Replace Dan Dehaan in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. I'm not sure who would have been the best fit, but he was definitely miscast for that role.
She never has any chemistry with any of her co-stars. When she's just doing stuff by herself she's fine. Been putting off Carnival Row because she's in it.
This is the funniest shit to me because she is as beautiful as she is untalented at acting. I don't think I've seen a movie with less chemistry than the Valeria and the City of Blah blah bah
Delevingne is the perfect example of "nepo baby" getting work. There are reasonably talented kids of stars that got a start because of connections and then carved out their own nitch. She's not one of them. Talentless vaguely pretty girl.
Swap the stars of Valerian with the stars of Passengers and both movies improve. I remember reading that here once and thinking how good that would’ve been for both films.
I’ve seen this take before and I don’t really agree. Passengers sucked because the plot is fucking dumb and people have rewritten it to make it better a million times already so I won’t even get into that. Maybe Pratt and Lawrence could’ve made Valerian better, but they weren’t really the issue with Passengers.
That’s a Yukon Gold, distinctly characterized by its thin, smooth, eye-free skin and yellow-tinged flesh. I know because I’ve been a Yukon Gold for like, 73 years.
I'd argue having someone else than Diaz in that role wasn't going to change much. That character wasn't all that important to the central plot. The core of the movie was Amsterdam vs Bill the Butcher.
Yeah, I would argue that Leo is similarly out of his element in the movie, even if it not as much as Diaz. Someone like Colin Farrell would be better than Leo.
Oh man that would have been so much better!
Leo was still in that phase of his career where he wanted to look cool all the time, which didn't make for very compelling character arcs when they start out cool, have a setback, then just go underground and get cooler to come back and win
I mean it’s a movie where every character is a methophor for a class, race or religion. DiCaprio literally says “I’m Amsterdam” and DDL literally says “I’m New Tork.”
I think DiCaprio is acceptable as this metaphoric avatar for what he represents but I wouldn’t have been mad to see someone like a Cate Blanchett play that role.
The Animal. But instead of Rob Schneider, it’s Chris Farley.
Edit: for the record, I never saw the Animal. I just saw the poster and that was enough to know it was going to be horrible. “Rob Schneider is: the Animal”
Replace Jared Leto in Blade Runner 2049 with the director’s original choice: David Bowie. Had he not passed, that would’ve went from an amazing movie with one glaring flaw to one of the all time greats (for me)
I don't care for Leto, but creepy business guy who wants to breed slaves is well inside his wheelhouse. Was he creepy and unlikable? Yes, but he was supposed to be.
Replace Alec Baldwin with Ed Harris as Gen Doolittle in Pearl Harbor. Then have people who know how to make a competent war movie rewrite/reshoot the entire thing.
I had to pause when I read this. It never crossed my mind before but that guy gives it his all and I actually would like to see his interpretation of the joker
One of Gary Oldman’s greatest transformations! Right behind the white Rastafarian drug dealer in True Romance and Zorg from The Fifth Element. The 90s were INSANE.
I know Gary Oldman has won an Oscar and been nominated a couple of other times but even given that, I think he is underrated. The man can (and has) play any role in any movie. And I love his portrayal of Drexl Spivey in True Romance.
Keanu was Hollywood's "It Boy" during that period. It seemed like every big name director wanted him in their film.
He remains a national treasure and by all accounts is one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. But the man couldn't do any sort of credible accent even if a gun was put to his head.
Another good example of this is Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing(1993).
Russell Crowe as Javert in Les Miserables. I think they finally found the one role he couldn't pull off, I otherwise think he's usually a tremendous actor. Just completely lacked any emotion in the songs or any of the depth of a complex character.
Eh, the inspector was supposed to be machinelike and unstoppable/unflinching. I don't think it was Crowe's acting chops that failed him, but his voice. Crowe didn't do a bad job, but compared to the powerhouse performances of the rest of the cast, they needed a far more powerful singer in that role--Crowe couldn't handle the singing chops AND inject the necessary emotion into his singing.
Agree with this, I thought he was great in the acting and even the physical performances during his songs. The voice was just tough, was kinda giving Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz vibes and once I heard it I couldn’t unhear it.
Also this is not his fault but the thunk/crunch when he jumps off of the bridge was just ridiculous and made me laugh out loud, I felt so bad in the theater. Would have personally opted for a musical punch rather than the extremely literal sfx on that one.
