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Good Actors in Horribly Miscast Roles
Self | December 1, 2012 | PJ-Comix

Posted on 12/01/2012 6:09:35 AM PST by PJ-Comix

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To: from occupied ga

Jack Palance as Fidel Castro...oh, and Omar Sharif as Che Guevarra in the same movie wasn’t so great either.


21 posted on 12/01/2012 6:53:47 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)
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To: PowderMonkey
"On my face, there is the mole; between my teeth, there is the gap."

Masterful.

23 posted on 12/01/2012 6:54:19 AM PST by Oratam
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To: PJ-Comix

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.


24 posted on 12/01/2012 6:54:39 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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To: from occupied ga

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?


25 posted on 12/01/2012 6:54:43 AM PST by surrey
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To: I cannot think of a name
Are you saying that there is hope for Jane Fonda in the upcoming White House "Upstairs/Downstairs "The Butler" as Nancy Reagan?
26 posted on 12/01/2012 6:55:02 AM PST by SES1066 (Government is NOT the reason for my existence but it is the road to our ruin!)
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To: PJ-Comix
Eddie Murphy as a cop, did'nt work for me. He was good as a con though.(see 48hrs.)

Robin williams as a robot was absurd too.(Bicentennial Man)
27 posted on 12/01/2012 6:55:25 AM PST by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something or fall for anything.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Yes, Redford’s fantastically photogenic blonde hair got him through the Gatsby role, and more than a few others.


28 posted on 12/01/2012 6:57:47 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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To: PJ-Comix

Karl Malden as Herb Brooks in “Miracle on Ice”.

Not. Even. Close.


29 posted on 12/01/2012 6:59:12 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: PJ-Comix
Tom Hanks and the entire cast of Bonfire of the Vanities. What a waste of an excellent book.
30 posted on 12/01/2012 7:02:23 AM PST by Oratam
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To: PJ-Comix

Mel Gibson in The Man without a Face. Gibson’s whole shtick was his looks back then and it made no sense to me.


31 posted on 12/01/2012 7:02:46 AM PST by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something or fall for anything.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Kevin Costner, Robin Hood.


32 posted on 12/01/2012 7:03:56 AM PST by guyfromjrz (fresh breath, it speaks for itself.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Ben Johnson as Melvin Purvis in the 70’s version of Dillinger.


33 posted on 12/01/2012 7:04:44 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: PJ-Comix

Sam Waterson as an Indian in 1979 Eagle’s Wings


34 posted on 12/01/2012 7:05:44 AM PST by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something or fall for anything.)
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To: PJ-Comix

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.”


35 posted on 12/01/2012 7:07:04 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: PJ-Comix

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?


36 posted on 12/01/2012 7:08:05 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: jsanders2001

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.


37 posted on 12/01/2012 7:11:30 AM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: John 3_19-21

Tony Curtis as a Bronx Viking in “The Vikings.”


38 posted on 12/01/2012 7:11:55 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)
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To: Thorliveshere
"..he was miscast in “Valkyrie.”

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.

39 posted on 12/01/2012 7:13:23 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Thorliveshere
Not that I think Cruise fits the good actor crterium for this thread, he was especially bad in Jerry McGuire.

Basically a chick flick where Cruise's charicter uses his desire for the life his client played by Cuba Gooding Jr has, as the only reason for wanting to have a life with Renee Zellweger's charicter.
40 posted on 12/01/2012 7:14:23 AM PST by John 3_19-21 (Stand for something or fall for anything.)
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