# Name the most horribly mis-cast actors(or actresses) here! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530 "2001-06-04T15:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/81 "2001-06-08T13:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Danimal \* > \*\*I thought she meant that Freeman was miscast and that Washington should have been cast in those roles instead. \*\* Whoops, sorry. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![dlb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@dlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlb)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/82 "2001-06-08T14:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > Then… to cast Peel, I would have used someone with a smart ingenue quality… say, someone with the look of Parkey Posey with a British accent. No, no, no, NO!!! Send Andrea Parker to a coach to get the accent. She can move like a cat and handle a gun without thinking it’s going to bite her. Think about that body in leather. But not too long… ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/83 "2001-06-09T06:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > (snip) at least from the TV show, I would think that Steed has a good twenty years of Peel. > \*\* I’d give almost anything to have twenty minutes of Peel! But then again, had you used the word “on,” it would still sound provacative. OP: I agree that Fiennes was too young, but can’t think of a suitable alternative. Sir ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/84 "2001-06-09T06:57:37Z")
Keiko ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/85 "2001-06-09T10:01:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Alessan \* > > \*\*OK, this is probably suicide… > > > > Christopher Lambert in the **Highlander** films. _All_ the **Highlander** films. > > > > Don’t hurt me! Please! \*\* > > Actually, I agree. A European playing a Scotsman? A scotsman playing a Spaniard? There can be only one, or maybe lots? > > My head hurts. \*\* I believe Ramirez tells MacLeod at one point that he was actually Egyptian, not Spanish, which is even weirder. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/86 "2001-06-09T13:03:16Z")
What about Lucille Ball as Auntie Mame? ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/87 "2001-09-08T23:56:44Z")
Daryl Hannah certainly didn’t have the brainpower to portray an astronomer in _Roxanne_…actually, she didn’t have the brainpower to play the cro-magnon woman in _Clan of the Cave Bear_. Oh yeah, and while I’m at it–Michelle Pfeiffer as a former marine in whatever that movie was. ---
**Author:** ![LinoleumInnocence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LinoleumInnocence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinoleumInnocence)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/88 "2001-09-09T00:52:31Z")
I too agree with Denise Richards. My miscasts? Nicholas Cage as Superman. Thank God _that_ didn’t happen. Kevin Costner in _anything_ except Field of Dreams. Jessica Alba in Dark Angel. I have only seen the first few eps. But already I can see she is from the pout and pose school of acting. A log would give her a run for her money. Jar Jar and whoever the kid was who played Anakin in The Phantom Menace. But lets face it, that movie sucked in anyones lexicon. Nicole Kidman in anything but especially the one with George Clooney where a nuclear weapon is stolen. George Clooney as Batman. And I agree with Arnie as Mr Freeze as well. That role _belonged_ to Patrick Stewart. Antonio Banderas in anything. Tom Cruise as Lestat. With the exception of The Hunt for Red October, the screenplay writers for all the Tom Clancy novels seriously sucked. I can accept that the other Highlander films sucked. But the original? :nono: **Alessan**. You watch that smilie won’t be here. Can we get a few more smilies? All my faves aren’t here: [http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/devil.gif](http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/devil.gif) [http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/LOL.gif](http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/LOL.gif) [http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/nono.gif](http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/nono.gif) [http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/wave.gif](http://bbs2.fanforum.com/images/smilies/wave.gif) Li ---
**Author:** ![cybersnark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@cybersnark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cybersnark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/89 "2001-09-09T02:05:30Z")
Michael Keaton as Batman - he’ll always be Mr. Mom to me. ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/90 "2001-09-09T04:23:27Z")
Winona Ryder or Richard Gere in Autumn in New York. I’m not sure which one was miscast, but the two of them together just did not click. I wasn’t convinced that they were in love. And :o I cry pretty easily over sappy movies, but at the end of this one I was just wondering why everyone was so sad. I think it was the chemistry between the characters (or lack thereof) but I just couldn’t get into it. I think that strayed just a bit off-topic. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![whatisnaughty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc79bd/32.png) [@whatisnaughty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatisnaughty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/91 "2001-09-10T16:23:22Z")