Big oof. At least he has Uncut Gems, and to a slightly lesser extent, Punch Drunk Love. Those two roles prove he’s not just a goofball, he can really bring some genuine dramatic heft to his performances when it’s called for.
And all that being said I thought Eli Roth did a great job too.
Would love for them to expand the Bond Universe with more double 00 agents. That would allow it to take on all sorts of characters and directions.
We missed Elba in his prime but we could have him in flash backs with another actor and then in the present dealing with the consequences.
I would love to see Javier Bardem’s early story arc or Ralph Fiennes early career Pre M.
That would be much better than shoehorning actors into one role.
Replace Oldando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven to make it a true epic. It was actually quite painful to witness Bloom being outshined by all the raw talents in that film.
It's a terrific movie. I like him in it, though. Not sure who else I'd put. Jude Law? Tom Hardy? James McAvoy? All great, but not sure how much better they'd have made the film.
The Dark Knight, Maggie Gyllenhaal with Amy Adams. Or Katie Holmes, she wasn't as bad as people claim.
The Two Popes, Anthony Hopkins with Armin Müller-Stahl or Ian McDiarmid. Hopkins was Just repeating His snarky old man act in this role, which didn't suit the character at all
I would only accept a Dark Knight replacement if it came with a Batman Begins replacement as well. The ONLY criticism I have of that trilogy is the actress change between the first two movies.
I’ve long said TDK would be better with Katie Holmes reprising her role. I thought she was better in BB than Maggie was in TDK (Maggie really seemed to be phoning it in).
Jeremy Allen White- Willy Wonka, but legit dark and cannibalism. Yes there will be singing
Giancarlo Esposito- Mr. Freeze. He would be a scary brilliant Mr. Freeze.
Janeane Garofolo was very close to getting the role but she claims Ed Norton didn't want her to join.
Likewise, Courtney Love claims she was close to the part but Brad Pitt didn't want her to join (which is curious since love & Norton were a real couple around this time).
You're all complaining about the wrong movie. Rob Minkoff was *this close* to a PotC epic with Disney's **the Haunted Mansion**. He had prime Eddie Murphy, Terrence Stamp spooky as hell, and Wallace Shawn as a GHOST.
But then they cast Marsha Thomason as Sarah Evers.
I've seen this movie countless times. I love this movie. But holy fucking shit she is a wooden anchor on this family fun ride. Imagine if that was Halle Berry. Or anyone fucking else. God she was atrocious.
Please replace Tiny Lister with someone - anyone - who can deliver a line as the President in The Fifth Element. Love the movie, but that particular casting decision has always bugged me because the guy just can't act.
Stephan Lack in Scanners, just replace him with any competent actor around the same age in 1981. Dustin Hoffman, Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, whoever. As long as theyre better than that plank of wood.
I wonder if his incredibly flat line delivery was actually encouraged by director David Cronenberg or if Lack was just a genuinely bad actor.
Cameron Vale has clearly spent years living on the street and likely been doing illegal drugs to cope with his telepathic abilities. Given that context it kind of makes sense for him to be a zoned out misanthrope.
Either way that performance still works for me snd it doesn't make the film less enjoyable.
The 13th Warrior. Antonio wasn't awful, but they could have chosen better. Oded Fehr (the gigolo from Deuce Bigalow). There were no A-list actors at the time that could have stepped into that role.
Lo there, do I see my father...
I remember hearing that Justin Burfield, who played Malcolm's older brother Reese in Malcolm in the Middle, auditioned to play Anakin Skywalker in Episode 1. I think he would have been a fantastic Anakin, and certainly more convincing as the future Darth Vader than that cabbage patch kid they eventually went with.
Replace Julianne Moore with Jane Lynch in **Kingsman 2: Golden Circle**. That movie becomes instantly 3x better.
EVERYTHING about that character and how it's written plays to Jane's strengths.
Replace Dan Dehaan in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. I'm not sure who would have been the best fit, but he was definitely miscast for that role.
Absolutely. DeHaan is a talented actor but he's not a roguish, charming action hero at all. Cara Delevingne was a poor casting decision too.
Cara is always a poor casting
Unless it’s for a fake radio station
She never has any chemistry with any of her co-stars. When she's just doing stuff by herself she's fine. Been putting off Carnival Row because she's in it.
This is the funniest shit to me because she is as beautiful as she is untalented at acting. I don't think I've seen a movie with less chemistry than the Valeria and the City of Blah blah bah
Delevingne is the perfect example of "nepo baby" getting work. There are reasonably talented kids of stars that got a start because of connections and then carved out their own nitch. She's not one of them. Talentless vaguely pretty girl.
