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The most baffling film casting.
For me, without a doubt it has to be the film '10'.
When I heard about it I couldn't believe that the Dudley Moore that they were talking about as being the romantic lead in a big Holywood movie with none other than Bo Derek (who we'd never heard of but was extremely hot) was the same Dudley Moore that had been part of the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore duo.
And to top it all his co star would be Maria from 'The Sound of Music'.
Surely this movie would be a disaster?
But when I saw it, surprisingly, it all made sense. The producer had clearly seen something that I'd never noticed.
Do you have a movie that you'd written off due to the cast but were then pleasantly surprised by?
When I heard about it I couldn't believe that the Dudley Moore that they were talking about as being the romantic lead in a big Holywood movie with none other than Bo Derek (who we'd never heard of but was extremely hot) was the same Dudley Moore that had been part of the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore duo.
And to top it all his co star would be Maria from 'The Sound of Music'.
Surely this movie would be a disaster?
But when I saw it, surprisingly, it all made sense. The producer had clearly seen something that I'd never noticed.
Do you have a movie that you'd written off due to the cast but were then pleasantly surprised by?
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I was hugely sceptical when I heard Brad Pitt would be appearing in Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch' as an Irish traveller / bare-knuckle fighter, even though I was aware of Twelve Monkey and the like. In the end I didn't like the film much, but Pitt gave a performance that pretty much had me eating a pie of my earlier scepticism.
lets wait and see ,,,,,,,,
he wouldn't have been my first choice ,,,,,,, i would have given it to mark strong ,,,,,,, but hey who knows ? jesse may surprise us all.
same with batfleck ,,,, he's a great actor , but the thugs in batman need to feel intimidated , and as yet i haven't seen ben do anything where he's believably intimidating , ,, think about it , if he was shouting at you , youd just laugh lol ,,im sure he will nail bruce wayne , but batman ?,,, again who knows , he may surprise us ,,,,,
Whoops, i did know that, just made a mistake. *blush*
Mickey Rourke is a good actor but not that good where he could play a small Japanese man.
Same could be said about Anne Hathaway as Catwoman too. I thought that was an awful casting decision when I first heard about it, but it was actually one of my favourite performances in TDKR.
Why? Was Jim Carey busy?
Jason Molina as Conan
Sean Connery as a Spanish/Egyptian and Christopher Lambert as a Scotsman In Highlander
To think Marvin turned down the lead in The Wild Bunch for that! Mind you, William Holden was incredible in the role.
Sean Connery as a Russian in The Hunt for Red October, an Arab in The Wind and the Lion an Irishman in The Untouchables - all done with a Scottish accent
I've liked Jesse Eisenberg in everything I've seen him in so far, it will be interesting to see how he does as Luthor.
There's a great quiz on Sporcle, reactions to Ben Affleck being cast as Batman