Worst hollywood casting decision ever?

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Anonymous wrote:Worst ever? As in I can't watch this part of the movie and it's ruined for me? Andie McDowell 3 Weddings and a Funeral. No question. Such a shame.

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Came here for this

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Anonymous wrote:We were just talking about this last night. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen as Padme and Anakin Skywalker.

Yes!!! Terrible chemistry, terrible writing, terrible acting.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

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Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle and Joy - she was too young for both roles.

I clicked on this thread to say exactly that!

Me again—also Silver Linings Playbook.

So true: she was way too young for the role in American Hustle. I never understood her It girl status, like she had to be in every movie for awhile.

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Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball. That should have gone to Debra Messing. I'm interested in watching a movie about Lucy, but not if it means listening to Nicole's whispered American accent and spending the whole movie thinking "that's Nicole Kidman pretending to be Lucy."

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Anonymous wrote:We were just talking about this last night. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen as Padme and Anakin Skywalker.

Yes!!! Terrible chemistry, terrible writing, terrible acting.

I think George Lucas should take most of the blame. I’m not sure if any actor could have made those movies watchable.

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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.

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My first thought was Minnie Driver and David Duchovny in "Return to Me" -- silly rom com but there was literally NO chemistry between them, which made it not just silly but unwatchable.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss

She was too old!

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Good God. I can't decide which was worse--his terrible acting or terrible directing.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Good God. I can't decide which was worse--his terrible acting or terrible directing.

+1 Thisis an epically bad take. Kevin Costner was surprisingly good in Bull Durham, but he’s a dreadful actor, and Dancing with Wolves was tied with Waterworld for the worst of the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:The whitewashing of Avatar the Last Airbender. That was horrific.

+1.
Hollywood whitewashing is insane nowadays. There are so many decent Asian actors who are not given a chance it's just criminal.
Add Tilda Swinton in Dr. Strange, Natalie Portman in Annihilation, Matt Damon turning The Great Wall into a stereotypical "white man saves China" caricature, and Benedict Cumberbatch in the Star Trek reboot all as examples of Hollywood anti-Asian bigotry.

Tilda Swinton was awesome in Doctor Strange. It’s totally legitimate to be angry about the white washing, but she did a great job.

I don't think it's legit to be angry at the whitewashing, entirely. Or maybe it's more legit to be mad at a more complex issue. The character as written in the original comics was problematic. You can't have an asian person play such a bad, overt Asian stereotypical character. So the decision was to step away from the character, turn it into Tilda's ancient one in stead. Perhaps it would have been a better decision to cast an Asian character and rewrite in a way that didn't bring in blatantly offensive Asian stereotypes, but Marvel has a bit of a history in trying to re-do past offensive characters.

For example, they used The Mandarin in IronMan 3, but it was done as a ruse - someone was hired to portray a bad guy who called himself The Mandarin (but the real bad guy ws someone else, the person who hired the actor). Now in Shani-Chi and the 10 rings, they'll bring in some of the lore from the Mandarin comics, but in a way that isn't so offensive.

It's not perfect, but Marvel has been pivoting to more inclusive storytelling.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Good God. I can't decide which was worse--his terrible acting or terrible directing.

+1 Thisis an epically bad take. Kevin Costner was surprisingly good in Bull Durham, but he’s a dreadful actor, and Dancing with Wolves was tied with Waterworld for the worst of the worst.

I disagree - Dances with Wolves was really good - when it came out. Doesn't hold up, but it was a good movie at the time. He was really good in Bull Durham. Also excellent in The Untouchables.

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Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell in Hook.

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David Thewlis as the villain in Wonder Woman. It just didn’t work. Remus Lupin is NOT intimidating!