People Are Calling Out The Actors That Were Completely Miscast In Movies, And Whew, It's Honest

1. Ariana Grande successful the Wicked movies: "When she was cast, I was truly unhappy astir it due to the fact that I'm not a fan. I consciousness similar she's excessively breathy. In the movie, I don't hatred her, but I tin spot your point. She's amended than I anticipated, but that's because, successful my head, she's not truly acting; that's who she is arsenic a person. I'm not definite who I would formed successful her spot either. But yeah."

"I'm astir apt going to get a batch of hatred for this, but Ariana Grande arsenic Glinda. I conscionable couldn't absorption connected the story; she was truthful distracting."

—timelady018

2. Dan Stevens successful Beauty and the Beast (2017): "People didn't similar Emma Watson, but imo, she was fine. Dan's dependable was gorgeous, but helium conscionable wasn't ferocious capable to propulsion disconnected Beast (ex: his pathetic 'Well, spell up and starve' pout that should've been a wall-rattling yell). Then, I didn't deliberation helium looked similar a handsome prince successful the extremity with the reveal. I said, 'That is immoderate random villager who got stuck successful the castle. The existent prince is inactive locked up somewhere' 😂."

3. Will Smith and Kevin Kline successful Wild Wild West (1999): "Will Smith arsenic James West was terrible. Actually, Kevin Kline was, too. Actually, the full movie conscionable didn't work."

4. Helena Bonham Carter successful Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): "I could rant until I'm stone-cold dormant astir however severely miscast Helena Bonham Carter was arsenic Mrs. Lovett. Too young, excessively emo, excessively sympathetic, not capable energy."

5. Bryce Dallas Howard successful the Twilight Saga: "Bryce Dallas Howard arsenic a replacement for Rachelle Lefevre. Are the movies trash? Yes. But Rachelle's Victoria was dark, menacing, and interesting. Bryce was ethereal, manipulative, and a spot dull."

6. Russell Crowe successful Thor: Love and Thunder (2022): "Russell Crowe arsenic Zeus. It was awful."

7. Tyler Perry successful Alex Cross (2012): "I laughed truthful hard each clip helium was connected surface that the idiosyncratic trying to marque maine ticker it conscionable turned it disconnected 😂😂😂."

8. Liv Tyler successful The Lord of the Rings movies: "She can't act, and seeing her throws you retired of the movie due to the fact that you tin lone spot her, not the character. She's the worst happening astir those movies."

9. Elijah Wood successful the Lord of the Rings movies: "My everlastingly eternal disappointment and fury for the casting of Elijah Wood arsenic Frodo. It made maine privation to shriek and outcry erstwhile I saw it successful the theaters. If it had been a book, I'd person thrown it crossed the country — overmuch similar helium seemingly did to the root worldly aft helium got the script. He ne'er work LotR, and it shows; helium was nauseatingly terrible. Shudder."

10. Kevin Costner successful Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991): "I deliberation Kevin Costner arsenic Robin Hood was an atrocious choice. He doesn't adjacent effort a British accent!"

11. Dakota Johnson successful Persuasion (2022): "Dakota Johnson arsenic Anne Elliot. I don't truly blasted her, though; I blasted the screenwriters and the manager for adapting a quality they intelligibly hated for an assemblage they deliberation is excessively unintelligent to recognize that the satellite utilized to beryllium different."

12. Tobey Maguire successful the Spider-Man movies: "In the 3rd movie, I ne'er had immoderate thought what look Maguire was going for. Is helium sad? Happy? Possessed? Evil? Not-evil? It was each conscionable the aforesaid expression, and it was ace bizarre. I cognize that movie wasn't expected to beryllium a cinematic masterpiece, but it seemed similar helium was stoned during the full movie oregon something."

"I'm going to get slated for this, but Tobey Maguire arsenic Spider-Man. He's truthful meh, and it truly enactment maine disconnected seeing immoderate Spider-Man films for many, galore years."

—puss_pastry

13. Julia Roberts successful Michael Collins (1996): "Maybe not the worst of each time, but Julia Roberts successful Michael Collins was ace jarring. Her Irish accent was willy-nilly, and erstwhile it was on, it was inactive beauteous terrible. Plus, she conscionable looked retired of place, similar they dropped a supermodel into the mediate of the Irish Civil War; you shove a large sanction and look similar hers into a humanities play portion similar that, you're conscionable asking for trouble. Should person went with an Irish actress."

14. Mark Wahlberg successful The Truth About Charlie (2002): "Mark Wahlberg successful the Cary Grant relation successful the remake of Charade. The full happening was a bid wreck and a disgrace to everyone involved, prevention possibly Thandiwe Newton, but nary of it was worse than Markie Mark successful the antheral lead."

15. Maria Bello successful The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008): "Maria Bello successful the 3rd Mummy movie, replacing Rachel Weisz. It would've been amended to accidental Evelyn died than to recast her."

"The 'joke' astir not being the aforesaid pistillate made maine cringe. Should person waited for Rachel Weisz, oregon yes, had Evelyn dead, oregon conscionable truly engaged with a room somewhere, truthful it was a guy's trip. I watched the movie astatine the cinema and haven't been capable to rewatch it."

—Electrical-Turnip468

16. Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan successful Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017): "She had nary feelings and zero chemistry with the different main quality played by Dane DeHaan — who I’ve besides ne'er seen successful different movie. Worst casting ever."

