Worst Casting Ever?

[SammyAftershave]

Suspension of Disbelief aside and all that....

 

I'd personally nominate Leonardo Di Caprio in 'Gangs of New York'. Did anyone, I mean anyone, for one moment think his baby-faced ,limp-wristed character could beat 'Bill the Butcher' in a street fight?

 

On a similar note, it has also been a cause of consternation for me for some time that Nick Nolte (at the time) would kick the bollix out of Robert de Niro's 'Max Cady' all day long in the remake of 'Cape Fear'.

 

What the fuck do these casting people get paid for?

 

Maybe this thread is incorrectly titled?

[Paulie Dangerously]

double post

[Paulie Dangerously]

Fisher Stevens

 

 

as Ben Jabituya

 

[JohnnyH]

Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

 

Thread closed, please go home.

[Trumo]

Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone. Ah, the drawbacks of nepotism.

[toneloc]

Nicholas Cage in anything

[Ian Sea]

Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon.

[Section_31]

Adrien Brody in Predators, action hero fail.

 

Maybe cast Tony Todd in a rom-com while you're at it.

[Bear77]

Roy Hodgson as Liverpool manager.

[ChrisM]

This little prick -

 

[torahboy]

Ricky Tomlinson as a doctor in 'Boys From The Blackstuff'. A more unhygienic quack it would be hard to imagine, even if you conjured up an image of the rough butchers that were active on the fields of Waterloo.

 

Sarah Jessica Parker playing a 'sexy, sassy' woman - in anything.

[Whelan]

Sarah Jessica Parker as an attractive, picky lady!

 

That chin does not allow you to be picky love!

[Bobby Hundreds]

The tv series Sherlock the fella who plays moriarty, completely fucked the whole series for me as moriarty looked like he walked off the cast of grange hill.

[Chocoholic]

Johnathan Rhys Meyers as King somethingorother in The Tudors. I was channel hopping last night and saw some poor wench being burnt at a stake, complete with a gunpowder necklace for a little bit of Hollywood in 1500s England. Anyway, before I realised what it was, said king was speaking to his government, and his accent was so undeniably and unmistakenly Irish, that I was expecting him to end the odd sentence with the odd 'to be sure, to be sure' or an ould 'begorrah'

 

It was so bad it was good. It was hilarious and cringeworthy in equal measure. I can only expect the casting director... Ahh, a thought has occurred to me. Maybe it was the casting director they were burning at the stake in the middle of the town.

 

It's unbelievable to think that no English actor, with a suitable English accent could not have been cast and played the part better, than an absolute poncy git like Rhys Meyers who got the part because he happened to be some sort of flavour-of-the-month when it was in development, and damn the consequences.

[The Dude Abides]

Arnold as Mr. Freeze.

 

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At least it's bad in a hilarious way though.

 

On a more serious note though. Matthew Broderick in Glory. An inspirational leader of men? No.

Edited September 8, 2011 by The Dude Abides

[Section_31]

Sarah Jessica Parker as an attractive, picky lady!

 

That chin does not allow you to be picky love!

 

That was actually inspired. If the women in Sex and the City were fit, women wouldn't have watched it.

[VladimirIlyich]

That was actually inspired. If the women in Sex and the City were fit, women wouldn't have watched it.

 

I thought the dark haired one was decent.

The one on the far right here.

 

[Faustus]

 

Who thought it would be a good idea for those two blerts to play the Krays?

 

Edit- had a 'mare with the picture, but the Kemps playing the Krays? What the fuck was the casting director smoking?

[Rapey Hugh]

Daniel Craig as bond

 

Clive Owen was the only choice for me

[Section_31]

Daniel Craig as bond

 

Clive Owen was the only choice for me

 

Couldn't disagree more, I think Craig is superb in Casino Royal, and Clive Owen has all the on-screen charisma of Maxine in Coronation Street approximately five minutes after Richard Hillman hit her on the head with a hammer.

[emryscb]

kevin Costner as Robin Hood

 

John Wayne as Genghis Khan - although it was so bad it was brilliant ;p

[md1892]

Nicholas Cage in anything

 

Agreed, can't act just fucking mumbles his way through everything like an American stroke victim

 

Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon.

 

Quite liked the books, saw him cast and new disappointment was imminent

 

That was actually inspired. If the women in Sex and the City were fit, women wouldn't have watched it.

 

Makes the think of the Family Guy quote "So its a show about 3 hookers and their mom"

[torahboy]

Agreed, can't act just fucking mumbles his way through everything like an American stroke victim

 

 

 

Quite liked the books, saw him cast and new disappointment was imminent

 

 

Makes the think of the Family Guy quote "So its a show about 3 hookers and their mom"

 

 

 

Or when Peter Griffin declares that "Sarah Jessica Parker has a face like a foot".