Casting Gone Wrong — Page 2

Dear sweet Linda Balgord as Madame Rose. I mean how why what I can't even.

Newintown, was that Totie Fields before or after the amputation? :)

Updated On: 7/21/11 at 11:06 AM

Going back a bit to things I didn't see but can't wrap my head around:

Michael Rennie in My Fair Lady
Nancy Dussault in Peter Pan
Barry Williams in West Side Story
Lee Remick in Annie Get Your Gun

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Newintown, I think you missed the point about "Lettuce". I believe the poster was referring to that show about organic farming in California during the 60's -- Lettuce in the Love Age.

If the rumors are true....Darren Criss in How to Succeed.

Andrea McArdle as Rose in Gypsy
Judith Ivey as Sally in Follies

I didn't see the whole show, but the video on YouTube of Judith Ivey singing "Losing My Mind" is pretty freakin' terrific.

Not a stage show, but a film adaptation of one:

The casting of Daniel Day-Lewis, a fine actor and a good, solid singer. But he was still totally wrong for Guido, because he couldn't capture the charm and humor of the character. He was his usual brooding introverted self. Always fascinating to watch, but a critical misstep with Nine, which needs a central character than can understand the humor of Guido's situation, more than the gravity of it.

As a result, the movie felt way too heavy and stoic at times. As Felini said about "8 1/2" when he was filming it ... he had to tape a sign to the camera that said, "Remember, this is a comedy." Something Rob Marshall forgot when he went after Day-Lewis for the part of Guido.

Best casting choice for Guido in "Nine" on film: Robert Downey Jr.

The result was really casting gone wrong, where it sank the project. Not that it didn't have some other problems, and also other wonderful gems going for it, but by far the largest "oops" was the miscasting of the leading man.

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Skip2, how was Richard Griffiths in Equus "casting gone wrong"?

Gotta agree about Day-Lewis in the movie version of Nine. He's a wonderful actor and I didn't think his singing was too bad, but he was too brooding, which is not what that character needs. The rest of the cast was very well put together especially Marion Cotillard and Penelope Cruz who were simply breathtaking. However, who ever decided to lower the key to Unusual Way and force poor Nicole Kidman to sing it out of her range is an idiot. She could have handled the original key and sounded much better, but oh well...

John Stamos and Gina Gershon in last year's disastrous Bye Bye Birdie. I wanted to like it so much I hated it.

Harvey Fierstein and Rosie ODonnell in Fiddler on the Roof. The worst, worst, worst casting (did I say that enough times??) I had ever seen. She could not remember a line and played it as more of a Jewish characature than the actual role. He was just a hint better.

Courtney B Vance and Angela Bassett in the Guthrie's "His Girl Friday". Now I know what some actors mean when they say that comedy is harder. These two otherwise good dramatic actors had absolutely no business being in this. Granted, the entire show was an awful mess, but one would expect some chemistry between two actors who are married to each other in real life. Nope.