Worst Stunt casting?

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 7:49pm

I know that we have all talked about it before, and yes i did search, but I was just wondering. Who do you think is the worst example of stunt casting? I thought of this when reading the "jessica simpson as elphaba" thread...(not saying thats the worst.)

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 7:54pm

Eden Espinosa in Anything...

j/k...

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:10pm

the old favorites by popular opinion around here

melanie griffith as roxie hart
john stamos as j. pierrepont finch and or guido contini
scary spice as mimi
drew lachey as mark
joey fatone as mrk and or seymore
EDIT: how could i forget the poor jekyll/hydes;
david hasselhoff- thanks #1elphie
sebastian bach
not to mention john secada as the emcee

Updated On: 1/18/05 at 08:10 PM

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:13pm

Don't forget David Hasselhoff.

[OneSongGlory]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:18pm

I agree, all three of those people are just to"hollywood" to capture that straving artist personality.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:20pm

George Hamilton in "Chicago"

Susan Lucci in "Annie Get Your Gun"

BLECH!

Updated On: 1/18/05 at 08:20 PM

[OneSongGlory]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:21pm

George Harrison did Chicago?!?!

O_o;;;


not right.. >_>

[morosco]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:23pm

Linda Blair in GREASE!

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:29pm

Drew Lachey and Mel Brown were pretty bad. Drew still sucks.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:34pm

Xena warrior princess as Rizzo.

[Eric Von Zipper]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:43pm

Matthew Broderick in the TV version of "The Music Man." In my opinion, THE most insane bit of miscasting in decades. A fine comedic actor in his own right but so incredibly wrong for the part of Harold Hill, this was not trouble but TORTURE in River City.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 9:07pm

David Hasselhoff as Galinda....no wait, that hasn't happened yet.

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 11:22pm

Good God, thats scary. Mel B, Drew Lachey, and Joey Fatone in RENT. What is this world coming to?? Please please please dont ever let Joey Fatone be Seymour!

[Jon]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 11:26pm

Kathryn Crosby in STATE FAIR. If her name had ben Kathryn Smith, she couldn't have gotten the role in a community theatre.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 11:26pm

Definately Hasselhoff in JEKYLL.

Is it just me, or did the man sound like a billygoat?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 11:26pm

Rewind.

Susan Lucci was in "Annie Get Your Gin"?

???

Any pictures?

[Razz77]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 12:33am

I will second the Jon Secada in Cabaret thing...He was deplorable.

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 10:17am

Scary Spice... Made a REALLY scary Mimi. You'd think she'd have all those notes. But you'd be wrong.

[Spooky]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 10:21am

Rent and Chicago seem to own the stunt casting category

[OneSongGlory]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 10:37am

Well..Really..Rent was pretty much made to give no-names a break but when you cast people who've already had a foot in the door of the hollywood way, it spells trouble. I can't see them as good in Rent, because their Joey, Drew and Mel, Not Mark, Mimi and whoever Joey played..People still just see them as the famous person and not as the character and that would ruin Rent in my opinion..

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 11:00am

dreamcatcher, too late. Joey WAS Seymour.

[Mimi Imfurst]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 12:13pm

Didnt see FATone in RENT- but mel brown aka scary spice was THE worst. She couldnt sing or act... blah blah blah...

But I will say drew lachey seems to be doing just fine. He was alright in my book- not the best, but the worked it...:)

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 12:25pm

Personally, I think any "stunt casting" is bad. "Stunt casting," pretty much by definition, priotizes name and celebrity over talent and type. With very few exceptions, I've never seen a "stunt cast" person who was more qualified than a dozen other, less "well-known" actors.

It's all relative, though, really. If you're calling it "stunt casting," then the person was bad. If the person's good, it's just a star is a great role. Look at Reba in AGYG...no one's called it "stunt casting." Why? Because she was good, and her presence in the show didn't detract from it, or pull you out of the experience.

[wonderful1]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 12:42pm

Yes, Susan Lucci was in AGYG ::shivers:: -

My vote goes to David Hasselhoff - and he was the one to immortalize J&H on video - yuck

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 1:01pm

my vote undoubtably goes to Ms. Susan Lucci in Annie get your Gun! I was utterly SHOCKED when I heard it, still can't believe that it happened.