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From John Wayne as Genghis Khan to the entire cast of "The Last Airbender," Hollywood has made some truly baffling casting decisions. Join us as we count down our picks for the most head-scratching casting choices that turned out disastrous! These aren't necessarily bad actors - just talented people who were completely wrong for the part.
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00:00Uh, what about the accents?
00:01Is it... is it too much?
00:02Too much? It's perfect!
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most head-scratching casting decisions that turned out for the worst.
00:12Can this be true? I don't believe what I see.
00:16Keep in mind, we're not saying these are bad actors, just that they were bad for the part.
00:21Number 30, Megan Fox as April O'Neil, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
00:25They don't look like turtles, because they are turtles.
00:28Resourceful, witty, red-headed.
00:31These are just a few of the traits of everyone's favorite turtle-loving reporter, April O'Neil.
00:36And also, most of the things Megan Fox's interpretation of the character lacks.
00:41You had a lot to gain from telling people about us, but you had our backs.
00:46Yeah, that's what family's for, Ralph.
00:48While the script bears part of the blame, you can't help but feel like Fox is way out of her depth.
00:52Sure, she's got tons of experience acting opposite CGI doubles, but none of it shines through in her performance.
00:58Whoa, chill. It's just a mask. See? Don't freak out. Right?
01:08Instead, it just looks like Megan Fox acting like Megan Fox.
01:12For any other character, she may have gotten away with it.
01:14But fans expect more from April O'Neil.
01:17I know that, but there is a new angle on this, and I am this close to getting it.
01:21I just need a couple more.
01:24Let's just stick to what we're good at.
01:26Number 29. Russell Crowe as Javert.
01:29Les Misérables.
01:30Please know me as Javert.
01:32I'm here at your command.
01:35We've honored you to each, and justice in our hand.
01:38In what should have been obvious, this 2012 adaptation of the iconic musical is just that.
01:44A musical.
01:45We'll say it again.
01:46Musical.
01:48As in singing.
01:49Could not be more.
01:51Jesus just has.
01:52John Valjean means nothing now.
01:54So why on earth did anyone let poor Russell Crowe within a 10-mile radius of this set?
02:00He's a gifted actor and all, and if Javert were a strictly speaking part, he would have crushed it.
02:05I mistook you for a convict.
02:08I have made a false report.
02:09The issue is Les Misérables is almost entirely sung through, and Javert himself has some of the show's most pivotal tracks.
02:16Crowe's limited vocal abilities suck all the impact out of his scenes, and serve as an indefensible sin in what is otherwise a fantastic adaptation.
02:25He will pay, and so must I press charges against me, sir.
02:32Number 28.
02:34Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone.
02:36Nina.
02:36Don't sneak up on me like that.
02:38Where are my earrings?
02:39You'd think of all things, a biopic would take care in the casting of its title character.
02:44Not Nina, though.
02:45From the moment Zoe Saldana was hired, the movie drew criticism for letting an Afro-Latina step into the shoes of a famous black musician.
02:52Fish in the sea, you know how I feel.
02:58If I'm running free, you know how I feel.
03:02Especially one who played such a central role in the civil rights movement.
03:06Saldana had to darken her skin and wear heavy prosthetics, too, which just further underlined the fact that she had no business portraying Nina Simone.
03:13After Juilliard, I was denied entrance into the Curtis Institute because I was black.
03:18These days, the actress agrees, having apologized for ever accepting the role in the first place.
03:24Number 27.
03:25Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeen.
03:27Gangs of New York.
03:28What do you think you're doing?
03:30I'm dancing.
03:31I said, why'd you pick me?
03:33That's none of your business.
03:34Here it is, folks.
03:35What might be the absolute worst attempt at an Irish accent ever immortalized in film.
03:40Hey, you gotta give Cameron Diaz some credit.
03:42Her performance is definitely memorable.
03:44Sadly, that's the only good thing to say about it.
03:46It's a gift from Mr. Cutting.
03:48A gift?
03:55A gift.
03:58Was it your birthday?
04:01No.
04:02Even setting aside the intonation issues, Diaz lacks chemistry with any of her romantic interests.
04:07Not to mention, we're supposed to buy her as some kind of thrifty thief, too.
04:11There's just nothing here that plays to Diaz's strengths, leaving her to flounder on screen for two hours.
04:16I don't know which one's yours.
04:19At the very least, Leonardo DiCaprio's accent isn't much better.