My input on The Stand casting… I actually saw the movie before I read the book (which I read about five times after i saw the movie), so maybe my opinion isn’t quite as objective, but I thought the characters matched perfectly. Especially the big blonde guy (what’s his name?) as Tom (? correct me if I’m wrong, been a while since the last reading)… M-O-O-N, that spells… Not a big fan of Molly Ringwald, either, but reading the book, I couldn’t place anyone else who would have fit in that role. And Laura San Giacomo (sic) was quite shocking to me as Nadine, since all I could remember her from was Pretty Woman. And for as evil as Flagg (jamie sheridan) was, damn, he was hot. And then there’s Rob Lowe… _sigh_ he didn’t even need to speak. 🙂 I actually made that book a part of my future fantasies, oh wait… that’s a bit too much information… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/92 "2001-09-10T16:41:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cybersnark \* > \*\*Michael Keaton as Batman - he’ll always be Mr. Mom to me. \*\* I have to disagree with this. I thought Keaton made the best Batman. He was the only one that really understood the duality of the Batman versus Bruce Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/93 "2001-09-10T18:18:41Z")
Easy: Bill Pullman as the U.S. President in “Independence Day”. Granted, it was a stupid movie either way, but he was clearly the most unbelievable character ever. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/94 "2001-09-10T20:16:37Z")
\<\\> Although, a great line - “My head is broken!” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/95 "2001-09-10T20:48:40Z")
Regarding The Stand: I had read the book many times before I saw the miniseries. I thought the casting was awful. My thoughts: Fran: Should have been Waspier. A younger Helen Hunt type would have been perfect. Molly Ringworm was a travesty in that role. Stu Redman: In the end, Gary Sinise was creditable, but he was still miscast. His character was supposed to be a real Texas boy–and definitely should have been taller. The role should have gone to a Billy Bob Thornton type. Randall Flagg: The guy who played him was too heavy. (Not that he was fat or anything, but Randall Flagg should be real thin.) Should have been played by either a Clint Eastwood type. Besides, Randall Flagg would never have a mullet. Nick: Rob Lowe was stunt-casting, plain and simple. Pathetic. Speaking of bad Stephen King miniseries, who on earth cast The Langoliers? Did you ever see such a bunch of washed-up 80’s era TV stars? Geesh! (Though in fairness, the Langoliers themselves were very well-done.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/96 "2001-09-11T02:23:27Z")
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben in _The Running Man_. Uh, wasn’t he supposed to be a skinny, sickly, poverty-stricken guy at the end of his rope? Arnold Schwarzenegger in _Total Recall._ Wasn’t Dick’s character a bored blue-collar worker looking for escapism within his budget? (Although the movie didn’t really resemble _We Can Remember It For You Wholesale_ in any other way, when you get down to it. Kyle MacLachlan in _Dune_, and Malcolm McDowell & company in _A Clockwork Orange_. These guys are supposed to be in their early teens? ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/97 "2001-09-11T22:50:30Z")
Dragon Phoenix, hate to do this to you, but you’re referring to Kyle McGlachlin. And I’m not convinced he was miscast so much as the entire movie was badly made. It was a travesty of the book and could have been so much better. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/98 "2001-09-12T01:34:24Z")
I just thought of two more: Humphrey Bogart (with his New York accent) as a Mexican bandit in the Errol Flynn western **San Antonio**. James Stewart as a sneaky murderer and brother of Jeannette MacDonald in **Rosemarie**. Wasn’t he also one in one of the **Thin Man** films? (murderer not brother of Jeannette MacDonald?) ---
**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:** [September 12, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/99 "2001-09-12T02:09:48Z")
Someone mentioned Meryl Streep above, in “The Washed-Out Bridges of Madison County”, which reminded me of: Robert Redford attempting to play a Brit in “Out of Africa”. I mean, not only did he not even bother attempting the accent, but was there ever an English-speaking actor who looked less British? Hell, why not have Clint Eastwood in that role, too! Someone else didn’t like Kevin Costner in anything but Field of Dreams, but I thought he brought a good measure of wide-eyed (and unrealistic) idealism to his character in Dances with Wolves. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/100 "2001-09-12T04:26:03Z")
Worst mis-casting ever… Keanu Reeves in… any movie he ever appears in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530.md?page=6)