be no Men In Tights, though, and that is - quite frankly - a world in which I refuse to live.

[Vyk]

There's a lot I agree with and a few I disagree with. But I have to say, like Pike, that comparison picture with ScarJo is pretty spot on to the reference picture of Mokoto. It's hard to argue that "She's supposed to be/look Japanese" when... the Japanese don't even make her look Japanese. And personally I hate how jarring it is whenever there is a live-action anything anime related where Japanese are cast. They look nothing like the characters they'er portraying. It drove me nuts that the CG cut-scenes in FFX looked so jarringly different from their in-game counter-parts when I know they could have given them a more Japanese character model in-game. So I think I'll wait and see how Scarlet actually performs the role. But on a similar note, Charlize Theron did a horrible portrayal of Aeon Flux. Though that would have been hard to pull off for anyone. So I can't really fault her. I imagine she tried pretty hard, considering she broke her neck on set

And I too believe that Michael Keaton may not represent Bruce Wayne/Batman whenever you think about him or compare him as a person/actor, but I think he did a really good job, and arguably a better job than anyone else since (Not counting the cartoon at any rate). So maybe they could have done better, but I believe they have yet to do better

[Shauna]

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Michael Gambon as Dumbledore. :nonono:

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Abso-smurfing-lutely. Why would you hire someone who openly says that they've never read any of the Harry Potter books. I mean, how the hell are you supposed to know how to play him? Richard Harris was perfect for me.

Alan Rickman had never read HP either, and although you may not have enjoyed his portrayal, there are many who did. People pull this card out when they want to slam Gambon, but conveniently forget for Rickman.

[Slothy]

Honestly, the whole "they never read the book," criticism doesn't hold any weight with me. It's nice when they do, but with a combination of good script, director and the right actor it shouldn't matter.

If you think an actor did a poor portrayal of a character, it's not always the actor who's necessarily at fault. Christ, just look at pretty much every talented actor in the Star Wars prequels. All of them were awful in those movies, but I doubt they had much to do with that.

[Freya]

Charles Dance never read aSoIaF and he did an awesome Tywin. Just sayiiing

[Bubba]

Alan Rickman had never read HP either, and although you may not have enjoyed his portrayal, there are many who did. People pull this card out when they want to slam Gambon, but conveniently forget for Rickman.

I know Alan Rickman hadn't read it and that came across in his portrayal. I didn't say it was a bad performance, some of his scenes were excellent, especially in the later films. At least he was close to the character he was playing. Michael Gambon's portrayal was literally nothing like Dumbledore except for the fact that he looked like him and he had a wand.


Charles Dance never read aSoIaF and he did an awesome Tywin. Just sayiiing

That's because Charles Dance is Tywin and he was really just playing himself.

[Shauna]

All I'm sayin' is that people say that it's because he hasn't read HP that his portrayal was poor, and that it is a complete atrocity that they even hired someone who hasn't read the books.

I ain't defending Gambon, I just don't like dumb double standards. :} It was a poor portrayal, that's it. Nothing to do with anything else.

[Bubba]

I concede that you don't have to have read the books of a series to effectively portray a character. It just seems that Gambon didn't read any details about Dumbledore and did whatever the smurf he wanted with the role.

[Jinx]

Am I the only one who liked Gambon? :confused: Obviously Richard Harris was tailor-made for the role, but I never realized Michael Gambon was so hated?

[Shauna]

I didn't hate Gambon, tbh. Poor direction in that one scene in Goblet of Fire, but overall fine.

[Jinx]

I didn't hate Gambon, tbh. Poor direction in that one scene in Goblet of Fire, but overall fine.

Are you talking about when Harry's name comes out of the Goblet?

[Shauna]

I hate to harp on about it because it is so over-complained about, and it is really not that much of a big deal; but yes, that one.