04:23Suppose I have myself to everything?
04:26Huh?
04:28Suppose you do.
04:29Number 26.
04:30Chris Pratt as Mario.
04:32The Super Mario Brothers movie.
04:33Good luck running the business with this, idiot.
04:36Say that again about my brother, and you're gonna regret it.
04:41Look, we all have a Mario impression up our sleeve.
04:43And if you say you don't, you're just lying.
04:45But that doesn't mean we wanted a Mario movie without the man who had been voicing him for decades.
04:50Hello, I'm Mario.
04:51Let's make a pizza pie together.
04:53You go get some sausage.
04:54I'm gonna get some spaghetti.
04:55We put spaghetti in the sausage and pizza.
04:56In the name of star power, they got Chris Pratt instead.
04:59And the results are less than satisfactory.
05:02He doesn't even try to sound like an Italian plumber.
05:11It's just Pratt's voice that happens to be coming out of Mario's mouth.
05:15If they insisted upon recasting Charles Martinet from the games,
05:18they could have at least gotten someone who'd try an Italian accent.
05:21Too much? It's perfect!
05:24Woohoo!
05:25Okay, I'm gonna trust you.
05:26Number 25.
05:27Ben Platt as Evan Hansen.
05:29Dear Evan Hansen.
05:30Dear Evan Hansen.
05:32Turns out this wasn't an amazing day after all.
05:35Ben Platt has pipes.
05:37That much we can all agree on.
05:38On Broadway, he even stretched his vocal cords as Evan Hansen all the way to a Tony Award.
05:43But film is a very different medium, and this is a perfect case study as to why.
05:48With the camera inches from his face, Platt's award-winning performance is way too overdramatic.
05:54And it's right there, right there, right there in front of you.
06:00To say nothing of the fact that he looks a good decade older than all of his supposed peers.
06:05It's nice that Dear Evan Hansen wanted to honor its original leading man,
06:08but for the sake of the film, they really should have found someone else to wave through a window.
06:12I'm waving through a window.
06:14Number 24.
06:17Tom Holland as Nathan Drake.
06:19Uncharted.
06:20God, you guys never stop, do you?
06:21Look, if we want to get the gold, we're gonna have to figure out a way to trust each other.
06:24For the record, this isn't a bad movie, and Tom Holland isn't bad in it.
06:28The issue is that, for all his charm, Holland simply isn't playing Nathan Drake.
06:33Very cool, but the legend said there are two keys.
06:35One for the captain and one for the crew, so...
06:37No one man could steal the gold by himself.
06:40As anyone who has touched the games will tell you,
06:43Drake is a rugged, witty, and particularly thrifty ex-con
06:46who always adorns his giant action scenes with a good one-liner.
06:49By comparison, it doesn't even seem like Holland's playing the same character.
06:54You're right, you're right, huh?
06:55You don't have to apologize to me now.
06:56While the cameo from Drake's voice actor, Nolan North, is a nice touch,
07:00just makes you wonder what the movie would have looked like
07:02if they'd let him keep the role in the first place.
07:04How does an all-star cast turn one of Broadway's longest-running shows
07:23into a bomb of catastrophic proportions?
07:25It doesn't make sense.
07:26On paper, a film with Jennifer Hudson, Dame Judi Dench,
07:30and Sir Ian Freakin' McKellen should be awesome.
07:34Well, I never
07:36Was there ever
07:39A cat so clever
07:42But something in Cats made every single person
07:45cough up an absolute furball of a performance.
07:48Whatever time the deed took place,
07:51Macavity wasn't there
07:53The results ranged from unbearably hammy
07:55to just plain cringe-inducing.
07:57And don't get us started on how they butchered the soundtrack.
08:00Oh, cats.
08:02With CGI this bad, it's hard to say whether a better cast would have saved Cats,
08:12but it definitely couldn't have made it any worse.
08:14I fully understand how it is.
08:17Thank you for telling me.
08:19Number 22.
08:20Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Cassie Webb
08:22Madam Webb
08:23I'm Cassie.
08:25Okay, what are your names?
08:27What are your names?
08:28A captain is supposed to go down with the ship,
08:31but Dakota Johnson did the exact opposite.
08:33She's gone on the record claiming the Madam Webb we saw in theaters
08:36was a very different movie than the one she signed on for,
08:38and you can see it in her, let's say, non-plussed acting.
08:42We'd go as far as saying Johnson looks downright bored
08:45throughout most of the runtime.
