Best and worst casting in a movie?

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    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    Any examples of where you think the perfect person was picked for a role? And any where they got completely the wrong person. Not necessarily a bad actor but just wrong for that job.

    Perfect: heath ledger as the joker
    Worst: Vince Vaughan in the psycho remake
     
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    In the books Jack Reacher is described as 6' 5" tall, 250lbs of solid muscle, with cropped blonde hair.

    Naturally you're now picturing Tom Cruise, who played him in the movie.


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    I've never got my head around Daniel Craig playing Bond.
     
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    Hayden Christensen in Star Wars, just awful.

    Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in Amercian Psycho - the film had a tough job of following the book, and didn't really do it justice, but Bale was superb in the role.
     
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    Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchanied. Incredible performance.

    Worst for me is both actors to have played Peter Parker/Spiderman.
     
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    Not a film but I've always found Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire completely baffling.


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    I think Dead Mans Shoes is one of the best films I've ever seen and I can't imagine anyone else playing Paddy Considine's character. Does that count?

    I think Kevin Costner is ******* dreadful in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, as was a usually fantastic actor in Russell Crowe in the last Robin Hood film. One day they'll make a proper fist of that brilliant tale, with northern, english actors.
     
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    Heath Ledger is the one everyone says, as he was absolutely class in that film. I also like the character of Robert De Niro in Heat.
     
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    Brad Pitt in Snatch
     
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    Charlize Theron in Monster was pretty ******* special.
     
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    Good call.

    But, I could say Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, Brad Pitt in Fight Club. He's an extraordinarily good actor.
     
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    I think that's cheating a little bit as the part was written specifically for him, but I agree it was a great performance.

    The casting in Goodfellas was superb across the board. Bad casting? Sofia Coppola in Godfather Pt 3
     
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    Who would you go for as robin hood? The natural one is Sean Bean I guess but I'm thinking Orlando Bloom could pull it off or Ewan McGregor
     
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    Tom cruise did a good job as jack reacher but you're right, he didn't fit the books at all
     
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    Richard Gere in The Jackal. One of the worst performances of all time.
     
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    Roger Moore were a poor Bond for me Ponty.
     
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    Paddy Considine, funnily enough. I'd like it to be a proper retelling, same kind of angle as the last one, rather than the full on Hollywood ******** of 'Thieves'. Considine would be perfect for it.

    Can't see another Robin Hood film being done though.

    The best Robin Hood film was this.


    [video=youtube;bLF8VUZDj0o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLF8VUZDj0o[/video]


    Although, Men in Tights was funny when I was 12 or summat.
     
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    Error Flynn.

    Sean Bean is a shocking actor - more wooden than the sailor in Family Guy.
     
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    Arrrrrrrrrrr.

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    We're men, we're men in tights. We roam around the forest looking for fights.
    John could play the lead role in that

    I just had to Google paddy considine but its a good shout
     
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