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Absolutely Terrible Casting 🍿😩

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Kate1949 Thu 06-Jul-23 15:29:40

I agree re Alison Steadman as Mrs Bennet. Awful. Usually she is great.

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Squiffy Thu 06-Jul-23 15:21:57

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

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Casdon Thu 06-Jul-23 14:56:58

FannyCornforth

eazybee

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.
She was dreadful.

Spot on.
She was so over the top.
And I’m ordinarily a fan.
The director should have had a word

On the other hand Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Lady Catherine DeBurgh was masterly casting, she was truly intimidating!

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FannyCornforth Thu 06-Jul-23 14:45:33

eazybee

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.
She was dreadful.

Spot on.
She was so over the top.
And I’m ordinarily a fan.
The director should have had a word

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Calendargirl Thu 06-Jul-23 14:45:24

I agree about Stephen Tomkinson and Alison Steadman in those roles.

Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind.

Scarlett O’ Hara would never have preferred him to Clark Gable as Rhett Butler- no way.

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Chardy Thu 06-Jul-23 14:40:06

Casdon

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet. I like her, she just wasn’t right for the part.

That's interesting because I love that film.

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eazybee Thu 06-Jul-23 14:36:56

Alison Steadman as Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.
She was dreadful.

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merlotgran Thu 06-Jul-23 14:12:48

Stephen Tompkinson as DCI Alan Banks.

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Wyllow3 Thu 06-Jul-23 14:12:40

Chocolatelovinggran

Tom Cruise as the famously - very- tall Jack Reacher .

I know...(and we are talking SERIOUS disagreements in the family here grin)

but I liked the way Tom Cruise portrayed the character so much in the films despite reading every single book....

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Casdon Thu 06-Jul-23 14:09:48

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet. I like her, she just wasn’t right for the part.

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Chocolatelovinggran Thu 06-Jul-23 14:06:10

Tom Cruise as the famously - very- tall Jack Reacher .

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Ilovecheese Thu 06-Jul-23 13:55:01

Mark Warren (who I do like) as Van Der Valk

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FannyCornforth Thu 06-Jul-23 13:51:20

Hello 👋
I was chatting with someone who had had the great pleasure of seeing David Suchet and Michael Sheen in one of my favourite plays, Amadeus by Peter Schaffer.

Which got me thinking that I really didn’t like Tom Hulce as Mozart in the film, to the extent that it rather spoiled the film for me.

Do you have any examples of what you think is poor casting?

Others which spring to mind are Andie MacDowell in Four Weddings, and Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York

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