08:46Get up.
08:47Get off.
08:48Get off.
08:48Get up.
08:49Me?
08:49Go.
08:50Get off.
08:50You're gonna die if you stay here.
08:52Get up.
08:52It doesn't exactly feel like she's on the run
08:54from a lethal, futuristic Spider-Man.
08:56That's all we're saying.
08:57Pair that with some highly questionable line reads,
08:59and it's safe to say no one wanted this version of Cassie Webb.
09:02Least of all Dakota Johnson.
09:04Apparently I have no future.
09:06Number 21.
09:07Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian.
09:09Motoko Kusanagi.
09:10Ghost in the Shell.
09:12This movie is based on a Japanese film
09:13about a Japanese robot trying to find her way in Japan.
09:17So who did Hollywood cast, you ask?
09:19None other than Scarlett Johansson.
09:21I was looking for...
09:22No, come in.
09:24Yeah, come, come.
09:26You can probably see why people weren't thrilled.
09:29The optics only got worse when the movie hit theaters,
09:31and Ghost in the Shell ended with Johansson's character
09:34embracing her true Japanese self.
09:36It felt like every part of this film was constructed
09:46under the assumption that an appropriate actor would play Motoko.
09:49As a result, casting Scarlett Johansson wasn't just offensive,
09:53it genuinely ruined the movie.
09:55My name is Major Mira Killian,
09:56and I give my consent to delete this data.
09:59Number 20.
10:00Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau.
10:02The Pink Panther.
10:03Here's a recipe for a definite misfire.
10:06Recast a comedian's signature character.
10:08By perfecting the clumsy idiot who takes himself too seriously act,
10:12Peter Sellers became Clouseau.
10:13That is what I have been saying, you idiot.
10:17This performance didn't define or typecast the actor,
10:20but it became difficult to separate Peter Sellers from Clouseau
10:23once the man's mastery was brought to the screen.
10:25Comparatively, Steve Martin presents a goof from start to finish.
10:33Of course, he wasn't the first to take the role after Sellers,
10:37but his performance felt like the most painful.
10:40I have, in my pocket, a couple of handboards for us.
10:46What?
10:47This is supposed to be a legit inspector, after all.
10:50And this measure of just enough seriousness was present
10:54within the performances of Roger Moore, Alan Arkin, and Sellers,
10:57but could have been better amplified when Martin took over the role in 2006.
11:02Better to help.
11:03Number 19.
11:04Terrence Howard as Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes.
11:08Iron Man.
11:08Who this is?
11:09It's Rhodes.
11:11Sorry, hello?
11:12I said it's Rhodes.
11:13Speak up, please.
11:14When the hell is that noise?
11:15Most of us didn't take much issue with Terrence Howard's casting as Rhodey,
11:19but there was certainly a noticeable difference in quality
11:22when the role was recast for the sequel.
11:24Didn't expect to see you here.
11:26Look, it's me. I'm here. Deal with it. Let's move on.
11:29In hindsight, Howard's Rose came off as whiny and reactive,
11:33easily letting Stark's antics get under his skin.
11:35And he didn't really come off as a decorated military colonel.
11:39Okay, you too.
11:41I don't blow my mind.
11:42I don't blow my hands up.
11:43There it is.
11:44Colonel Rhodes rolls out.
11:46Mind away.
11:48By contrast, Don Cheadle plays the role with confidence,
11:51seeming like a caring friend, but not a pushover.
11:54You gotta get upstairs and get on top of the situation right now.
11:57Listen, I've been on the phone with the National Guard all day,
12:01trying to talk them out of rolling tanks up the PCH,
12:04knocking down your front door, and taking these.
12:07With War Machine as your alter ego, chances are you're all about business.
12:12But that is exactly what we didn't get from Howard in the first Iron Man.
12:15Put your hand down.
12:16You think you got what it takes to wear that suit?
12:18We don't have to do this, Tony.
12:20You want to be the War Machine? Take your shot.
12:22Put it down!
12:23Number 18, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.
12:26Batman vs. Superman, Dawn of Justice.
12:29It seems as if the casting of Lex Luthor within Superman's cinematic outings
12:33always falls a bit short of the mark.
12:35True friend of the library of Metropolis, Mr. Lex Luthor.
12:40Me? Stop!
12:42First, there was Gene Hackman's Lex rocking a full head of hair
12:45throughout most of Superman the movie.
