# Mind Blowing Bad Casting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-blowing-bad-casting/402663>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-blowing-bad-casting/402663 "2007-05-03T20:46:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-blowing-bad-casting/402663/161 "2007-05-07T23:33:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Charger]  
Not a movie, but a series. I got really annoyed at _Smallville_ when Jimmy Olson first strolled into view and I thought it was a re-used actor. Turns out, they cast the _identical twin brother_ of a recurring character from earlier seasons. For a few minutes at least, much of the _Smallville_ viewers were thinking, “Oh, so Jimmy Olson was the kid who had the ability to steal Clark’s powers!”/QUOTE]

Holy crap. Ignorance was given a beat down here. I had NO IDEA that there was a Shawn and Aaron Ashmore. I just assumed it was the same guy from the X-Men movies. Wow.

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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-blowing-bad-casting/402663/162 "2007-05-08T00:00:02Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
What I can’t believe is that no one yet mentioned George Clooney as Batman.  
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I’m going to disagree here. The problem wasn’t Clooney, it was a terrible script and worse direction. I’m not saying Clooney would have been fantastic in a better Batman movie, but I don’t think he would have been embarrassing. I think he could play the playboy side of Bruce Wayne quite well, and he’d do OK in the cape and cowl. He might have some trouble with the darker aspects of Bruce Wayne, but I think he could turn in a servicable performance under better circumstances.

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