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mandevilleag said:

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The Duke as Ghengis Khan is a good call.

I'd also like to submit Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce. Donald Sutherland was great in the movie role. Alda became this unlikeable know it all who always has to be right it seemed. It may be an unpopular opinion, but it's mine.

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You may not have liked what the character became 8 years into the role but that doesn't mean he was "miscast". Alda was phenomenal in that role.

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It's just my opinion. And yes, I do think he was miscast (even though Alda did redefine and turn the character into his own). The Hawkeye of the books was a jock. He didn't try to impart his holier than thou social morality on everyone around him. I think that was very much Alda's views that he brought to the character. It became overbearing. I readily admit it's one of the greatest sitcoms, and still enjoy watching episodes. Who knows what it would have been like without Alda as Hawkeye. Not sure who else during that timeframe could have played the part. Maybe Christopher Lloyd could have pulled it off. Or really stepping out there, a young Tom Selleck (27 in 1972). Hawkeye was 28 in the books.

Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd

CheeseSndwch said:

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Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd

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I'll see your Judge Dreds and raise you a Rhinestone.

Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean. Such a wuss role

jokershady said:

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Don't know if it's been posted....but child actor who played Anikan in Phantom Menace....not sure how much was Lucas' fault with the script but he sticks out in that film

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That's a special category, child and young adult miscast. I didn't really find the old adult dying scene very convincing in ROTJ, so can we say Anakin gets the trifecta?!?!

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Clooney as Batman.

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Better than Keaton.

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Keaton did a much better job than I was expecting, for what it's worth.

Bale is still the best one so far. (Affleck was a better Bruce Wayne, but not Batman).

MooreTrucker said:

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Baron Von Flag Smasher said:

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I think there are two types of "miscast" being discussed here. Those that don't fit what you view they should be from the book, Cruise and Ford. And those that don't come across correct based on the story presented. People that have never read Patriot Games or Jack Reacher don't feel the same way. I think Harrison is the best Jack Ryan because I like his acting in those.

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Agree on that. I liked his acting just fine, but having read the books multiple times meant I went in with a pre-set notion of who Jack Ryan was. Harrison Ford was not that. Alec Baldwin actually fit the role far better.

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And Michael B. Jordan absolutely does NOT fit John Clark. But Willem Dafoe didn't either.

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Quite true. Maybe the guy who portrayed Clark in The Sum of All Fears, but I don't recall much from that movie.

Sean Connery in Highlander?

While I like Will Smith in many movies, I Am Legend and Wild, Wild West are not two of them.

Colin Farrell as a country singer in Crazy Heart.

Mickey Rooney as the Chinese guy in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Rob Schneider as a Hawaiian in 50 first dates

Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone.

Ag 11 said:

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Sean Connery in Highlander?

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On a similar note, Anthony Hopkins as Don Diego de la Vega. Nothing Spanish about him.

GoAgs92 said:

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Colin Farrell as a country singer in Crazy Heart.

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I actually felt he fit very well as a mainstream, pop country guy, but that's my opinion

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bigjag19 said:

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Russell Crowe - Les Mis

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Add hugh Jackman.

Their singing was terrible...but because they are A list...

However Hathaway killed singing I dreamed a dream as Fantine. Tangential I hated Uma Thurman in the nonmusical version with liam Neeson and Geoffrey rush.

I would add Uma to the list of miscasts.

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Russell Crowe was an actor trying to sing, and was out of his depth yes.

Hugh Jackman performs on Broadway, and was not terrible.

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Everytime HJ sang the word "Javert" I wanted to ice pick my ears. I dont care if he is on Broadway or has a stack of Tony's, it was super cringe.

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Baron Von Flag Smasher said:

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I think there are two types of "miscast" being discussed here. Those that don't fit what you view they should be from the book, Cruise and Ford. And those that don't come across correct based on the story presented. People that have never read Patriot Games or Jack Reacher don't feel the same way. I think Harrison is the best Jack Ryan because I like his acting in those.

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I don't disagree. Jack Nicholson is nothing like the book version of Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, but I wouldn't call that a miscast role because he made it his own. On the other hand, Tom Cruise is almost laughable as Jack Reacher. He doesn't have the frame or power to pull that off - it would be like casting him as the Mountain in Game of Thrones.

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So, giving my age away here, we read ****oo's Nest in high school before the movie was made. At that time the teacher thought that George C. Scott would be a good McMurphy. So, that's who I had envisioned in that role, and took me a little time to wrap my head around Nicholson.

DallasTeleAg said:

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Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
Michael Gambon - Dumbledore

The other children actors were okay, but nothing great. The other adult cast members were absolutely perfect.

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Daniel Radcliffe was painful to watch every time. He never got any better.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Clooney as Batman.

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Better than Keaton.

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Christian Bale was the only good live action Batman.

Can't be said enough: Cruise as Jack Reacher.

Cromagnum said:

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Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough.
Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Skywalker (fight me).
Kevin Costner in Prince of Thieves
Johnny Depp in the Lone Ranger and in Willy Wonka
Halle Berry as Catwoman

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I've had this argument many times, but I absolutely loved Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Better than Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka, but I know I'm not going to convince you.

People love the original with most things, and they can't accept it done differently. Depp and the story follow the book more closely too btw.

GoAgs92 said:

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Colin Farrell as a country singer in Crazy Heart.

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I laughed.

Yeah, I know the Wonka argument is almost a waste of time. I've had this argument multiple times, b/c we show it at my school and have done a play with the theme.

It's probably my favorite acting role for Depp.

Gwyneth Paltrow in most anything. Yet as Pepper Potts in anything Marvel was cringy at the very least.

MooreTrucker said:

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Do NOT like pretty much anything Tim Burton. I guess the first Batman but that's it.

And no, not better than Gene Wilder.

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Same. Batman may be the only Burton movie I like. I know what to expect from them and they are just odd.