Absolutely Terrible Casting 🍿😩

I didn’t think Nicholas Cage should have been Captain Correlli.

Sixtysix

Ray Winstone as Henry 8th. Awful casting. He looked the part & that's all!

Oh, I quite enjoyed that version. RW always plays RW, I agree; but it's not a great stretch to see Henry as a macho thug.

Gwenisgreat

Somehow Tom Cruise just didn't measure up to Jack Reacher!

Typically he is quite good in his role - Maverick 1&2 he's perfection. All Mission Impossible versions, TC has done well.

Emma Thompson of course too old to be Eleanor in Sense and Sensibility. And her mother Phyllida Law much too old.
In the story the mother is too susceptible to the charms of Willoughby, and too indulgent to Marianne. That's what drives the story.

I thought Emma was wonderful as Eleanor and always cry along with her at the end. Not quite as noisily (well sometimes then)

Richard Gere in Second Exotic Marigold Hotel. Boring and spoilt the whole film! The first film was Fab.

Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I.

Oh yes. It was a good film, but it was a stretch to believe the 'pale and interesting' Cate as the flame-haired Elizabeth.

I was surprised to find I liked Rowan Atkinson as Maigret, but I did.
Didn't like Alison Steadman as Mrs Bennett or Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, but I liked Derek Jacobi as Cadfael.

Blondiescot

Boz

Remember Kevin Costner as the Sheriff of Nottnam.

If you're talking about Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Costner was Robin. The late great Alan Rickman was perfectly cast (IMO) as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Going along the Roman Wall in trying to get to Nottingham.
Patrick Bergman was far better asRobin Hood wth the film was made at almost the same time with Urma Therman as Maid Marion. Alan Rickman, I would agree with perfectly cast.

Robin Hood will always be Richard Greene, in the television version, back in the 50’s.

That arrow zinging through the air, at the start, landing in the bullseye, and ‘The Adventures Of Robin Hood’ circling up on the screen. Bliss!

And if memory serves me right, a rather dapper Sheriff of Nottingham, played by Alan Wheatley, with a stylish little beard.

Not the pantomime villain as portrayed memorably by the lovely Alan Rickman, but a baddie nonetheless, who always got his comeuppance at the end.

By ‘bullseye’, I think it just landed in the tree trunk!

Whenever I mention this I get howled down but I simply couldn't watch Titanic because of the two leads...not because we all know the ending lol!

Initially I thought Kate Winslet must have been Leonardo de Caprio's sister rather than his love interest. She seemed way too old in comparison to his baby face looks.

I also prefer Matthew Macfadayen as Mr Darcy over Colin Firth, I thought he brought a nuance to the role and showed his vulnerability, something which Mr Darcy imbued. I never read him as a snob, rather he was a nervous man unsure of people's motives.

Interesting thread.

I thought that Alison Steadman was great as Mrs Bennett - exactly as she is portrayed in the book (& based on JA's own mother..!)
I can't watch Brenda B as Vera - not because of her age, but because in the books much is made of Vera's size -she's very obese - and the petite Ms Blethyn is nothing like her.
Likewise in the Shetland books, Jimmy Perez is described in every book as being descended from a Spaniard washed up in the islands from the Armada - black curly hair, olive skin, brown eyes - and so asking me to accept Douglas Henshall (fair hair, blue eyes) in the part is impossible...!

To my slight surprise, I've liked all the Maigrets, but apparently Rupert Davis 'was' Maigret according to Simenon. One of the worst is Trevor Howard in Von Ryan's Express. Far too old and totally unbelievable.

Likewise in the Shetland books, Jimmy Perez is described in every book as being descended from a Spaniard washed up in the islands from the Armada - black curly hair, olive skin, brown eyes - and so asking me to accept Douglas Henshall (fair hair, blue eyes) in the part is impossible ...!

I know he's wrong but ... ❣

I liked Derek Jacobi as Cadfael (I like him in anything) but I always saw Cadfael as Philip Madoc.

Roger Allam in Murder in Provence, as an urbane French mayor, I found him quite unbelievable as he sounded just like he always does in Endeavour etc etc

ShewhomustbeEbayed

Roger Allam in Murder in Provence, as an urbane French mayor, I found him quite unbelievable as he sounded just like he always does in Endeavour etc etc

With my husband Roger Allam (he and his wife are oblivious to this fact) it’s all about the voice, he’d be a fool to change it.

I can understand your point though, as it is so distinctive.

Roger is also an excellent singer; he originated the role of Javert in Les Mis, and the role still belongs to him ♥️

I agree with Esmay that Carol Royle was totally wrong as Mrs Bright in Endeavour.

He would not have been with someone as attractive as she was in all honesty.

In Bonfire of the Vanities book the woman was a tall, blonde Jerry Hall type character and the main man was a tall sophisticated man...when the film came out and was played by Melanie Griffiths and Tom Hanks it really ruined it for me!

Calendargirl

I agree with Esmay that Carol Royle was totally wrong as Mrs Bright in Endeavour.

He would not have been with someone as attractive as she was in all honesty.

I'm not sure.

Perhaps she saw the Anton Lesser behind Chief Superintendent Bright

Yes, Callistemon, I so agree!

Sadly, he already has a very attractive wife.

I agree completely

One of my favourite films of all time.Yes he did look quite old but it didn't spoil it for mr