# (Mis)Casting **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 17, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906 "2019-10-17T14:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/381 "2019-11-27T14:01:01Z")
Adam Sandler Esther Hoffman Howard (Streisand’s A Star Is Born)? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/382 "2019-11-27T17:40:03Z")
Lucy Lawless Clark Griswold? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/383 "2019-11-27T18:43:48Z")
Jean Claude VanDamme Willy Wonka? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/384 "2019-11-28T00:50:48Z")
Danny Trejo Machete? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/385 "2019-12-02T13:44:34Z")
Fred Rogers Julius Caesar? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/386 "2019-12-02T14:24:08Z")
Mel Brooks Santa Claus? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/387 "2019-12-02T14:56:49Z")
Ben Stein The Waco Kid? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/388 "2019-12-02T17:22:54Z")
Christopher Reeve Moses? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/389 "2019-12-02T18:11:39Z")
Gilbert Gottfried Inspector Clouseau ? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/390 "2019-12-02T18:53:09Z")
Can you really think of a worse miscasting than Steve Martin? Thurston Howell III? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/391 "2019-12-02T19:59:34Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Can you really think of a worse miscasting than Steve Martin? How about Charlie Sheen? > [@atimnie](#): > > Thurston Howell III? I think Charlie Sheen could do pretty poorly here too. Oliver Wendell Douglas? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/392 "2019-12-05T06:34:44Z")
Jim Rash Mercutio? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/393 "2019-12-06T12:31:14Z")
Jim Belushi The Terminator? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/394 "2019-12-06T13:29:33Z")
Tony Shalhoub Detective Adrian Monk? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/395 "2019-12-09T16:41:45Z")
Victor Mature Ernst Stavro Blofeld? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/396 "2019-12-10T08:18:29Z")
Paul Reubens (I would watch that though) God? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/397 "2019-12-10T08:51:28Z")
Marilyn Monroe Moses? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/398 "2019-12-10T13:23:08Z")
Dan Akroyd The Man With No Name? (aka Clint Eastwood) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/399 "2019-12-10T13:24:29Z")
Chow Yun Fat Homer Simpson? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/841906/400 "2019-12-10T15:18:29Z")
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