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Mis-casting: Which actor did you feel did NOT best represent the book character?

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chipmonkey · 25/08/2008 23:19

Mine are:

Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart
Winona Ryder as Jo from Little Women ( she did a nice job but I wouldn't have cast her!)

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TheCrackFox · 26/08/2008 11:47

Would agree that John Hannah was wrong as Rebus. What were they thinking?

Swedes · 26/08/2008 11:40

Wizard of Oz
David Blunkett as the Lion
David Hamilton as the Tin Man
Tony Blair as the Scarecrow
Hazel Blears as Chief Munchkin
Peter Mandelson as the Wicked Witch

PuppyMonkey · 26/08/2008 11:31

Keira Knightley as virtually anyone she's ever played, with the possible exception of the girl in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Harrison Ford should have had the Da Vinci Code in the bag... not Tom Hanks.

And no-one has ever, ever, ever got Cathy right in Wuthering Heights. Not even Merle Oberon. (though obviously Larry was fab). It should have been Kate Bush really.

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chipmonkey · 26/08/2008 11:29

Hugo

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chipmonkey · 26/08/2008 11:28

Hogo Weaving as Elrond. I had always imagined Elrond to look something like Lucius Malfoy in the HP movies.

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chipmonkey · 26/08/2008 11:25

Matthew McFadyen as Mr Darcy in the Pride and Prejudice Movie. After the TV series, Mr Darcy can only be Colin Firth!

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themildmanneredstalker · 26/08/2008 10:50

no-too smooth looking

HonoriaGlossop · 26/08/2008 10:50

Bronze, you should watch the films before you judge! I HATED the thought of Liv Tyler as Arwen and thought it was bizarre but actually she's brilliant IMO. Really good. Watch then judge!

suey2 · 26/08/2008 10:47

LOL saltire! phoar

suey2 · 26/08/2008 10:46

TOTALLY tartanknickers- i really hate james nesbit- and i loved the jack parlabane / christopher brookmyre books- they really needed to cast a tough but attractive glaswegian for that role IMO. No surprise they haven't adapted any more

saltire · 26/08/2008 10:45

this is better

themildmanneredstalker · 26/08/2008 10:31

very sirius

and this!

fluffyanimal · 26/08/2008 10:27

I think it was Denzel Washington in the Bone Collector, wasn't it?

BlueberryBeret · 26/08/2008 10:24

Hmmm, I think I can see Clive Owen... I dunno, i have never decided who I like for the part, no-one fits who I have in my head.

Oh, and as much as I love Johnny Depp, I agree that he is wrong for Wonka

saltire · 26/08/2008 10:22

Clive OWen should be Sirius. In my mind, when reading the books, thats how I pictured him, as some tall sexy man, not Gary Oldman, who is a terrific actor, just wrong in that part.
William Wallace should have been played by a Scottish (or at least British) actor, not some Australian

cyteen · 26/08/2008 10:19

Natalie Portman as Evie in V For Vendetta. She is shamefully shite in pretty much everything anyway, but her total personality void was particularly misplaced here.

CantSleepWontSleep · 26/08/2008 10:04

Wesley Snipes as Lincoln Rhyme in The Bone Collector. But then the whole film bore little resemblance to the book.

Bronze · 26/08/2008 09:58

Finally someone agrees with me I could never ger past Liv Tyler as Arwen. So much so in fact I haven't watched the films.

themildmanneredstalker · 26/08/2008 09:58

and sirius should have been christopher ecclestone. gary oldman too old and just wrong wrong wrong

TartanKnickers · 26/08/2008 09:58

James Nesbitt as Jack Parlabne in Quite Ugly One Morning. Just totally wrong!

themildmanneredstalker · 26/08/2008 09:57

michael gambon as dumbledore. he is so utterly wrong it makles me want to cry. he plays him wrong too-he is way too aggressive and has changed the haracter with his interpretation

janeite · 26/08/2008 09:57

Bran - sorry but I totally disagree re: Gwynnie - she was appalling as Emma; then again, the entire film was appalling!

LackaDAISYcal · 26/08/2008 09:56

ok, not strictly a book but still....

LackaDAISYcal · 26/08/2008 09:55

how about Mel Gibson as William Wallace, who by all accounts was well over 6 foot

BlueberryBeret · 26/08/2008 09:02

Ooh I agree with so many of these - Armand, I saw the film years before I read the book, then read the book and sat thinking "I thought that was Banderas... must've been wrong"

Tobey Maguire I just want to shake, but I think that is a general impulse.

Daniel Craig as Asriel wasn't who I had pictured, but I felt he worked.

Sirius - wrong wrong wrong wrong

I know it isn't out yet, but half the casting for Twilight is wrong - Cedric Diggory as Edward??? Jasper and Emmett are wrong too - emmett is far too small.