Absolutely Terrible Casting 🍿😩

Rowan Atkinson as Maigret. I still shudder at the memory.

John Thaw. Who else could have played Inspector Morse?

If you read the books, however, JT was a much more attractive, personable chap than how he was portrayed on paper.

Definitely better to have watched the tv version first.

A rather lovely looking young Arthur Hughes is playing Shardlake, a slightly more grizzled, greying and grumpish Kennith Brannah leaps of the page to me! Still cant wait to watch though. I believe its to be on Sky in the Autumn. Heaven....

"Jodie Turner-Smith on being the first Black actress to play Anne Boleyn in new miniseries: 'Our aim was not historical accuracy"

Well quite.

I dont even watch much costume drama, as it often looks like actors playing dress up.

No, that’s a weird one Doodledog

I got used to Olivia Coleman, and thought she played the part well. I didn’t take to Imelda Staunton though. She was so miserable all the time. I wasn’t sure about Dominic West as Prince Charles either.

Olivia Colman in The Crown. Dreadful, especially after Claire Foy who was so good.

Silvergirl

I did not like Will Smith playing Muhammad Ali. He had none of Ali’s good looks and charisma.

Yes, should possibly have been someone far less known, or even unknown

BlueBelle

Timothy Spall in Mr Turner awful

Oh really?
I love that film

GrannyGravy13

Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown all I could see was Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)

I didn’t like Olivia Colman either.
Claire Foy was an incredibly hard act to follow.
I stopped watching after the first two series

Nandalot

I know others will disagree with me, but Brenda Blethyn as Vera. She is far too old.

Vera has aged extremely well. I'm sure in the books she hasn't stayed 35. She definitely is Vera.

Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown all I could see was Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)

I did not like Will Smith playing Muhammad Ali. He had none of Ali’s good looks and charisma.

Florence Pugh as Amy in Little Women. Amy is supposed to be an immature, rather silly girl, who would almost certainly have a high, giggly voice. Florence Pugh's rather gravelly smoker's voice and worldly wise manner was totally wrong for the character.

No.
Mrs Bennet had a vulgar mind; she was not a vulgar person.
The best Mrs. Bennet I saw was Joan Hickson, faint but complaining.
I thought Olivia de Havilland was wrong in the part of Melly in Gone with the Wind. Playing someone totally good and true but not naive is very hard and she was too sophisticated.

Timothy Spall in Mr Turner awful

The last play I saw at the theatre. It was so dreadful that it has been erased from my memory - just the knowledge of how awful it was.

Nandalot

I know others will disagree with me, but Brenda Blethyn as Vera. She is far too old.

No totally agree. Far too old for the part.

Clive Owen and Keira Knightley in King Arthur.

The rest of the casting was spot on (specially Ray Winstone as Bors), but neither of them has charisma at the best of times, and there was just no chemistry between them at all. It was very disappointing, as overall it was a really good film.

I loved Alison Steadman as Mrs B, and I don’t think she was OTT. Judging by some of her speeches -in the book but not the BeeB version - I think she nailed her very well. The speech I really wish they’d included is the very long one she makes right after Lizzie has told her she’s going to marry Mr Darcy, that begins,

‘Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! Mr Darcy! Who would have thought it? And is it really true?

and ends after a great deal similar,

‘Three daughters married! Ten thousand a year! What will become of me. I shall go distracted.’
😂
A comedy classic, IMO. I could just see Alison S doing that to a T.

Squiffy

Tara Fitzgerald in I Capture the Castle - truly miscast! Topaz was supposed to be eccentric, a bit ‘on another planet’.

I think she was about 35, whilst Topaz was a teenager, so she couldn’t enthuse properly - sadly it’s something we lose as we lose our innocence. It’s my favourite book, the film didn’t do it justice.

I know others will disagree with me, but Brenda Blethyn as Vera. She is far too old.

I think Alison Steadman was an excellent Mrs Bennett. All the silliness was a good reflection of how she was described in JA's book.

Didn't bother watching the film version with Keira Knightley. She was far too thin. Those girls had absolutely nothing to do but eat, read and go to parties. All the hard work was done by servants.

Meryl Streep in ‘The Bridges Of Madison County’.

In the book, Francesca came across as attractive.

Meryl made her frumpy and somehow trying to be coquettish and girly with Clint.

Actually, Clint Eastwood was miscast as well. Too old for the part.

But seeing as it was Clint’s company making the film, and I imagine Clint was the director……

Who would be arguing with him?

I disagree, I thought Alison Steadman was brilliant as Mrs Bennet!
I thought Matthew McFadyen was awful as D'Arcy in the film, very wooden. I don't particularly like him anyway, but he did nothing for the character or the film. There was absolutely no chemistry between him and Keira Knightley.