Casting - Hits and Misses

[wutang75 459]

This hits close to home. I just watched Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[PilotsError 2,342]

...

[lemonandaturd 4,289]

Hit: Rip Torn in Payday.  

Edited March 21, 2020 by lemonandaturd

[RPM 26,559]

All of the above.

[Parliament 14,556]

Miss:

Hit:

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

Hit:

very hatable

 Miss:

gets anniston?

 

[RPM 26,559]

Hit:

Julie Garner as Ruth in Ozark

[lemonandaturd 4,289]

Hit:  Jackie Gleason in Soldier in the Rain.  

[mulletpelini 5,220]

On 2/10/2020 at 9:53 AM, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Misses:

 

 

Both roles.  Will Farrell is too silly to take any of the action seriously or care about the plot.  Marky Mark isn't funny enough to make me think it's a comedy. 

Going too far on either side of that spectrum end up making it a poor man's Bad Boys, with kinda funny but mostly action Will Smith and mostly funny and kinda action Martin Lawrence.  Seems like both leads have to kinda pitch in on both parts of "action comedy."  Maybe it's just a bad script though.

 

I think you're missing the intended humor of them being together in the first place.  That movie is fucking hilarious.  You gotta be able to see into the levels, man.

[Biff Tannen 46,060]

The chick in Barry. Just restarted it and she is so awful. 
 

Noho Hank on the other hand. Fucking brilliant. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

Hit, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss (not pictured)

Every other astronaut in this movie sucked and was as boring and cliche as possible.  

[PRONG HORN 3,219]

 

46 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Every other astronaut in this movie sucked and was as boring and cliche as possible.  

 

That's who they are.  Nerdy scientists.  The Damon character was supposed to stand out.  That's why the others did not.  

 

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,241]

Very big hit

 

[MaybeACoordinator 8,350]

Miss

Classic example of Yankee producers overlooking the importance of a reasonable facsimile of a Texas accent in casting an uber-Texan character like LBJ. Gambon is a fucking tremendous physical actor but his accent was so horrible I had to bail about 2/3 through. (Path to War, HBO miniseries)

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah,  I love that guy usually but he was miscast in that role.  Bryan Cranston hit it out of the fucking ballpark though with "All the Way".......just amazing. Apparently the Johnson family was equally enamoured.  

[Capt. Squints 176]

1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Very big hit

 

 

[Capt. Squints 176]

Woof

[Mach 1 1,677]

Hit

[Surly Bevo 25,654]

3 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Hit, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss (not pictured)

Every other astronaut in this movie sucked and was as boring and cliche as possible.  

I'd spend a few years in space with Jessica Chastain and Kate Mara and be fine with it

[lateshow 1,318]

14 hours ago, Lobo said:

Yeah,  I love that guy usually but he was miscast in that role.  Bryan Cranston hit it out of the fucking ballpark though with "All the Way".......just amazing. Apparently the Johnson family was equally enamoured.  

Agree on Cranston in All the Way. I was skeptical, but he did a great job. 

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2,153]

Hit. Watching right now. 
 

 

[Parliament 14,556]

You could add a whole buncha more actors in that movie to the list of hits.

[Butch Had Not 3,053]

On 3/27/2020 at 3:18 PM, RPM said:

Hit:

Julie Garner as Ruth in Ozark

 

[oSuJeff97 3,438]

On 2/9/2021 at 7:23 PM, MaybeACoordinator said:

Miss

Classic example of Yankee producers overlooking the importance of a reasonable facsimile of a Texas accent in casting an uber-Texan character like LBJ. Gambon is a fucking tremendous physical actor but his accent was so horrible I had to bail about 2/3 through. (Path to War, HBO miniseries)

Yeah his accent isn't great, but that's a great fucking movie (not mini-series). Alec Baldwin is fantastic as McNamara.

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2,153]

Hit.

 

Hit.

 

 

Miss.

Miss

 

 

[BonzoMontreaux 1,137]

One might argue that Pacino as Michael Corleone in Godfather 3 was a miss.

Watched pieces of I and II this weekend.  Hit indeed.

[52-80 19,379]

GOAT

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by 52-80

[Surly Bevo 25,654]

One might argue that Pacino as Michael Corleone in Godfather 3 was a miss.

Did not know it was possible to misspell Sofia Coppola that badly.

[Deej 77,667]

Hit:

 

 

[Deej 77,667]

Miss:

 

[High Plains Drifter 11,160]

On 4/22/2021 at 11:47 PM, Parliament said:

You could add a whole buncha more actors in that movie to the list of hits.

