some heroes just don’t look or feel the
part welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be counting down our picks for the
top ten worst superhero castings
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’ll
be focusing on actors who just didn’t
fit the part of the superheroes they
were cast to play or gave such terrible
performances that they ruined the
adaptation of their character
number 10 ray stevenson as frank castle
flashed the punisher punisher war zone
um I see you any idea okay to ask Frank
Castle is one of the most aggressive
belligerent heroes that comics have to
offer
unfortunately someone in the casting
Department clearly didn’t get the memo
when they decided to cast Stevenson as
the crazy badass and this is following
Dolph Lundgren’s shallow 1980s
interpretation here we could bullet-time
grow up to be a good man the punisher
stevenson plays is in direct contrast to
what audiences expected of a character
instead of a raging warrior we get more
of a subtle portrayal go happy with your
Frank
sometimes I’d like to get my hands on
God it’s important to remember here that
bad casting isn’t always the same as bad
acting this is a unique case where the
performance isn’t inherently bad but it
just completely missed what the
character is supposed to be about let me
put you out of my number 9 Jessica Alba
a Sue Storm Invisible Woman Fantastic
Four what do you mean you can’t look at
me as a scientist to turn super heroine
The Invisible Woman is supposed to be a
combination of brains beauty and bravery
but Jessica Alba’s portrayal you think
she only existed to provide some eye
candy Susan that’s fine well she does
not completely ruin the movie herself
the problem people have is that she’s
completely forgettable and comes across
as little more than a pretty face
the clouds fundamentally altered our DNA
her performance is one of Marvel’s most
famous leading women falls completely
flat an audience is founded hard to even
believe that she’s a scientist let alone
a superhero
number 8 Chris O’Donnell as Dick Grayson
/ Robin Batman and Robin I want a car
chicks dig the car this is why Superman
works alone adolescent angst is turned
up to 11 in this performance resulting
in what’s often considered to be one of
the most annoying superhero portrayals
of all time I could have made that jump
and just splatter your brains all over
the side of the building one of the
primary conflicts of the film is that
the dynamic duo is falling apart which
might even have made for a dramatic
story line if we felt any sympathy for
his Davis sidekick instead the Boy
Wonder repeatedly comes across as
nothing more than a whiny kid it’s real
issues with women you know that you just
couldn’t stand it she was going to kiss
me and not you couldn’t stand it
something was gonna be mine not yours it
doesn’t help that O’Donnell himself was
nearly 30 at the time – the movie was
made making him seem all the more
immature when his character acted like a
brat this is no partnership you’re never
going to trust me
number seven George Clooney as Bruce
Wayne / Batman Batman and Robin thanks
Jess break it you buy it if you felt a
sidekick was bad well you get a load of
the real hero who many comic book fans
believed was even worse now in all
fairness to mr. Clooney the awful
scripts gave him really nothing to work
with
however this is an actor who seemed to
be born to play a billionaire playboy so
watching them completely squander the
role of a lifetime is pretty
disappointing
I rules that keep us alive and if you
want to stay in this house and on this
team you will abide by them displaying
none of the charm of Bruce Wayne or the
greatness of Batman this portrayal
completely lacks any of the character we
expect from the Caped Crusader instead
we watch mentor Clooney completely phone
it in as he delivers one deadpan
one-liner
after another the ice give the Iceman
number six Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze
/ Ghost Rider Ghost Rider and you’ll
find me there the spirit of vengeance
fighting fire with fire when casting a
cool badass superhero that is literally
the agent of the del cages pretty much
the exact opposite of what you need yet
Siri is delivering a weirdly
out-of-place performance in what critics
considered to be an already poorly
written film my daddy once said if you
don’t make a choice a choice makes you
at times this portrayal of Johnny Blaze
is bland and uncharismatic and at other
moments is simply too intense or
over-the-top at the end of the day even
the most dramatic modes of the film are
kind of ruined as it is very difficult
to take Cage seriously you may have my
song he doesn’t have my spear number
