Top 20 Worst Casting Descions

[KCJ506]

http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/top-20-worst-casting-decisions-ever.php

I do agree with some of these.

[LordSimen]

I disagree with a couple of those and a list of the top 20 worst casting decisions that doesn't include Arnold as Mr. Freeze is an incomplete list.

[Dragula]

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[bigred760]

The list was going pretty well, until #1. That just put the list as a anti-Keanu Reeves list trying to be clever, instead of trying to actually sound like a movie fan.

Some of them I agree with, some of them I disagree with. But doing what they did with the top spot is just pathetic.

[Freddy Krueger]

Tobey McGuire as Spiderman.

[KcMsterpce]

Dakota Fanning.

In everything.

[LordSimen]

The list was going pretty well, until #1. That just put the list as a anti-Keanu Reeves list trying to be clever, instead of trying to actually sound like a movie fan.

Some of them I agree with, some of them I disagree with. But doing what they did with the top spot is just pathetic.

Definitely agree with you on that. The number one spot was just sad.

[mel1ssa]

this list sucks. yes, i definitely agree with a few of them (o'donnell and bosworth especially), but some of them don't belong on the list. and their reasons for putting them on the list are pretty lame. what, ted danson can never do anything but be sam in cheers? the audience didn't buy him in his role in saving private ryan because all we were doing was singing 'where everybody knows your name'? and while i agree that bosworth was wrong for lois lane, it has nothing to do with her age.

[Benj]

They forgot Cillian Murphy... in almost everything.

[JohnLocke2342]

Tobey McGuire as Spiderman.

yes sir

[brodeurnumber1]

Katie Holmes in anything that isn't a melodramatic teen soap opera should be somewhere.

[JohnLocke2342]

Katie Holmes in anything that isn't a melodramatic teen soap opera should be somewhere.

aka attempting to ruin Batman Begins

[fooknasty]

They forgot Cillian Murphy... in almost everything.

What? This statement is just wrong....


....and so is the Tobey comment.

[darknite125]

I disagree with a couple of those and a list of the top 20 worst casting decisions that doesn't include Arnold as Mr. Freeze is an incomplete list.

Why stop there we can justifiably include everyone in the cast of that movie with the exception of Michael Gough on that list.

[KCJ506]

I disagree with slamming Keanu Reeves like that. Sure, he's had bad roles(who hasn't?), but he was really good in Speed, The Matrix, The Lake House, and Point Break. To name a few.

The one I agree with the most is Kate Bosworth. She was and looked too young to be playing Lois Lane.

[ilovemovies]

Pathetic list.

The list lost me WAAAAAAAY before the Keanu Reeves thing. It lost me when it listed a movie that hasn't even come out yet. Of course, I'm referring to Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's W.


And for the record, I only agree with a couple of them. I agree on Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates in the Psycho remake. And I kind of agree on Colin Ferrell in Alexander. I also KIND of agree on Anthony Hopkins in The Human Stain although he still gave a great performance IMO.

[Frank the Tank]

What? This statement is just wrong....


....and so is the Tobey comment.

Yep, I also don't understand the Tobey as Peter Parker hate. Do you want Peter Parker to be played by some non-nerdy looking dude with bulging muscles? Tobey was a great choice to play the nerdy Peter Parker.

[bigred760]

Pathetic list.

The list lost me WAAAAAAAY before the Keanu Reeves thing. It lost me when it listed a movie that hasn't even come out yet. Of course, I'm referring to Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's W.


I know!! "She's too sexy!" to play Laura Bush?

[EZM22]

Agree with some on the list, not so with others... particularly the Keanu bashing. The guy has had shitty roles, but at the same time he's done some good work... he was good as Constantine, even if he looked nothing like the comic character, he was pretty damn scary in The Gift, and so on. If he was ever miscast, it was in The Watcher, but that movie sucked anyways.

I also have to agree on William Shatner. I still don't get why this guy has as many fans as he does, sure, he was Captain Kirk, but the truth is, the man can't act to save his life, and he's made a living out of his lack of talent. Just seeing him pop up in a cameo poking fun at his own wooden acting gives me a headache.