 

yeah, but the kid who played the freshman kid was terribad.

 

[High Plains Drifter 11,160]

 

Biggest hit ever for a batman villian:

 

 

even better than Ledger as The Joker. Yes, I said it.

 

 

[hornimal 80]

[Parliament 14,556]

 

 
Miss.


 
 

I'm sorry, what?

[Guest Lobo]

What?  Everybody was nails in their role in that movie.  Timothy Busfield?  Guy goes from staring at his own boner jams to starring in "Thirtysomething" in just 2 years.  Curtis Armstrong got "moonlighting" from this movie.  Anthony Edwards got "ER".  Robert Carradine still books top flight roles to this day.  Not really sure whatever became of Lamar, Wormser, or Takashi but I'm sure it was something good.  

[Richard Kimball 1,517]

Some of the photos have gone bye bye, but I don't think this one has been listed, and I expected it on the first page.

You're a daisy if you do. 

That's a hit, BTW.

[Richard Kimball 1,517]

Miss: Glen Campbell in True Grit

 

[Gatorubet 30,627]

Miss:



Jim Carrey was terribad in SOUE. The character was supposed to be evil, not his normal schtick/Lloyd persona.

[HeHateMe 913]

IMO Major League was damn near perfectly casted.  Yes some of the fringe parts were iffy, but the 10 or so biggest roles were spot on.

[Gatorubet 30,627]

Hit:

Chris Cooper in almost everything.

[Richard Kimball 1,517]

2 minutes ago, HeHateMe said:

IMO Major League was damn near perfectly casted.  Yes some of the fringe parts were iffy, but the 10 or so biggest roles were spot on.

As was the writing.

You telling me Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?

Nice catch Hayes. Don't ever fucking do it again. 

We shoulda got a live chicken.

[Bama Llama 1,505]

Macy, McDormand, Buscemi, Stormare and Presnell.  Grand slam, walk off, game winning homer of casting.  Not another word, buddy.  See how you like it.

[Onboard 2.0 9,083]

Shelly Duval in the shining. I know she was supposed to be a battered, and broken woman, but her acting sucked such dog shit when opposite Jacks.

[52-80 19,379]

1 hour ago, Bama Llama said:

Macy, McDormand, Buscemi, Stormare and Presnell.  Grand slam, walk off, game winning homer of casting.  Not another word, buddy.  See how you like it.

frances mcdormand is the goat

[Superhero 8,990]

On 1/30/2020 at 5:59 AM, Mileslong said:Miss

Jack Ryan

First one that came to mind.

Miss:

Everyone else who played Jack Ryan.

Willem Defoe as John Clark. 

[oSuJeff97 3,438]

1 hour ago, Superhero said:

First one that came to mind.

Miss:

Everyone else who played Jack Ryan.

Willem Defoe as John Clark. 

Both Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin were great as Jack Ryan. The problem is that, after The Hunt for Red October and the first 3/4 of Patriot Games, the movies basically turned Jack Ryan into an action star, which completely misses the point of the character.

The movie version of Clear and Present Danger was a fucking mess, including the casting of Willem Dafoe as John Clark. I love Dafoe, but that was just a terrible mis-cast. I remember thinking at the time that Tom Berringer would make a great Clark.

But that whole movie was just a piece of shit compared with the book. I was so pissed a the time because that was my favorite Clancy book and I couldn't wait for the movie version. Both Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games had several changes from the book, which is understandable from a filmmaking standpoint, but they both captured the spirt of the books.

Clear and Present Danger was almost totally different from about halfway through, and they also turned Clark into like some kind of gun-for-hire mercenary, which pissed me off.

[BonzoMontreaux 1,137]

16 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

 

Did not know it was possible to misspell Sofia Coppola that badly.

 

Don't get me wrong... she was awful.  I laughed when she died.  

When I saw Pacino in III, I was like... "Al...did you even watch I & II?"

[Superhero 8,990]

Hit:

Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth.

Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor.

Miss:

Matt Damon as Jason Boerne.

Kevin Costner as Kevin Costner. 

[oSuJeff97 3,438]

Wat.

I thought Damon was awesome as Jason Bourne.

But then I never read the books. How was he mis-cast? Was this like a Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher type thing?

[Baboontyme 2,875]

Steven Seagal as Gino Felino in Out for Justice. Even the name is perfect. Don't all Italian names rhyme?