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People Explain Which Actors They Think Were Truly Miscast In A Role

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We all have our favorite movie stars, whose presence alone is what leads us to see certain films.

However, even the greatest actors aren't immune to delivering some sub-par performances.

Particularly, when they found themselves in roles for which they were less than ideally suited.

Indeed, Kevin Coster is anything but authentically English in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, nor do Leonardo DiCaprio or Cameron Diaz sound convincingly Irish in Gangs of New York.

Mickey Rooney playing a Japanese man in full yellow-face, hitting every racist stereotype possible in Breakfast at Tiffany's being among the most infamous examples of miscasting.


Redditor Upstairs-Paper-2079 was eager to hear cases of actors finding themself in a role for which they were not at all suited, leading them to ask:
"Which actor was truly miscast in a particular role?"

Who Says Wizards Can't Be From New York?

"Ray Liotta in the 'Dungeon Siege' movie."

"He plays an evil wizard and he literally just looks like he walked off the set of a gangster movie like 'Goodfellas'."

"It's pretty hilarious."- nvaughan81

Yellow Face Is Never OK...

"John Wayne as Genghis Khan."- Spodson

"Mickey Rooney as Yunioshi in 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s'."- nobodysbestfriendd

Sadly Not At All The Worst Thing About This Movie...

"Gary Oldman as a dwarf in 'Tiptoes', also starring Peter Dinklage."- B0BA_F33TT

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Even Fictional Actors Can Be Miscast...

"Vincent Chase [from Entourage] as 'Pablo Escobar'."- snailwitch11

"Tugg Speedman [from Tropic Thunder] as Simple Jack."- Anal_Punisher69

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Someone Needs To Choose Their Roles More Carefully

" Mark Wahlberg as Sully in the 'Uncharted' movie."- solarShep

"Mark Wahlberg in 'Transformers'."

"The buff guy from Mass is an inventor in Texas?"- DrugsRBadMan

Making The Villain As Good Or Better Looking Than The Hero Is A Choice...


"I think of Marwan Kenzari as Jafar in the new 'Aladdin'."

"Jafar was a creepy, old man and they cast a handsome younger man."

"He was not at all intimidating, I don't feel they gave him very good lines."

"Someone early on had made a joke that the poster for the movie looked like a porn parody and I couldn't get that out of my head whenever I saw Jafar."- jorbal4256

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But How Do You Really Feel?

"Steven Seagal as an action star."- sealox

Didn't Have Much More Luck As Batman...

"Ben Affleck as 'Daredevil'."

"The script was bad and that can take a lot of the blame."

"However Affleck still moves around like his spine is fused, while trying to portray one of the more nimble characters in marvel."- apandarelic

Best Left Forgotten

"Almost the entire cast of the 'The Last Airbender' movie."

"I agree that it could've made a decent movie if it wasn't for M.N.Shyamalan as director, but Idk."

"I found the whole bending and the effects were actually not bad (except fire bending that looked awful to me) and I also liked the soundtrack."

"But compared to the nickelodeon show it's..well..can't be compared."

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The World Was Definitely Not Enough To Justify This Casting...

"Denise Richards, the nuclear scientist in that James Bond movie."- jomarthecat

"Paul Rudd as the a**hole husband in Night at The Museum."

"If you watch that movie while imagining that Ben Stiller and Paul Rudd's roles were reversed, it would be so much better."

"'Night at The Museum' is secretly a Paul Rudd movie."- rh3toricalanswer

Impossible Shoes To Fill... But Someone Could Have Filled Them Better...

"Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates."

"But only a complete nutter would remake Psycho in the first place."- TaxApprehensive3051

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Sometimes, a script is just so good, that an actor simply isn't able to say no.

Despite knowing how wrong they are for the role.

But it's a sign of integrity when any actor knows their limitations, or what's right, and passes on a role knowing there must be someone better suited for the part.

...Seriously though, were there really NO English actors available to play Robin Hood?....

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