Top 10 Casting Decisions That Fans HATED

do we need the top knot that's my little cherry on top welcome to ms mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 casting decisions that fans hated thank you for your consideration i am not someone who is loud and i'm jeffy do not forget my name for this list we're looking at casting decisions that hollywood audiences reportedly felt could have been more appropriate some of these roles may have turned out alright in the end but they initially rubbed many viewers the wrong way which casting decision still bothers you let us know in the comments below number 10 renee zellweger as bridget jones bridget jones's diary while bridget jones became zellweger's most defining role fans and critics were not initially thrilled about this particular casting how's it going torture she was up against already successful actresses for the role like kate winslet who was too young at the time and rachel vice who was allegedly considered too beautiful for the part zellweger was neither naturally british nor the right weight but that didn't get in her way resolution number one obviously we'll lose 20 pounds the actress actually ate junk food trained with a dialect coach and worked at a publishing house to prepare for the role we admire her dedication but would it have perhaps been easier to find someone who already fit the bill beforehand you once said that you like me just as i am and i just wanted to say likewise would they have captured the awkwardness and endearingness of the character just the way we love her who's to say number nine keanu reeves as jonathan harker bram stoker's dracula next we have another north american actor playing a british character but this time it's with an accent that's often deemed heavily lacking i'll attend to the count thank you for your confidence this is a great opportunity for you hacker in his efforts to portray a subdued jonathan harker keanu reeves acting is rather stiff in this dracula adaptation he maintains stoicism throughout most of the movie keeping his face expressionless even when he's in danger both fans and critics said that his performance fell short compared to his co-stars gary oldman and anthony hopkins even though reeves and winona ryder have later admitted to having crushes on each other these apparently didn't translate into on-screen chemistry either we can be married when i return of course all right in fact director francis ford coppola had considered casting rider's real-life fiance at the time johnny depp instead [Music] do you think depp would have made a better harker than reeves number 8. jesse eisenberg as lex luthor batman vs superman dawn of justice keep everything the same and it's silly lex luthor's character in the comic books evolved from mad scientist to unscrupulous business tycoon on screen lex is often played by older men who've been deemed better able to convey the darker side of the character when batman vs superman cast the boyish early 30-something jesse eisenberg to play lex it was a while before comic book readers and moviegoers fully digested it eisenberg admitted to not having grown up reading the comics and fans say it shows in the performance no man in the sky intervened when i was a boy to deliver me from daddy's fists and abominations i figured out way back if god is all-powerful he cannot be all good while luther is supposed to be a strategic genius eisenberg's portrayal comes off as more of a manic kid feeling his way through the business he inherited from his father man on the marquee don't believe it my father named the company after himself he was the lex in front of the court how you doing number seven will smith as genie aladdin for disney's live-action adaptation will smith knew he had quite the shoes to fill as many people fondly remember the late robin williams as the genie in the animated film [Music] despite his efforts however many fans claimed that smith did not do the role justice at least when stacked up against williams aside from the performance though there was something about the cgi'd genie that rubbed film lovers the wrong way a character was compared to a smurf centaur being under a fruit curse and the thumb people from spy kids aladdin unlike many of its hollywood contemporary counterparts actually uses people of color instead of white actors to play the roles i know you can't tell but i am very pale this is sky blue my natural pigmentation is navy give us some sun but fans were undecided about both the genie's shade of blue layer he kept shedding on and off throughout the movie as well as the hair piece still blue do we need the top knot that's my little cherry on top number six madonna as eva peron evita like madonna the real eva peron tried to get her foot into showbiz to think that a man [Music] however that's as far as their similarities go while madonna became our queen of pop eva perrone met her husband-to-be in the aftermath of an earthquake and later became first lady of argentina beloved by her people evita is known for her humanitarian and charity work she likely would have even run for vice president had she not been diagnosed with cancer don't cry for me argentina the truth is i never left you when it comes to the musical drama the casting team could have gone with a more seasoned and more serious actress especially considering madonna's musical career and previous acting efforts have you ever seen me defeated don't you forget what i've been through and yet i'm still standing one critic even claimed that the quote stiff wholly artificial and forced performance that madonna gives pretty much ruined the film though that didn't stop her from earning multiple accolades and the winner is madonna evita number five russell crowe as javier les miserables in our evita entry many believe that the lead role should have gone to