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Thread #37627   Message #525638
Posted By: Peg
11-Aug-01 - 10:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Worst MISCAST ever.
Subject: RE: BS: Worst MISCAST ever.
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