When the casting process lets down a movie or tv series

[Jumptheshark]

Confusingly worded question--even by my standards

Here is a longer form of the question that will explain what I mean

have you ever watched a movie or tv series where everything was good--but the actors were the weakest part of the production?

Like with The Godfather part III where you had FFC's daughter in a main role or how they replaced Robert Duval with George Hamilton

I am watching the Netflix show Another Life and it is an interesting concept--the problem is the acting. Katee Sackoff is doing her best--but most of the other cast seems to be rejects from either Riverdale or some other wannabe teen soap--most of them are in their early to mid 20's and just do not have the acting chops for the roles they are playing-writing is not great--but the acting is subpar--maybe they spent all the money on special affects and Sackoff--but most of the cast is pure eye candy and not much else--it is painful to watch


what tvshows or movies you have seen where the actors where the biggest problem in the movie and not the script or director or special affects

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[Neutrinos]

Superman Returns
Kevin Spacey was awful as Lex Luthor, plus Kate Bosworth was poorly cast as the award-winning journalist, Lois Lane

 

[frisco]

I always thought movies like Tin Cup, Field Of Dreams, JFK, Bull Durham were just spoiled by the presence of Kevin Costner in the lead role. I just can't stand his acting or hokey accents. I think any decent actor in those films and they're way better.

My best-Carey

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish in The X-Files.

 

[Jussi]

Liev Schreiber in Phantoms. Ben Affleck was the bomb though.

 

[alko]

Already a classic: Tommy Wiseau in The Room.

 

[Eisen]

I just can't stand the faces of Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Affleck. Jennifer Lawrence as well.

 

[Neutrinos]

I thought Zachary Levi was miscast in Shazam

 

[NyQuil]

Katie Holmes in Batman Begins.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I always felt Demi Moore was pretty terrible in A Few Good Men and really brought nothing to a very strong cast

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Oooooh, miscasting. A fun topic.

I'm not anti-Tom Hanks by any means, but he's woefully miscast in The Road to Perdition and The Ladykillers. No matter how hard he tries, he just can't pull off any degree of "bad."

I also think Ben Stiller is the absolute worst part of Tropic Thunder. Part of the reason why RDJ and Jack Black are funny in their roles is because their characters aren't too far from who they are. Exaggerated by several degrees. But it isn't hard to imagine RDJ being methody or Black in a movie about farts. Stiller, however, isn't remotely an action star and hams it up beyond belief. Now a more interesting movie would be one where Tom Cruise and Stiller switched parts ...

 

[The Shadow]

I just can't stand the faces of Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Affleck. Jennifer Lawrence as well.

Funny I cannot stand the face of his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal. I wish she was not in the Dark Knight

 

[Shareefruck]

Maggie Gyllenhaal always seems to cause in a negative reaction in people that I have never really understood.

David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers. Everybody says "he was actually really good in it and doesn't detract from the experience", but I completely disagree.

 

[The Shadow]

Maggie Gyllenhaal always seems to cause in a negative reaction in people that I have never really understood.

David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers. Everybody says "he was actually really good in it and doesn't detract from the experience", but I completely disagree.

I thought he was the perfect antagonist to start the series with

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I just can't stand the faces of Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Affleck. Jennifer Lawrence as well.

Funny I cannot stand the face of his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal. I wish she was not in the Dark Knight

 

[Azathoth]

I know they had no choice but replacing Richard Harris with Michael Gambon as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies was absolutely terrible. The way he played the character compared to Harris really took me out of all the scenes he was in.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

It's not a miscasting issue, but I do think Sean Penn and Tim Robbins are both actively, aggressively bad in Mystic River. ... They both won Oscars.

"IS THAAAAAAT MYYYYYYY DAAAAWWWWWTURHHHH IN THERRRRRE?????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

 

[Raekwon]

hayden christensen in the star wars prequels

 

[Jumptheshark]

hayden christensen in the star wars prequels

Nope--it was Lucas--the writing was crappy and he cared more about special affects then the writing or the acting

 

[Raekwon]

Nope--it was Lucas--the writing was crappy and he cared more about special affects then the writing or the acting

lucas did blow it but he was a terrible choice in a crucial role

 

[Jumptheshark]

lucas did blow it but he was a terrible choice in a crucial role

at then end of the day Lucas was making all the decision and made a lot of bad ones in those trio of movies

no matter who you had in the role, Lucas' writing and directing sucked

 

[Dolemite]

::cough:: Godfather 3 ::cough::

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

Oooooh, miscasting. A fun topic.

I'm not anti-Tom Hanks by any means, but he's woefully miscast in The Road to Perdition and The Ladykillers. No matter how hard he tries, he just can't pull off any degree of "bad."

I also think Ben Stiller is the absolute worst part of Tropic Thunder. Part of the reason why RDJ and Jack Black are funny in their roles is because their characters aren't too far from who they are. Exaggerated by several degrees. But it isn't hard to imagine RDJ being methody or Black in a movie about farts. Stiller, however, isn't remotely an action star and hams it up beyond belief. Now a more interesting movie would be one where Tom Cruise and Stiller switched parts ...

Good post. Agree about Hanks in Road to Perdition, though I remember him being decent in Ladykillers. And I don’t think either Stiller or Black or very funny in Tropic Thunder. A Cruise/Stiller swap would have been amazing.

 

[End on a Hinote]

I always felt Demi Moore was pretty terrible in A Few Good Men and really brought nothing to a very strong cast

Well considering the movies title, she was technically miscast the moment she was cast.

 

[kook10]

True Detective Season 2 top-to-bottom.