Bad Casting Choices in the Movies and Television

[UndeadSnoopy]

 

[St. Widge]

The worst casting decision I ever saw was Keanu Reeves in Much Ado About Nothing as Don John. He basically played the role as Ted "Theodore" Logan. And I really like Keanu Reeves. But he had no business in this role.

They also cast Denzel Washington as Don Pedro in that movie. Which he actually pulled off surprisingly okay. Michael Keaton also played Dogberry in the movie. He basically did Beetlejuice, but it kind of worked.

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

Ashton replacing Charlie Sheen, should of just cancelled the show.

 

[zeetes]

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it was a stretch

i see what you did there

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[tenordas]

Are you thinking of John’Spud’ McConnell?

I kind of hate that book, but Spud would be perfect for the role of Ignatius.

Spud is living proof that opportunity is rarer than talent. One of the best actors I've ever seen, but moneyed producers never gave him a look, probably never even heard of him.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

The worst casting decision I ever saw was Keanu Reeves in Much Ado About Nothing as Don John. He basically played the role as Ted "Theodore" Logan. And I really like Keanu Reeves. But he had no business in this role.

They also cast Denzel Washington as Don Pedro in that movie. Which he actually pulled off surprisingly okay. Michael Keaton also played Dogberry in the movie. He basically did Beetlejuice, but it kind of worked.

yeah, that whole movie was oddly cast but achieved mostly good or better individual perfomances

i would argue that Keanu's role of 'Prince Hal' (from Henry 4s & 5), which is essentially what he does in My Own Private Idaho, is his best work so far

 

[tenordas]

George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The kicker on that is it's one of the very bet Bond scripts and otherwise has an excellent cast. If Connery had been in it, it would have had a chance of have eclipsing Goldfinger as the best Bond film. Instead, it's woefully short because of a terrible leading man.
And speaking of Bond, Pierce Brosnan. Roger Moore was always lame, but Brosnan was unwatchable.

Collin Farrell in Alexander the Great. Also in Daredevil, but that entire film was a miscasting disaster.

 

[Brennan77]

I keep reading this as bait casting. I agree that it's generally much better than a spinning rod.

 

[sonicboom]

Boop Boop a doop.

 

[zeetes]

ok, i'll retract part of my nicolas cage dislike.

as said previously, i love ghost rider and he was fantastic in it. people hate it, but ghost rider was great. he's a "superhero" that is meant to be a bad arse and extremely hard to kill.

also, national treasure and national treasure 2, i have watched both, literally, at least 50 times+. my wife was obsessed with both. after chemo, she would watch them back to back at least 10 times. i have seen both so many times, 50 may be a serious underestimate during 4 years. there was a turning point, eventually, where i actually started to enjoy them. that said, the other option was watching the day after tomorrow or anne of green gables. i think i chose wisely.

 

[sonicboom]

ok, i'll retract part of my nicolas cage dislike.

as said previously, i love ghost rider and he was fantastic in it. people hate it, but ghost rider was great. he's a "superhero" that is meant to be a bad arse and extremely hard to kill.

also, national treasure and national treasure 2, i have watched both, literally, at least 50 times+. my wife was obsessed with both. after chemo, she would watch them back to back at least 10 times. i have seen both so many times, 50 may be a serious underestimate during 4 years. there was a turning point, eventually, where i actually started to enjoy them. that said, the other option was watching the day after tomorrow or anne of green gables. i think i chose wisely.

Not a fan of Nicholas Cage's acting, but liked The Wicker Man movie. It was a little freaky.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I kind of hate that book, but Spud would be perfect for the role of Ignatius.

Spud is living proof that opportunity is rarer than talent. One of the best actors I've ever seen, but moneyed producers never gave him a look, probably never even heard of him.

Agreed on two points.. i, too, kind of.. dont get the book.. everyone seems to rave about it, and i just kind of thought it was ok.. maybe it was because, being born and raised in NOLA, the characters in the book didnt seem that unusual or outrageous to me.

i also agree with you that opportunity is rarer than talent.. BUT i think that ambition, the type of ambition that gets you places- is even rarer.. i dont know Spud well, but it seems to me that he mostly toiled in the local Louisiana acting scene, as opposed to NYC or L.A... i think he may have spent some time in Los Angeles.. . but to really hit the big time, with very rare exception- you have to make the move to either New York or L.A., and tough it out for years, like John Goodman (and almost every other household name) did... Seems to me like Spud did so well, constantly working in the New Orleans area, that it probably never made sense for him to permanently relocate to one of the major hubs.. which may have been a better move .. but in the end, who really knows.