Another miscast would have to be Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider, because he's too old to be playing Johnny Blaze. The man looks old, and a leather jacket and a bad hairpiece can't hide that.

Not to be mean, but I have a feeling we'll be saying the same thing about the cast of Valkyrie at some point. Not bad actors, but after watching the trailer and realizing no one had a German accent or even tried for one... I don't know.

[jolanar]

The only one I really agree with is Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane.

I really just don't get the Keeanu hate. I think he's a great actor.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Joke or no joke, David Bowie is a good actor. I thought he was good as Pilate, even if he didn't get that much screen time.

[DarthWade]

Tobey was awesome as Spiderman. Peter Parker is supposed to have been a geeky doofus that becomes a superhero and he fit the bill perfectly. You look at him and he doesn't strike you as heroic at all and that's the beauty of it. If they had cast someone better looking, taller, more muscular, whatever...it wouldn't have been the same.

Rosie was a good pick. Chris Gore had a good rant about that casting choice a few years ago in Film Threat magazine. Keanu Reeves I don't mind, but he should not have been cast as Constantine - who should have stayed British.

[outsyder]

Keanu's had better roles than the ones in the article, but he was spectacularily awful in films like Dracula and Much Ado, among others. Point being he certainly deserves the criticism for those roles.

[sirdizzy]

The whole list invalidates itself by taking that pot shot at Keanu in the end. Sure Keanu has taken some crappy movies but he also had produced quite a few good ones as well Speed, Point Break, the Matrix, the Devil's Advocate. I even enjoyed him as Constantine. The list makes itself a laughing stock by not sticking to what it was supposed to be doing and that is naming the worst miscasts ever instead becoming an excuse to just hate Keanu Reeves.

[OMG It's Rob]

Haha, Rosie O'Donnell as Betty really ruined my childhood. The whole time I watching it in the theater I was wondering who that fat guy was and why he hate Betty. But seriously, if the movie is as shitty as The Flintstones was it really doesn't matter if Betty's fat or not. Someone mentioned Arnie in Batman & Robin but do you really think it would've made the movie substantially better had they cast someone like Patrick Stewart? The movie was shit and I'm glad Arnie was in it because at least he knew how to camp it up properly.

And the worst casting decision off the top of my head is Angelina Jolie as Alexander's mother. Really? REALLY? That's my biggest pet peeve, where they cast a part not based on merit but on whose name they plaster over the previews. Not every role has to be a big name.

[Tweek]

Tobey was awesome as Spiderman. Peter Parker is supposed to have been a geeky doofus that becomes a superhero and he fit the bill perfectly. You look at him and he doesn't strike you as heroic at all and that's the beauty of it. If they had cast someone better looking, taller, more muscular, whatever...it wouldn't have been the same.

Rosie was a good pick. Chris Gore had a good rant about that casting choice a few years ago in Film Threat magazine. Keanu Reeves I don't mind, but he should not have been cast as Constantine - who should have stayed British.

I think we're agreed on Maguire. Well played.

And about Keanu... I actually started to dig his acting more in the last five years or so. Odd.

[Tweek]

Someone mentioned Arnie in Batman & Robin but do you really think it would've made the movie substantially better had they cast someone like Patrick Stewart? The movie was shit and I'm glad Arnie was in it because at least he knew how to camp it up properly.


Of course! Patrick Stewart makes everything cooler. ;)



And what's your name again?

[MidnightAngel]

They forgot to add Val Kilmer and George Clooney as Batman, Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd and Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling in Hannibal.

[Oldskin]

They forgot Robert DeNiro and his portrayal of the Frankenstein monster.

[therealjohng]

Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush? Last time I checked the movie hasn't come out yet, there for we cannot judge.

[Tweek]

Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush? Last time I checked the movie hasn't come out yet, there for we cannot judge.