five Seth Rogen at Brit read The Green
Hornet The Green Hornet that’s a very
very good as one of the most obscure
superheroes viewers might not have had
much of an idea who the Green Hornet was
when initially going into the movie
after watching it though they’re
probably just schoolís I want you to
take my hand I want you to come with me
on this adventure I don’t with you but I
don’t want that you the problem isn’t
that Rogen puts in a terrible
performance as the titular hero but
steady hardly puts in a performance at
all perhaps banking on the assumption
that very few readers actually know who
the Green Hornet is Rogen plays him off
as a goofy every man rather than it’s a
serious vigilante this is not blue of
this thing out of proportion I will blow
this guy in any proportion I like many
felt that the entire time he felt as if
he was just being himself rather than
actually portraying a him character
ultimately this feels more like a copy
and paste job from knocked up and
pineapple Express rather than a you need
to take on a superhero let’s say you
actually found the roads how can we how
can we connect the Pineapple Express
read to you number four David Hasselhoff
as Nick Fury
Nick Fury agent of shield
we all do that before the iconic
portrayal that audiences know and love
today there was a much happier version
of Nick Fury that is probably best
forgotten
on paper this seems to be like the
perfect casting hasselhoff looks exactly
like the tough macho Nick Fury that
comic readers had known how you were
dead it’s when he tried to act that
things really fall apart though
everything he says comes across as fakin
cartoonish completely ruining any sense
of realism that the film had going for
it ultimately this goes to show that
there’s a lot more to superhero casting
than just how you look I wouldn’t do
that those things have a way of backfire
number 3 Shaquille O’Neal as John Henry
irons flash steal steal remember curb
meant delusional as Michael Jordan’s
Space Jam showed giving a basketball
superstar his own movie isn’t
necessarily a bad idea are you talking
to me yeah I’m talking to you you want a
piece of me come and get it but just
because an athlete has charisma doesn’t
mean that he or she is cut out to be an
action hero
while Shaq definitely has the size and
Bill’s to play the Superman inspired
superhero steel what people perceived as
his well inability to act really made
the whole movie seem kind of like a joke
his limited range of emotions and craned
toward the delivery have made it
impossible for moviegoers to view this
as a legitimate acting performance as
practically every line comes across as
more laughable than serious it always
vocal Oh number two Halle Berry has
patience Phillips Flash Catwoman
Catwoman comes home audiences were
already lukewarm towards Berry’s
portrayal of the x-men’s storm so maybe
giving her a second shot at playing
superhero wasn’t the best idea you know
what happens to a toad and it struck by
lightning when patients Phelps comes in
contact with an ancient Egyptian tent
she begins to become more and more
cat-like herself however according to
critics Halle Berry takes things a
little bit too far in her attempts to
see this feline it’s one thing to show
some subtle tent-like tendencies and
another to overact at every possible
opportunity
she turns one of the most mysterious and
seductive femme fatales in fiction into
a complete caricature resulting in one
of the silliest superhero performances
ever on screen before we reveal our
number one pick here a few dishonorable
mentions this isn’t a game you do not
see in civilian equipment into my active
war zone you understand don’t worry
that’s not that bad yeah to you though
[Music]
Thanks
number one Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock
flash daredevil daredevil you’re holding
back stop playing a blind man with
heightened sensitivity is one of the
most difficult acting jobs a superhero
movie could demand that’s why this miss
casting is particularly unfortunate
while this role could have been complex
and nuanced instead we got what people
have called one of the most wooden
portrayals imaginable well could you be
a little bit more specific experts is
stiff and he lacks any of the toughness
or grit that makes this character tick
it feels like we’re just watching an
empty shell going through the motions
making every dramatic moments and
character interactions seem kind of
Hollow and enjoy your father
ah some casting mistakes just make bad
movies worse well this is one miss
casting that turned a potentially decent
movie into an awful one well
according to critics anyway you’re cute
me I’m do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
part welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be counting down our picks for the
top ten worst superhero castings
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’ll
be focusing on actors who just didn’t
fit the part of the superheroes they
were cast to play or gave such terrible
performances that they ruined the
adaptation of their character
number 10 ray stevenson as frank castle
flashed the punisher punisher war zone
um I see you any idea okay to ask Frank
Castle is one of the most aggressive
belligerent heroes that comics have to
offer
unfortunately someone in the casting
Department clearly didn’t get the memo
when they decided to cast Stevenson as
the crazy badass and this is following
Dolph Lundgren’s shallow 1980s
interpretation here we could bullet-time
grow up to be a good man the punisher
stevenson plays is in direct contrast to
what audiences expected of a character
instead of a raging warrior we get more
of a subtle portrayal go happy with your
Frank
sometimes I’d like to get my hands on
God it’s important to remember here that
bad casting isn’t always the same as bad
acting this is a unique case where the
performance isn’t inherently bad but it
just completely missed what the
character is supposed to be about let me
put you out of my number 9 Jessica Alba
a Sue Storm Invisible Woman Fantastic
Four what do you mean you can’t look at
me as a scientist to turn super heroine
The Invisible Woman is supposed to be a
combination of brains beauty and bravery
but Jessica Alba’s portrayal you think
she only existed to provide some eye
candy Susan that’s fine well she does
not completely ruin the movie herself
the problem people have is that she’s
completely forgettable and comes across
as little more than a pretty face
the clouds fundamentally altered our DNA
her performance is one of Marvel’s most
famous leading women falls completely
flat an audience is founded hard to even
believe that she’s a scientist let alone
a superhero
number 8 Chris O’Donnell as Dick Grayson
/ Robin Batman and Robin I want a car
chicks dig the car this is why Superman
works alone adolescent angst is turned
up to 11 in this performance resulting
in what’s often considered to be one of
the most annoying superhero portrayals
of all time I could have made that jump
and just splatter your brains all over
the side of the building one of the
primary conflicts of the film is that
the dynamic duo is falling apart which
might even have made for a dramatic
story line if we felt any sympathy for
his Davis sidekick instead the Boy
Wonder repeatedly comes across as
nothing more than a whiny kid it’s real
issues with women you know that you just
couldn’t stand it she was going to kiss
me and not you couldn’t stand it
something was gonna be mine not yours it
doesn’t help that O’Donnell himself was
nearly 30 at the time – the movie was
made making him seem all the more
immature when his character acted like a
brat this is no partnership you’re never
going to trust me
number seven George Clooney as Bruce
Wayne / Batman Batman and Robin thanks
Jess break it you buy it if you felt a
sidekick was bad well you get a load of
the real hero who many comic book fans
believed was even worse now in all
fairness to mr. Clooney the awful
scripts gave him really nothing to work
with
however this is an actor who seemed to
be born to play a billionaire playboy so
watching them completely squander the
role of a lifetime is pretty
disappointing
I rules that keep us alive and if you
want to stay in this house and on this
team you will abide by them displaying
none of the charm of Bruce Wayne or the
greatness of Batman this portrayal
completely lacks any of the character we
expect from the Caped Crusader instead
we watch mentor Clooney completely phone
it in as he delivers one deadpan
one-liner
after another the ice give the Iceman
number six Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze
/ Ghost Rider Ghost Rider and you’ll
find me there the spirit of vengeance
fighting fire with fire when casting a
cool badass superhero that is literally
the agent of the del cages pretty much
the exact opposite of what you need yet
Siri is delivering a weirdly
out-of-place performance in what critics
considered to be an already poorly
written film my daddy once said if you
don’t make a choice a choice makes you
at times this portrayal of Johnny Blaze
is bland and uncharismatic and at other
moments is simply too intense or
over-the-top at the end of the day even
the most dramatic modes of the film are
kind of ruined as it is very difficult
to take Cage seriously you may have my
song he doesn’t have my spear number
five Seth Rogen at Brit read The Green
Hornet The Green Hornet that’s a very
