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Sometimes, casting can make or break a movie. In this countdown, we reveal the Top 30 Worst Movie Casting Choices Ever, from roles that felt completely wrong to actors that ruined the film’s vibe.
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00:00Uh, what about the accents?
00:01Is it... is it too much?
00:03Too 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.
01:27Russell Crowe as Javert.
01:29Les Misérables.
01:30Please know me as Javert.
01:32I'm here at your command.
01:35With honor due 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 four.
01:50A Jesus just has done.
01:52A Jesus just 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.
02:10The 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.
02:33Number 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.
02:52Pushing the sea.
02:54You know how I feel.
02:58Never running free.
03:00You 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 done, Sam.
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.
03:53A 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.
04:20At 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.
04:37Say 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 will 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?
05:22It'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?
05:33Turns 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,
05:50Platt's award-winning performance is way too overdramatic.
05:53And 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.
06:12Wave it 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.
06:32Very cool, but the legend said there are two keys, one for the captain and one for the crew,
06:36so no 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.
06:53You're right, you're right, huh?
06:55You don't have to apologize to me now.
06:57While 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.
07:04What the hell happened to you two?
07:07Fell out of a car that fell out of a plane?
07:09Huh.
07:10You know, something like that happened to me once.
07:12Number 23.
07:13Literally Everyone.
07:14Cats.
07:16Bond!
07:19How 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.
07:27On paper, a film with Jennifer Hudson,
07:29Dame Judi Dench,
07:30and Sir Ian Freakin' McKellen should be awesome.
07:33Oh, well, I never
07:36was there ever
07:40a cat so clever.
07:43But something in Cats made every single person
07:45cough up an absolute furball of a performance.
07:48Whatever time the deed took place,
07:51my cavity 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.
08:04Oh, cats.
08:08With CGI this bad,
08:09it'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.
08:21A 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 Web we saw in theaters
08:36was a very different movie than the one she signed on for,
08:39and 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,
09:00and 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.
09:05Number 21, Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian,
09:09Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost 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 him.
09:23No, come in.
09:25Yeah, 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.
09:41It felt like every part of this film was constructed
09:46under the assumption that an appropriate actor
09:48would play Motoko.
09:49As a result, casting Scarlett Johansson
09:52wasn'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, Steve Martin,
10:01as Inspector Clouseau,
10:02The Pink Panther.
10:04Here's a recipe for a definite misfire.
10:06Recast a comedian's signature character.
10:08By perfecting the clumsy idiot
10:10who takes himself too seriously act,
10:12Peter Sellers became Clouseau.
10:14That 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.
10:26Comparatively, Steve Martin presents a goof
10:28from start to finish.
10:29Officer Jacques Clouseau,
10:31gendarme, third class.
10:34Of course, he wasn't the first to take the role after Sellers,
10:38but his performance felt like the most painful.
10:40I have, in my pocket,
10:43a couple of adverts.
10:46What?
10:47This is supposed to be a legit inspector, after all.
10:50And this measure of just enough seriousness
10:53was present within the performances of Roger Moore,
10:56Alan Arkin, and Sellers,
10:57but could have been better amplified
10:59when Martin took over the role in 2006.
11:02That had to help.
11:03Number 19, Terrence Howard
11:05as Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes, Iron Man.
11:09Who this is?
11:10It'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
11:17with 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.
11:24I didn't expect to see you here.
11:26Look, it's me.
11:27I'm here.
11:27Deal with it.
11:28Let's move on.
11:28In 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.
11:40Okay, you too.
11:41I don't blow him on stick.
11:42I don't blow my hands.
11:43There it is.
11:44Colonel Rhodes rolls ass.
11:47By 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 this situation right now.
11:57Listen.
11:58I'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,
12:09chances are you're all about business.
12:12But that is exactly what we didn't get from Howard
12:14in the first Iron Man.
12:15Put your hand down.
12:16You think you've 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?
