Reddit Asks: "What's your favorite casting that you initially thought was wrong?"

[stewie_e]

"I couldn't get over the fact that the leading guy was the weirdo with the boards from Love Actually." https://t.co/RAVePZMFkN
- BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) September 3, 2023

Reddit asked r/popculturechat, "What's your favorite casting that you initially thought was wrong?" Here are 5 of BuzzFeed's picks...

1. Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in It

Comments

[euraylie]

I’m addition to Heath, Tom Cruise as Lestat. But they of course both nailed their respective roles

[josiefier]

Tom was arguably born to play Lestat. I know none of us could have imagined it then, but that remains his best performance

[januarysix]

I really wish we had gotten a Vampire Lestat movie with Tom.

[euraylie]

Omg teen me so hoped at the time

[just444]

always makes me sad that Heath Ledger did not live to see how much people liked that performance

[insecuredesign]

I know 😔 everyone thought he was going to do a shitty job (part of it was the lasting homophobia from Brokeback Mountain imo) and now he’s ranked as the definitive portrayal by the same people that were against him.

[trekkiepetrelli]

that never even crossed my mind after all these years, holy shit :(

[la_petite_singe]

I only knew Charlie Cox from Boardwalk Empire, so I was super ????? at him as Daredevil, but I quickly learned he was perf 🖤❤️

[insecuredesign]

I’m worried about the Disney show though. Both he and Fisk weren’t portrayed well in She Hulk and Hawkeye

[la_petite_singe]

Oh man, really? I didn't watch She Hulk. I meant to, but...

[insecuredesign]

Plus Foggy and Karen weren’t asked to come back which makes me even more skeptical.

people were awful about that casting and she was fantastic

[just444]

Re: people were awful about that casting and she was fantastic

[genbu_no_miko24]

Eh I think her and Zoe are weakest Catwoman. Zoe just managed to skirt by cause she's got the looks and sexuality for the role but her acting was kinda bad.

Anne was fine acting-wise but she lacked all the sensuality and sexuality for Catwoman. Funny enough I think she had a bit more in Ocean's 8 from the clips I've seen.

RE: Re: people were awful about that casting and she was fantastic

[masterofmystery]

i think that's less on anne and more on nolan being shit at writing women. if anne had been given the michelle version of catwoman i could see her kill that too

as for zoe she's just a terrible actor, no script or director's gonna fix that void of charisma

Re: people were awful about that casting and she was fantastic

[genbu_no_miko24]

It's not just the writing, it's the looks too. Cause Catwoman is almost more a vibe and appearance than everything else- the looks make the persona.

Anne is a pretty girl but I remember thinking she did not look or feel like Catwoman in her non-costume scenes. All the other ones look and feel Catwoman outside of their costumes. So for me it also goes back to that raw sexuality which is why despite her bad acting Zoe at least had that in her favor.

Poison Ivy is another one who's got raw sexuality and vampy persona so you would somebody to embody those qualities to make it work.

[neuers]

Chris Evans as Cap. At the time I just saw him in frat/douchey type of roles but he delivered as Steve <3

Still hate his ending tho.

[melancolour]

I maintain that was a flop casting for a flop interpretation of the character

[yami_no_hoshi]

Amen to this comment!

[pastelstar]

Yes to all this