I know... Because she's basing a career on playing sluts? And they bring up The 40-Year-Old Virgin (she was quite funny:D)... How dare she try a different thing!:mad:;)

[LordSimen]

The list basically sounds like the guy who wrote it thinks everyone in hollywood should be exclusively Type-Casted and no one should ever play a role outside of their particular type.

"What? She can't play that role. She's too hot!" "What? No, he can't play that part. He was on Cheers. That's the only role he is ever able to play!" "That guy usually plays pretty boys, he can't play a gruff knight!"

Ugh. I hate that line of thinking. If it were up to the guys who wrote that article everyone would be pigeon hold with no room for expanding their horizons.

[KCJ506]

The list basically sounds like the guy who wrote it thinks everyone in hollywood should be exclusively Type-Casted and no one should ever play a role outside of their particular type.

"What? She can't play that role. She's too hot!" "What? No, he can't play that part. He was on Cheers. That's the only role he is ever able to play!" "That guy usually plays pretty boys, he can't play a gruff knight!"

Ugh. I hate that line of thinking. If it were up to the guys who wrote that article everyone would be pigeon hold with no room for expanding their horizons.

Don't forget this.

"Heath Ledger can't be Joker cause he was in Brokeback Mountain! It's gonna be gay!."

[EvilHenchman]

I've got just random points about this list.

1. Danson's part was so small in SPR that it shouldn't even count.

2. Costner's approximation of a Boston accent in Thirteen Days is far more cringe inducing than his in Robin Hood.

3. Betty Rubble is not busty. Fred's man boobs put hers to shame.

4. Harrison Ford. Regarding Henry. There's your number one.

[the clever guy]

4. Harrison Ford. Regarding Henry. There's your number one.

i'm declaring shenanagans on that one. harrison ford makes everything cool, even if it isn't.

how about dolph lundren as he-man?

timothy dalton as 007?

hilary swank as a woman?

if you people are going to bitch about tobey maguire as spider-man....ummmm......MARY JANE ANYONE?!?!?!?!

topher grace as venom?

christian slater in everything he does?


i could go on.

[paul calf]

christian slater in everything he does?



you've obviously not seen true romance then

[The Heart Collector]

That was a fucking terrible list.

[EvilHenchman]

i'm declaring shenanagans on that one. harrison ford makes everything cool, even if it isn't.


Generally speaking, yes. And maybe his uber-coolness is what makes watching him in Regarding Henry so uncomfortable, for me at least. It was like watching a cat walk on her hind legs for longer than a few seconds. Except this was two hours of that.

[JohnLocke2342]

I know Spidey isn't supposed to have muscles and be the jock of his class.. I'm not a jackass (at least, I hope not). I just don't like Tobey Mcguire. I felt like he brought an overly corny perspective to Spider-man that made me cheer for him to get his ass kicked. Just my opinion though. Would have appreciated someone else, that's all.

[LordSimen]

I know Spidey isn't supposed to have muscles and be the jock of his class.. I'm not a jackass (at least, I hope not). I just don't like Tobey Mcguire. I felt like he brought an overly corny perspective to Spider-man that made me cheer for him to get his ass kicked. Just my opinion though. Would have appreciated someone else, that's all.


Perhaps you don't know Spider-man as well as you think you do if you never noticed that Peter was always a corny guy. It's just the way Peter is, the corny romantic geek who can't get a break. That's why we love him so and root for him. He's such an underdog superhero.

[JohnLocke2342]

Perhaps you don't know Spider-man as well as you think you do if you never noticed that Peter was always a corny guy. It's just the way Peter is, the corny romantic geek who can't get a break. That's why we love him so and root for him. He's such an underdog superhero.

Trust me, I know Spidey.. I just wasn't a fan of Tobey Mcguire. I didn't like seeing him as Spidey. He wasn't horrible, I just would have rather seen someone else, and didn't enjoy his performance or buy it as much as I wanted to. That's all. I know some people who didn't like Bale as Bruce Wayne and hated his "batman voice". Shit happens, people have opinions.