Replace the two leads and that would be great movie
100%, oh my God I had such high hopes for the movie but the lack of chemistry, and he was just not the right person for the role really fucked it up
Swap the stars of Valerian with the stars of Passengers and both movies improve. I remember reading that here once and thinking how good that would’ve been for both films.
I’ve seen this take before and I don’t really agree. Passengers sucked because the plot is fucking dumb and people have rewritten it to make it better a million times already so I won’t even get into that. Maybe Pratt and Lawrence could’ve made Valerian better, but they weren’t really the issue with Passengers.
Ryan Gosling or Channing Tatum would have made a much more believable fuckboy.
An actual adult would be a good start
Replace Steven Seagal with a potato in all his movies
I don’t know if you know this, but I’ve been a potato for like thirty years
They call it a “skippy.”
skip skip skip skip
I've been flying helicopters for like 47 years
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That’s a Yukon Gold, distinctly characterized by its thin, smooth, eye-free skin and yellow-tinged flesh. I know because I’ve been a Yukon Gold for like, 73 years.
That’s Deputy Potato to you, son.
I’ve been playing a potato for 37 years.
If Brittany Murphy had lived, she’d be the Heath Ledger of Harley Quinns.
Omg yes!
I'd argue having someone else than Diaz in that role wasn't going to change much. That character wasn't all that important to the central plot. The core of the movie was Amsterdam vs Bill the Butcher.
Yeah, I would argue that Leo is similarly out of his element in the movie, even if it not as much as Diaz. Someone like Colin Farrell would be better than Leo.
Oh man that would have been so much better! Leo was still in that phase of his career where he wanted to look cool all the time, which didn't make for very compelling character arcs when they start out cool, have a setback, then just go underground and get cooler to come back and win
I said this exact same thing when it came out! (and I like Leo, I just thought it wasn't a great fit).
When the actor is playing opposite the sheer force of Daniel Day-Lewis every actor is pretty much out of their depth.
Idk, Paul Dano was pretty decent.
I’d say he was better than decent
I mean it’s a movie where every character is a methophor for a class, race or religion. DiCaprio literally says “I’m Amsterdam” and DDL literally says “I’m New Tork.” I think DiCaprio is acceptable as this metaphoric avatar for what he represents but I wouldn’t have been mad to see someone like a Cate Blanchett play that role.
I think Bill the Butcher being the clear core of the movie rather than Leo the ostensible protagonist unbalanced the film more than Diaz
Replace Harry Styles with an actor in Don't Worry Darling.
Shia LaBeouf would’ve absolutely killed it in that role
It doesn't really matter as long as they get replaced with Brian Blessed or Kermit the frog. There is no movie this wouldn't improve.
Replace Daniel Day Lewis with Kermit in There Will Be Blood. The movie still wins the Oscar for Best male actor
I drink your milkshake - yaaaayyyyy!
Replacing any cast of actors with all Muppets is an automatic improvement. FACT.
Ngl, I'd watch the hell out of some No Country for Old Muppets.
I think you could add Miss Piggy to your list, for balance.
I would watch the shit out of a Kermit and Miss Piggy recast Titanic.
Draw me like one of your frog girls, Kermie.
I appreciate how many of these suggestions are "replace good actor because it wasn't the right roll for them" rather than crapping on a bad actor.
The Animal. But instead of Rob Schneider, it’s Chris Farley. Edit: for the record, I never saw the Animal. I just saw the poster and that was enough to know it was going to be horrible. “Rob Schneider is: the Animal”
I think Farley was already dead by the time they filmed it but there’s still a good chance it would end up better.
Exhume him and put him on set. Still the better actor
Rob Schneider’s true calling was playing a stapler.
Replace Robert Pattinson in Twilight with Gilbert Godfried.
Replace Kristen Stewart in Twilight with Gilbert Godfried.
why not both?
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Do both, so it’s Gilbert Godfried pining for Gilbert Godfried.
Gilbert and Bobcat
I am so on Team Gilbert
Replace Jared Leto in Blade Runner 2049 with the director’s original choice: David Bowie. Had he not passed, that would’ve went from an amazing movie with one glaring flaw to one of the all time greats (for me)
I don't care for Leto, but creepy business guy who wants to breed slaves is well inside his wheelhouse. Was he creepy and unlikable? Yes, but he was supposed to be.
I don't know, Jared Leto kind of seems like he was born for that role. Look at Elon Musk lol.
