Miscast & Recast
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:22 am
Saw the movie, Emily the Criminal, the other night and while I enjoyed it, I’m not quite certain that Aubrey Plaza (Conan on being cast & evidence of her being an INTP here) was the right choice for the part. She had the sweet, innocent face, which I think was necessary, though may've worked against her, but then there were times she didn’t really carry herself as one who’d naturally go to dark places when faced up against it. Scriptwise, I think everything her character did was set up perfectly. But, idk, sight unseen, would you buy Aubrey as a Thug Life sorta girl?
This got me thinking, who have been some of the more notable stars miscast in film or TV shows?
Believe it or not, I remember walking out of Glengarry, Glen Ross and my friend and I both thought Alec Baldwin was miscast for his iconic speech. Thought the guy needed to be younger, like some 28-29 yr old, snot nosed kid, who was youthfully arrogant or lucky or silver spoon trust fund baby type or older, like a seen-it-all type. Gene Hackman or Robert Duvall come to mind. My boss thought the same thing. Her father had worked in real estate. Sometime later I read the stage play by Mamet and the character was given the description of age 62. So, ha!
Michael Douglas was miscast for Falling Down. I may blame director Schumacher on his performance since he literally comes from the world of watching paint dry but that movie kinda was or had the potential to be one of the most profound movies of its era, which is saying a lot. But it needed someone who could do angry funny. Funny first. That movie woulda worked on so many more levels. Jeff Wayne was a comic I thought of then but he wasn’t well known. Lenny Clarke maybe?
Constance Wu in Hustlers. Yeah, not buying her as a single mom stripper.
Idk, unless they were going for the throwback hero who stands hands on hips, chest out, tells kids to eat their vegetables while selling x-ray glasses or secret decoder rings out of the back of a comic book, then I’d say Brie Larson was miscast as Captain Marvel. Maybe she could be a spokesperson for Wonder Bread??
Anyway, who do you got? Who was miscast and better yet, who would you have put in that person’s place?
This got me thinking, who have been some of the more notable stars miscast in film or TV shows?
Believe it or not, I remember walking out of Glengarry, Glen Ross and my friend and I both thought Alec Baldwin was miscast for his iconic speech. Thought the guy needed to be younger, like some 28-29 yr old, snot nosed kid, who was youthfully arrogant or lucky or silver spoon trust fund baby type or older, like a seen-it-all type. Gene Hackman or Robert Duvall come to mind. My boss thought the same thing. Her father had worked in real estate. Sometime later I read the stage play by Mamet and the character was given the description of age 62. So, ha!
Michael Douglas was miscast for Falling Down. I may blame director Schumacher on his performance since he literally comes from the world of watching paint dry but that movie kinda was or had the potential to be one of the most profound movies of its era, which is saying a lot. But it needed someone who could do angry funny. Funny first. That movie woulda worked on so many more levels. Jeff Wayne was a comic I thought of then but he wasn’t well known. Lenny Clarke maybe?
Constance Wu in Hustlers. Yeah, not buying her as a single mom stripper.
Idk, unless they were going for the throwback hero who stands hands on hips, chest out, tells kids to eat their vegetables while selling x-ray glasses or secret decoder rings out of the back of a comic book, then I’d say Brie Larson was miscast as Captain Marvel. Maybe she could be a spokesperson for Wonder Bread??
Anyway, who do you got? Who was miscast and better yet, who would you have put in that person’s place?