12:21Take your shot.
12:22Put it down!
12:23Number 18.
12:24Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.
12:26Batman vs. Superman.
12:28Dawn of Justice.
12:29It seems as if the casting of Lex Luthor
12:32within Superman's cinematic outings
12:33always falls a bit short of the mark.
12:35True friend of the library of Metropolis,
12:38Mr. Lex Luthor.
12:40Me?
12:41Stop!
12:41First, 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
12:49to Superman Returns in 2006.
12:51This trend continued when Jesse Eisenberg was cast
12:54as the evil genius in 2016 for Batman vs.
12:57Dawn of Justice.
12:58Hey, you don't think Dad would mind, do you?
13:02If I changed just...
13:04Just one thing in this room.
13:07Eisenberg's quirky mannerisms felt grating to some,
13:10and his overall menace never quite felt earned
13:13throughout that film.
13:14Hmm.
13:15Out of tricks.
13:17Out of time.
13:19And one bat head short.
13:22If anything, this Luthor felt more like a sidekick
13:25than 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
13:32too big for little minds.
13:34Hmm.
13:34Next 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.
13:45Therefore, whatever's in it also belongs to me.
13:47Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves surprised audiences
13:49when it was released with its solemn tone
13:51and level of violence.
13:53Though the actors aren't to blame
13:54for this tonal misfire,
13:56casting Kevin Costner as Robin Hood
13:57is one decision that still boggles moviegoers
14:00to this day.
14:01This is due to his missing British accent
14:03and 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
14:13and fantastic sense of fun Robin Hood was known for.
14:15Get up.
14:17Move faster.
14:18Move faster.
14:20Great idea.
14:21In their place was a hero
14:22that took himself too seriously
14:24and took away all the playfulness
14:26that 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
14:47is totally absent while wearing the cape and cowl.
14:50Why are all the gorgeous ones homicidal maniacs?
14:52Sure, the performance leans into Bruce Wayne
14:54as a playboy,
14:55but the action sequences are left lacking
14:58by Clooney's lack of commitment.
14:59Pull 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
15:08is so maligned by fans of the dark
15:10and 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
15:25to bring that sort of energy to the screen.
15:27And George Clooney was not that actor.
15:30She knows who we are.
15:31Guess 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
15:42for his role in the dumb high school play.
15:44A fat bomb.
15:45We have to blow up this rocket
15:46before 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
16:07in previous films like 1997's Kiss the Girls.
16:10But the same can't be said for Tyler Perry
16:12when he took a stab at the psychologist
16:14and 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.
16:25You 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
16:34with your tail tucked between your legs.
16:36Of course, having his Madea role follow him
16:39certainly didn't help sell him as an action star either.
16:42Have a good day.
16:43Now, you're gonna give me five years?
16:45You ain't gonna take me back there.
16:47Come on, here.
16:48What you gonna do?
16:49What the hell are you gonna do?
16:50You know what I'm gonna do?
16:51I got one.
16:52I got one.
16:52I got one.
16:53You ain't gonna take me out of here.
16:55I ain't gonna, I ain't gonna.
16:56Number 14, Topher Grace as Eddie Brock slash Venom, Spider-Man 3.
17:02When casting veers so far from the character in the comics,
17:05you 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,
17:13but he's just not believable as an Eddie Brock
17:15who's already pretty physically intimidating,
17:18at least compared to Parker,
17:20before 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.
17:31Interested?
17:32Additionally, once Venom appears on the screen,
17:35the chances for Grace to emote
17:36or bring anything else special to the role
17:38essentially disappear.
17:42Hey, Parker.
17:44My God, Eddie.
17:46Ooh, my spider sense is tingling.
17:47There was probably no way
17:49this was gonna go right back in 2007,
17:51although it is a good thing
17:53Tom 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
18:11a man can ever achieve
18:14is to live with great courage.
18:17Undefeated in battle,
18:19Alexander the Great
18:20is one of history's
18:20most accomplished military commanders,
18:23building one of the largest
18:24ancient world empires during his reign.
18:26Conquer your fear!
18:29And I promise you,
18:30you will conquer death!
18:31Colin Farrell,
18:33although an accomplished actor,
18:34lacked the presence and charisma
18:36needed to portray the historical figure.
18:38No!
18:39No!
18:40You've taken from me
18:42everything I've ever loved
18:43made me do!
18:45Stop it!
18:46Stop acting like a boy!
18:47With the 2004 epic historical drama
18:49already lagging
18:50from a less than interesting story
18:51and painful narration,
18:53Farrell tries his best,
18:54but fails to evoke
18:55even the slightest response
18:57from audiences
18:57struggling to sit through
18:59this nearly three-hour film.
19:00This is one history lesson
19:08we'd all like to forget.
19:14Number 12.
19:16Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates.
19:18Psycho.
19:18Well, you should.
19:19You should mind.
19:22I do.
19:23I just,
19:24I say that I don't.
19:27The idea of remaking
19:29Alfred Hitchcock's psycho
19:31shot for shot
19:32felt extraneous.
19:33And you know what?
19:34It was.
19:36You want a vacancy?
19:37Well, we have 12 of them.
19:3912 cabins.
19:4012 vacancies.
19:42Today,
19:42Vince Vaughn has proven
19:43he can do drama
19:44as well as comedy,
19:46but this wasn't totally proven
19:47back in 1998,
19:48so it sort of makes sense
19:50why director Gus Van Zandt
19:51would 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,
19:59well,
20:00it's a shot-for-shot remake.
20:03Vaughn is impersonating
20:04Anthony Perkins
20:05because that's what
20:06he's been hired to do.
20:08As a result,
20:09Psycho doesn't give the actor
20:10any chance to branch out
20:11or do his own thing.
20:13So,
20:13the performance suffers,
20:15the movie suffers,
20:16and 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.
20:25Don't hurt me.
20:26I'll be your friend.
20:29Man,
20:30what's with DC
20:30having a hard time
20:31casting some of the
20:32greatest all-time villains?
20:34Sure,
20:34the shoes of both
20:35Jack Nicholson
20:36and Heath Ledger
20:37are gigantic,
20:38and attempting to fill them
20:40was a job that
20:40probably wouldn't be envied
20:42by any actor.
20:43I don't want no beef.
20:44You want no beef?
20:46You don't want no beef?
20:47You don't want no beef?
20:49However,
20:49we don't doubt
20:50that Jared Leto
20:51was up to the task,
20:52at least on an emotional level.
20:54Unfortunately,
20:55they saddled Leto
20:56with such a poor visual design,
20:59complete with tattoos
21:00that just look
21:00woefully out of place.
21:02You left me
21:03in a black hole
21:03of rage and confusion.
21:05Seriously,
21:06are we to believe
21:06that the clown prince of crime
21:08was going to sit still
21:09at his local neighborhood
21:10tattoo shop
21:10to get those done?
21:11Do it!
21:13Number 10.
21:19Gal Gadot
21:20as the Evil Queen
21:21Snow White
21:22Like a poisoned apple
21:32spoils the bunch,
21:33Gal Gadot's poor line readings
21:35ruined just about
21:36every scene
21:36she'd touched
21:37in Snow White.
21:38It did make for
21:39some pretty funny memes, though.
21:40Perhaps I've been
21:41a bit confusing,
21:42but I have no need
21:43for your advice.
21:44In fact,
21:45I found it quite amusing,
21:46telling me
21:47to play nice.
21:48Even those who enjoyed
21:49the unintentional comedy
21:50have to admit
21:51this was a major fumble.
21:53There are plenty
21:54of amazing actresses
21:55who would have relished
21:56digging into
21:56the Evil Queen's
21:57delicious brand of villainy.
