Worst hollywood casting decision ever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maggie Gyllenhall replacing Katie Holmes in Batman. Maggie is terribly unphotogenic and haggardly, and it was challenging to look at her on the big screen.

Are you me? I hate that I don’t like looking at her, but her face looks like it’s melting

I don’t think she’s bad looking but she was not right for that role. Did you see her in the franco series about porn as an aging hooker who becomes a porn star and director? She was pretty good in that although I do still find her to be too flat oftentimes.

[Anonymous]

John Travolta’s dance partner/love interest in Saturday Night Fever. She looked too old for him and not attractive enough to capture his romantic interest given that all of the women of Bensonhurst were throwing themselves at his character.

[Anonymous]

Jennifer Lopez playing an Italian-American woman in “The Wedding Planner.” As s member of this ethnic group, I can say that she looks about as Italian as Reese Witherspoon. And while we are at it, Rota Moreno playing an Italian woman in “The Four Seasons.” Italians and Puerto Ricans look very different. Why did they not just either make the characters Hispanic or cast Italian-American actresses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:John Travolta’s dance partner/love interest in Saturday Night Fever. She looked too old for him and not attractive enough to capture his romantic interest given that all of the women of Bensonhurst were throwing themselves at his character.

Completely agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Lopez playing an Italian-American woman in “The Wedding Planner.” As s member of this ethnic group, I can say that she looks about as Italian as Reese Witherspoon. And while we are at it, Rota Moreno playing an Italian woman in “The Four Seasons.” Italians and Puerto Ricans look very different. Why did they not just either make the characters Hispanic or cast Italian-American actresses?

What did you think about Cher and/or Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Lopez playing an Italian-American woman in “The Wedding Planner.” As s member of this ethnic group, I can say that she looks about as Italian as Reese Witherspoon. And while we are at it, Rota Moreno playing an Italian woman in “The Four Seasons.” Italians and Puerto Ricans look very different. Why did they not just either make the characters Hispanic or cast Italian-American actresses?

What did you think about Cher and/or Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck?

Not PP but I thought they knocked it out of the park! Such a great movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maggie Gyllenhall replacing Katie Holmes in Batman. Maggie is terribly unphotogenic and haggardly, and it was challenging to look at her on the big screen.

Are you me? I hate that I don’t like looking at her, but her face looks like it’s melting

I don’t think she’s bad looking but she was not right for that role. Did you see her in the franco series about porn as an aging hooker who becomes a porn star and director? She was pretty good in that although I do still find her to be too flat oftentimes.

Hmm, I must be the only one who loves gyllenhall in that role. That movie is perfection in every way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Lopez playing an Italian-American woman in “The Wedding Planner.” As s member of this ethnic group, I can say that she looks about as Italian as Reese Witherspoon. And while we are at it, Rota Moreno playing an Italian woman in “The Four Seasons.” Italians and Puerto Ricans look very different. Why did they not just either make the characters Hispanic or cast Italian-American actresses?

What did you think about Cher and/or Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck?

They were believable as Italians, especially Olympia Dukakis, who is Greek. She looked just like my Italian great-aunt. J Lo and Rita Moreno look completely Puerto Rican.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Lopez playing an Italian-American woman in “The Wedding Planner.” As s member of this ethnic group, I can say that she looks about as Italian as Reese Witherspoon. And while we are at it, Rota Moreno playing an Italian woman in “The Four Seasons.” Italians and Puerto Ricans look very different. Why did they not just either make the characters Hispanic or cast Italian-American actresses?

What did you think about Cher and/or Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck?

They were believable as Italians, especially Olympia Dukakis, who is Greek. She looked just like my Italian great-aunt. J Lo and Rita Moreno look completely Puerto Rican.

I'm the PP. I thought so too. Frankly, I was surprised to learn later that Cher didn't have any Italian heritage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:John Travolta’s dance partner/love interest in Saturday Night Fever. She looked too old for him and not attractive enough to capture his romantic interest given that all of the women of Bensonhurst were throwing themselves at his character.

Completely agree!

Agree too, and this prompted me to find out why she was cast.
Good article and she apparently put a lot of effort into the role. Hanging with people with that accent and writing her lines phonetically and studying an italian secretary to get the gum-chewing right. She's a pretty unsympathetic character (the way she talks and the way she treats people) but it was all very calculated...
https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/30/archives/new-face-karen-lynn-gorney-out-of-the-soaps-and-into-the-discos.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:John Travolta’s dance partner/love interest in Saturday Night Fever. She looked too old for him and not attractive enough to capture his romantic interest given that all of the women of Bensonhurst were throwing themselves at his character.

Completely agree!

Agree too, and this prompted me to find out why she was cast.
Good article and she apparently put a lot of effort into the role. Hanging with people with that accent and writing her lines phonetically and studying an italian secretary to get the gum-chewing right. She's a pretty unsympathetic character (the way she talks and the way she treats people) but it was all very calculated...
https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/30/archives/new-face-karen-lynn-gorney-out-of-the-soaps-and-into-the-discos.html

Seems like this could have (should have?) launched her to stardom, but instead she didn't have work for 15+ years afterward.

"[on the lack of film work, post her breakthrough Saturday Night Fever] They didn't know what to do with me. I was ahead of my time, and they didn't know what to put me in."