[Bubba]

He was better in the later films, and I don't necessarily hate him. It's that thing when people are obsessed with source material (like I am in this case!) that too much of a departure is considered sacrilegious. I'm sure that many Harry Potter fans that have only seen the films love Gambon's portrayal. Most may even prefer it over Richard Harris.

Dumbledore is my favourite character in the HP series though so maybe that's why it annoys me more.

[Freya]

Dumbledore is kinda a dick. He knows all this information about harry and the things he may deal with and he just... doesn't tell him. And by not telling him, harry gets into a lot of trouble he could have otherwise avoided. If you think of Dumbledore like that, Gambon did a perfect portrayal.

[Loony BoB]

If it's just a bad scene, blame the director, not the actor. That's my general way of thinking. The director should tell them what is and what is not good enough. Casting does come into it because I'm sure every actor has their limitations, but when you reach that level of acting I generally feel that it's down to the casting crew to find the actor and the director to mould the actor. If he did some scenes well, he's a good actor. If he did some scenes poor despite that... bad director. Could be way off the mark and I'm sure someone in this biz will let me know (hi Shiny) but this is my general feeling when I see moments like these.

Also, I agree with Vyk regarding Scarlett. If it's an English film (as in, the spoken language in the film) and the characters in the anime look Caucasian, Caucasian actors and actresses are fine. If it's a Japanese film and the characters in the anime look Japanese, go Japanese, sure.

[Ayen]

Winona Ryder in Alien Resurrection - I mean, what the hell is she doing there?

Let's not get carried away now. She was the best thing about that movie next to Sigourney and Hell Boy.

[Bubba]

Winona Ryder in Alien Resurrection - I mean, what the hell is she doing there?

Let's not get carried away now. She was the best thing about that movie next to Sigourney and Hell Boy.

Who is getting carried away? I'm not saying she's a bad actress. She just has no place in an Alien movie.

[Ayen]

Winona Ryder in Alien Resurrection - I mean, what the hell is she doing there?

Let's not get carried away now. She was the best thing about that movie next to Sigourney and Hell Boy.

Who is getting carried away? I'm not saying she's a bad actress. She just has no place in an Alien movie.

I really need to start using italics or something for when I'm not being serious. The first sentence was meant in jest.

[Night Fury]

There was nothing good about Resurrection, not even Sigourney Weaver

[Ayen]

There was nothing good about Resurrection, not even Sigourney Weaver

I didn't see this. This never happened.

[Bubba]

There was nothing good about Resurrection, not even Sigourney Weaver

I think Sigourney Weaver is great in everything!

Except Fatal Attraction. And that's only because she wasn't in it.

[metagloria]

Vince Vaughn in [movies].

[Rocket Edge]

It's a pity Harris died as he was the Dumbledore I imagined when reading the books. He had that kinda whimsy and twinkle that is the very essence of Dumbledore's character - a kind and gentle old man that you gravitate towards. I agree that Gambon wasn't good for the role either. He would have been more suited to Mad-eye than Dumbledore. :/

[Jowy]

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne.

Sorry, but the protector of the people doesn't murder prostitutes with a chainsaw. That's all I can associate with his visage.

[blackmage_nuke]

I also didn't like the second Dumbledore either but I don't think it was as much a casting decision as it was a directing oversight. I mean come on someone should have at some point said "Ok that was great but maybe not so intense"

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Also the entire casting of Avatar The Last Airbender was ridiculous

[Shiny]

If we are talking about bad casting decisions based on lack of emotional accuracy to the character in the book (which I don't think matters as much) then definitely Jack Nicholson in The Shinning would fit that to a tee.

[Shorty]

WHAT

[Bubba]

If we are talking about bad casting decisions based on lack of emotional accuracy to the character in the book (which I don't think matters as much) then definitely Jack Nicholson in The Shinning would fit that to a tee.

I agree completely. Yes, the "Here's Johnny" line is classic but I thought his performance was laughable and not even remotely scary. I was actually laughing at the end. There are very few Stephen King books that have been done justice in film or TV. His short stories actually made better films like Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption.