The Worst Casting Decisions Ever Made from MaximOnline.com

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ALL of these are so SPOT-ON  anyone care to add any others to the list?

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I agree with pretty much all of the ones listed as well. 
Here's a couple more:

Malcolm McDowell - Gangster No. 1
I just caught this again recently and was reminded of how ridiculous it was to cast Malcolm McDowell for the older version of the main character.  There has to be about a full 12" difference in height between him and Paul Bettany who plays the character at a younger age.  It doesn't help that every other actor in the movie plays both the young AND the old versions of their characters.  It completely ruins the movie for me, I lose interest as soon as McDowell makes his appearance.

Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
Robin williams should stick to stand-up comedy I think, he's usually quite terrible in dramatic roles.  His painful to watch performance ruined any chance this movie may have had.

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I'd say Jake Lloyd in Star Wars Episode 1, the Phantom Menace.    Of all the kid actors out there, they picked this one??

[LauraGigs]

I probably don't even have to mention this . . . 

but the kid who was cast as Bobby Twist!  I mean it wasn't his fault, but jeez.  (Or maybe the dialect coach was out sick on the boy's training day...)

[Front-Ranger]

Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
Robin williams should stick to stand-up comedy I think, he's usually quite terrible in dramatic roles.  His painful to watch performance ruined any chance this movie may have had.

I didn't see one-hour photo but I thought Robin Williams was very good in Goodwill Hunting and What Dreams May Come.

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I didn't see one-hour photo but I thought Robin Williams was very good in Goodwill Hunting and What Dreams May Come.

I have One-Hour Photo.  He's quite the creepy stalker in it.   

[LauraGigs]

Katharine Ross — Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Our Front-Ranger was aghast that I'd never seen it, so we rented it last night.  Is it just me, or was she terrible in that film?  Total monotone, maybe 2 facial expressions.


Will Smith — I, Robot

Generally an okay actor, but all wrong for this IMO.  It was supposed to be a dark dystopian thriller, and he played it like a comedy.

[delalluvia]

In an otherwise perfectly cast movie Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides in David Lynch's Dune.

Horrible, wooden, pedestrian in such an over-the-top operatic piece.

Tom Hanks as "the Indiana Jones of Cryptography" in The DaVinci Code.   

When I think of all the tall, dark handsome actors who could have played the part of Robert Langdon...but they chose Mr. Teddy Bear, lest the audience get the squicks over



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Jesus' descendant doing the nasty with a sexy scientist outside the holy bonds of matrimony.   

[MaineWriter]

Katharine Ross — Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Our Front-Ranger was aghast that I'd never seen it, so we rented it last night.  Is it just me, or was she terrible in that film?  Total monotone, maybe 2 facial expressions.

Except I don't know that any other actress would have been any better. The character was pointless and they should have just ditched her and let Butch and Sundance get it on 

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James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland. He totally spoils the movie!

Jake Gyllenhaal as Harold in Proof. Sorry people. He was perfect to play Jack Twist but IMO was a miscast in Proof. He did a good job but the character didn't fit him. He didn't look dorky enough. Besides, there was no chemistry between him and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Emma Waston as Hermione in Harry Potter film series. I've read the books but I've only seen one movie, and thought she's totally wrong for the role.

Angelina Jolie in Alexander. I thought she was too young for the role.

Tom Cruise in the War of the World.

[Scott6373]

Tom Cruise in the War of the World.

Tom Cruise in anything

[opinionista]

Tom Cruise in anything

LOL true!

[LauraGigs]

Ben Affleck — Pearl Harbor

[Front-Ranger]

Except I don't know that any other actress would have been any better. The character was pointless and they should have just ditched her and let Butch and Sundance get it on 

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Well said, Leslie! Hope you liked Butch and Sundance apart from the wooden Katherine, LauraGigs.
I must say I liked Tom Cruise in Risky Business, Jerry Maguire, and Far and Away. You may begin the firing squad now.

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Tom Hanks as "the Indiana Jones of Cryptography" in The DaVinci Code.   

When I think of all the tall, dark handsome actors who could have played the part of Robert Langdon...but they chose Mr. Teddy Bear, lest the audience get the squicks over ...

LOL! Was that the reason he was cast?? I had my heart set on Daniel Day-Lewis in that role!!

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Well said, Leslie! Hope you liked Butch and Sundance apart from the wooden Katherine, LauraGigs.
I must say I liked Tom Cruise in Risky Business, Jerry Maguire, and Far and Away. You may begin the firing squad now.

I'll take a last cigarette as well because I actually liked Tom in Interview with the Vampire. (Hated Brad Pitt)

Delalluvia, pardon my ignorance but what does squicks mean?

[Front-Ranger]

Is it the same as "catching cooties"?

I sense a trend here. Tom seems to do well in characters who are hurtling hell-bent for disaster. Agree?

Real life imitates art...

Moving on past Tom. Did anyone see "My Own Private Idaho"? I've been wanting to check that one out. How was Keanu Reeves in that one? Miscast?

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Moving on past Tom. Did anyone see "My Own Private Idaho"? I've been wanting to check that one out. How was Keanu Reeves in that one? Miscast?

I saw it a long time ago. I didn't think he was a miscast. River and him had good chemistry. But Keanu has never been a good actor so don't expect an oustanding performance on his part.

[LauraGigs]

Speaking of Interview with the Vampire, Christian Slater as the journalist. 

(The same Jack-Nicholson-wannabe schtick from Pump Up the Volume. Ew!)

[delalluvia]

LOL! Was that the reason he was cast??

Why else?  Except for maybe he wanted the role and Ron Howard is his buddy.  Tom Hanks is a man who has a look you can trust.  A man you would trust alone with your daughter.  They wanted to take the sexual tension that was in the book completely out of the movie.  If you read the book the two main characters are giving each other the eye and make promises to meet up in romantic Venice...

I had my heart set on Daniel Day-Lewis in that role!!

Daniel Day-Lewis, eh?  You wouldn't have heard me complaining.  I was thinking more along the lines of Clive Owen or Hugh Jackman.  YUM!!!

What a waste!!!

[delalluvia]

I'll take a last cigarette as well because I actually liked Tom in Interview with the Vampire. (Hated Brad Pitt)

I'll take a blindfold.  I liked BOTH men in Interview, but Tom made a lousy blonde.  Why didn't they just bleach his hair and give him extensions instead of that horrible wig?  I also very much liked his character in A Few Good Men.

Delalluvia, pardon my ignorance but what does squicks mean?

No problem.   

It's a slash writing term. It's a combination of two words - squirm and icky.  It's used to describe a plot situation or device that may make readers uncomfortable - make them squirm or go "ick/that's icky!".

[delalluvia]

Is it the same as "catching cooties"?

I sense a trend here. Tom seems to do well in characters who are hurtling hell-bent for disaster. Agree?

Real life imitates art...

Tom does best with roles that are "assholes with a heart of gold".  Men who need redemption.  Otherwise he sucks, coming across as too bland or very uncharismatic.

[Kelda]

James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland. He totally spoils the movie!

See I thought he had the typical scots cocky boy to a tee. just watched king of scotland last night and loved it - however grusome! Callum always laughs as I am like run! get away from him! do this! do that! I don't care if the film is already made I like to try tell them that danger is imminent!!

[Penthesilea]

Moving on past Tom. Did anyone see "My Own Private Idaho"? I've been wanting to check that one out. How was Keanu Reeves in that one? Miscast?

I saw it a long time ago. I didn't think he was a miscast. River and him had good chemistry. But Keanu has never been a good actor so don't expect an oustanding performance on his part.

I agree with Natali. He's not miscast, he doesn't screw it, but don't await an Oscar worthy performance. And MOPI is well worth seeing, especially River's performance imo (but I'm partial when it comes to River Phoenix).


Natali: Somehow I don't wonder at all that you're the one who responded to that question  .

Speaking of Interview with the Vampire, Christian Slater as the journalist. 

River Phoenix (yup, again) had been casted for this role. Slater took over after River's death. And no matter how good or bad he was in it, I liked that he donated all his earnings from this movie to River's favorite charities.

[Ellemeno]

Rebecca Pidgeon in anything. 

[Katie77]

Sondra Locke.............who seemed to get a part in a lot of live in lover Clint Eastwood's movies, such as The Outlaw Jose Wales,Sudden Impact,Any Which way but Lose, The Gauntlet....just to name a few...

Nepotism at its best........

[TOoP/Bruce]

How soon they forget:

Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman as John Steed and Mrs Emma Peel in "The Avengers" (1998).