Worst hollywood casting decision ever?

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Anonymous wrote:Malib Ackerman in Watchmen movie! She barely can play one character but they gave her two?! She’s a bad actress.

Malin sorry

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Anonymous wrote:Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum in One for the Money.

The entire Wrinkle In Time cast --- they really screwed that up.

I couldn’t watch One for the Money, the trailer was awful.

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Anonymous wrote:Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

so awful--had no idea it was him for years.

Blake Edwards also used lots of offensive Asian stereotypes in the Pink Panther series.

Always wondered how his adopted daughters from Vietnam feel about his work...

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of Natalie Portman, she was so unbelievable to me in the movie Closer. She was supposed to be a stripper, but had a childlike presence acting next to Jude Law, Julia Roberts and Clive Barker.

Yeah, but at least she looks good.

So top picks so far:
Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell
Hayden Christensen as A. Skywalker
Keanu in any movie other than action roles (Matrix, Speed, Wick) or dumb-s$&t roles (Bill & Ted, Parenthood)
Meryl Streep in non-drama roles
Will Ferrell as the lead (great as a side kick, but never, ever cast him as the lead).
And Kevin Hart, Dustin Hoffman, or Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

No. Did you just make up your own list? What happened to Jack Black in The Holiday? Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games movies?

Will Ferrell can absolutely be the lead: Anchorman, Elf, Talladega Nights, etc.

And Meryl Streep can absolutely do comedy: Devil Wears Prada, It's Complicated, Adaptation, Death Becomes Her, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't a movie, but Moira Kelly in the early seasons of the West Wing was awful. I fast forward past her scenes in the early seasons, which is too bad, because they were so good, except for her performances.

eh, we're derailing a bit, but between you and me re: the awful "Mandy Hampton": I don't like her performance either, but it's hard to know if it was bad casting or the fact the character should not have existed in the first place.

I doubt that a better actress could have made Mandy work out as a character, because Mandy was created to be both a romantic interest for Josh (yes, even as an ex) and to bring some kind of brash outside-the-White-House sensibility to the show. From early on it was clear the character did not click at ALL with the other characters and relationships plus, Sorkin had no idea what her professional role should be (she's kind of got some of C.J.'s press role, some event roles that seem to under Toby's office, etc. Just...useless.).

All that is why you see less and less of Mandy as the first season progresses. It's pretty evident she was supposed to be a big part of things out of the gate and very swiftly was relegated to the background. She doesn't even appear at all in the season one finale, which is a huge cliffhanger with a very serious storyline. And she's never mentioned again.

There's actually a term for when a character vanishes and is never again mentioned. It's referred to as being sent to "Mandyville." Seriously, it's a thing.

Returning the thread to its previously scheduled topic....

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't a movie, but Moira Kelly in the early seasons of the West Wing was awful. I fast forward past her scenes in the early seasons, which is too bad, because they were so good, except for her performances.

eh, we're derailing a bit, but between you and me re: the awful "Mandy Hampton": I don't like her performance either, but it's hard to know if it was bad casting or the fact the character should not have existed in the first place.

I doubt that a better actress could have made Mandy work out as a character, because Mandy was created to be both a romantic interest for Josh (yes, even as an ex) and to bring some kind of brash outside-the-White-House sensibility to the show. From early on it was clear the character did not click at ALL with the other characters and relationships plus, Sorkin had no idea what her professional role should be (she's kind of got some of C.J.'s press role, some event roles that seem to under Toby's office, etc. Just...useless.).

All that is why you see less and less of Mandy as the first season progresses. It's pretty evident she was supposed to be a big part of things out of the gate and very swiftly was relegated to the background. She doesn't even appear at all in the season one finale, which is a huge cliffhanger with a very serious storyline. And she's never mentioned again.

There's actually a term for when a character vanishes and is never again mentioned. It's referred to as being sent to "Mandyville." Seriously, it's a thing.

Returning the thread to its previously scheduled topic....

Yeah like Richie and Joanie Cunningham’s big brother on “Happy Days”. I think he was just “disappeared” with no explanation whatsoever.

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Welp. That's it. Thread done.

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Forgive me if this has been mentioned… I don’t have the attention span to go through the previous pages. Tom Hanks in the da Vinci code. I love Tom Hanks, but this was a miss.

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Speaking of West Wing, Mary Louise Parker was so terrible as the feminist activist. She was great as the clueless narcissist suburban mom on Weeds but her vacant thing just did not work in the west wing role. I worked at a feminist organization for years and knew no one like that. Could have been a great role is it had been played by someone more like Allison Janney that could really bring the sharp strong vibe. Also I never felt like she had any chemistry with josh but I know that’s hard to cast for. I don’t know if they originally intended him to end up with his secretary or whether they just had such good chemistry that the writers did that.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of West Wing, Mary Louise Parker was so terrible as the feminist activist. She was great as the clueless narcissist suburban mom on Weeds but her vacant thing just did not work in the west wing role. I worked at a feminist organization for years and knew no one like that. Could have been a great role is it had been played by someone more like Allison Janney that could really bring the sharp strong vibe. Also I never felt like she had any chemistry with josh but I know that’s hard to cast for. I don’t know if they originally intended him to end up with his secretary or whether they just had such good chemistry that the writers did that.

Yes, I hated her in that role. That whiny voice and affect.

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Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle
Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell
Tom Cruise in Interview with a Vampire
Keanu Reeves in Dracula
Jack Black in The Holiday
Tom Hanks in the DaVinci Code movies
Andie McDowell in Three Weddings and a Funeral and in Groundhog Day
Natalie Portman in Closer
Madonna in Evita and Desperately Seeking Susan
Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love (can’t believe she won an Oscar for that)
Sofia Coppola in The Godfather III
Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York
Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones (the accent was terrible, I couldn’t get past it)
Pierce Brosnan in Mama Mia
Meryl Streep in Mama Mia
George Clooney as Batman
Vince Vaughn in Psycho
Halle Berry as Storm
Jessica Alba in Fantastic Four
Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables
Marcia Gay Harden in Miller’s Crossing
Jaden Smith in Karate Kid
Denise Richards as Christmas Jones in the Bond movie
Making Ackerman in Watchmen

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of Natalie Portman, she was so unbelievable to me in the movie Closer. She was supposed to be a stripper, but had a childlike presence acting next to Jude Law, Julia Roberts and Clive Barker.

Yeah, but at least she looks good.

So top picks so far:
Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell
Hayden Christensen as A. Skywalker
Keanu in any movie other than action roles (Matrix, Speed, Wick) or dumb-s$&t roles (Bill & Ted, Parenthood)
Meryl Streep in non-drama roles
Will Ferrell as the lead (great as a side kick, but never, ever cast him as the lead).
And Kevin Hart, Dustin Hoffman, or Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

OMG the absolute worst and most embarrassing Keanu is whoever thought it was a good idea to cast him in SHAKESPEARE.

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Anonymous wrote:

Welp. That's it. Thread done.

+1

DCUM post of the year. Not joking at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Malib Ackerman in Watchmen movie! She barely can play one character but they gave her two?! She’s a bad actress.

+1

She’s so, so bad. I stopped watching Billions because of her.