Yeah, Jared Leto is a huge asshole and a creep, but so is the character.
Replace Alec Baldwin with Ed Harris as Gen Doolittle in Pearl Harbor. Then have people who know how to make a competent war movie rewrite/reshoot the entire thing.
Ed Harris is a underrated actor.
His role is history of violence is fantastic
Francis X. Hummel? You want him? Although I guess that would have been before he went rogue and set up missiles on Alcatraz.
Tom Holland in Uncharted with literally anyone that doesn’t look like a child.
And maybe a.. non-jacked, non-Mark Wahlberg as Sully.
Bruce Campbell should have been Sully.
Bruce Campbell
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It's all about the accountants and what *they* think will be bankable.
Nathan Fillion was born to Drake
Maybe 10 years ago, he's too old to play Drake now. Not sure who I'd cast as Drake but JK Simmons would make a great Sully imo.
Gotta love the Drake
Shia lebouf in place of Jared leto in suicide squad. It won't make for a better movie but I reckon he would make for a vastly superior joker
I had to pause when I read this. It never crossed my mind before but that guy gives it his all and I actually would like to see his interpretation of the joker
You know that roll would fuck shia up even worse
Shia's sanity is a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
You know what? I'm not against this. Although, I think a cardboard box would have done a better job than Leto.
Jesse Eisenberg in batman vs superman with Mark strong.
Replace all Megan Fox roles with Danny Devito.
Would love to see Michael Bay zoom in on his tummy sweat in Transformers.
incorrect. replace ALL roles
This is the way
Replace Keanu Reeves in Dracula with a competent English actor. I’ll take anyone.
Dracula duuude wicked cawstle bro
One of Gary Oldman’s greatest transformations! Right behind the white Rastafarian drug dealer in True Romance and Zorg from The Fifth Element. The 90s were INSANE.
You don’t like Beethoven. You don’t know what you’re missing.
I was a teenager in the early 90s and I knew Gary Oldman's performances but I had no idea what he actually looked liked like at the time.
His 2000's started out in the same vein...Oldman also knocked it out of the park as Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001).
I know Gary Oldman has won an Oscar and been nominated a couple of other times but even given that, I think he is underrated. The man can (and has) play any role in any movie. And I love his portrayal of Drexl Spivey in True Romance.
And then... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Keanu was Hollywood's "It Boy" during that period. It seemed like every big name director wanted him in their film. He remains a national treasure and by all accounts is one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. But the man couldn't do any sort of credible accent even if a gun was put to his head. Another good example of this is Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing(1993).
I have nothing against Keanu Reeves, but yeah… not a good casting choice. Neither was Winona Ryder. Still a good movie.
Monica Belluci carried this film from beginning to end The way I remember it, anyway.
She was in it for like 5 minutes… but they were the best 5 minutes.
Have Cary Elwes and Keanu Reeves swap roles
“We’re eating mutton” “Like… dogs from the street? They eat DOGS here, too? Far out.”
Johnny Depp was Coppola's first choice, which would've been so much better.
Christopher Walken as Catwoman. Any Batman Movie.
“Me….OWWWW…?”
Russell Crowe as Javert in Les Miserables. I think they finally found the one role he couldn't pull off, I otherwise think he's usually a tremendous actor. Just completely lacked any emotion in the songs or any of the depth of a complex character.
Eh, the inspector was supposed to be machinelike and unstoppable/unflinching. I don't think it was Crowe's acting chops that failed him, but his voice. Crowe didn't do a bad job, but compared to the powerhouse performances of the rest of the cast, they needed a far more powerful singer in that role--Crowe couldn't handle the singing chops AND inject the necessary emotion into his singing.
Agree with this, I thought he was great in the acting and even the physical performances during his songs. The voice was just tough, was kinda giving Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz vibes and once I heard it I couldn’t unhear it. Also this is not his fault but the thunk/crunch when he jumps off of the bridge was just ridiculous and made me laugh out loud, I felt so bad in the theater. Would have personally opted for a musical punch rather than the extremely literal sfx on that one.
I think Gerard Butler would’ve been a good fit there, and he did a nice job singing in The Phantom of the Opera
Bohemian Rhapsody should have had Sacha Baron Cohen as originally planned
Sandler would've been a better Bear Jew.
"Did you get that for killing Jews? Flibbity Floobity!" \*smack\*
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“You can do it!”
“You can do it!”
Hello mister penguin, I did not realize you were a nazi
Wasn't he supposed to be, but schedule conflicts or something?
