Care to Play "MISCASTING DIRECTOR"?

[Crankie Avalon]

Al Pacino's performance as Michael Corleone in the first Godfather film is one of the indelible actor/role associations in American cinema history. Still, before Pacino landed it, studio executives actually pressured to cast either Robert Redford or Ryan O'Neill in the part.

Ryan O'Neill as Michael Corleone. The mind reels.

Let's make our minds reel some more...

Rules of "Miscasting Director": Take a film role that was unforgettably performed by one actor and substitute a different actor whose qualifications to perform the same role are somewhat dubious. Some examples:

Tom Hanks as Hannibal Lecter
Keanu Reeves as Special Agent Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco)
Julia Roberts as Karen Hill (Goodfellas)

The only limit to this game is one's one warped imagination. Speaking of which, how about an Ed Wood with Tom Cruise in the title role opposite Clint Eastwood as Bela Lugosi? OUCH!!!

Any other "miscasting directors" out there?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. Rick Moranis as Morpheus (The Matrix)

[matcom]

2. Joe Pesci as Frodo

:D

[DS1]

90. Earnest Borgnine (present day) as Aragorn

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Sean Connery as Zoolander

[Richardo]

4. Julia Roberts as 'Erin Brockovich'

Oh. Oops. :spank:

[Bridget Burke]

41. Julia Roberts as Arwen (LOTR)

I heard that Liv Tyler was added to the cast for "box office" appeal--not selected by PJ, et al. Casting for the films was mostly excellent & she was not my fave. But she really worked hard at the role.

Remembering Julia's turn as Kitty Kiernan (in Michael Collins), I'm quite grateful that PJ could not afford "big stars" like her.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence in "Black Like Me"

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. Andre the Giant as "Mini Me"

[Midlodemocrat]

45. I actually saw him in person once,

In CT. He lived in Greenwich and used to frequent the bar that was attached to the restaurant where I ate lunch pretty regularly. He was huge. I always felt sorry for him.

[jackelope72]

7. Jack Black IS...Malcolm X. n/t

[Arkana]

44. Chris Rock as John Coffey in "The Green Mile"

"What the HELL is this? Cornbread?"

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Juliette Lewis as "Pretty Woman".

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

30. Or, Kathy Bates

or Roseanne Barr.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Ben Affleck as Magneto (X-Men)

[ComerPerro]

50. Ouch. I pictured it, and now my brain hurts

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. Here's another really bad original casting decision:

For the part of Rick in Casablanca, the studio originally wanted Ronald Reagan.

[Crankie Avalon]

18. Yikes...

...that would have been vile.

[Richardo]

11. Clint Eastwood in "Freddy Got Fingered"

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. Michael Jackson as "O-Dog" in Menace II Society

[terrya]

13. Katharine Hepburn as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate"

That would be so...wrong on every level.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

14. Jimmy Stewart as Neo in the Matrix

[Richardo]

17. Well THAT was pretty good synchronicity

same phrasing and everything! :toast:

[Richardo]

15. Dom Deluise *is* Neo in 'The Matrix'

[DelawareValleyDem]

16. Jim Carey as Patton

and Tara Reid as anything

[Crankie Avalon]

20. Hee..."when you stick your hand in pile of goo...

...that a moment before was your best friend's face (bugs eyes and makes mugging, rubbery face)...you'll know what to do."

[Crankie Avalon]

19. Richard Dreyfus as the Drill Sergeant from Full Metal Jacket

[meegbear]

21. Margaret Cho as Malcolm X

[terrya]

22. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"

as George and Martha.

With Matt Damon and Lindsey Lohan as Nick and Honey.

[Crankie Avalon]

24. Oh, dear...

...for the first pair alone you just took the game to a whole new level. :crazy:

[NewJeffCT]

25. Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman in Romeo & Juliet

[NewJeffCT]

23. Harvey Fierstein as Patton

don't ask, don't tell.

[Orsino]

26. Clint Eastwood IS Gandalf!

"And many that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Well, can you, punk?"

[aden_nak]

27. Steve Buschemi as the Terminator.

[NewJeffCT]

28. How about Nathan Lane?

I mean, who doesn't think of he & Arnold as separated at birth?

[Rabrrrrrr]

60. ROTFL! That would be great!

"You are terminated. AH! There's blood on my hands! And my shirt!! Oh, God, someone get me some seltzer - quick! quick!! Oh, dammit, and it was pure silk. (breaks into song)"

[Richardo]

31. "Keep it down Sarah Connor, or I'm gonna hafta, you know, shoot ya."

