people mis-cast in films and tv series?
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Hi folks, any films or tv series, soaps, you love or feel annoyed at mis casting?
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OnexOne
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Totally agree and much as I hate to say this but anything with Ray Winstone (who was also portrayed as Henry) because he just plays himself.
I hate Americans who have to do an English accent or British people doing an American accent, it just doesnt wash with me.
Also people that over act, all that gurning and face pulling and *SHOCK*, ruins any film
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I'll start with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Henry VIII. An utterly baffling casting choice. Apparently the powers that be wanted to portray the young and athletic Henry, but the show itself portrayed him to old age and didn't bother ageing him in any accurate way at all. Not only that, but even in his youth, the real Henry VIII was a giant of a man in terms of height and build. The rest of the cast were pretty good, which really showed up Rhys-Meyer's weak performance.
Speaking of old Henry, Ray Winstone was another awful choice. He looked the part in the ITV miniseries about the Tudor king, but his acting ability ensured that we had a Henry VIII by way of Walford. I always remember laughing when he shouted at his first wife, "Kaff-rin", whilst the rest of the cast hammed it up in upper class RP.
I'll also add Joanne Whalley as Scarlett O'Hara in the miniseries 'Scarlett'. The character was always described vividly as a pale, dark haired woman whose trademark was her bright green eyes. Ms. Whalley, though she did her best with paltry material, simply looked and acted nothing like the bitchy, scheming character that Margaret Mitchell created and Vivien Leigh played to perfection. The whole series was a spectacular misfire (although the book on which it was based was a poor attempt to cash in on Gone With the Wind too).
More recently, I think the actress cast as Liz Birdsworth has been a disappointment in 'Wentworth'. Here the problem isn't that the actress is bad, but that the producers of this remake have changed the iconic character (which is their right, I guess) of Lizzie Birdsworth so much that she has nothing in common with the memorable old one. They should have named the character something else, I reckon. Such is the problem with remakes - characters and new actors can be overshadowed by famous originals.
Sure, the script is so bad that most actors would struggle to be convincing, but the casting is pretty dreadful.
Denzel Washington in the up and coming Equalizer movie. Great actor but he's no Robert McCall
Tom Cruise in Everything he's done!
Now, at first I completely agreed with you but as the series went on she got better imo!
Really looking forward to the new series!
His acting makes my skin crawl
Now I like Morgan Freeman as much as the next bloke but he is NOT Alex Cross.
Michael B Jordan - Johnny Storm
Kate Mara - Susan Storm
Miles Teller - Reed Richards
Jamie Bell - Ben Grimm
Honestly only Kate is anywhere close to what I call a good choice.
Everyone else is just awful awful awful
Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm
Also I wasn't keen on either Freddie Prinze Jr or his missus in Scooby Doo.
He was good in Space Jam
Rincewind was always Nigal Planer
Likewise Sean Astin as Twoflower, who was clearly Japanese..
I agree that Vivien Leigh played Scarlett to perfection, but given that the opening line of the book is "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful..." I think there's an argument to be made for Vivien Leigh being miscast.
I agree on all points, although it was always going to be tricky to get Darcy and Lizzy right (Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth will always have it for me)
Lydia was a total delight though, she made a somewhat disappointing production incredibly watchable.
That's true, but Mitchell seemed to contradict that a few times in the book IIRC.
Oh, and Al Giordino in 'Sahara'. In all the Dirk Pitt novels, Giordino is a swarthy little Italian who is built like a bull. For some reason, Steve Zahn was chosen to play him in the movie. He did give a fun performance in a rather awful movie, though.
But we'll see...
Agree! He is laughably bad in all his films