# Name the most horribly mis-cast actors(or actresses) here!

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How about Chevy Chase as Irwin Maurice Fletcher? I liked _Fletch_ a lot, but after reading the book (which I bought right after, and I mean right after seeing the movie), I can’t imagine Chevy as a blond, Vietnam war vet, a male nymphomaniac, or have women throw themselves at him. On the other hand, after the dog in _Vacation_, I suppose he could throw a cat out the window.

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**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-most-horribly-mis-cast-actors-or-actresses-here/67530/102 "2001-09-12T17:48:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Green Bean \*  
> \*\*Fran: Should have been Waspier. A younger Helen Hunt type would have been perfect. Molly Ringworm was a travesty in that role. \*\*

I actually thought that a younger [Judith Hoag](http://industrycentral.net/content/actors/images/j_hoag9.jpg) would be a good Fran.

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> 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.\*\*

I have to secind Stephen King’s recommendation: [Robert Duvall](http://my.netian.com/~hatcreek/)

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