Worst Casting Decisions in Movies

[lexsooner]

I can think of several:

Sofia Coppola in The Godfather III. She replaced Wynonna Ryder who had some mental issues during filming. Coppola was so bad she almost ruined an otherwise mediocre movie.

John Travolta as a WWII Army General in The Thin Red Line. Granted, it was a small part, but he just came off as John Travolta trying to play a general.

Don Rickles as a Casino Manager in Casino. Please. The love affair between Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone was downright gross and farfetched.

Emile Hirsch as the alpha dog drug dealer in Alpha Dog. He seemed more like just a little weasel and not exactly as tough or intimidating as his character called for.

OJ Simpson as an astronaut in Capricorn One. LOL!

John Malkovich as the terrifying Confederate bandit in Jonah Hex. WTF?

[WichitaSooner]

Nicolas Cage in... well.... ANYTHING

[saucysoonergal]

Best casting decision:

Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves.

[royalfan5]

Shia Lebouf in Indiana Jones and Wacky Aliens.

[soonerscuba]

Best casting decision:

Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves.Get the **** outta ma house.

[King Crimson]

cameron diaz in Gangs of New York. her accent is atrocious and inconsistent throughout. much better flick with someone else. Daniel Day-Lewis is of course the whole show.

[JohnnyMack]

Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Skywalker.

/Thread.

[crawfish]

Nicolas Cage in... well.... ANYTHING

Anything that wasn't "Raising Arizona".

[Thaumaturge]

Shia LaBeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Not that anyone else would have improved the movie.

Peter MacNicol as Stingo in Sophie's Choice. He'll always be Janosz Poha, the zany foreign museum curator, so how could we be expected to accept him in such a serious role?

Robert De Niro as the flashback Vito Corleone in The Godfather 2. He's no Marlon Brando, that's for sure.

Sir Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (and the subsequent Chamber of Secrets). He clearly was too old and feeble for the role, and this is borne out by Sir Michael Gambon's masterful depiction that will stand the test of time for all time. Don't get me wrong. I was sad when Richard Harris died and all, but it turned out for the best as far as the franchise's well-being was concerned.

[JohnnyMack]

Anything that wasn't "Raising Arizona".

He was good in Leaving Las Vegas too.

[jk the sooner fan]

Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Skywalker.

/Thread.

hang on - i believe the casting of Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks is a far greater casting tragedy than your example

[JohnnyMack]

hang on - i believe the casting of Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks is a far greater casting tragedy than your example

No that's exhibit A in the People vs. George Lucas. Upon finding him guilty of raping our childhood, we shall sentence him to death by shovel.

[TitoMorelli]

Best casting decision:

Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves.

+++1

[DRLSooner]

Best casting decision:

Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves.

Yep.

[lexsooner]

Best casting decision:

Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves.

How much ya wanna bet he was just playing himself in that movie?

[royalfan5]

hang on - i believe the casting of Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks is a far greater casting tragedy than your example

I think the existence of Jar Jar was a far greater tragedy, nobody could made that role good, so I don't think it should be held against Best.

[lexsooner]

Shia Lebouf in Indiana Jones and Wacky Aliens.

Amen to that. Who in Hollywood thought Shia Lebouf was leading man material?

[cantwait48]

it did not happen but Lee Marvin was offered the role of Quint in Jaws and turned in down, not that he would not have been good but it would have erased Robert Shaw's performance which was greatness

[Canyonero]

He was good in Leaving Las Vegas too.

and the Wicker Man. You can almost feel the bees it's so realistic.

[Position Limit]

Amen to that. Who in Hollywood thought Shia Lebouf was leading man material?

get this, he was the lead in "wall street 2, money never sleeps". and he was pathetic. the whole movie was terrible, but this kid has no business on screen. i dont get it.

[bigfatjerk]

Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Skywalker.

/Thread.
I don't know if any casting helps those movies. There were no characters in those 3 films.

[bigfatjerk]

I think the existence of Jar Jar was a far greater tragedy, nobody could made that role good, so I don't think it should be held against Best.

When Jar Jar Binks is arguably the best character you could come up with in 3 films that's when you know you did a bad job. I don't like Jar Jar at all. But seriously there's nothing in those films that anyone could really care about.

[bigfatjerk]

Brandon Routh as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman Returns. and Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane in the same film. In fact the only character that fit was Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor.

[bigfatjerk]

Vince Vaughan as Norman Bates in the Psycho remake in 1998. In fact that's a movie that should never have been made. You can't try and do a near scene for scene remake of an absolute classic.

[CrimsonCream]

Ali McGraw in Winds Of War.

