Seems to me we have here the cast for W.S. Anderson’s next epic.
As for miscasting, I always had a problem with Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit. He’s a good actor, but he can pass for ten years younger than he is. The real Red Pollard looked 50 at 25.
Do you think Madonna will end up learning anything at the end of the four-year period, or do you just want Madonna to be locked up somewhere – ANYWHERE – for four years?
How does a thread 3 months old come back like this? Was it linked to in a recent thread or did vanilla actually go that far back to read posts?
I thought Snape was a bit too old, but in terms of facial features and general demeanor, Alan Rickman was perfect. The whole movie was well cast, IMHO. Nobody seemed terribly out-of-line with what I imagined. I’ve only seen the first movie, so I can’t comment on Lupin or Sirius.
BTW, I don’t see why you thought Snape was jolly. I thought that Snape was every bit as stern as humorless as he should be.
Please, let us not forget Antonio Banderas as Armand. I mean, of course a 34 year old Spaniard with long black hair can easily portray a 17ish year old Russian with curly auburn hair and the face of a cherub. :smack:
Speaking of ol’ Antonio, who the hell cast him in The 13th Warrior? Could they not find someone a tad more Arabic to play Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad?
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I will second Val Kilmer as Batman.
Hint: If you want someone to play Bruce Wayne, don’t cast someone with an unusually distinct upper lip. The Bat-cowl has a way of drawing attention to that part of a man’s face.
And as Evil Kommandant Father Lankester Merrin in THE EXORCIST
and the Evil Kommnadant Crusader-Knight Chess Player against Death in THE SEVENTH SEAL.
The crowning moment in the tragic history of miscasting Keanu Reeves as anything other than a stoned-surfer dude has to be Bertolucci’s “Little Buddha” in which Keanu (dude!) plays … the Buddha! (Whohohoa, man!)
And as far as “Red Dragon” (the remake / “prequel”) - was I the only one who thought it odd that a movie that supposedly takes place BEFORE “Silence of the Lambs” shows us a Hannibal Lecter as played by Anthony Hopkins, twelve years AFTER “Lambs” ? (Ergo, Lecter is at least twelve years older in “Dragon,” than he was in “Lambs.”)
And Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast At Tiffany’s.” Un-p.c., and just plain not funny.
Wellllllll, Jimmy Fallon is attempting to put together a legitimate acting career. I don’t begrudge you your reaction to seeing him in “Band of Brothers”. However, I have to ask: did you see “Almost Famous”? He was the band manager, almost unrecognizable.
Kevin Spacey as Quoyle in The Shipping News. It’s integral to his character that he be a big fat ugly guy with a huge chin. Instead, he’s an inoffensive, average-looking kind of guy.
Nicholas Cage in any role outside of creepy weirdo, but especially as Cap’n Corelli in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. He’s ten to twenty years too old, kinda creepy and putting on the worst Italian accent I’ve ever heard.
Wow, Pitt was fantastic as the stuck up, superstar-ish Achilles. Not only that but he pulled off the fight scenes so well that he really sells the legendary warrior part of Achilles too, though he had help from some incredible choreography. He did an overall wonderful job in the movie. The only bad part was the infamous “Immortality, take it, it’s yours” line, which was dreadful, and there was nothing he could have done with it.
Note that I do see the pointlessness in replying to a 3 month old post, I choose to ignore it.
As for my own opinions of miscast stars, Tom Cruise as Lestat was a perfect example, I can’t beat that.
Harpo Marx as … Sir Isaac Newton. No, really.
Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Depp is often great in his roles, but he was just wrong for that one. And Benicio Del Toro as Dr. Gonzo was nearly as bad.
Johnny Depp was great in his role, as was benicio in Fear and Loathing
Johnny Depp is a great casting choice for ANY role; except one taht calls for a bad actor 
Ashton Kutcher - Butterfly Effect
Anyone from - Alien Vs. Predator
Antonio Banderas was insufficiently Arabic in The 13th Warrior? He was born in Málaga on Spain’s southern coast. As an Andalusian, he may well have Moorish and/or Arabic blood.
I’ll cast another vote for Johnny Depp in Fear & Loathing. I found him quite convincing–& HST seems to like him.
Since I haven’t said anything snide yet, please let me mention Julia Roberts in Michael Collins. No real attempt at an Irish accent–and her performance went downhill from there.
I thought it was a great performance when I hadn’t even read the book. After I read the book, I thought he did a perfect Hunter S Thompson.
I don’t think you can blame Star Wars on the actors. I hear they didn’t have much in the way of dialogue to work with.
Okay, you’ve got a good point there. But the heavy spanish accent didn’t help the role any.
File that one under “Irony.” Moore was Ian Fleming’s choice for Bond. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070328/trivia) He didn’t get it because of his “The Saint” contractual obligations. So, when Connery’s contract ran out, Moore was available. But alas, nearly ten years later than he ‘should’ have been.
So, if you look at it from Fleming’s side of the fence, Connery was the one miscast.