"I'm inactive f**king huffy astir the casting choices successful this movie but for Ethan Hawke. They needed actors who look astir 20 years older and cognize however to present dialogue. They didn't look aged capable to get a driver's license, fto unsocial a pilot's license."

—u/CrayonPFish

17. Mark Wahlberg successful The Happening (2008): "I'm not definite immoderate casting prime could person made that movie not suck, but I couldn't judge for adjacent a 2nd that Wahlberg was conscionable a dorky subject teacher trying to survive."

18. Topher Grace successful Spider-Man 3 (2007): "Who the @#&$ formed Topher Grace arsenic Venom?! Seriously, the kid's from That '70s Show. He's not scary astatine all. Especially erstwhile helium was screaming successful agony, I was conscionable reasoning to myself...'This is bad.'"

19. Denise Richards successful The World Is Not Enough (1999): "Denise Richards trying to play a atomic physicist — she was astir arsenic convincing of a atomic physicist arsenic a canine chewing connected an atom-shaped chew toy."

20. Keanu Reeves successful Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): "His effort astatine a British accent is hilarious."

21. Cameron Diaz successful Gangs of New York (2002): "She's not bad, but can't lucifer DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis."

"Honestly, Daniel Day-Lewis was connected different level successful that movie. I retrieve watching it arsenic a kid, and adjacent then, I felt similar I was watching Leo, Cameron Diaz, and a dude who time-traveled from the crook of the century. Leo and Diaz fundamentally play themselves portion Daniel Day-Lewis disappears successful his role."

—u/faislamour

22. Kristen Stewart successful Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): "I conscionable watched this movie similar past week; her each emotion looked the same. The happening is, I similar Kristen successful the caller Charlie's Angels (2019). I conjecture she conscionable needs to find the close roles."

"After I saw immoderate of her darker, edgier, much indie roles, I realized she's astonishing erstwhile she's fixed country to beryllium subtle. Her vigor is precise reserved, but it's powerful. Personal Shopper (2016) is simply a unusual movie that's 1 of my caller favorites, for illustration — highly urge it."

—u/Poppybiscuit

23. Jesse Eisenberg successful Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): "There is conscionable nary information to the feline — helium conscionable looks perpetually similar a 19-year-old assemblage pupil inactive surviving astatine his mom's house, truthful I'm not gonna bargain him arsenic immoderate evil mastermind. Thanks."

"I really liked his performance, but it doesn’t acceptable arsenic Lex Luthor. I would person been happier if they said it was different quality due to the fact that I did rather bask his acting."

—u/SS117_

24. Sofia Coppola successful The Godfather Part III (1990): "Sofia Coppola is simply a truly talented filmmaker — arsenic an actor, she conscionable was not prepared for a relation that big, successful a movie that big. It's her father's responsibility for casting her astatine the last minute, and helium admits it. Yes, everyone had their claws out, acceptable to rip her performance, but adjacent revisiting the movie, it's cringe-inducing. She conscionable wasn't acceptable for each of that, and present that awkward show is frozen successful amber for generations to see."

25. Robert De Niro successful The Irishman (2019): "Robert De Niro arsenic the young Frank Sheehan successful The Irishman. There isn’t capable constitution and CGI successful the satellite to marque that work."

"Yeah, that was truthful bad. No magnitude of CGI could marque De Niro locomotion and enactment similar a young guy. The full 'de-aging' gimmick, I think, works for possibly a flashback country oregon a cameo, but shooting a full movie with it robs a younger histrion of a relation that they astir apt could person pulled disconnected mode better."

—u/Miserable_Reach9648

26. Russell Crowe successful Les Misérables (2012): "His acting itself was conscionable fine. The contented is that his singing was jarringly down that of galore of the different actors, particularly since his main counterpart was Hugh Jackman, a palmy philharmonic histrion connected stage. It's good having actors that whitethorn not beryllium the champion singers, but astir apt not a bully thought to continually enactment those actors successful nonstop examination to those that are, due to the fact that it highlights the large quality successful ability, pulling you retired of the immersion. Javert is Valjean's foil, truthful there's going to beryllium changeless and nonstop examination betwixt those two. You request to person the 2 actors connected par with each other."

"Russell Crowe arsenic Inspector Javert successful Les Misérables. He conscionable can't sing astir arsenic good arsenic the different formed members — particularly for a movie that is simply a musical."

—u/Fogel87767

27. George Clooney successful Batman and Robin (1997): "As Batman, he's terrible. Awful. However, I don't deliberation helium made a atrocious Bruce Wayne. I consciousness the aforesaid mode astir Ben Affleck. Bad Batman, bully Bruce Wayne. They some got trapped successful atrocious scripts, but they are bully actors heavy down — conscionable stuck successful the tar pits of atrocious movies."

28. Gwyneth Paltrow successful the Iron Man movies: "Gwyneth Paltrow arsenic Tony Stark’s idiosyncratic assistant-turned-CEO was god-awful. Having been an admin for 30 years, the mode she played that quality would beryllium an embarrassment to the profession."

"I binged MCU during the pandemic and ended up loving each of it, but each Pepper country conscionable threw maine off. Pepper Potts is genuine, and Paltrow is astir apt the astir aloof histrion I've ever seen."

—u/Impossibleish

29. And finally: Tom Cruise arsenic Jack Reacher (2012 and 2016): "The astir horrendous miscast ever. One of my favourite publication series, I was truthful looking guardant to the movie until they announced who was playing Jack. Actually felt gutted."

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