What’s the worst casting decision you’ve ever seen for a movie or TV show?

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What’s the worst casting decision you’ve ever seen for a movie or TV show?

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  1. Childoftheway Avatar

    Leonardo Di Caprio in The Revenant. He is the antithesis of a mountain man.

  2. Ok_Literature6753 Avatar

    Dude when they switched Jesus from Jake T. Austin to Noah Centenio in The Fosters ??? Fire whoever did that

  3. Cam27022 Avatar

    Alllll of Borderlands.

  4. reddfawks Avatar

    The Borderlands movie.

    Mike Colter should have been Roland, rather than Kevin Hart. Kevin feels more like he should have played a goofy side-character.

    (And that’s not even my saltiness about my boys Mordy and Brick just not being there at all. Dave Bautista would have made a great Brick.)

  5. PeterNoTail Avatar

    Vince Vaughn, True Detective s2

  6. DarthAuron87 Avatar

    Iain Glenn as Bruce Wayne in Titans

  7. No_Bandicoot2306 Avatar

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

    DeHaan and Delevingne  are supposed lovers, while giving brother/sister who barely tolerate one another vibes. I would also accept vapid gay man and his vaguely lesbian coworker.

  8. Pizza_Hero24 Avatar

    Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He was fighting for his life trying to keep up with the other actors.

  9. DinkandDrunk Avatar

    Liv Tyler in general.

  10. Brock_Petrov Avatar

    The 2nd Dumbledore. He got better later on, but the goblet of fire was rough.

  11. Adddicus Avatar

    John Wayne as Genghis Khan

  12. Affectionate-Mode687 Avatar

    Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavil in The Witcher

  13. cmcsed9 Avatar

    Gal Gadot in everything except the first Wonder Woman.

  14. BreadDue3889 Avatar

    Abigail Breslin.. Dirty Dancing

  15. Mammoth-Positive-396 Avatar

    tom cruise as lestat

  16. Portion-Control Avatar

    Vernestra in SW: The Acolyte.

    Most of the show was pretty bad, but she was the worst. Stiff, boring, flat, horrible.

  17. sir_percy_percy Avatar

    Sofia Coppola in ‘The Godfather part III’ .. jeez, she cannot act.

  18. colummbina Avatar

    Tom Cruise as 6 foot 5, 250 pound, muscle man Jack Reacher

  19. One-Bet-9778 Avatar

    Jack Black & Jason Mamoa should have traded roles in Minecraft Movie. Jason is very very unfunny. Utilize what you have!!

  20. tippleofthemornin Avatar

    Rizzoli & Isles. Unwatchable for me as someone who is a big fan of the books – the whole appeal of Rizzoli is that she is genuinely a tough ass chick, she’s not a gorgeous woman who’s a “tomboy” because she doesn’t like wear lipstick or something 

  21. WritingContradiction Avatar

    Tom Cruise as jack reacher

  22. Emergency_Property_2 Avatar

    Chris Pratt in movies that are not Guardians of Galaxy related.

  23. mlc2475 Avatar

    Probably an unpopular opinion but Jared Leto in Bladerunner 2049

  24. braindamnager Avatar

    Any role where Quentin Tarantino cameos. Love his movies but Christ, man. How many feet scenes and uses of the n-word can you write yourself into?

  25. dumbass-ahedratron Avatar

    Uncle Baby Billy as Teenjus. He’s like 100 years old

  26. Percenary Avatar

    The Uncharted movie casting practically ruined the entire thing.

  27. coldestb4storm Avatar

    The girl that plays Samantha LaRusso. Mary somebody.

  28. FutureGhost24 Avatar

    Nikki Reed in Twilight. She looked horrible as a blond.

  29. Cold_Hour Avatar

    Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic. I don’t what it is but the guy carries absolutely 0% of the aura needed for the role.

  30. ADHD_DUDE Avatar

    Topher Grace as Venom

  31. eron6000ad Avatar

    Qheen Latifah as The Equalizer

  32. xeno0153 Avatar

    Maggie Gyllenhall as Rachel Dawes in “The Dark Knight.” I know that Katie Holmes couldn’t return because Tom Cruise was psycho-jealous, but couldn’t they have found someone who at least somewhat resembled her???

  33. alm1688 Avatar

    The entire cast for the Avatar the Last Airbender movie from M. night Shyamalan. I know that the general consensus is that there is no movie in Ba Sing Se but come on now, that stiff excuse of an actor who played Jasper on Twilight being cast as hilarious, loveable Sokka?? Ick.

  34. OMC78 Avatar

    Gary Oldman as a dwarf

  35. shattered7done1 Avatar

    The 5′ 7″ Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, who in the books is repeatedly described as a 6′ 5″, 200+ pound retired military police major.

  36. Red_beard_1991 Avatar

    The new cast of Harry potter.

    We don’t need a remake.

  37. femtransfan_2 Avatar

    you remember the movie ‘breakfast at tiffany’s’? mickey roonie as the asian landlord

  38. Manfrenjensenjen Avatar

    Kevin Costner as Robin Hood.

  39. suitetee73 Avatar

    Channing Tatum in anything. He’s a terrible actor.

  40. iamadoctorthanks Avatar

    Though the film hasn’t been released yet, I’m betting Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic in Fantastic Four is not going to work well.

