El Presidente Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I have been enjoying reading Conn Iggulden series "Conqueror" about the life and times of Genghis Khan. It took me back to the movie of the same name rated as one of the best 100 worst films of all time. Not sure how John Wayne got the gig as Genghis Movie buffs....let us know your favourite miscasts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffer Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Quote Good one! Maybe not on that level, but Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone in Godfather Part III was atrocious. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2fly Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 George Clooney as Batman and Hayden Christiansen as Anikn Skywalker leap to mind.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseAMuffin Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Ashton Kutcher was a bad Steve Jobs. And, even though I'm a fan of him, I feel Steve Martin ruined everything I loved about Inspector Clouseau in his Pink Panther movies. Hard to top Peter Sellers in that role. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Back in the day actors / actresses were under contract and simply acted in whatever movie they were told. I don't know if this applies to the Duke and this movie or not. Fast forward to a more modern time - Brad Pitt as Achilles - didn't hate it, didn't love it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Colt45 said: Back in the day actors / actresses were under contract and simply acted in whatever movie they were told. I don't know if this applies to the Duke and this movie or not. Fast forward to a more modern time - Brad Pitt as Achilles - didn't hate it, didn't love it..... Colt. While he regretted it later, The Duke insisted on the role. Howard Hughes funded it. I understand it was the last movie HH funded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, El Presidente said: I understand it was the last movie HH funded. Probably moved on to airplanes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2fly Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, MooseAMuffin said: Hard to top Peter Sellers Second that! He was fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2fly Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 minute ago, Colt45 said: Probably moved on to airplanes Spruce Goose...what a Charlie Foxtrot that was. Speaking of Hughes, I found the DeCraprio movie about him entertaining...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseAMuffin Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Just now, luv2fly said: Second that! He was fantastic! Yeah he was! Sellers was so subtle, smooth and natural whereas Martin was really in your face and obnoxious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterShake72 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Robert De Niro as Frankenstein. Awful. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2fly Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Laughing my butt off thinking "Does your dog bite?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieninja Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher...5' actor playing a 6'5" 260# character of more than a dozen books. SMHThis. He could have played Plato, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 * How about Chuck Connors as "Geronimo"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT009 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Liz Taylor as Cleopatra...... Anyone read a history book, Cleopatra was Black! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 45 minutes ago, luv2fly said: "Does your dog bite?" That's not my dog..... In general, I think DiCaprio is actually a pretty good actor. I can't know what the thought process, or the process period was for casting movies back then.... I always kind of felt that West Side Story was somewhat of a breakthrough - Natalie Wood as Maria aside. I'm a big fan of "classic" movies... I usually can keep things in context of the time period(s), but still sometimes cringe....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnmlst Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Most recently - ScarJo in Ghost In The Shell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camachoman Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Duffer said: Good one! Maybe not on that level, but Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone in Godfather Part III was atrocious. Totally agree with this! And I'd like to add George Hamilton as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominattorney Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Please, gents (and the odd lovely lady), Ben Affleck as Batman goes down as the worst casting decision in my book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David88 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin was a pretty poor decision. Oddly enough I didn't actually mind Ben Affleck as Batman. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 2 hours ago, TNT009 said: Liz Taylor as Cleopatra...... Anyone read a history book, Cleopatra was Black! ** A rarely admitted to fact. Robert Ripley of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" who claimed that he could back up all his facts said that Cleopatra was fat and Black! That doesn't have to mean she was unattractive! Just thought I'd share that bit of a tid bit In jolly old England at the time William Shakespeare wrote his play about Anthony and Cleopatra, all Blacks that were in Europe, from no matter where, were called Moors. In his play Shakespeare referred to Cleopatra as a "tawny Moor" i.e., brown skinned Moor as opposed to jet Black like many were. I watched the movie with good ole' Liz because I liked Hume Cronyn, whom I'd written to a couple of times, and he always responded with his humorous replies and some pictures of himself for me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 19 minutes ago, David88 said: Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin was a pretty poor decision. Oddly enough I didn't actually mind Ben Affleck as Batman. * Me neither! I kind'a didn't follow Michael Keaton as Batman, too much. And Oh Dear Lord, WHAT a disappointment Danny DeVito turned out to be as the Penguin! Everybody eagerly anticipated him turning in his usual humorous and wickedly funny demeanor for that role...and instead, he was this de-appetizing, pitiful, totally unenjoyable character! What a waste of his talent. What was Tim Burton thinking? The only saving grace in my mind is that bit part DeVito had in the opening to Austin Powers' "Goldmember", playing Mini-Me! "HEY ASSHOLE! I'M MINI-ME!" with that cigar and great big grin on his face as he fired his machine gun...THAT'S what we were looking for as the Penguin in Tim Burton's Michael Keaton Batman sequel...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopolis Semper Fidelis Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 2 hours ago, TNT009 said: Liz Taylor as Cleopatra...... Anyone read a history book, Cleopatra was Black! Are you sure that Cleopatra was Black? She was of Macedonian Greek origin and the Ptolemaic dynasty did not inter-marry with the native Egyptians or any other race. Long live pedantry! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 The cast of the reboot of Monkey Magic. Only one member of the cast has Asian heritage (half Thai). "Dragonball Evolution", with a non-Asian Goku. Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh in, "Star Trek: Into Darkness". "The Last Airbender" I could go on with the number of times an Asian character is played by a non-Asian, especially in an Asian based story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebhead Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 (edited) Mr Yunioshi (mickey rooney) in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Could also argue that Audrey H was a miscast too. Edited April 28, 2017 by ebhead spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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