21:59But instead of getting
21:59any of that,
22:00we're saddled with Gadot,
22:01who can barely seem
22:02to turn her neck
22:03to turn her neck
22:03in her costume.
22:09No matter what
22:10the mirror says,
22:11this casting
22:11was anything but fair.
22:13Number 9.
22:14Marlon Brando
22:15as Sakini,
22:16The Tea House
22:17of the August Moon.
22:18Despite being a satire,
22:24the casting of Marlon Brando
22:26as Okinawan villager
22:27Sakini in The Tea House
22:28of the August Moon
22:29was a strange choice.
22:34Brando spent months
22:35preparing for the role
22:36and had makeup applied
22:37to make him look Asian.
22:38Sakini here, boss.
22:40Don't ever put your finger
22:41on an officer.
22:42Although the actor
22:43was the major selling point,
22:45Brando's face makeup
22:45distracts from the movie
22:47and makes you wonder
22:48why they wouldn't
22:49just cast an actor
22:50who already looked
22:51the part ethnically,
22:52which would have left
22:53Brando to play the role
22:54opposite 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
23:05was a success,
23:06it definitely paved the way
23:08for more odd casting
23:09decisions to come.
23:10Good night, boss.
23:11Number 8.
23:12Rosie O'Donnell
23:13as Betty Rubble,
23:14The Flintstones.
23:15There's no denying
23:16that Rosie O'Donnell
23:17nailed the Betty Rubble
23:18laugh during her performance
23:20in the 1994
23:21Flintstones film.
23:22I've never seen him
23:23so excited about something
23:24that you couldn't
23:24spread mayonnaise on.
23:28The similarities
23:29tend to end there,
23:30however,
23:31and we're never
23:32quite able to separate
23:33the fact that we're
23:33just watching Rosie O'Donnell
23:35doing said laugh
23:36for about 90 minutes.
23:38Oh, Barney,
23:39isn't he precious?
23:40Precious,
23:40he'd have been better
23:41off with a monkey.
23:41Oh, we can totally see
23:43why O'Donnell
23:43was cast around this time,
23:44since this was when
23:45her star power
23:46and influence
23:47were definitely
23:48on the rise.
23:48There seems to be
23:49a slight problem
23:50with your credit card.
23:52Really?
23:53And what would that be?
23:54Yet we just can't help
23:55but wonder
23:56what would have happened
23:56if a different actor
23:58had been allowed
23:58to portray a version
24:00of Betty that felt
24:00more in line
24:01with the classic cartoon.
24:02It's gonna get better.
24:04One day,
24:05we're gonna look back
24:06on all this
24:06and we'll laugh.
24:08Geez, I hope so, Betty,
24:09because tomorrow
24:10they got me testing
24:10shark repellent.
24:13Number seven,
24:14Keanu Reeves
24:14as Jonathan Harker,
24:16Bram Stoker's Dracula.
24:17I have offended you
24:18with my ignorance, Captain.
24:20Keanu Reeves
24:21has had a very successful career,
24:23but is definitely
24:24no stranger
24:25to being miscast,
24:26such as in 2008's
24:28The Day the Earth
24:28Stood Still.
24:29I'll try.
24:31I must get back to the city.
24:33In Dracula,
24:34he plays Jonathan Harker,
24:36a solicitor helping
24:37with the title count's
24:38estate acquisition.
24:39As if I have a part to play
24:40in a story
24:41that is not known to me.
24:42Acting alongside juggernauts
24:44like Gary Oldman
24:45and Anthony Hopkins,
24:46it's clear from the get-go
24:47that Reeves is out
24:49of his element and depth.
24:50I know where
24:51the bastard sleeps.
24:53I brought him there.
24:54His performance
24:55is hard to watch,
24:56with his accent
24:57standing out
24:58as one of the worst
24:59ever put to film.
25:00We'll not let you go
25:02into the unknown alone.
