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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Yes that was in my best Comic Book Store Guy voice. This came from something that we were talking about at work.

Some of the top miscasting include:

Edward G. Robinson as Dathan in the 10 Commandments (1956)

John Wayne as the Centurion in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
and as Temujin, later Genghis Khan in The Conqueror (1956)

Please add your recommendation to the list...

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Sandra Bullock as Wonder Woman. Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko. Keanu Reeves as anything other that Ted "Theodore" Logan. Nicholas Cage as Superman.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

I've seen a pic of Nicolas Cage's head on Superman's body...it looks funny as hell.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Jennifer Aniston as Winston Churchill.

Hang on, is this suppossed to be real roles? Er, The girl who played Airazor as Freeza. For pete's sake, Freeza's a MAN! Did no-one notice that? No-one? Moron's.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Moron is?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Them. All of them. Everywhere.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Actually, I must admit, Brock Peters was a good choice for Joseph Sisko, it's just too bad that he also played a second Character in Trek.

Besides, Avery Brooks did a wonderful Ben-Sisko-does-Brock-Peters-does-Joseph-Sisko impression. "The Souffle will rise or it won't. There's not a damn thing you can do about it."

Worst Casting in my opinion? Leonardo DiCaprio in ANYTHING!!!

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Extreme case of Jealousy? People who dislike LEO DICAPRIO

I'm not saying that he's good.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Oh, Brock Peters was SO wrong for Joseph Sisko. Who was right? Louis Gossett, Jr. Yeah.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Right.

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Hey, let's not bash Leonardo DiCaprio, he was really good in the Beach, especially when Darth Vader encased him in carbonite.

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Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

Actually I thought The Beach and The Quick and the Dead were the only good parts he ever was casted in. I had not wanted to see The Beach specifically because Dicaprio was in it. But, with the exception of the tripped-out video game scene, it was a good screenplay of the book.

And Brock Peters was an excellent choice for Joseph Sisko. I agree that I didn't like his double role, but I don't criticize his casting for that.

Worst casting choice: Tom selick (I think that was his name) for Indiana Jones. If Ford hadn't decided to do it, that supposedly was Lucas's choice.
Pleh.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Billy Zane as Mr Methane, no, sorry, the phantom. Glad I didn't see it. Treat Williams has dropped, also...

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

The Only movie Leonardo DiCaprio was good in was "What's eating Gilbert Grape", saw it not too long ago. All other movies, he gives me the impression of a very selfish person who's too proud of his looks and who probably believes he is God's Gift to Women.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Am I missing something? What's everyone's problem w/ Brock Peters' having played two different parts in Trek? Look at the other actors who have played recurring characters, but also smaller parts. I can think of Tony Todd and Marc Alaimo offhand. No-one has a problem w/ their parts, do they?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Oh, and to be fair, I think it tends to be a lot of women who think Leo DiCrappio is a heavenly gift to them. *L*

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Brock played two guys too similar to eachother.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Eh? One of them was a civilian restaurant owner, and the other was a conspiratorial SF admiral...

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

They talked the same way, they looked the same way, they felt the same way. The only difference was their ambitions. The "conspiring admiral" didn't strike me as threatening for a second. Just old and stubborn, like Sisko's dad.

Take Joe Don Baker, being James Bond's enemy in "The Living Daylights", getting killed, then being another fat hick with a different name in "GoldenEye", only now he's Bond's best buddy. James Bond movies of today are a joke.
Of course, it's been a joke since the late 70's. Go Alan Partridge!

Getting back to the recurring characters, take John Hertzler. Martok was started off as a grunting Targ, then established more respect as a noble warrior. We saw where he came from. But the only two lines he had as the romulan captain of the Saratoga reflected a dignified, seasoned officer staying calm during Harmagedon. Well, maybe too calm.
In any case, THAT'S a display of character-multitude, if anything.

Pretend that's a word.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Well, Marc Alaimo played a BAD Romulan, and then a BAD Cardassian.

THEI'RE NOT PULLNIG TEH FSAT WONE ON TEH ME!!!!!!!! I NOW YYUO'RE PALNS PRMIAOUNT!!!!!! NOT TEH ME!!!!!

Fuck Paramount. How could they?

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

Since when was there A Romulan captain in command of the Saratoga? I hope you mean Vulcan...

And what's wrong with actors who previously played different Trek characters? Look at Martha Hackatt; she played the Romulan subcommander in DS9's "The Search" and Seska on Voyager. Are both similar; yes. Are both different; yes, the Romulan character could be still alive.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

That's just the point. I like recurring characters. Good recurring characters should just blend in. Brock Peters just stumbled in and pretended to be someone else. Hell, with the life expectancy of Trek-people you could imagine it's still the admiral, under the old witness protection program for former conspirators. Like with Worf's bro Kurn. Wipe their mind and give them a restaurant.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I have no problem at all with Brock Peters or anyone else playing multiple roles on Trek or anywhere else. ("Babylon 5 Guest Guild," anyone?) I simply feel that he wasn't powerful enough as a Sisko. we all tend to emulate if not become our parents; Peters' Joe Sisko had nothing in common with Ben except for stubbornness. LG,Jr. has speech patterns that are so close as makes no difference.

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Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :

Ziyal and Alexander were the worst: They had three different actors playing the same bit part!

I don't mind so much about Admiral Paris. I like Richard Herd, and I don't even remember the other actor's name. Ditto for Braxton. That dude in "Relativity" was the same guy who played Al the Bartender in the last episode of Quantum Leap.

I wonder just how much effort is made to actually bring back the same actor who played a bit part. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

It depends if it conflicts with their acting schedule, like the actors who first played Annika Hansen's parents. The same thing went for Alice Krige when they approached her to play the Borg Queen for Dark Frontier; she had another acting job.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Like what, exactly? An episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's dismally horrific and blessedly short-lived anthology show? Yeah, there's an accomplishment.

*bitter*

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

That little boy what's-his-name as Anakin Skywalker.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

*LOL* I don't think the fans would've appreciated Lucasfilm waiting for the little pipsqueak to literally grow into his late teens before shooting Ep II. They just chose a post-pubescent pipsqueak to match...

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Yes, you don't have to say it, I know you meant "bad actor Annie"... Well that works too!

I just saw an early ep of "ER" season seven, the one with Benton being fired, and John Carter was treating this 8-year old paralyzed kid who talked like a 35-year old... Not smartass, like that turd Culkin (in his famous ten hours), but seasoned, with mature intonation, emphasis and temper in his voice. Like, really laid-back. Now THAT was Anakin-material...
I never (EVER) thought I'd say this (EVER!) , but that kid was cool. He must've had like a 200 IQ, and strange enough, with an EQ to match... I hope he becomes something, I really do.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Anakin? Well, Jake Lloyd seems to make Anakin sound like a really whiny kid. I mean, seriously, that shrill voice of his will really get to you after a while (not as bad as Jar Jar's).....

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