[Taxman71]

Chevy Chase in Caddyshack 2. Without him, we could pretend it was just a college film project.

[Jammin']

Steven Weber in the remake of "The Shining"


/thread4realz

[StoopTroup]

How much ya wanna bet he was just playing himself in that movie?

Only Sharon Stone knows....:D

http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/WanadooFilms/Misdaad/CasinoGingerAgent_sm.jpg

[StoopTroup]

Timothy Dalton - James Bond

[bigfatjerk]

Timothy Dalton - James Bond

Lazanbee was the worst Bond. Dalton was a bit of a bad ***.

[StoopTroup]

Lazanbee was the worst Bond. Dalton was a bit of a bad ***.

Still....he hasn't that good of a pick. Dalton compared to Daniel Craig for instance....

Craig wins hands down as far as Bad Asses.

This scene for instance....

http://s1.moviefanfare.com/uploads/2011/04/bond-daniel-craig-casino-royale-torture.jpg

[bigfatjerk]

Don't disagree but I think Roger Moore was a worse Bond than Dalton too.

[rekamrettuB]

What does this...


Don Rickles as a Casino Manager in Casino. Please. .



Have to do with this...


The love affair between Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone was downright gross and farfetched

when discussing the selection of Don Rickles as a Casino Manager. I actually thought he did a pretty decent job. Was it because he was Don Rickles and his past comedy soured people? I thought he came across ok in that role. Oscar worthy? No.

[StoopTroup]

I agree though that no Bond would have dressed like this.....lol

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XiP0IInl2fk/TUv7hGAUzaI/AAAAAAAAAsU/dZTwQo3jqM4/s1600/lazenby_majesty.jpg

[bigfatjerk]

The worst Bond related casting decision was in The World Is Not Enough with Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist.

[OUstud]

Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor.

"I guess Pearl Harbor sucked,
Just a little bit more than I miss you..."

[lexsooner]

The worst Bond related casting decision was in The World Is Not Enough with Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist.

You are right. I forgot about this.

[lexsooner]

The worst Bond related casting decision was in The World Is Not Enough with Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist.

I was also going to mention the casting of Billy Ray Cyrus as a physician, but that is a television series.

[soonerchk]

He was good in Leaving Las Vegas too.

He was great in Honeymoon in Vegas as well.

[Jammin']

Keanu Reeves in anything but Bill and Ted's.

[soonerchk]

Steven Weber in the remake of "The Shining"


/thread4realz

They remade The Shining???? WTF were they thinking? That's almost as bad an idea as remaking Red Dawn!!!

[bigfatjerk]

Keanu Reeves in anything but Bill and Ted's.

I also kinda liked him in The Replacements. But anything else, even the Matrix, he's pretty bad.

[Jammin']

They remade The Shining???? WTF were they thinking? That's almost as bad an idea as remaking Red Dawn!!!

I KNOW! But really, just looking at this vvv makes you want to see it, ryte???

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HX9B2SPCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Mississippi Sooner]

The idea they had for remaking The Shining wasn't so bad. The first movie was great for what it was, but it wandered far afield from the book in several important points. But, what they wound up with was a made for tv mini-series, and we all know how good those have been since sometime in the late-70s.

[Jacie]

Kevin Costner as Robin Hood

[soonerchk]

I KNOW! But really, just looking at this vvv makes you want to see it, ryte???

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HX9B2SPCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

NO!! Steven Webber taking over Jack's role? no no no no no

[crawfish]

Kevin Costner as Robin Hood

Kevin Costner as "not a baseball player".

[soonerinabilene]

Robert De Niro as the flashback Vito Corleone in The Godfather 2. He's no Marlon Brando, that's for sure.

im sorry, but what the f#cking f#ck???

[soonerinabilene]

Clooney as Batman, Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan in The Sum of All Fears

[pphilfran]

Glen Campbell in the original True Grit...btw he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's....

[OhU1]

Keanu Reeves in anything but Bill and Ted's.

He was good in River's Edge. A great 1986 movie with Dennis Hopper and Crispin Glover.

[OhU1]

Michael Keaton as Batman. I'm a big Keaton fan but come on. He's not the action hero type.

[soonervegas]

He was good in River's Edge. A great 1986 movie with Dennis Hopper and Crispin Glover.

Keanu Reeves was awful in Bram Stocker's Dracula....

[soonervegas]

Michael Keaton as Batman. I'm a big Keaton fan but come on. He's not the action hero type.


Totally disagree. Best Batman (including West) until Bale. (and maybe still better than Bale)

[lexsooner]

Glen Campbell in the original True Grit...btw he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's....

