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Worst Casting In A Movie All Time?

Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:02 pm
Posted by Fear TheSpear
Bradfordville
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:02 pm
There’s tons of examples of bad casting

But the worst is arguably Joe Pesci in Goodfellas



Looks nothing like Tommy Desimone who was like 6 foot 4”

Makes no sense
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:03 pm to
That basset hound Christopher Nolan cast in The Dark Knight.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:03 pm to
I mean, if you don't think Pesci was intimidating in Goodfellas, then I don't know what to tell you.

I thought he played a psychotic killer perfectly. It didn't matter if he was 6'4" or 5'4".
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:04 pm to
Yeah, Pesci totally ruined that movie for me. I kept thinking everyone knows Tommy Deimone was 6'4"?!?!?!?!? How could they do this!??!?!?!?! How can you have an actor who isn't identical to the semi-biographical character?!?!?!?! Seriously not even a remotely good take. Pesci nailed the pscyho part which was much more important than height.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:05 pm to
Jessie Eisenberg as Lex Luthor
Posted by Master of Sinanju
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:05 pm to
Posted by boston vol
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

Makes no sense

Actually it makes perfect sense. Hire a great actor to play a part. See, casting done easy.
Posted by boston vol
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:11 pm to
Keanu Reeves-Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Cameron Diaz-Gangs of New York
Terrence Howard-Iron man
Hayden Christensen-Star Wars
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:14 pm to
out of all the roles to choose from, you choose one of the best movie characters of all time? C'mon man.



I think that Maggie Gylengal in The Dark Knight is up there.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:22 pm to


Michael Corleone would never marry that bitch.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:30 pm to
quote:

There’s tons of examples of bad casting

But the worst is arguably Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
21265 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:34 pm to
Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

Easily the worst cast in my opinion if you read any of the Reacher books.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8906 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:40 pm to
Not a movie, but The Lincoln Lawyer Netflix show…the entire cast was absolutely abysmal. Every one.
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
8837 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:48 pm to
Amy Schumer in anything.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
16291 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

But the worst is arguably Joe Pesci in Goodfellas


If you're going to start a troll thread, at least go with a non legendary, Oscar-winning role.

I still can't understand the casting in Alexander, in particular Angelina Jolie. And I'm probably one of the few people who believes Oliver Stone's subsequent cuts fleshed out a good film.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:49 pm to
Queen Latifah as The Equalizer
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
8438 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:56 pm to
George Clooney as Batman
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16391 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

There’s tons of examples of bad casting


Agreed. But Pesci in Goodfellas is NOT one of them. Didn’t he win an Oscar for that role?
This post was edited on 5/30/23 at 3:59 pm
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

But the worst is arguably Joe Pesci in Goodfellas




Godfather 3 never happened. I've erased that from my memory. But if we pretend it did happen, Sophia Coppola is the answer.
Posted by Geauxldninja
Member since May 2018
1681 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 4:23 pm to
Tom Cruise as the Last Samurai


/s

That movie is one of my favs and cruise is the shite in it but I always thought it was funny that Tom Cruise is the last samurai.
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