WORST MOVIE CASTINGS

Apologies for going off topic, but with the mention of the Wachowski brothers, I thought I'd post this. Sense8 is a new series created by them and JM Straczynski, with a cast including a lot of non-white actors. This is pretty much all I know about it, but it certainly looks like it could be interesting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
 
Kenneth McMillan as Baron Harkonnen in the 1984 Dune movie (Elmer Fudd with a complexion problem) and Ian McNeice in the same role in the SyFy miniseries (much better as hapless Bert Large in Doc Martin). I always thought a big guy with a big voice would be best, such as John Rhys-Davies or William Conrad. Shoot, Orson Welles would have been perfect, but he was too old by the time the first Dune was filmed.
 
I'm currently deep into Patrick O'Brian's 'Aubrey/Maturin' books (just finished The Thirteen Gun Salute) and decided to re-watch Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World. As much as I enjoyed it, Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany are not at all how I imagine Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and it's now really annoying me that I can't get Crowe's dodgy English accent out of my head when I'm reading the books :confused:

But the worst, for me, has to be Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. He's about half Reacher's height, for a start . . .
 
clovis-man said:
Kenneth McMillan as Baron Harkonnen in the 1984 Dune movie (Elmer Fudd with a complexion problem) and Ian McNeice in the same role in the SyFy miniseries (much better as hapless Bert Large in Doc Martin). I always thought a big guy with a big voice would be best, such as John Rhys-Davies or William Conrad. Shoot, Orson Welles would have been perfect, but he was too old by the time the first Dune was filmed.
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Kenneth McMillian was a very good actor but , just wasn't right for the part Harkonnen.
 
Venusian Broon said:
Legolas, no I mean Orlando Bloom, in Kingdom of the Rings, or was it Lord of Heaven ??? Especially the bit when Saladin is laying siege to Minas Tirith, and Orlando turns up with the pirates of the Caribbean, but he can't save the city so he has to sail the seven seas as the captain of the Flying Dutchman

I mean that film is memorable but Orlando's performance seems all over the place.
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Now i REALLY want to see this movie made..
(You forgot the musketeer thing, and elizabethtown...the farce..)

Oh yeah, Elizabeth town.. Just for the fake accent that made me want to call up the kraken to haul Orly back to the Dutchman.
Couldn't they have had him go to Harvard or the mother be British to explain him using his own accent? He sounded like an record being played two speeds slower on the turntable. (Or maybe the premise of Orlando attending Harvard University would make it another fantasy film.)
I would have cast brad paisley as the cousin in that thing too, cause he and Orlando could use each other for shaving mirrors.

I thought Helen Mirren was good in RED.. But she has that lethal bunny thing going most times. You get the feeling that she would slap you if you step an inch out of line for all the polite veneer.
Judy Dench would have been stellar in it too. It was a really juicy role. I think if they could have gotten Diana Riggs to do it, that would have been spot on.

Westley Snipes in Demolition Man.
 
I think there's actually a new global law stating that Cumberbatch has to be in all the things ever.
 
Idoru said:
I think there's actually a new global law stating that Cumberbatch has to be in all the things ever.
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I certainly wouldn't mind that, better than seeing Tom Hanks in everything. :)

Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes
Daniel Craig as 007.
Tom Hanks as professor something in The Da Vinci Code
Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County (He is great as a tough cop but not as a romantic soul)
Samuel Jackson in The Red Violin (he is a great actor but out of the place in there)
 
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BAYLOR said:
Kevin Costner is a very good actor and director but I think he was definitely not the right choice for the role of Robin Hood.
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Not sure anyone was really right. How about Erroll Flynn? Or Richard Greene? Or best yet: Sean Connery! ;)

Actually, maybe Richard Todd. I remember thinking the sound of the arrows flying through the air in his portrayal were way cool.
 
The Babe Ruth Story with William Bendix in the lead role. Not an ideal choice.
 
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