Biggest Miscasts

[BladeRunner2007]

What in your opinion are the biggest miscasts in movie history?

[Leslie Dame]

*mild spoiler warning*

Not the biggest miscast in history but I thought Sigourney Weaver in Cabin in the Woods seemed totally out of place.

[Monterey Jack]

Elisabeth Shue as a scheming femme fatale in Palmetto. Gorgeous as she is, I can't buy my sunny, girl next door crush from the 80's trying to play Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.

[adsdsdsd]

Am I the only one that didn't really like Bradley Cooper as Rocket in Guardians of the Galaxy? His voice just didn't feel right

[Revolution 9]

Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III. That film would've been so much better had Winona Ryder not pulled out of the role.

Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre in Watchmen. Nearly ruined the movie for me.

[fatediesel]

Definitely Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher. In the books Jack Reacher is 6'5" and incredibly muscular. Tom Cruise is listed as being 5'7" and that's probably a reach.

[charlieray1]

Jack Black as Carl Denham in King Kong

Keanu Reeves in Dracula

[BaerGriggs]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan in The Conqueror. Enough said.

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Definitely Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher. In the books Jack Reacher is 6'5" and incredibly muscular. Tom Cruise is listed as being 5'7" and that's probably a reach.

Nevertheless, he pulled off the part splendidly. Size matters not, my friend.

Conversely, I think a thread about people that were really well cast for parts that ultimately failed due to script and direction. In this instance, I think that Schumacher's Batman films are the gold standard for wasting a good cast. Kilmer was a great choice for Bruce and Batman and the same goes for Jones, Carrey, Thurman, and Arnold. Can you imagine a Mr. Freeze played by Arnold more in line with how he played the Terminator in the first film? That would have been awesome, but alas, it was not to be.

[MifuneFan]

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I think Reynold's was the least of the films problems, really. I thought he did a good job as Hal. And Oa was beautiful. If the movie had included more Oa and less Earth stuff, it would have been much better.

[Moviefan2k4]

George Clooney and Uma Thurman, "Batman & Robin"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Dark Knight"
Neal McDonough, "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li"
Bryce Dallas Howard and Topher Grace, "Spider-Man 3"
Brandon Routh, "Superman Returns"

[Darth Marcus]

Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist in The World Is Not Enough
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Brandon Routh, "Superman Returns"

Actually I thought Lois Lane was the miscast one in that movie.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Actually I thought Lois Lane was the miscast one in that movie.

Yeah Brandon Routh is the quintessential Bizarro.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist in The World Is Not Enough

My only problem with her in that film was that her face looked so young; I was surprised to learn she was in her late 20s at that point.

Originally Posted by mrr1

Actually I thought Lois Lane was the miscast one in that movie.

Kate Bosworth reminded me a bit of Erica Durance from "Smallville", only more humbled by being a mother. Brandon looked younger than her though, which really put me off.

[Trav606]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Actually I thought Lois Lane was the miscast one in that movie.

You beat me to it. I came on here to post about how terribly out of place Kate Bosworth felt in that movie! She was so bad in it.

[Scottie]

Gary Cooper in Love in the Afternoon.

[mrr1]

Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Sywalker.

[bluearth]

Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne