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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Justa Picker Date: 11 Aug 01 - 02:50 PM Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: GUEST,Scabby Doug on the cookie-eating computer Date: 11 Aug 01 - 02:37 PM John Wayne played Genghis Khan in a movie called (I think) "The Conqueror"..
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Peter T. Date: 11 Aug 01 - 02:25 PM There was a good Sean Connery movie -- The Hill (is that right, someone will correct me, I am sure) -- early on. He was pretty good in The Man Who Would Be King. I don't know, Michael Keaton was just so weird and miscast. He wasn't dark at all, just like he had wandered onto the set and found an oversize rubber suit to play in. Thought of another one. Gary Cooper in "Love in the Afternoon". Way too old. You could tell they had to prop him up for most of the film. All those early Hepburn films, they give her all these aged male stars, it is creepy, like child molesting. Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina. Weird. Hey, moving back to familiar toothaches, George Peppard in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" -- damn, wrong thread again, most cardboard actor thread here I come. yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 01 - 02:11 PM True Leej, but he was a local and he wasn't acting............ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Lonesome EJ Date: 11 Aug 01 - 02:07 PM Good point, Spaw. But the inbred shotgun-wielding mutant with the thing on his neck came in a close second. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 01 - 01:58 PM Well geez Leej, how hard was it to be a standout actor in "Easy Rider?" And Peter, I always thought that Michael Keaton was bu far the best at portaying the original :Dark Knight" attitude of the original Batman comics. Honest, how could he have been worse than George Clooney? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Lonesome EJ Date: 11 Aug 01 - 01:33 PM Sean Connery as the Russian Submarine Commander in Red October. As a matter of fact, has Connery ever had a role that actually tested him as an actor? Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, definitely. The only good job Kevin has done was as the punk gunslinger in Silverado. In Bull Durham and Dances with Wolves he was the beneficiary of very good scripts. Jack Nicholson was miscast in As Good as it Gets, but because Jack is Jack, everybody loved him in it anyway. His acting all came early on : he was great in Chinatown and actually was the standout actor in Easy Rider. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: SINSULL Date: 11 Aug 01 - 01:29 PM Natalie Wood as Maria in West Side Story???? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: GUEST,frankie Date: 11 Aug 01 - 01:08 PM This one's like shooting fish in a barrel but... Mel Gibson as Hamlet? Matt Damon as a card sharp in a pretty mediocre flick, "Rounders". And Tony Curtis as a Tartar(?) in "Taras Bulba" with his Brooklyn accent. I agree with your call on Malkovich in "DL" Peg, although I'm also a fan of his. frankie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Peter T. Date: 11 Aug 01 - 01:02 PM Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby". Killed the movie DOA. No one ever yearned for her eternally on the edge of a distant dock (Better than Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw, the original proposed duo, but...). Every Batman in the Batman movies, but Michael Keaton was the worst. On the other hand, Michelle Pfeiffer was extraordinary.
Coming up: Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". I hated the book, but even I can see complete disaster on its way. Cage, the elegant mandolin player (?), Penelope Cruz a Greek maiden? (the return of the 1950's: Spanish, Greek, Kiowa, who knows from Kiowa, we are talking ethnic here!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Don Firth Date: 11 Aug 01 - 12:53 PM Coulda been worse, Nick. They had originally planned to cast Genevieve Bujold as Captain Janeway, but Bujold decided at the last minute to beam out of there, so Kate Mulgrew got the role. But Genevieve Bujold!!??!?!?!?!!?? Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Justa Picker Date: 11 Aug 01 - 12:46 PM Sharon Stone (and Russell Crowe) in "The Quick & The Dead." Timothy Dalton as James Bond. Juliana Moore in "Boogie Nights."
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: ard mhacha Date: 11 Aug 01 - 12:09 PM Alan Hale as Irish Chieftain Owen Roe O`Neill in, Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex [1939] , it still earns a laugh in Ireland when it is repeated on TV. Slan Ard Mhacha. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Mad4Mud Date: 11 Aug 01 - 11:37 AM In the Highlander movies: Christopher Lambert (Frenchman)as a Scot and Sean Connery (Scotsman) as a Spaniard. Yeah, that made sense. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: GUEST,Nick Date: 11 Aug 01 - 10:58 AM Kate Mulgrew as a Star Fleet Officer. She should have been left to re-runs of 70's era cop shows like Mcloud or her "finest" moment as Mrs Colombo. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Peg Date: 11 Aug 01 - 10:44 AM Kevin Costner as Roin Hood; but since he was the executive producer, I guess I would call that more a case of "most self-indulgent and wrong-headed bit of casting" I thought Gary Oldman was very miscast in Dracula; though he was wonderful...a more, shall we say, attractive actor would have worked better... Juliette Binoche is getting a lot of roles lately that just don't show her abilities very well...is this the same as miscasting? or more a waste of talent? John Malkovich as Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons. Don't get me wrong, he is a marvellous actor, but the sight of him in those breeches with his bowlegged New York method actor walk was just plain hilarious...in a period piece an actor/actress MUST be able to move convincingly in the costumes...while we're at it, Mr. Malkovich's turn as a Russian con artist in "Rounders" was also a bit silly... I thought Daniel Day Lewis was an odd choice in The Unbearable Lightness of Being AND in the Crucible; but he is such a good actor he did make it work both times... peg
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: bill\sables Date: 11 Aug 01 - 10:05 AM Tony Blair as Prime Minister |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Little Hawk Date: 11 Aug 01 - 10:03 AM Barbra Streisand as an up and coming rock star in "A Star Is Born". Fiona Flanagan as the same in "Hearts of Fire". More or less of a dead heat, I'd say. - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: fat B****rd Date: 11 Aug 01 - 06:46 AM I once read that one of the studio money men thought it a great idea to cast Charles Bronson as the Al Pacino character in "The Godfather" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever. From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 01 - 01:52 AM Oh Celtic Soul....this one will go. Always popular. There are so many that it's a tough choice. You have started off well with the Duke....that was terrible. Let me throw in another biggie. Did anyone see "Teahouse of the August Moon?" It's a cute book and a very funny play by John Patrick about the occupation of Okinawa after WWII and the problems had by a Captain in trying to make a village conform to "American" planning and rules. The narrator is also a character that has a major part but also speaks to the audience. He's the Okinawan interpreter for the Captain and never quite gets it right....a very good role. The movie version cast Marlon Brando in the role of Sakini, the interpreter. Marlon Brando? As a small Japanese guy? Surprisingly, he does okay, but it's one of the worst miscasts of all time...........I mean it wasn't like there were no Japanese actors available. The movie also starred Glenn Ford as the Captain and in true Glenn Ford fashion, his performance was worse than awful which made Brando look somewhat better. This play used to be popular in community and HS/college productions and at least once that I know of, there was a far worse miscast than Brando. This actor was 6 foot tall and weighed about 215 at the time and even with make-up bore no resemblance to anyone oriental...............Me! Well, you know how it is when you go all out to get the best part and the drama teacher likes you and all.....................gawd, I was awful. Spaw |
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Subject: Worst MISCAST ever. From: Celtic Soul Date: 11 Aug 01 - 12:43 AM John Wayne as "Genghis Kahn". Oh *my*, but that was amusing! |