Posted on 12/01/2012 6:09:35 AM PST by PJ-Comix
Jack Palance as Fidel Castro...oh, and Omar Sharif as Che Guevarra in the same movie wasn’t so great either.
Masterful.
I would have said Yul Brynner as Jason Compson in the Hollywood version of Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, where
Brynner didn’t even try to capture a Southern accent, and wore a reddish wig-—but Brynner is so good the whole thing actually worked.
My husband is a huge fan of Lee Child’s novels and was horrified when he read that Cruise would play Reacher. How desperate are they to try and make Cruise look macho?
Yes, Redford’s fantastically photogenic blonde hair got him through the Gatsby role, and more than a few others.
Karl Malden as Herb Brooks in “Miracle on Ice”.
Not. Even. Close.
Mel Gibson in The Man without a Face. Gibson’s whole shtick was his looks back then and it made no sense to me.
Kevin Costner, Robin Hood.
Ben Johnson as Melvin Purvis in the 70’s version of Dillinger.
Sam Waterson as an Indian in 1979 Eagle’s Wings
No matter what you think of Tom Cruise, the guy does get a lot of movie roles, and I think there are times where can act, but he was miscast in “Valkyrie.”
Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina
Grace Kelly in High Noon
Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity
Spencer Tracy in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” Actually, he wasn’t miscast. It was justy a bad script. The only way to save that would have been to have Jackie Gleason play the lead and make it unintentionally funny.
BTW, I think Heston was great in a “Touch of Evil”. I have known Mexicans and South Americans who have a similar build and demeanor. Who should have played the part, Duncan Renaldo?
That Wayne Brady sketch was brilliant; I was rolling when I first saw it years ago.
Cuba Gooding has been miscast, certainly, which is a shame, as he’s a good actor. But the one film where the casting was perfect was “The Last King of Scotland”, with Forrest Whitaker as Idi Amin, IMHO. Richly deserved Oscar for Best Actor.
Totally agree with a bad-casting call regarding “The Conqueror” and Olivier in “Khartoum”. One casting call that surprised me was Heath Ledger as the Joker in “The Dark Knight”. My first thought was, “C’mon....the dude from Brokeback Mountain” and “A Knight’s Tale”? You’ve gotta be kidding.” But he took the ‘Clown Prince of Crime’ and totally owned the character, making it one of the best comic-book villain interpretations I’ve ever seen. Too bad he passed so young.
“White people love Wayne Brady because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcom X”. One of the funniest quotes ever.
Tony Curtis as a Bronx Viking in “The Vikings.”
There was one pretty decent reason why Cruise was cast as Von Stauffenberg...
Aside from that, I understand the Cruise really wanted the role, and he apparently still has enough horsepower in Hollywood to get most of what he wants.
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