12:47Then there's the less-than-stellar reception to Superman Returns in 2006.
12:51This trend continued when Jesse Eisenberg was cast as the evil genius in 2016 for Batman
12:57vs. Superman, Dawn of Justice.
12:59Hey, you don't think Dad would mind, do you?
13:02If I changed just one thing in this room?
13:07Heisenberg's quirky mannerisms felt grating to some,
13:10and his overall menace never quite felt earned throughout that film.
13:14Hmm, out of tricks, out of time, and one bat head short.
13:22If anything, this Luthor felt more like a sidekick than Superman's arch nemesis,
13:27and that is never a good thing.
13:29You're psychotic.
13:30That is a three-syllable word for any thought too big for little minds.
13:34Hmm, next category, circles.
13:36Number 17.
13:37Kevin Costner as Robin Hood.
13:39Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.
13:41Wrong.
13:43This is my land and my tree, therefore whatever's in it also belongs to me.
13:47Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves surprised audiences when it was released
13:50with its solemn tone and level of violence.
13:53Though the actors aren't to blame for this tonal misfire,
13:55casting Kevin Costner as Robin Hood is one decision that still boggles moviegoers to this day.
14:01This is due to his missing British accent,
14:04and his lack of attempt to replicate one.
14:06You'll have to fight me for it.
14:09Love to, mate.
14:11Also gone were the smart quips and fantastic sense of fun Robin Hood was known for.
14:15Get up!
14:16Move faster!
14:18Move faster.
14:20Great idea.
14:20In their place was a hero that took himself too seriously,
14:24and took away all the playfulness that often accompanies stories of Robin Hood
14:28and his merry band of thieves.
14:30Forget yourself, Azeem.
14:31I do not ask for your company or counsel.
14:33Number 16.
14:35George Clooney as Batman.
14:36Batman and Robin.
14:38We know, we've ripped on this movie a lot.
14:41But how can you not?
14:42Despite his indisputable acting skills,
14:45one can't help but notice that Clooney is totally absent while wearing the cape and cowl.
14:49Why are all the gorgeous ones homicidal maniacs?
14:52Sure, the performance leans into Bruce Wayne as a playboy,
14:55but the action sequences are left lacking by Clooney's lack of commitment.
15:00Pull back.
15:00You can't make the jump.
15:01I can make it!
15:05Pull back!
15:06There's a reason why Batman and Robin is so maligned by fans of the dark and seriously toned Batman stories.
15:12This one feels more indebted to the Batman TV show from 66.
15:16Hey, freeze.
15:18The heat is on.
15:22That's not an insult, by the way.
15:24It just needed a different actor to bring that sort of energy to the screen.
15:27And George Clooney was not that actor.
15:30She knows who we are.
15:31I guess we'll just have to kill her.
15:32Yep, we'll kill her later.
15:33We have work to do.
15:34He probably knew it was a bomb before anyone else,
15:37and planned to escape with what dignity he could
15:40by looking like the kid who's too cool for his role in the dumb high school play.
15:44A bat bomb!
15:45We have to blow up this rocket before it turns Gotham into a crater.
15:49Number 15.
15:50Tyler Perry as Alex Cross.
15:52Alex Cross.
15:53Cross here.
15:54Based on the successful book series,
15:56the character Alex Cross is no stranger to the big screen.
16:00This is Alex Cross, DCPD.
16:02I need to talk to you.
16:04Okay?
16:05Morgan Freeman played the role with Gravitas in previous films like 1997's Kiss the Girls.
16:10But the same can't be said for Tyler Perry when he took a stab at the psychologist and police lieutenant in 2012.
16:17Are you having fun?
16:18Though his performance isn't the worst we've ever seen,
16:21his too-serious attitude is so laughably bad that it hurts.
16:26You are one sick, twisted son of a bitch.
16:28Do you know that?
16:29Dr. Cross, you're taking this personally.
16:32Yeah, about as personal as you took running out of that building with your tail tucked between your legs.
16:36Of course, having his Madea role follow him certainly didn't help sell him as an action star either.
16:43Have a good day.
16:43Now, you gonna give me five years?
16:45You ain't gonna take me back there to death.
16:47Come on, here.
16:48What you gonna do?
16:49What the hell are you doing?
16:50You gonna take me out of here?
16:55I ain't gonna, I ain't gonna.
16:56Number 14.
16:58Topher Grace as Eddie Brock slash Venom.
17:00Spider-Man 3.
