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Post by msdemos on Jan 30, 2020 21:57:52 GMT
What are some of the (arguably) poorest (or, at the very least, most questionable) choices 'Hollywood' has made when casting the lead in a biopic ?? For instance, though it could be argued that Barbra Streisand may not have been the best choice to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968), from an entertainment and success standpoint, it's hard to argue she was the wrong choice.  What are some other, at the very least, questionable casting choices for the chosen leads in feature film biopics ??  SAVE FERRIS
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Post by Geddy on Jan 30, 2020 22:16:21 GMT
Leonardo Di Caprio in J.Edgar. Hoover was not a good looking man.
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 30, 2020 22:42:43 GMT
Leonardo Di Caprio in J.Edgar. Hoover was not a good looking man. O yeah! Also Leonardo Di Caprio in The Aviator - gave a good enough performance but he wasn't Howard Hughes.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 30, 2020 22:49:32 GMT
For instance, though it could be argued that Barbra Streisand may not have been the best choice to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968), from an entertainment and success standpoint, it's hard to argue she was the wrong choice. actually, Fanny Brice may have been the role she was most suited for.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 30, 2020 23:01:13 GMT
Charlize Theron ... Aileen Wuornos I Monster .. There are no actresses who would not need major makeup makeovers to look less than gorgeous to play role like this ?  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 30, 2020 23:28:20 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jan 31, 2020 0:02:52 GMT
John Wayne as Genghis Khan in The Conqueror.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 31, 2020 0:05:12 GMT
 complete with Very Blue Eyes  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 31, 2020 0:22:28 GMT
 Personality aside, Stewart was about 100 years too old to play Lucky Lindy |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 31, 2020 2:37:30 GMT
spiderwortI chose Charlize as an example of the habitual "pick a pretty / gorgeous actress and make her up to look ordinary or dowdy or downright ugly" rather than pick a "less than classically beautiful" actress to play a character who is "less than classically beautiful." This of course, is also done with the actress's male counterparts. Cue Robert Taylor and Paul Newman as Billy the Kid. 
Michelle Pfeiffer was cast in "Frankie and Johnny" in the role that had been written for Kathy Bates rather than casting Kathy Bates in the Kathy Bates role and for me this is pure foolishness. Nicole Kidman had a fake nose applied rather than casting an actress who already had one that would have done quite nicely. Dunno the title, I avoid Nicole Kidman, but I remember "the nose". I don't know the Charlize back story on Monster and I don't watch films about real killers, especially contemporary ones, so I have no idea how well she did in the role … but that was not my point in any case, it was about the common habit of casting of Gorgeous as "not so much".
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jan 31, 2020 21:58:36 GMT
The real Clyde Barrow was nowhere near as handsome as Warren Beatty in his prime.
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 31, 2020 22:04:23 GMT
KING OF KINGS -- Jeffrey Hunter as a blue-eyed Jesus.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 31, 2020 22:14:41 GMT
KING OF KINGS -- Jeffrey Hunter as a blue-eyed Jesus. Hunter's casting also prompted cynical wits to re-name the movie as "I Was A Teenage Jesus."
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Post by marshamae on Feb 1, 2020 0:43:59 GMT
Jeff hunter as blue eyed aryan Jesus was not nearly as ill- cast as a Jesus of the 70’s whom I always refer to as disco Jesus. His robe was always falling open to show a hairy chest with a gold chain gleaming. He also played an early form of touch football with tge disciples . Ugh!
The worst casting in a classic bio pic , in my mind was Robert Alda as George Gershwin. Gershwin was tall, slender , handsome, very sure of himself and a womanizer.
I don’t really mind the producers picking someone better looking than the original. It’s hard to look at someone unappealing for 2+ hours. And I thought Theron was amazing in Monster. What I minded was her appearance at tge oscars with a really orange chemical tan.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 1, 2020 1:02:33 GMT
I don’t really mind the producers picking someone better looking than the original. It’s hard to look at someone unappealing for 2+ hours. BUT they used makeup to make her look unappealing for the picture
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Post by Doghouse6 on Feb 1, 2020 1:42:24 GMT
On the surface, Anthony Dexter seemed like good casting for 1951's Valentino...  ...until he opened his mouth. What came out instead of Italy was pure Nebraska. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 1, 2020 2:00:40 GMT
Even the statue depictions of Jesus seem designed to re-frame Jesus as a European.
Ditto with Michelangelo's David who resembled Apollo statues.
Speaking of Michelangelo,
Charlton Heston is far removed from the historical accounts of the artist however, I think he did a good job in the role, and since the story was intended as an examination of artistic genius, using a big name star made sense to enhance the interest beyond a narrow demographic--someone shorter like a John Cassavetes might have been more authentic and more intense.
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