[aden_nak]

32. "Okay, pal. But you just listen. I'll be back. You can bet on that, man!"

[Crankie Avalon]

29. Arnold Schwartzenegger as Fredo Corleone...

..."I'M SHMART, not a dumbkopf like everyone says...I'M SHMART und I vant zie reshpect!"

[BurtWorm]

34. Arnold Schwartzenegger as Schindler in Schindler's List

[BurtWorm]

35. Arnold Schwartzenegger or Jessica Lang as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray

[Richardo]

33. Danny Devito as Hellboy

[Crankie Avalon]

36. Christopher Walken as The Dude (The Big Lebowski)

[ComerPerro]

63. Michael J Fox as Walter

[Richardo]

37. Harvey Firestein in "The Passion of the Christ"

[BurtWorm]

38. Michael Jackson as himself in The Jackson Five Story

[NewHampshireDem]

39. Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branaugh in "Meet the Fokkers"

:)

[Crankie Avalon]

40. Sylvester Stallone in the Dustin Hoffman role in Rainman...

..."Yo, I'm an excellent driver."

[rhino47]

43. Barbara Bush as god in Dogma

[Arkana]

42. Rob Schneider as James Bond

[Crankie Avalon]

46. Kevin Costner as Randall Patrick McMurphy (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. The Seinfeld cast in LOTR

We did this same topic a few weeks ago, and had some hilarious Seinfeld/LOTR situations!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2486285#2486625

George as Sam would say, "We're lost! We should quit! I'm a quitter! I come from a long line of quitters! I was raised to give up!"

Seinfeld as Frodo: "You know, you're right. My feet are tired. I mean, really - who goes on quests any more? What's up with that?Saving the world - who am I, the Messiah? No, I'm a guy that likes to sit around a lot and come up with funny stuff. That's me. I'm not a quester."

George as Sam: "You're definitely NOT a quester. No one's a quester. Who was the last quester? Ulysses?"

Seinfeld as Frodo: "Exactly. No one quests any more."

George as Sam: "Let's get some coffee."

Seinfeld as Frodo: "You know, you're absolutely right. If they want the ring destroyed, they should have thought of it that before they made it. It's not my responsibility. Was I there? No, I wasn't." (throws ring on ground).

George: "You were DEFINITELY not there. Not AT ALL!"

[Crankie Avalon]

48. The threads I miss by never being online during weekends...

...I just re-listened to the commentary track on my DVD copy of the Godfather and the stuff I heard about Robert Redford/Ryan O'Neill for Al Pacino's role on it made me want to do this thread.

Sorry, if I had known it was already done (and only about a week ago, at that) I wouldn't have started this.

[Rabrrrrrr]

51. NO!! Not at all - these threads are always fun!!

I didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't have started it - just wanted to point out the hilarious Seinfeld/LOTR stuff in the other one.

So, don't feel bad for starting this thread at all!

These are always fun.

[ComerPerro]

49. Ray Romano as Bruce Wayne/Batman

[x-g.o.p.er]

52. Adam Sandler in any role on "Pulp Fiction"

[Rabrrrrrr]

55. Or Adam Sandler in anything, really

[Crankie Avalon]

56. I think "the Gimp" might have been in his range (eom)

[Crankie Avalon]

59. Adam Sandler as Forrest Gump!

[terrya]

53. Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith in...

"Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

57. And Dame Judi Dench as Hermione

[Richardo]

58. That one is pretty funny...

:D

[JimmyJazz]

54. Ryan O'Neill was also considered for the first Rocky movie.

[Crankie Avalon]

64. Wow...

..."ADRIENNNNNNE!!! ADRIENNNNNNE!!! WHERE'S THE WHITE BREAD AND MAYONNNNNNAISE???!!!"

[ComerPerro]

61. Desi Arnaz is Liberty Valance

[fit4life]

62. George C. Scott as Ace Ventura

I'm trying to picture it and just can't manage...

[NewJeffCT]

67. George C Scott & Sean Connery as the couple in The Birdcage

boy, I'm really hitting it with these gay posts today.

[Crankie Avalon]

68. With Lee Marvin as the politician father of the bride.

[WoodrowFan]

65. George Clooney as Batman!

Oh, wait. never mind

[NewJeffCT]

66. to be honest

I think Clooney would make a great Batman with the right script & right directory. Batman is supposed to be an intense character, and Clooney does intense really well.

