# Let's play Bad Casting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637 "2006-10-07T20:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/41 "2006-10-08T01:08:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in _Amadeus_ [/QUOTE] Bob Newhart. Ennis, in **Brokeback Mountain**. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/42 "2006-10-08T01:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in _Amadeus_ [/QUOTE] Brad Pitt. Zorro? (and good one **GorillaMan** , I had Sigourney Weaver in mind for Dorothy myself…) ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/43 "2006-10-08T01:13:04Z")
[QUOTE=Tierce] … Zorro? … [/QUOTE] Joe Pesci. Robert DeNiro, in _Taxi Driver._ ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/44 "2006-10-08T01:23:23Z")
[QUOTE=Laughing Lagomorph] Joe Pesci. Robert DeNiro, in _Taxi Driver._ [/QUOTE] Gilbert Gottfried Cleopatra ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/45 "2006-10-08T01:25:33Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Cleopatra [/QUOTE] Teri Garr. Jack, in _The Shining_. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/46 "2006-10-08T01:28:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tierce] Teri Garr. Jack, in _The Shining_. [/QUOTE] Chris Farley The Wicked Witch of the West ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/47 "2006-10-08T01:30:13Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] The Wicked Witch of the West [/QUOTE] Renee Zellwegger. Norma Desmond. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/48 "2006-10-08T01:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Renee Zellwegger. Norma Desmond. [/QUOTE] Whoopi Goldberg (“I’m ready for my m_ **f** _ close-up, Mr DeMille!” Father O’Malley in _Going My Way_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/49 "2006-10-08T01:45:32Z")
Michael Jackson. Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird._ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/50 "2006-10-08T01:53:42Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Michael Jackson. Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird._ [/QUOTE] Jim Carrey Al Capone in _Untouchables_ ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/51 "2006-10-08T01:57:13Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Al Capone in _Untouchables_ [/QUOTE] Keanu Reeves. _Patton_? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/52 "2006-10-08T01:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Jim Carrey Al Capone in _Untouchables_ [/QUOTE] Gene Levy The lead in Citizen Kane ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/53 "2006-10-08T02:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tierce] Keanu Reeves. _Patton_? [/QUOTE] Woody Allen ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/54 "2006-10-08T02:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Woody Allen I was thinking Woody for Jack in _The Shining_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/55 "2006-10-08T03:07:37Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Jim Carrey [/QUOTE] is the worst person to play in the remake of … anything. Including Jim Carey movies. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/56 "2006-10-08T12:01:27Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] The lead in Citizen Kane [/QUOTE] Gilbert Gottfried. Stanley Kowalski. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/57 "2006-10-08T12:14:05Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Stanley Kowalski. [/QUOTE] Jim Nabors: _Gooooooollyyyy, Steller…_ Gypsy Rose Lee ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/58 "2006-10-08T12:46:49Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Jim Nabors: _Gooooooollyyyy, Steller…_ Gypsy Rose Lee [/QUOTE] Camryn Mannheim Inigo Montoya ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/59 "2006-10-08T12:56:45Z")
[QUOTE=PerditaX] Camryn Mannheim Inigo Montoya [/QUOTE] Our own Inigo Montoya, of course. 😃 Count Dracula? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/60 "2006-10-08T14:41:44Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Count Dracula? [/QUOTE] Owen Wilson Zaphod Beeblebrox [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637.md?page=4)