25:04Number six,
25:04Denise Richards
25:05as Christmas Jones.
25:06The world is not enough.
25:08They're sealing us in.
25:12Who are you?
25:14I work for the British government.
25:16Sometimes you just gotta go
25:17for that low-hanging fruit, right?
25:19The elephant in the room
25:20was that no one,
25:21and we mean no one,
25:23was buying Denise Richards
25:25as Christmas Jones
25:26nuclear physicist.
25:27Are you here for a reason?
25:29Or are you just hoping
25:30for a glimmer?
25:32And you are.
25:33Then again,
25:34the focus of female characters
25:35within the James Bond franchise
25:37has always centered more
25:38on the physical
25:39than the practical.
25:40And Richards was
25:41a hot property
25:42back in 1999.
25:44The hydrogen gas level's
25:45too high.
25:47One spark
25:47in the reactor
25:48will blow.
25:49I have to stop it.
25:51Still,
25:51the actress doesn't
25:52step into Jones' shoes
25:54with any sort of
25:54real energy.
25:55And her legacy
25:56within the Bond franchise
25:58is far beneath
25:59other superior characters
26:00that proved
26:01their brains and skill.
26:03But the world's
26:03greatest terrorist
26:04running around
26:04with six kilos
26:05of weapons-grade
26:06plutonium
26:06can't be good.
26:08I have to get it back
26:09or somebody's gonna
26:10have my ass.
26:10Number five,
26:11Arnold Schwarzenegger
26:12as Dr. Victor Freeze,
26:14Mr. Freeze,
26:15Batman and Robin.
26:17If someone told you
26:18that you can never
26:18have too many puns,
26:20then they surely
26:21have not seen
26:21this disaster piece.
26:23Allow me to break
26:24the ice.
26:25My name is Freeze.
26:28Learn it well.
26:30Without question,
26:311997's Batman and Robin
26:33is the lowest point
26:35in Batman's
26:35big screen career,
26:36as director Joel Schumacher
26:38lays on the cheese
26:39by casting Arnold
26:40Schwarzenegger
26:40as the cold
26:41and pun-filled
26:42Mr. Freeze.
26:43What killed
26:44the dinosaurs?
26:46The ice age!
26:48Arnold physically
26:49looks the part,
26:50but unfortunately,
26:51all believability
26:52is lost
26:52the second
26:53he opens his mouth.
26:54I'm afraid
26:55that my condition
26:56has left me cold
26:58to your pleas of mercy.
27:00The actor
27:01made a name
27:01for himself
27:02with charisma
27:02and token one-liners,
27:04but what's on display
27:05here is too unbearable
27:07to watch.
27:07I will pull
27:08Batman's heart
27:09from his body
27:10and feel it
27:12freeze in my hands.
27:15Number four,
27:17Sofia Coppola
27:18as Mary Corleone,
27:19The Godfather Part Three.
27:21I believe you.
27:24I'm glad you're around.
27:26I'm glad you're here too.
27:28In 1985,
27:29John Huston
27:30directed his daughter
27:31Angelica
27:31to an Oscar-winning
27:32performance
27:33in Pritzy's Honor.
27:34I got a reputation
27:35to live up to.
27:36In 1990,
27:37Francis Ford Coppola
27:38directed his daughter
27:39Sofia to crush
27:41what might have been
27:41history's greatest
27:42film saga
27:43with the lumbering weight
27:44of her wooden performance.
27:46Why are you...
27:47You don't have to do this
27:48to me, please.
27:49Imagine what might have been
27:50had Madonna,
27:51Julia Roberts,
27:52or Winona Ryder
27:53played the role.
27:54Tony says that I'm
27:55a front for the foundation.
27:59That you're using me
28:00just to pull the strings.
28:02Sure,
28:02it's difficult to place
28:04all of the blame
28:04on Sofia
28:05since she was so
28:06inexperienced
28:07at the time.
