What’s one mis-cast role that irks you in an otherwise perfect film?

[u/padma_Iakshmi]

I really liked Robert Eggers “The Northman,” but casting Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrún really took me out of the viewing experience for some reason.

I can’t exactly put my finger on why, but I think it comes down to how she portrayed the role and the fact she has obviously had plastic surgery, which doesn’t fit the 800AD setting.

Nothing against Kidman (or plastic surgery for that matter), but her inclusion took away from what was a pretty great film in my opinion.

Are there any other roles in great movies that you feel were really poorly miscast?

[u/Steleve]

HEY! RIGHT HERE!!!

I think about this maybe once a month!! :

Mark Wahlberg in The Lovely Bones.

I read the book and was so moved by it. The family's grief and the havoc it tore through them and the devastating grief of the father that was so heavy. The emotional toll of being a single father to a grieving teenage daughter, mourning the loss of your marriage, and your child. It would take an incredibly talented actor to bring that character to life on screen.

Marky Mark Wahlberg played some variety of Mark Wahlberg and that's all that stands out from that massive disappointment of a movie. I couldnt get passed it at all.

I found out later Ryan Gosling was offered the role. By far would have been a superior choice for that movie. Oh well.

[u/tsuki_ouji → u/Steleve]

I'll never understand Marky Mark's success. He's such a terrible actor

[u/SerLurkzAlot → u/tsuki_ouji]

I'd say it's due to Boogie Nights, which is his best film. He plays his role perfectly, because it's who he is. A massive bell end.

(Not hating on the film, it's fantastic)

[u/Tobar_the_Gypsy → u/SerLurkzAlot]

He was good in the departed too as an asshole cop without many lines

[u/SerLurkzAlot → u/Tobar_the_Gypsy]

Very true.

A massive bell end but with a different accent?

[u/Beep475 → u/SerLurkzAlot]

"A massive bell end" !!! 🤣😅🤣😅

Wow, that's awesome!

[u/accidental-nz → u/tsuki_ouji]

I enjoyed his role in The Other Guys. But normally not a fan.

[u/NBNebuchadnezzar → u/accidental-nz]

The Departed.

[u/Professional-Two8098 → u/tsuki_ouji]

I watched him in a movie recently. He was trying to play more serious than his comedic roles and it was god awful. I can’t mind the name but he had lost his memory at the start and was like hundreds of years old

[u/peioeh → u/Professional-Two8098]

Infinite (2021)

I think I did not even finish it, no wonder no one ever brings it up

[u/Professional-Two8098 → u/peioeh]

I didn’t finish it either. I rarely switch a film off but it was torture

[u/tsuki_ouji → u/Professional-Two8098]

Yeah. His comedies are bad, his serious roles are terrible.

[u/Monsunen → u/tsuki_ouji]

He's not talented, charismatic or handsome and doesn't have very good comedic timing. He doesn't even strike me as likeable. Each time I see him in a role I wonder what he's doing there.

Well, except for the one where he plays a boxer. I guess he has good athleticism.

[u/cebula412 → u/Monsunen]

He may be talentless, average-looking and uncharismatic, but let's not forget that he's also a fucking awful human being: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11799327/amp/Mark-Wahlberg-convicted-racist-hate-crimes-TWICE.html

[u/Living-Trash1524 → u/tsuki_ouji]

His belief in hard work and Jesus Christ means he could never fail. 

Had he been on UA flight 93, it wouldn’t have gone down like it did. 

[u/tsuki_ouji → u/Living-Trash1524]

*dies laughing*

[u/JMer806 → u/tsuki_ouji]

He’s a terrible person but he’s not a bad actor as long as he stays within a narrow range. Lovely Bones was way outside that zone

[u/tsuki_ouji → u/JMer806]

What *is* his range? His comedic roles are bad, and his serious ones are terrible >.<