ONTD Original: Most Miscast Roles in Recentish Film History

[squirrels_oh_no]

Oftentimes, directors and casting teams know what they are doing in matching a role with the perfect actor to make that character come to life. In other times, the viewer is left wondering what the hell happened when the final movie arrives and the actor just doesn't embody the role at all. The performance might fall flat, the actor might not have

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[daredevilwolf]

Personally i think George clooney was a bad batman but not a half bad bruce wayne

god the hype for hot jafar died quick when they saw his acting

I personally think Sean penn was miscast in Mystic river because he's a toxic individual who is abusive and when i watch mystic river knowing this

i was like i don't believe you sean

i know he;s a good actor but he ain't that good

also the reason cumberbitch is miscast as khan is because he's not even the same race as the character

sure ricardo was also not the right race to play khan but this was the 60's a different time

also i find it extra gross that a british man is playing a character who is supposed to be indian

like wtf

and i said it before and i will never stop saying it eddie did not deserve that oscar at all

it should have gone to michael keaton 10 times out of 10 it should have been keaton

[automaticpeople]

It may have been the 60s, but wasn’t Star Trek known for breaking racial barriers? Casting a white guy to play an Indian guy seemed to go against what we’d seen in the show.

Maybe they had some pushback from executives? I don’t know.

[squirrels_oh_no]

LMAO Marwan can act (and he's hot), he just couldn't act in Aladdin, it's baffling. Also Guy Ritchie hasn't been a good director in like 20 years so I'm gonna blame him.

I wanted to say he gets typecast as a villain because of the Dutch movie Instinct, but that movie came out AFTER Aladdin so that can't be the reason LMAO.

[daredevilwolf]

oh whats marwans best role so i can watch it

[squirrels_oh_no]

LMAO I want to say The Old Guard because I have a soft spot for that (and he monologues his ass off at one point), but tbh hmm...

Ok tbh he's been in a lot of bad movies haha (What Happened to Monday, The Mummy remake, Ghosted, Collide...) um but he's really good in The Angel, Wolf, Instinct, The Promise is good because Oscar Isaac is in it...

Hartenstraat is worth a watch if you can find subbed in English only because it has a ridiculous scene with vegetables and armpits and you're like what the fuck am I turned on no definitely no what the hell because otherwise it's just You've Got Mail but somewhat creepier.

ETA also if you want to see him help kill Johnny Depp, he's kinda just in Murder on the Orient Express just hanging around in the background most of the movie as the conductor. https://stuckinreversemode.tumblr.com/post/173214932602/murder-on-the-orient-express-2017-dir-kenneth... )

[squirrels_oh_no]

Coming back to this because I have decided What Happened to Monday is worth a watch just because of how batshit it is and how much Glenn Close clearly just needed some cash to renovate her bathroom or something.

[sarafina126]

I thought both Eddie and Michael were great so it was a tough call that year.