17:01When casting veers so far from the character in the comics, you better be doing so to accommodate a great actor.
17:08Daddy!
17:09Hey, I'm the new guy.
17:11Topher Grace does what he can with the material, but he's just not believable as an Eddie Brock who's already pretty physically intimidating.
17:18At least compared to Parker, before melding with an alien symbiote.
17:22I want to kill the spider.
17:24You want to kill the spider.
17:26Together, he doesn't stand a chance.
17:29Interestingly, once Venom appears on the screen,
17:34the chances for Grace to emote or bring anything else special to the role essentially disappear.
17:42Hey, Parker.
17:44My God, Eddie.
17:46Ooh, my spider sense is tingling.
17:47There was probably no way this was gonna go right back in 2007.
17:51Although, it is a good thing Tom Hardy stepped into Brock's shoes in the modern day
17:55in order to give that character a new lease on life.
17:58You made me lose my girl.
18:00Now, I'm gonna make you lose yours.
18:04How's that sound, tiger?
18:06Number 13.
18:07Colin Farrell as Alexander.
18:09Alexander.
18:10The greatest honor a man can ever achieve is to live with great courage.
18:16Undefeated in battle, Alexander the Great is one of history's most accomplished military commanders,
18:23building one of the largest ancient world empires during his reign.
18:26Conquer your fear!
18:29And I promise you, you will conquer death!
18:31Colin Farrell, although an accomplished actor,
18:34lacked the presence and charisma needed to portray the historical figure.
18:38No!
18:39No!
18:40You take it from me!
18:42Everything I've ever loved made me do!
18:45Stop it!
18:45Stop acting like a boy!
18:47With the 2004 epic historical drama already lagging from a less than interesting story
18:51and painful narration,
18:53Farrell tries his best but fails to evoke even the slightest response from audiences
18:57struggling to sit through this nearly three-hour film.
19:00This is one history lesson we'd all like to forget.
19:11And Clyde has spoke true.
19:15Number 12.
19:16Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates.
19:18Psycho.
19:18Well, you should.
19:19You should mind.
19:22I do.
19:23I just, I say that I don't.
19:25The idea of remaking Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho shot for shot felt extraneous.
19:33And you know what?
19:34It was.
19:36Do you want a vacancy?
19:37Well, we have 12 in fact.
19:3912 cabins, 12 vacancies.
19:42Today, Vince Vaughn has proven he can do drama as well as comedy.
19:45But this wasn't totally proven back in 1998.
19:48So it sort of makes sense why director Gus Van Zandt would give Vaughn a shot.
19:52What was it you want to ask me?
19:54Looking for a missing person.
19:55My name's Arbogast.
19:56I'm a private investigator.
19:58The problem is, well, it's a shot-for-shot remake.
20:03Vaughn is impersonating Anthony Perkins because that's what he's been hired to do.
20:08As a result, Psycho doesn't give the actor any chance to branch out or do his own thing.
20:13So the performance suffers, the movie suffers, and the audience suffers.
20:17End of story.
20:19Shut up.
20:20Shut up.
20:21Number 11.
20:22Jared Leto as the Joker.
20:24Suicide Squad.
20:26Don't hurt me.
20:28I'll be your friend.
20:29Man, what's with DC having a hard time casting some of the greatest all-time villains?
20:34Sure, the shoes of both Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger are gigantic.
20:38And attempting to fill them was a job that probably wouldn't be envied by any actor.
20:43I don't want no beef.
20:44You don't want no beef?
20:46You don't want no beef?
20:47You don't want no beef?
20:48However, we don't doubt that Jared Leto was up to the task, at least on an emotional level.
20:54Unfortunately, they saddled Leto with such a poor visual design, complete with tattoos that just look woefully out of place.
21:02You left me in a black hole of rage and confusion.
21:05Seriously, are we to believe that the Clown Prince of Crime was going to sit still at his local neighborhood tattoo shop to get those done?
21:11Do it!
21:18Number 10.
21:19Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.
21:21Snow White.
21:22Like a poisoned apple spoils the bunch.
21:33Gal Gadot's poor line readings ruined just about every scene she touched in Snow White.
21:38It did make for some pretty funny memes, though.
21:40Perhaps I've been a bit confusing, but I have no need for your advice.
21:44In fact, I find it quite amusing, telling me to play nice.
21:48Even those who enjoyed the unintentional comedy have to admit this was a major fumble.
