Biggest miscasts in films

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Definitely agree with Ginny in HP!
Also Russell Crowe in Les Miserables, wtf he was such a shite singer?! Especially compared to the amazing guy who played Javert on the West end production.
Actually speaking of Les Mis, Nick Jonas in the stage production and his American accent was so random lol
 
Scotch Mist said:
Yes I agree. Bonnie was badly cast as Ginny and had no chemistry with Daniel Radcliffe at all. I wouldn’t critise her too much as she was a child, but they should have recast the part later in the series.

There were also a number of adults very badly miscast in the HP films eg Slughorn, Lockhart and Trelawney. All played by excellent actors but wrong in the parts.

Gary Oldham wasn't at all like I imagined Sirius to be either! And Michael Gambon was wrong too. Its a shame they never cast Peter O'Toole as Dumbledore.

It was as if they just handed out parts to well known actors who never bothered to read the books. Lockhart should have been played by someone like Hugh Grant, Branagh really wasn't the right choice. Still I guess we all get ideas in our heads when we read books and then when they cast someone who seems wrong it's irksome.

Apparently a film is currently being made with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana 🙄 that sounds like serious miscasting to me!
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Yeah Gary Oldman is a great actor but he was no way the Sirius of the books.
 
Warpaint said:
I think when you've read the books there's a lot to pick out from the films lol. Loads of stuff bothered me at the time. Let's not even get into grumpy Dumbledore of the later films!
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"HARRY DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME INTO THE GOBLET OF FIRE?!?" 🤣 Michael Gambon did get better later on but Richard Harris will always be Dumbledore to me

Scotch Mist said:
Yes I agree. Bonnie was badly cast as Ginny and had no chemistry with Daniel Radcliffe at all. I wouldn’t critise her too much as she was a child, but they should have recast the part later in the series.

There were also a number of adults very badly miscast in the HP films eg Slughorn, Lockhart and Trelawney. All played by excellent actors but wrong in the parts.

Gary Oldham wasn't at all like I imagined Sirius to be either! And Michael Gambon was wrong too. Its a shame they never cast Peter O'Toole as Dumbledore.

It was as if they just handed out parts to well known actors who never bothered to read the books. Lockhart should have been played by someone like Hugh Grant, Branagh really wasn't the right choice. Still I guess we all get ideas in our heads when we read books and then when they cast someone who seems wrong it's irksome.

Apparently a film is currently being made with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana 🙄 that sounds like serious miscasting to me!
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Love Jim Broadbent but agree he wasn't Slughorn.

Hugh Grant was actually the producers first choice to play Lockhart, but he declined due to working on something else. He would have have been perfect for that role.
 
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Andie McDowell in 'Four Wedding and a Funeral' 🤦‍♀️

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