a more experienced actor by contrast les miserables had people saying that javert should have been played by a proper singer do not forget my name do not forget me 24601 russell crowe has many memorable iconic roles such as maximus and gladiator and real-life mathematician john nash in a beautiful mind i imagine you're getting quite used to miscalculation police inspector javert however did not leave the same impression on audiences while the filmmaker's choice to use live singing certainly did not help crowe's vocals came out dull they could have made an exception and replaced them with a more powerful voice many felt it lacked the intensity that inspector javert was supposed to project with crowe's limited singing skills giving us more of a lazy uncle vibe rather than a terrorizing authority figure can this man be believed shall his sins be forgiven shall his crimes be reprieved number four jennifer lawrence as katniss everdeen the hunger games i volunteer as tribute did you know that jennifer lawrence nearly turned down this part lawrence was in her early 20s when she played the role in the first film while the character was in her mid-teens in the second part katniss turned 17 while lawrence inched closer to her mid-20s while this is nothing new in casting it would have probably been easier to choose a younger actress lawrence's youthful looks notwithstanding i'll take you out and show you off to the world so you're here to make me look pretty i'm here to help you make an impression by contrast in the biographical comedy drama joy lawrence's age was unsuitable but in reverse she was a girl next door beauty in her mid-20s playing a single beaten-down mom in her mid-30s hunger games fans also critiqued lawrence's real-life look while katniss comes from an underprivileged district and is forced to ration out food to her family the casting of athletic and healthy lawrence made the character that much less believable of course this clearly did not prevent the franchise's mega box office success thank you for your consideration number three jared leto as the joker suicide squad suicide squad has been called a messy watch probably because it attempts to cram too many characters and genres into one movie jared leto however got special criticism from audiences i am not someone who is love like will smith leto had big shoes to fill living up to heath ledger couldn't have been easy and it's clear that leto was excited to be part of the film i'm just gonna hurt you really really bad his co-workers said he did weird things on set to get into character such as giving his co-workers condoms and being called joker-related nicknames like mr jay by the cast and crew had he played the role with more subtlety we might have seen a darker and more sinister joker like the audience has wanted and we're used to things may change with the depiction in zack snyder's justice league though isn't that right batman number two jake gyllenhaal as dastan prince of persia the sands of time while few would complain about having to look at jake gyllenhaal for two hours straight the prince of persia is a classic example of hollywood's insistence on casting white actors in roles that shouldn't necessarily be played by them come on i've been my entire month allowance on this this is embarrassing why don't you give it a try although gyllenhaal accepted the role he later admitted that it wasn't a great fit i doubt one of my many flaws fans rightfully asked why the movie couldn't have cast an actor of middle eastern descent especially as the video game character he's based on has an extremely replicable and accessible look at least gyllenhaal bothered to put on an english accent which makes a bit more sense geographically i wasn't born in a palace like you i was born in the slums of nassau where i lived if i fought and i crawled for it before we unveil our number one pick here are some honorable mentions ben affleck as batman batman vs superman dawn of justice too sad to be bad jessica simpson as daisy duke the dukes of hazzard she should have stuck to her day job singer is there anything i can help you out with today man two cute cops growing trees around here what tom cruise as lestat de lianco interview with the vampire even author anne rice wasn't initially convinced take your receipts taste pure things kill them swiftly if you will but do it for do not doubt you are a killer louis emma watson as margaret meg march little women not sure what to do with or think about the accent let me have my fun tonight i'll be desperately good for the rest of my life before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one scarlett johansson as major mira killian also known as motoko kusagani ghost in the shell this is major this otherwise intense and engaging movie flopped in large part because of the failure to cast an asian actress to play major while we know that anime characters don't necessarily look like realistic humans it wouldn't have hurt the film to have an authentic japanese person in the lead instead of the caucasian scarlet to honor the original manga series johansson pointed out that the character was a synthetic copy of a real human and didn't belong to any particular ethnicity quote i would never attempt to play a person of a different race she said the actress added that audiences would understand why she fit the role once they saw the film but the final revelation that spoiler alert the character was formerly japanese seemingly contradicts this what's your name paramagi told me you had a name from [Music] before that's all good do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from mizmojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music] you

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Length: 13min 28sec (808 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 02 2021