21:53There are plenty of amazing actresses who would have relished digging into the Evil Queen's delicious brand of villainy.
21:59But instead of getting any of that, we're saddled with Gadot, who can barely seem to turn her neck in her costume.
22:09No matter what the mirror says, this casting was anything but fair.
22:13Number 9.
22:14Marlon Brando as Sakini, The Teahouse of the August Moon.
22:18Lovely ladies, kind gentlemen.
22:20Pleased to introduce myself.
22:22Despite being a satire, the casting of Marlon Brando as Okinawan villager Sakini in The Teahouse of the August Moon was a strange choice.
22:31Sakini by name, interpreter by profession.
22:34Brando spent months preparing for the role and had makeup applied to make him look Asian.
22:38Sakini here, boss.
22:40Don't ever put your finger on an officer.
22:42Although the actor was the major selling point, Brando's face makeup distracts from the movie.
22:47And makes you wonder why they wouldn't just cast an actor who already looked the part ethnically.
22:52Which would have left Brando to play the role opposite Sakini instead.
22:56Pull your socks up.
22:58Very sorry, boss.
22:59Very sorry.
23:01Socks up.
23:02Anything warm, boss?
23:03That'll be all.
23:04Although the comedy was a success, it definitely paved the way for more odd casting decisions to come.
23:10Good night, boss.
23:11Number 8.
23:12Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble.
23:14The Flintstones.
23:15There's no denying that Rosie O'Donnell nailed the Betty Rubble laugh during her performance in the 1994 Flintstones film.
23:22I've never seen him so excited about something that you couldn't spread mayonnaise on.
23:28The similarities tend to end there, however.
23:31And we're never quite able to separate the fact that we're just watching Rosie O'Donnell doing said laugh for about 90 minutes.
23:36Oh, Barney, isn't he precious?
23:39Precious.
23:40He'd be better off with a monkey.
23:41Oh, we can totally see why O'Donnell was cast around this time.
23:45Since this was when her star power and influence were definitely on the rise.
23:49There seems to be a slight problem with your credit card.
23:51Yeah, we just can't help but wonder what would have happened if a different actor had been allowed to portray a version of Betty that felt more in line with the classic cartoon.
24:03It's gonna get better.
24:04One day, we're gonna look back on all this and we'll laugh.
24:08Jeez, I hope so, Betty.
24:09Because tomorrow they got me testing shark repellent.
24:13Number 7.
24:14Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker.
24:16Bram Stoker's Dracula.
24:17I have offended you with my ignorance, Count.
24:20Keanu Reeves has had a very successful career, but is definitely no stranger to being miscast.
24:26Such as in 2008's The Day the Earth Stood Still.
24:29I'll try.
24:31I must get back to the city.
24:32In Dracula, he plays Jonathan Harker, a solicitor helping with the title count's estate acquisition.
24:39As if I have a part to play in a story that is not known to me.
24:42Acting alongside juggernauts like Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins, it's clear from the get-go that Reeves is out of his element and depth.
24:50I know where the bastard sleeps.
24:53I brought him there.
24:54His performance is hard to watch, with his accent standing out as one of the worst ever put to film.
25:00We'll not let you go into the unknown alone.
25:04Number 6.
25:04Denise Richards as Christmas Jones.
25:06The world is not enough.
25:08They're stealing us in.
25:12Who are you?
25:14I work for the British government.
25:16Sometimes you just gotta go for that low-hanging fruit, right?
25:18The elephant in the room was that no one, and we mean no one, was buying Denise Richards as Christmas Jones nuclear physicist.
25:27Are you here for a reason, or are you just hoping for a glimmer?
25:32And you are.
25:33Then again, the focus of female characters within the James Bond franchise has always centered more on the physical than the practical.
25:40And Richards was a hot property back in 1999.
25:43The hydrogen gas level's too high!
25:46One spark in the reaction will blow!
25:49I have to stop it!
25:50Still, the actress doesn't step into Jones' shoes with any sort of real energy.
25:56And her legacy within the Bond franchise is far beneath other superior characters that proved their brains and skill.
26:02But the world's greatest terrorist running around with six kilos of weapons-grade plutonium can't be good.
26:07I have to get it back, or somebody's gonna have my ass.
26:10If someone told you that you can never have too many puns, then they surely have not seen this disaster piece.
26:23Allow me to break the ice.
26:26My name is Freeze.
26:28Learn it well.