[LordSimen]

Trust me, I know Spidey.. I just wasn't a fan of Tobey Mcguire. I didn't like seeing him as Spidey. He wasn't horrible, I just would have rather seen someone else, and didn't enjoy his performance or buy it as much as I wanted to. That's all. I know some people who didn't like Bale as Bruce Wayne and hated his "batman voice". Shit happens, people have opinions.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Tobey was the absolute end all be all choice for Peter Parker. I'm just saying that the corny element you spoke of- It was there in the source material. That's all.

[JohnLocke2342]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Tobey was the absolute end all be all choice for Peter Parker. I'm just saying that the corny element you spoke of- It was there in the source material. That's all.

yeah, true. I wonder who's gonna play the new Spidey in the fourth one if Mcguire doesn't wanna do it. I remember reading he wasn't too excited for spidey 3

[the clever guy]

you've obviously not seen true romance then

actually i have...and he still sucks.

[DodgersFan11]

Almost all of those are based on actors playing a real person from history. I think they should have done a little bit more work and found some miscastings on more original characters. I haven't read all the posts so I don't know if it's been said but...


SOFIA FUCKING COPPOLA IN GODFATHER 3!

[EvilHenchman]

I haven't read all the posts so I don't know if it's been said but...


SOFIA FUCKING COPPOLA IN GODFATHER 3!

I agree.

Still, I think Francis, realizing that his daughter was no Winona Ryder, did a pretty good job of not placing his daughter in too many scenes with any real heavy lifting in them.

Unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that she was as wooden on screen as Hayden Christensen in Attack of the Clones. Hey, there's another one for the list.

[wisdomsword]

I do agree with ORLANDO BLOOM in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN as being miscast.

[LordSimen]

I do agree with ORLANDO BLOOM in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN as being miscast.

Really? I'd say he was cast quite well in that movie. Normally I don't care for Bloom but I felt he actually put some charm into that character and managed to pull off the gruff tortured knight.

[wisdomsword]

Really? I'd say he was cast quite well in that movie. Normally I don't care for Bloom but I felt he actually put some charm into that character and managed to pull off the gruff tortured knight.

Something just wrong about him playing that role in that movie, I can't explain why, just doesn't feel right.
But on the other hand, his role in LOTR and the green soldier in Black Hawk Down was spot-on.

[Derek237]

Pretty funny article, I enjoyed it, and I do definitely agree with some of the entries...especially Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. My God, miscast of the century. I'm glad Vaughn stopped trying to make himself into a serious actor and just went for the laughs, which is what he does best.

And it's a pretty cool site too, I've never came upon it until now. I took a look at the review for Iron Man, and the blurb they have on the side is "Rivals Transformers in the geek-boner department"...You know, just for once, I'd like to see a DVD release or TV commercial include a blurb like that.

[snoopmish]

you've obviously not seen true romance then


Or "Heathers".


I agree with Kate Bosworth......she just is NOT Lois Lane. Same with Katie Holms in "Batman Begins". That little half smile that was constantly on her face during scenes when she was supposed to be serious bugged me to no end.

The Keanu hate was a bit much. As others have said, he has had films where he was PERFECTLY cast. Bill & Ted, Point Break, Speed and I can't see anyone else playing Neo.

[stevejm]

im annoyed about the vince vaughn choice.... just b/c we know him as a comedic actor now doesnt mean the casting choice didnt make sense. i had no idea who vaughn was at the time cept for his appearance in jurassic park 3 (or was that after the psycho remake?) the deciscion to remake psycho in the first place was a bad choice- that movie blew

[snoopmish]

im annoyed about the vince vaughn choice.... just b/c we know him as a comedic actor now doesnt mean the casting choice didnt make sense. i had no idea who vaughn was at the time cept for his appearance in jurassic park 3 (or was that after the psycho remake?) the deciscion to remake psycho in the first place was a bad choice- that movie blew


Jurassic Park 2 was before Psycho....Though Jurassic Park 3 was after psycho, but Vince Vaughn was not in it.;)