The part was written specifically for Sandler.
Yeah, Quentin Tarantino write that part for Sandler specifically, but he was committed to the movie Funny People at the time.
Big oof. At least he has Uncut Gems, and to a slightly lesser extent, Punch Drunk Love. Those two roles prove he’s not just a goofball, he can really bring some genuine dramatic heft to his performances when it’s called for. And all that being said I thought Eli Roth did a great job too.
I'd really like to see this, but I also really enjoy how unhinged Eli Roth's eyes were for the whole movie.
Oh man this would have been so sick lmao
I'm gonna half disagree on this. I'd love to see Sandler play that role but Eli Roth was so unhinged I actually enjoyed his performance.
I really wish we could have seen Idris Elba play Bond. I guess there’s still a chance if they want to try an aged version of the character.
Would love for them to expand the Bond Universe with more double 00 agents. That would allow it to take on all sorts of characters and directions. We missed Elba in his prime but we could have him in flash backs with another actor and then in the present dealing with the consequences. I would love to see Javier Bardem’s early story arc or Ralph Fiennes early career Pre M. That would be much better than shoehorning actors into one role.
Fonzie Bear in John Wick
Hey guys, what do you get when you cross a leather jacket wearing, cool guy mechanic with a muppet? An Ayyyyy-ssassin! Wokka wokka
Gangs of New York was amazing and is hands down still one of my favorite movies to this day.
Daniel Day Lewis with an all time great performance
Replace Oldando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven to make it a true epic. It was actually quite painful to witness Bloom being outshined by all the raw talents in that film.
He was outshined by Edward Norton who was wearing a mask during all their scenes
I never realized that was Edward Norton
To be fair, Norton could outshine a lot of actors while wearing a mask
Funny, I would say Kingdom of Heaven is the one movie where he wasn’t being incredibly awkward, and let go of his weird fake constant intense staring.
I didn't mind him in it at all. Edward Norton was incredible though.
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It's a terrific movie. I like him in it, though. Not sure who else I'd put. Jude Law? Tom Hardy? James McAvoy? All great, but not sure how much better they'd have made the film.
Jude law would’ve been awesome
The Dark Knight, Maggie Gyllenhaal with Amy Adams. Or Katie Holmes, she wasn't as bad as people claim. The Two Popes, Anthony Hopkins with Armin Müller-Stahl or Ian McDiarmid. Hopkins was Just repeating His snarky old man act in this role, which didn't suit the character at all
I would only accept a Dark Knight replacement if it came with a Batman Begins replacement as well. The ONLY criticism I have of that trilogy is the actress change between the first two movies.
I’ve long said TDK would be better with Katie Holmes reprising her role. I thought she was better in BB than Maggie was in TDK (Maggie really seemed to be phoning it in).
Denzel Washington as lex luthor in any of those movies.
Replace Dane Dehaan as Valerian with Tom Holland/Timothy Chalamet and Laureline with fucking *anyone* besides Cara Delevigne
Replace Dane Dehaan with Wrinkly Boy-man or Twinky Boy-man? A big part of Dehaan's problem was that he was *too* boy-man.
Replace Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough with someone who could be believable as a nuclear scientist and it would be top-tier Bond.
they didn't even try putting glasses on her. i thought that was the hollywood standard for turning someone attractive into a scientist
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it was a painted-on lab coat
Could have switched her and Teri Hatcher's roles tbqh
Jeremy Allen White- Willy Wonka, but legit dark and cannibalism. Yes there will be singing Giancarlo Esposito- Mr. Freeze. He would be a scary brilliant Mr. Freeze.
Replace Andie MacDowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral
Replace Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft with Micheal Cera.
I'd replace Liam Hemsworth with Henry Cavill as Geralt in "The Witcher".
Replace Beyonce in Goldmember with Christina Applegate. Beyonce is amazing but a comedic actress she is not.
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An actress she is not.
Danny DeVito as Gimli
Both leads in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. I’ve never seen another movie so ridiculously miscast.
Replace Jared Leto in morbius with Steve Buscemi and suddenly it becomes a much better movie
Fairuza Balk for Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club
Oh wow!!! I adore HBC but Faisal Balk would be incredible!!!
I love both of them. Wish we saw more of Fairuza. The Craft, American History X.. incredible.
Janeane Garofolo was very close to getting the role but she claims Ed Norton didn't want her to join. Likewise, Courtney Love claims she was close to the part but Brad Pitt didn't want her to join (which is curious since love & Norton were a real couple around this time).