26:29Without question, 1997's Batman and Robin is the lowest point in Batman's big-screen career,
26:36as director Joel Schumacher lays on the cheese by casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as the cold and pun-filled Mr. Freeze.
26:43What killed the dinosaurs?
26:46The ice age!
26:48Arnold physically looks the part, but unfortunately, all believability is lost the second he opens his mouth.
26:54I'm afraid that my condition has left me cold.
26:58The actor made a name for himself with charisma and token one-liners,
27:04but what's on display here is too unbearable to watch.
27:07I will pull Batman's heart from his body and feel it freeze in my hands.
27:15Number 4.
27:17Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone.
27:19The Godfather Part 3.
27:22I believe you.
27:24I'm glad you're around.
27:26I'm glad you're here too.
27:28In 1985, John Huston directed his daughter Angelica to an Oscar-winning performance in Pritsy's Honor.
27:34I got a reputation to live up to.
27:36In 1990, Francis Ford Coppola directed his daughter Sofia to crush what might have been history's greatest film saga
27:43with the lumbering weight of her wooden performance.
27:46Why are you...
27:47You don't have to do this to me, please.
27:48Imagine what might have been had Madonna, Julia Roberts, or Winona Ryder played the role.
27:53Tony says that I'm a front for the foundation.
27:59That you're using me just to pull the strings.
28:02Sure, it's difficult to place all of the blame on Sofia, since she was so inexperienced at the time.
28:08But today, it seems as if the younger Coppola is still atoning for her cinematic sins in The Godfather Part 3.
28:14Despite prompting some laughs when Breakfast at Tiffany's was originally released,
28:32casting Mickey Rooney in the role of Mr. Yunyoshi caused quite the stir in later years.
28:37You cannot go on or keep ringing my bell! You disturb me! You must have a key made!
28:44Many feel that there's nothing funny about this offensive caricature of the Japanese people.
28:49In 30 seconds, I got to call the police!
28:51Of course, casting a Japanese actor instead probably wouldn't have made the situation any better, either, considering the role.
28:58Ah! There she is, Lieutenant! The Wonder Woman!
29:01Today's world is a lot more sensitive to portrayals such as this,
29:05and this casting proved that we should be more mindful when populating such roles.
29:09If you don't stop with that monograph, right this minute I'm gonna go to the police department!
29:16Well, that's more better!
29:21Number 2. John Wayne as Genghis Khan, The Conqueror
29:24We attack as planned.
29:28Shabbat!
29:28Is it an overstatement to say that casting all-American John Wayne
29:34as 12th century Mongolian Emperor Genghis Khan
29:37was the craziest thing producer Howard Hughes ever did?
29:40Maybe because Hughes was known for his eccentricity,
29:44but this casting is just on another level.
29:46Where is your faith, my brother?
29:49I was to bring under my standard all the tribes of the Gobi.
29:53None would dare stand against me.
29:54We realize it was a different time,
29:57and that it was commonplace for Caucasian actors to take on roles that should have gone to someone else,
30:01but let's face it,
30:02trading John Wayne's cowboy hat for that mustache wasn't enough to make him credible.
30:07Return to your people, Targatai,
30:09and speak well of the Mongols' generosity.
30:12It doesn't matter that Wayne himself petitioned heavily for the part.
30:16This idea should have never left the drawing board.
30:19Let's hear no more of this.
30:21I have made great conquests.
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30:38Number 1.
30:39The Whole Cast
30:41The Last Airbender
30:42It wasn't very smart.
30:44M. Night Shyamalan's take on the much-beloved animated series
30:46will go down in history as one of the most awful film adaptations ever made.
30:52They had this chance.
30:54They missed it.
30:55Aside from its completely unforgivable visual effects
30:58and the fact that it stripped the fun out of the story,
31:01he decided to change up all the ethnicities of the show's characters on a whim.
31:06You didn't tell me that.
31:08You didn't ask me.
31:10This was compounded by acting that can only be described as mind-numbingly bad across the board.
31:23The Avatar actors awkwardly fumble through each scene
31:26and are either numb or too emotional,
31:29as if acting were a completely second language to them.
31:32What?
31:33It's just too much of a shame to bear.
31:36Why, Shyamalan? Why?
31:38Please make me fire out of nothing.
31:43What's the most egregious piece of casting you've ever seen?
31:46Let us know in the comments below.
31:48When the day's hustle and bustle is done,
31:50then the Gumby head's work is but hardly begun.
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