28:08But today,
28:09it seems as if
28:09the younger Coppola
28:10is still atoning
28:11for her cinematic sins
28:12in The Godfather Part Three.
28:14Dad?
28:20Number three.
28:21Mickey Rooney
28:22as IY Uniyoshi
28:23Breakfast at Tiffany's.
28:25Mr. Gold Ivory!
28:27I protest!
28:29Despite prompting
28:29some laughs
28:30when Breakfast at Tiffany's
28:31was originally released,
28:33casting Mickey Rooney
28:34in the role
28:34of Mr. Uniyoshi
28:35caused quite the stir
28:37in later years.
28:38You cannot go on
28:39or keep ringing my bell!
28:41You disturb me!
28:42You must have a key made!
28:44Many feel that
28:45there's nothing funny
28:46about this offensive caricature
28:47of the Japanese people.
28:49In 30 seconds,
28:50I got to call the police!
28:51Of course,
28:52casting a Japanese actor
28:53instead probably
28:54wouldn't have made
28:55the situation any better
28:56either,
28:57considering the role.
28:58Ah!
28:58There she is,
28:59Lieutenant!
29:00The Wonder Woman!
29:01Today's world
29:02is a lot more sensitive
29:03to portrayals
29:04such as this,
29:05and this casting
29:05proved that we should
29:06be more mindful
29:07when populating
29:08such roles.
29:09If you don't
29:10stop at that
29:10pornograph,
29:11right this minute,
29:12I'm going to go
29:13to the police department!
29:17Well,
29:18that's the more bitter!
29:21Number 2.
29:22John Wayne
29:22as Genghis Khan,
29:24The Conqueror.
29:24We attack his plan.
29:27Shabbat!
29:28Is it an overstatement
29:32to say that casting
29:33all-American John Wayne
29:34as 12th century
29:35Mongolian Emperor
29:36Genghis Khan
29:37was the craziest thing
29:38producer Howard Hughes
29:39ever did?
29:40Maybe because Hughes
29:42was known for his
29:43eccentricity,
29:44but this casting
29:44is just on another level.
29:46We realize it was
29:56a different time,
29:57and that it was
29:58commonplace for
29:58Caucasian actors
29:59to take on roles
30:00that should have
30:00gone to someone else,
30:01but let's face it,
30:02trading John Wayne's
30:03cowboy hat for that
30:04mustache wasn't
30:05enough to make him
30:06credible.
30:07Return to your people,
30:08Targatai,
30:09and speak well
30:10of the Mongols'
30:11generosity.
30:12It doesn't matter
30:13that Wayne himself
30:14petitioned heavily
30:15for the part.
30:15This idea should
30:16have never left
30:17the drawing board.
30:19Let's hear no more
30:20of this.
30:21I have made
30:21great 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
30:45take on the much-beloved
30:46animated series
30:47will go down
30:47in history
30:48as one of the most
30:49awful film adaptations
30:51ever made.
30:52He had his chance.
30:54He missed it.
30:55Aside from its
30:56completely unforgivable
30:57visual effects
30:58and the fact
30:59that it stripped
31:00the fun out of the story,
31:01he decided to change up
31:03all the ethnicities
31:04of the show's characters
31:05on a whim.
31:06This was compounded
31:12by acting
31:12that can only be described
31:13as mind-numbingly bad
31:15across the board.
31:23The Avatar actors
31:24awkwardly fumble
31:25through each scene
31:26and are either numb
31:27or too emotional,
31:29as if acting
31:30were a completely
31:31second language to them.
31:32It's just too much
31:35of a shame to bear.
31:36Why, Shyamalan?
31:37Why?
31:43What's the most
31:44egregious piece of casting
31:45you've ever seen?
31:46Let us know
31:47in the comments below.
31:47When the day's hustle
31:49and bustle is done
31:50then the Gumby Cat's
31:51work is but hardly begun.
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