Strangest casting choice? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Henry Fonda playing Manny Balestrero in The Wrong Man (1956)

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Emma Stone playing an Asian woman in Aloha

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

I always thought that William Holden was a poor choice as Hal in "Picnic"
I like William Holden, but he was just too old for that part.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Bill didn't age well

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Gary Cooper was too old for Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Gary was good in High Noon. Grace Kelly was a child bride though. 😊

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

old enough to be her father for sure.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

Great movie
And good point lol

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

John Wayne in The Conqueror (1956)

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Forty-something Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes in "Gone With The Wind."

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Rooney Mara as Tiger-Lily in "Pan."

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

That was absurd!
And according to Hollywood legend the shooting locale was the death of several people involved in the production
Seems they filmed that nonsense at an abandoned Atomic bomb site...

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Gary Oldman in Tiptoes (2003)

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

Gary Oldman as a rasta gangsta pimp in True Romance.

He musta thought it was white boy day. It ain’t white boy day, is it?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

That WAS a ridiculous chatacter and casting choice but i gotta admit i loved it lol😀

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[–] Orestes97 (100) 7 years ago

Marlon Brando as a Japanese man in Teahouse of the August Moon.

Omar Sharif as Che Guevara

Most of the cast of Les Miserables

Max Von Sydow as Jesus

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Jim Caviezel as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Good call since if Jesus did exist it's debatable he'd look like Caviezel or Kenny Loggins.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

Heh...i have been reading this whole thread to see if anyone would bring up Marlon in Teahouse...

Seems you beat me to the punch😉

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Denise Richards playing a nuclear physicist in The World is Not Enough (1999)

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

Good for a laugh though.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

God was that awful!!

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

What was even worse was they called her Christmas Jones just so they could make this joke: "I thought Christmas comes but once a year?" Even for a James Bond movie that's pretty groan-inducing ( Roger Moore, Clown Bond himself, would probably not have signed off on that one).

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

Yes...terrible indeed
I was certainly no Moore fan but im sure you have it right

And the female character names were always hil...
'Pussy Galore?!?'

Im no crusader but damn that was a bit sexist lol

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

How about "Octopussy"? Where were the censors that day?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

😂too funny!

Austin Powers really nailed this joke:

Robin Swallows
Alotta Fagina
Fuk Yu and Fuk Mi (sexy Asian twins of course!)
Felicity Shagwell

Im probably missing a couple
So great!

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

LOL
Before "The Love Guru" derailed him forever Mike Myers was pretty funny sometimes.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

Oh i loved his heyday!
My kind of dopey humor😆 he slayed me

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

"Wayne's World," "So I Married An Axe Murderer," his work on "SNL" -- much of it could be priceless in its stupidity.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

Im probably a bit 'lowbrow' and two-bit around here but damn do i love stupidity...

I swear i wouldnt even be alive if i wasnt big and stupid lololol😀

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[–] AngularTurnip (3338) 7 years ago

You have to be incredibly bright to pull off the disarming stupidity Mike Myers, Monty Python, The Three Stooges, Rowan Atkinson and others managed.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78626) 7 years ago

A fine list!

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