  41. devildogger99 Avatar

    Leonardo DiCaprio in Gangs Of New York. I thought his Irish accent was annoying (also why does he have one if hes been living in America his entire life) and I didnt buy the character as a guy whose been living in a fucked up orphanage for fifteen years. Id replace him with Casey Affleck.

    Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 1883. They were just playing themselves. I would never have believed these were real people in yhe wild west era. I would have replaced them with Eric Bana and Nicole Kidman

    Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar. I… I just cant take him seriously. Id replace him witn Viggo Mortensen.

  42. Quiet_Excitement_272 Avatar

    Hillary Swank in PS I Love You

  43. Warm_Evening_5430 Avatar

    This might be going a little too far back, but I’m gonna nominate Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Major yikes.

  44. HonoluluLongBeach Avatar

    The new Snape. Apparently, the Marauders were racist.

  45. WannabeMemester420 Avatar

    Everyone in the live action Dragon Ball movie and Avatar Last Airbender movie.

  46. BradyBunch12 Avatar

    Idris Elba as Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower

  47. TeetheMoose Avatar

    Not the worst casting, but seeing Keith Callum Rene replacing David Marciano in Due South never sat well with me. He’s great actor. Just don’t think this part fitted him.

  48. loki143 Avatar

    John Wayne as Genghis Khan was pretty bad, But Mickey Rooney as Mr Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany’s was the worst I’ve seen.

  49. Weary-Knowledge-7180 Avatar

    Sophie Skelton as Brianna on Outlander. Girl couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag. She was painful to watch.

  50. foxtrot_delta_tango_ Avatar

    Tom Cruise as the vampire Lestat in Interview With The Vampire. Who is the dumbass responsible for that atrocious decision?!

    Not even movie magic could make a nerdy looking 5’4″ brunette religious nut look like the 6’+ blonde modelesque looking hottie the canonical Lestat was described as.

    Brad Pitt was badly misplaced in that movie too. He would have been a better Lestat than scientology boy.

  51. Shinjetsu01 Avatar

    Justin Chatwin as Goku.

    That whole film was cursed but my god…GOKU

  52. hurtingheart4me Avatar

    I will always and forever stand by this as the worst casting ever – Keanu Reeves in Dracula.

  53. whiskersRwe32 Avatar

    Most recently, Issa Rae in Black Mirror’s “Hotel Reverie” episode. Horrible casting. Unnatural and had zero chemistry with Emma Corrin who did a fabulous job. The episode could’ve really worked if both leads had emotional depth and range and only one of those actors did.

  54. garrettj100 Avatar

    I will quote a review of Fantastic Four (2005).

    >”Jessica Alba plays Sue Storm, a scientist.  She is not credible as someone who can read.”

  55. SithDraven Avatar

    Fischer Stevens as an Indian character in Short Circuit. Wild. Different times.

  56. Tiefschlag Avatar

    Well, HBO decided that Hatry Potter would need a series…

  57. Chessh2036 Avatar

    Emma Stone in a movie called ALOHA playing an Asian character named Alison Ng

  58. scootiescoo Avatar

    Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon was pretty bad.

  59. GoingNutCracken Avatar

    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. The physical difference between how Jack Reacher is described in Lee Child’s books is the complete opposite of the physical characteristics of Tom Cruise.

  60. Spugnacious Avatar

    Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.

    What. The Fuck?!?!

  61. Wiltingghost Avatar

    Neil Patrick Harris as the weird ex in Gone Girl. Could not take it seriously. I know he was supposed to be off-putting, but it came off as the wrong type of off-putting that they intended for the character 

  62. npad69 Avatar

    zegler as snow white

  63. kpk_soldiers274 Avatar

    Christian Slater in Robin Hood.

  64. GrandMoffJerjerrod Avatar

    Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor

  65. Suspicious_Tie_5031 Avatar

    Russel Crowe as Javert in Les Mis

    Gerard Butler in Phantom of the Opera

    Can we just stop casting actors who can’t sing as leads in musicals???

  66. iowanaquarist Avatar

    The notoriously short Tom Cruise as the almost comidically tall Jack Reacher.

    Will Ferrel in anything — other than Stranger than Fiction.

  67. WookProblems Avatar

    Rosie fucking O’Donnell as Betty Rubble.

  68. elcharlo Avatar

    Walken as the Emperor in Dune 2.

  69. Epicporkchop79-7 Avatar

    The taskmaster and most of the contestants for the US version of Taakmaster.

  70. MightyMo86 Avatar

    Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher

  71. LilyBriscoeBot Avatar

    Russell Crowe is a great actor. He’s great it so many things, but he should have never played Javert in the musical version of Les Miserables. Such a disappointment. So many bad decisions in that movie, but Russell Crowe made no sense. If it was a non-musical version of Les Miserables, he would have been great. He can’t do musical theater though, certainly not with live singing.

  72. pdfrg Avatar

    I believe Lassie should have been a cat.

  73. SirPwn4g3 Avatar

    Jared Leto in anything

  74. EvieStarbrite Avatar

    Bella Ramsey in the Last of Us series. What on EARTH were they thinking?

  75. bazmonsta Avatar

    Gotta give it time to air but I have a weird feeling some casting choices in the Harry Potter reboot may end up being contenders for one reason or another.