very good as one of the most obscure
superheroes viewers might not have had
much of an idea who the Green Hornet was
when initially going into the movie
after watching it though they’re
probably just schoolís I want you to
take my hand I want you to come with me
on this adventure I don’t with you but I
don’t want that you the problem isn’t
that Rogen puts in a terrible
performance as the titular hero but
steady hardly puts in a performance at
all perhaps banking on the assumption
that very few readers actually know who
the Green Hornet is Rogen plays him off
as a goofy every man rather than it’s a
serious vigilante this is not blue of
this thing out of proportion I will blow
this guy in any proportion I like many
felt that the entire time he felt as if
he was just being himself rather than
actually portraying a him character
ultimately this feels more like a copy
and paste job from knocked up and
pineapple Express rather than a you need
to take on a superhero let’s say you
actually found the roads how can we how
can we connect the Pineapple Express
read to you number four David Hasselhoff
as Nick Fury
Nick Fury agent of shield
we all do that before the iconic
portrayal that audiences know and love
today there was a much happier version
of Nick Fury that is probably best
forgotten
on paper this seems to be like the
perfect casting hasselhoff looks exactly
like the tough macho Nick Fury that
comic readers had known how you were
dead it’s when he tried to act that
things really fall apart though
everything he says comes across as fakin
cartoonish completely ruining any sense
of realism that the film had going for
it ultimately this goes to show that
there’s a lot more to superhero casting
than just how you look I wouldn’t do
that those things have a way of backfire
number 3 Shaquille O’Neal as John Henry
irons flash steal steal remember curb
meant delusional as Michael Jordan’s
Space Jam showed giving a basketball
superstar his own movie isn’t
necessarily a bad idea are you talking
to me yeah I’m talking to you you want a
piece of me come and get it but just
because an athlete has charisma doesn’t
mean that he or she is cut out to be an
action hero
while Shaq definitely has the size and
Bill’s to play the Superman inspired
superhero steel what people perceived as
his well inability to act really made
the whole movie seem kind of like a joke
his limited range of emotions and craned
toward the delivery have made it
impossible for moviegoers to view this
as a legitimate acting performance as
practically every line comes across as
more laughable than serious it always
vocal Oh number two Halle Berry has
patience Phillips Flash Catwoman
Catwoman comes home audiences were
already lukewarm towards Berry’s
portrayal of the x-men’s storm so maybe
giving her a second shot at playing
superhero wasn’t the best idea you know
what happens to a toad and it struck by
lightning when patients Phelps comes in
contact with an ancient Egyptian tent
she begins to become more and more
cat-like herself however according to
critics Halle Berry takes things a
little bit too far in her attempts to
see this feline it’s one thing to show
some subtle tent-like tendencies and
another to overact at every possible
opportunity
she turns one of the most mysterious and
seductive femme fatales in fiction into
a complete caricature resulting in one
of the silliest superhero performances
ever on screen before we reveal our
number one pick here a few dishonorable
mentions this isn’t a game you do not
see in civilian equipment into my active
war zone you understand don’t worry
that’s not that bad yeah to you though
[Music]
Thanks
number one Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock
flash daredevil daredevil you’re holding
back stop playing a blind man with
heightened sensitivity is one of the
most difficult acting jobs a superhero
movie could demand that’s why this miss
casting is particularly unfortunate
while this role could have been complex
and nuanced instead we got what people
have called one of the most wooden
portrayals imaginable well could you be
a little bit more specific experts is
stiff and he lacks any of the toughness
or grit that makes this character tick
it feels like we’re just watching an
empty shell going through the motions
making every dramatic moments and
character interactions seem kind of
Hollow and enjoy your father
ah some casting mistakes just make bad
movies worse well this is one miss
casting that turned a potentially decent
movie into an awful one well
according to critics anyway you’re cute
me I’m do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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