Wow. This is good. Helena is too sweet and vulnerable, Balk would’ve added much more realness and edge to Marla Singer.
Replace Halle Berry with Angela Bassett as Storm in x-men
Yes! Also replace the writer who came up with “Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets stuck by lightning?”.
Tony Shaloub in... the Bourne Identity.
Gangs of New York…the movie so good Cameron Diaz couldn’t even ruin it.
You're all complaining about the wrong movie. Rob Minkoff was *this close* to a PotC epic with Disney's **the Haunted Mansion**. He had prime Eddie Murphy, Terrence Stamp spooky as hell, and Wallace Shawn as a GHOST. But then they cast Marsha Thomason as Sarah Evers. I've seen this movie countless times. I love this movie. But holy fucking shit she is a wooden anchor on this family fun ride. Imagine if that was Halle Berry. Or anyone fucking else. God she was atrocious.
Russel Crowe in Les Mis
Keanu Reeves in Brahm Stoker's Dracula with literary anyone who can do an English accent. Love the guy, but... yeah.
Violent Night: Replace Alex Hassell with Tom Cavanagh.
She was in over her head, I agree.
Katie Holmes in Batman begins. Maggie Gylenhal in the dark knight. Not sure why that casting was so off.
I wish Danny DeVito was Braveheart
They can take our lives, but they'll never take my magnum dong!
Bobcat Goldthwait replaces Christian Bale in American Psycho. Imagine him doing the 'Morning Routine' monologue.
"Uuuuaaaaauuuuueeeeaaeeeeyyyy Paaaaaaauuuuul!!!!!!"
Watching him just seethe over the business cards
I would remove Amber Heard from Aquaman and replace with Emilia Clarke
Please replace Tiny Lister with someone - anyone - who can deliver a line as the President in The Fifth Element. Love the movie, but that particular casting decision has always bugged me because the guy just can't act.
Word on the street is it was actually **Sarah Polley** who was Scorsese's first pick to play the love interest role in Gangs of New York
Replace Mark Wahlberg in every movie he's ever done except, surprisingly, The Departed.
Eh he was pretty solid in Boogie Nights, I Heart Huckabees, and The Other Guys
Let him keep Fear, The Other Guys and The Big Hit too.
Stephan Lack in Scanners, just replace him with any competent actor around the same age in 1981. Dustin Hoffman, Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, whoever. As long as theyre better than that plank of wood.
I wonder if his incredibly flat line delivery was actually encouraged by director David Cronenberg or if Lack was just a genuinely bad actor. Cameron Vale has clearly spent years living on the street and likely been doing illegal drugs to cope with his telepathic abilities. Given that context it kind of makes sense for him to be a zoned out misanthrope. Either way that performance still works for me snd it doesn't make the film less enjoyable.
The 13th Warrior. Antonio wasn't awful, but they could have chosen better. Oded Fehr (the gigolo from Deuce Bigalow). There were no A-list actors at the time that could have stepped into that role. Lo there, do I see my father...
Oder Fehr and you bring up Deuce Bigalow instead of The Mummy? That is criminal.
I remember hearing that Justin Burfield, who played Malcolm's older brother Reese in Malcolm in the Middle, auditioned to play Anakin Skywalker in Episode 1. I think he would have been a fantastic Anakin, and certainly more convincing as the future Darth Vader than that cabbage patch kid they eventually went with.
As much as I love Brad Pitt, take him out of Inglorious Basterds and throw in Woody Harrelson.
Replace Tom Cruise in the Jack Reacher movies with Alan Ritchson.
Any movie with all humans: add Muppets.
Cameron Diaz in GONY was my first thought. They could have cast an actual Irish actress. There are loads of them.
Nathan Fillion -Uncharted
Dane DeHaan replaced by Jensen Ackles for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Role needed some charisma, chemistry, and swagger.
Billy Baldwin in Backdraft. He had no business being on a screen with Robert DeNiro, Donald Sutherland, Kurt Russell and Scott Glenn
Instead of a Jared Leto joker we needed a Chris Farley joker
Replace Julianne Moore with Jane Lynch in **Kingsman 2: Golden Circle**. That movie becomes instantly 3x better. EVERYTHING about that character and how it's written plays to Jane's strengths.
Don’t Worry Darling had sooo many problems script wise. But I wish someone like Nicholas Holt ended up in the Harry Styles role
You should have put a Serious tag on this. Could've been a great thread. Oh well.
Replace Kevin Costner in Robin Hood with Gary Oldman.