Wow, you are right. He was awful, could not act worth a lick. John Wayne and that girl were great. Campbell should stick to singing. That's sad about the Alzheimer's.

[TitoMorelli]

Totally disagree. Best Batman (including West) until Bale. (and maybe still better than Bale)

Including West?


Including West???

[crawfish]

Michael Keaton as Batman. I'm a big Keaton fan but come on. He's not the action hero type.

Come on...Keaton was a great Batman. Only Bale has come close. And West (as far as fulfilling the role the TV show called for).

Kilmer was middling, and Clooney was awful.

[Caboose]

Johnny Depp as Willie Wonka. Trash.

Gene Wilder was Willie Wonka.... Depp just came off as Johnny Depp trying to act weird.

[thecynic]

kevin costner in anything

[SoonerofAlabama]

Keanu Reeves in anything but Bill and Ted's.

I liked him in The Replacements.

[lexsooner]

Oh, I forgot one glaring example of horrible casting: that ugly woman who was cast to play the waitress in the diner in The Sting, the one who was really a hit woman for the Dutch Schultz gang.

[OhU1]

Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane in the Spiderman films.

Halle Berry as Cat Woman.

[silverwheels]

cameron diaz in anything.

Fixed. Cannot stand her.

[Thaumaturge]

Adam West is the only Batman. His interpretation is the only one to recognize Batman for what it really is.

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

I hate everything that is Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Face Off nearly killed me....

[Scott D]

Macauley Culkin in Uncle Buck...thereby cementing that we'd see this ugly annoying little blonde kid in movies to come.

[The]

John Wayne in anything. I don't like homos in my Westerns.

[tcrb]

Glen Campbell in the original True Grit...btw he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's....

This ^ is what first came to mind when I started reading this thread.

[bigfatjerk]

Arnold Swartzenagger playng and American(usually some sort of agent) even though I liked the movie in True Lies but I still can't buy an Austrian body builder as an American Secret agent.

[The]

Arnold Swartzenagger playng and American(usually some sort of agent) even though I liked the movie in True Lies but I still can't buy an Austrian body builder as an American Secret agent.

Racist.

[jk the sooner fan]

Arnold Swartzenagger playng and American(usually some sort of agent) even though I liked the movie in True Lies but I still can't buy an Austrian body builder as an American Secret agent.

THATS PART OF HIS COVER!!!!!!:( :( :( :(

[OutlandTrophy]

John Wayne in anything. I don't like homos in my Westerns.

do you like homos in your anus?

[Viking Kitten]

Robert De Niro as the flashback Vito Corleone in The Godfather 2. He's no Marlon Brando, that's for sure.



Are you out of your f**king mind?

[The]

do you like homos in your anus?

nohomobro.nohomo.

[saucysoonergal]

Tim Conway in The Apple Dumpling Gang.





;)

[3rdgensooner]

I thought these two in As Good as it Gets was very poor casting:


http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Celebrities/G_L/Ha_Hh/Helen_Hunt/crops/helen-hunt13.jpg

[northspeter]

what, no Ice Cube in xXx 2: State of the Union???

[SoonerofAlabama]

what, no Ice Cube in xXx 2: State of the Union???

Ice Cube in any movie at all.

[The]

Ice Cube in any movie at all.
http://cdn.theurbandaily.com/files/2010/04/ice-cube-wants-to-do-another-Friday.jpg

[northspeter]

Ice Cube in any movie at all.

he was pretty well cast in Friday... but Chris Tucker really made that film...

[Jammin']

Ice Cube in any movie at all.


http://cdn.theurbandaily.com/files/2010/04/ice-cube-wants-to-do-another-Friday.jpg

domino mother ****er!

[SoonerofAlabama]

Well, Friday was pretty good. But he really has done some terrible movies. Like Next Friday, Are We There Yet?, Are We Done Yet?.

[The]

Well, Friday was pretty good. But he really has done some terrible movies. Like Next Friday, Are We There Yet?, Are We Done Yet?.
http://www.imb0red.com/04/IceCubeAtFirst.jpg

[stoopified]

They remade The Shining???? WTF were they thinking? That's almost as bad an idea as remaking Red Dawn!!!Or True Grit.Speaking of TG,Jeff Bridges is no John Wayne.That was totally lame.

[The]

Or True Grit.Speaking of TG,Jeff Bridges is no John Wayne.That was totally lame.

That's right. Jeff Bridges isn't a homosex like John Wayne.