[WoodrowFan]

69. Marcel Marceau as the Elephant Man

[WoodrowFan]

70. Ron Jeremy is a porn film! oh, wait.

[Crankie Avalon]

72. Ron Jeremy as Alfie

[WoodrowFan]

76. Ron jeremy as Willie Wonka. (as wonka's willie maybe)

[Crankie Avalon]

79. Yeah, maybe...

...so long as the actresses playing Veruka Salt and the other girl are over 18.

[WoodrowFan]

81. The Oompa Loompa Orgy scene is not to be missed!

[WoodrowFan]

71. WC Fields as Brett Butler. (GWTW)

[WoodrowFan]

73. Fran Drescher in "Last Tango in Paris"

[RUDUing2]

74. a real one: first choice for Dorothy in Wizard of Oz was Shirley Temple.

[da_chimperor]

75. Pauly Shore as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

In either Silence of the Lambs or Hannibal.

[WoodrowFan]

77. Jimmy Stewart as Hannibal Lector!

[WoodrowFan]

78. Paul Lynde as Michael Corleone

[NewJeffCT]

95. Don "Get Smart" Adams as Sonny Corleone

I'm trying to keep it age appropriate at least...

[Crankie Avalon]

96. And Woody Allen as Luca Brasi...

...that's about the right age, no?

[WoodrowFan]

80. Rhea Pearlman in "Pretty Woman"

[WoodrowFan]

82. Danny Devito IS Hamlet!

[WoodrowFan]

83. Abe Vigoda in "Dirty Dancing" (and not as the father)

[Crankie Avalon]

84. Richard Gere in My Left Foot

[CBHagman]

85. Tom Cruise in a remake of "Marty."

Paired with Catherine Zeta-Jones or Cameron Diaz as Clara.

Cruise's ego is big enough that he would try that. He actually wanted to do "In the Line of Fire," but that would have been daft. The main character is guilt-ridden because he couldn't save JFK.

On the other hand, speaking of stupid ideas, the lead character in "The Bodyguard" felt guilty because he didn't stop Ronald Reagan from being shot. "No, no, you idiot," I wanted to scream, "It's James Brady you should feel sorry for."

[Crankie Avalon]

88. Good Lord...

...talentless but pretty people who think they'll be taken seriously as artists if they apply some make-up that will make them look like pretty people trying to pretend to look plain.:eyes: :D

[Crankie Avalon]

86. Richard Gere as Salieri in Amadeus

[fit4life]

87. Rosie O'Donnel as Catwoman

How do you like that suit now? lol

[WoodrowFan]

89. The cast from Seinfield in "Dangerous Liasons"

[lazarus]

91. Mel Gibson as Hamlet

Oh wait....

[DS1]

92. Harvey Keitel in Big. Flava Flav in Radio

[NewJeffCT]

93. Jean Claude Van Damme as Gandhi

Or, Steven Seagal.

[Crankie Avalon]

97. Or Arnold Schwartzenegger...

..."Civil disobedience??? DON'T BE ZIE GIRLIE-MAN!!! (fires giant explosion/gun, sky fills with smoke)"

[fit4life]

94. ET in Alien vs. Predator

Phone THIS pencil neck! lol

[Worst Username Ever]

98. Keanu Reeves in anything

[FredScuttle]

99. This one's for real

Eddie Murphy's breakout role as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop was originally offered to....Sylvester Stallone

[Crankie Avalon]

100. And Mickey Rourke was set to be in it before Stallone, apparently...

"...the script attracted the attention of actor Mickey Rourke who was interested in playing the central character. He ordered rewrites and then left the project after he lost interest.

Enter action hero Sylvester Stallone. Stallone himself then rewrote the script and removed the humor as he was only interested in playing a straight faced cop with an exotic gun. Finally after losing interest himself (Stallone would go on to use some of his story ideas in "Cobra") the project attracted yet another writer in the shape of Chip Proser, who would later pen the producers' smash hit "Top Gun".

Finally, Eddie Murphy, having just had two big hits in the shape of "Trading Places" and "48 Hrs" entered the scene cast as the now re-named "Axel Foley"."

Link: http://www.fast-rewind.com/

[Allenberg]

101. Chris Farley as Jesus in "Passion"