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If you could recast anyone in a film...

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CarStress2024 · 13/01/2024 16:06

Who would it be? I always thought Belle from Beauty and the Beast would have been hands down Anne Hathaway although I realise she was probably out of the age range

Currently thinking of others because it's Saturday afternoon and I'm bored

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user746016 · 15/01/2024 22:43

BibbleandSqwauk · 15/01/2024 20:50

Russel Crowe as Javert. The acting was fine but the singing??? Appalling.

Completely disagree. He held his own and Stars was performed well.

ladygindiva · 15/01/2024 22:44

Juliette binoche( who I usually love)in wuthering heights 1992. Everything, everything else about that film was great...the rest of the cast esp Fiennes, the soundtrack, the direction, the script ( most faithful to the book) ; imo the person who decided to throw the whole project in the bin by giving Cathy ( a Yorkshire lass) a fucking french accent deserves to be executed. It's over 30 years ago and I'm still LIVID. What a waste.

HRTQueen · 15/01/2024 23:05

Daisy Edgar-Jones in Where the Crawdads Sing. She was too insipid and simpering the character was though and strong minded. I think Jennifer Lawrence would have been much better

Justleaveitblankthen · 15/01/2024 23:12

108Anj · 15/01/2024 10:37

I think the woman who plays Marian in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was a bit of a letdown. Can't put my finger on why. Much preferred the series Robin of Sherwood with Judi Trott and Michael Praed - she had such an ethereal beauty and grace, and he didn't have an American accent!
Can't abide Eddie Redmayne in anything other than the Stephen Hawking thing - his frozen-fish face, weirdly angled gaze and tendency to lean over in a strange way.
Also, don't like Uma Thurmann in anything at all. She has a scary look.

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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
I remember this because she was bloody awful in The 'Color' Of Money.
I couldn't believe it when she popped up in Prince of Thieves.
Spectacularly bad Actress.

Also think Gwyneth Paltrow is an awful Actress, but I haven't seen Shakespeare In Love.

MadMadamMimz · 16/01/2024 12:52

StuckintheRutt · 15/01/2024 20:51

A Goodyear.

Russel crow is absolutely awful in the lead part.

Oh noooo I love that film! I usually hate Russell Crowe in anything but oddly like him in a Good Year.

Les miserables on the other hand...

Lampzade · 16/01/2024 13:58

Justleaveitblankthen · 13/01/2024 17:44

Agree 100% on Andi McDowell. Utterly shockingly, embarrassingly awful!
Watched Pride & Prejudice ep1 last night and thought exactly the same about Alison Steadman.
She was just so.. shrill and annoying and silly. 🤨

Also of course it should have been Wynona in the Mary Corleone role... Or anyone on planet earth except Sophia Coppola.

Great Director though 📽️

Sophia Coppola was shockingly bad in that role. Her ‘death’ scene was so unconvincing, I actually laughed.
She was a last minute replacement for Winona .
As you said, Sophia is a great director though

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