[StoopTroup]

I guess none of you saw IC in Lotto Ticket......He killed in that. :D

[XingTheRubicon]

Brad Pitt in The Devil's Own.

watching him butcher an Irish accent was almost as bad as watching Harrison Ford try to play pool

"lovely"

[A Sooner in Texas]

Still....he hasn't that good of a pick. Dalton compared to Daniel Craig for instance....

Craig wins hands down as far as Bad Asses.

This scene for instance....

http://s1.moviefanfare.com/uploads/2011/04/bond-daniel-craig-casino-royale-torture.jpg

THANK YOU for posting this pic. Just made my night.;)

[GDC]

oMoyl7PO7Cc

[ouwasp]

Glen Campbell in the original True Grit...btw he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's....

Well, I was scrolling through this thread just to see if Campbell's role was mentioned. He was really in over his head in that movie... cast along side Kim Darby and the Duke... bad deal.

[Soonrboy]

Ben Affleck

[StoopTroup]

I liked him in The Replacements.

I liked him in Point Break and hardball too

[StoopTroup]

The worst Bond related casting decision was in The World Is Not Enough with Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist.

Also as a Pilot in Starship Troopers

[lexsooner]

Ice Cube was great in Boyz N The Hood, but he was miscast in Higher Learning, where he played a college student. "Why you read all them books? Feed yo brain, fool!" The actor who played Remy, the white kid from Idaho who turned into a nutty skinhead, was terrific.

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

That's right. Jeff Bridges isn't a homosex like John Wayne.


Dude, wtf? You are out of your gourd! Bring up some proof if you're gonna slander the Duke!

BTW, from the 1950's, John Wayne in Genghis Khan is probably the worst casting EVER!

[texaspokieokie]

He was good in Leaving Las Vegas too.

Agree, but then i think he's a good actor.

[texaspokieokie]

I liked him in The Replacements.

movie about the lowest form of life; "SCABS" !!!!!!

[The]

Dude, wtf? You are out of your gourd! Bring up some proof if you're gonna slander the Duke!

BTW, from the 1950's, John Wayne in Genghis Khan is probably the worst casting EVER!


Google "Ronald Reagan / John Wayne homosex"

Bunch of pillow biters.

[texaspokieokie]

Ice Cube in any movie at all.

S of A;

i'm not pickin on you, but,
he was very good in boyzinthahood.

JMHO

[SpankyNek]

I present Colin Farrell:

Jesse James in American Outlaws
Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice

and the one that I found to be the worst, as country star Tommy Sweet in Crazy Heart

[SoonerofAlabama]

S of A;

i'm not pickin on you, but,
he was very good in boyzinthahood.

JMHO

Okay, I see. I've never really liked his movies or really any of his work excpet for a few select things.

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

Google "Ronald Reagan / John Wayne homosex"

Bunch of pillow biters.


I did. If that's your only source then you are full of bs. There is nothing there.

[Thaumaturge]

Google "Ronald Reagan / John Wayne homosex"

Bunch of pillow biters.

Ohmygod! So it was Reagan who compacted those 50 infamous pounds of fecal matter!

[SpankyNek]

Ohmygod! So it was Reagan who compacted those 50 infamous pounds of fecal matter!

Fter hearing how a meat diet was affecting his cardiovascular system, he decided upon a new route of ingestion?

[OhU1]

Ice Cube was great in Boyz N The Hood, but he was miscast in Higher Learning, where he played a college student. "Why you read all them books? Feed yo brain, fool!" The actor who played Remy, the white kid from Idaho who turned into a nutty skinhead, was terrific.

I saw "Higher Learning" again last week. Even more miscast than Ice Cube was Busta Rhymes as his side kick. Michael Rapaport as Remy was great.

Kristy Swanson looked hot in the early parts of the movie.

Ice Cube was excellent in Boyz N The Hood. No one plays the annoyance emotion better than Ice Cube.

[lexsooner]

Ice Cube was excellent in Boyz N The Hood. No one plays the annoyance emotion better than Ice Cube.

He was mostly annoyed throughout both movies. Higher Learning: "Let see your ID, son! No, let's see YO ID!"

Boyz: "Why you gotta curse so mutha f***** much? Momma don't like that s***!"

[Responding to the wheelchair guy's claim that church is the best play to meet girls] N*****, please! I oughta blow yo crippled a** away for sayin that!"

[texaspokieokie]

i liked him in the scene at what was supposed to be on Crenshaw Blvd, or @ Crenshaw High.

"we got a problem here" ???

why you gotta always call girls "bitches & hos"???

"cause you're all bitches & hos"