To ask for your worst TV and movie castings

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For me it’s Alan Rickman (who I absolutely love in everything else) as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility. He came across so unbelievably creepy and repulsive and not the gallant kind soul he is in the book.

Came on to say the same about the first one (Knives Out). DC is woefully miscast, and that accent!

Andie Macdowell in 4 weddings.
Ruined it.

Ian McShane as Merriman in the Dark is Rising.
The whole film was a dreadful travesty, but it should have been Christopher Lee, when he was still with us.
Nothing wrong with Ian McShane but he was just so wrong for that part.

If/when they remake a decent version, someone like Charles Dance…

leonardo di caprio in everything. always just playing himself.

Kenneth Branagh as Poirot.

Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil in the TV adaptation of Ballet Shoes. Pauline is supposed to be very pretty with naturally white blonde hair. Watson was average looking with obviously bleached hair.

Emma Watson in The Bling Ring, which is a film I love, apart from her looking too old for the part and not managing the accent.

Also, her acting is dreadful.

@Clawdy she is my favourite miss marple, I don't watch the episodes with the other leads 😂

Just woke my husband up laughing at this 😂

Keira knightly in anything. Can't watch.

Jonathan Rhys thingy who played Henry VIII in The Tudors, just wrong.

Armie Hammer and Lily James as Maxim and the 2nd Mrs de Winter in the remake of 'Rebecca' Both awful. Badly cast and dreadful acting, especially her.
Kristin Scott Thomas was Ok as Mrs Danvers though.

This was what I was going to say. Ridiculous casting.

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, complete with an American accent and well just not manly or attractive.

Don Cheadle in everything I’ve ever seen him in.

Agree with most of these - especially Tom Cruise as Reacher. Just wrong. Not just his height or his colouring, (JR being tawny blond), but his manner. JR comes across in the books as easy going, slightly scruffy, slow moving, - until he isn't. He's an imposing, watchful presence. H's big and moves easily. TC was quick, tense, sharp, polished, shiny, light, "pretty". All wrong!

Emma Watson as Belle in Beauty and the Beast - her acting and singing is dreadful

Ewan McGregor as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast - the French accent makes me want to die inside.

As a side note, the guy that played the beast was better looking as the beast 🤣🤣

Michael Gamdon as Dumbledore ... terrible choice!

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watsons acting got worse as the HP films progressed!

Will smith as the genie in Aladdin ... hated it!

Susannah Harker as Jane Bennet

Claire Danes in Stardust,can only see her as Carrie in Homeland

Also ... Jack Black in anything .... especially The Holiday!

And on The Holiday ... Cameron Diaz - she only has one acting style and acts the same in every movie!

Russell Crowe in A Good Year (his English accent is dreadful).

And another vote for Nicolas Cage being totally miscast as Captain Corelli!

But I love Rene Zellweger as Bridget Jones! And Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall!

Simon Barlow in Cornation Street, still not convinced he's Peter's offspring.

(Disclaimer - yes I know it's a fictional programme 😀 )

Agree!
And Peter Ustinov as Poirot.
Joan Hickson and David Suchet respectively every time for me!

Argh, this is one of my favourites 😍

The two main human characters in Peter Rabbit and the voice of Peter Rabbit James bloody Cordon,cant watch it or hear it

Nastassja Kinski in Tess. Tess Durbeyfiled was a simple farm girl. Pretty, yes, but poor. NK was stunningly beautiful - and quite definitely not poor. It was along time ago that I saw it but I just remember thinking Tess was pathetic and not really believable at all.