Miscasting classics

[swee'pea99]

Coming up shortly on Film 4, The Conqueror, with John Wayne as Genghis Khan:

What were they thinking of?

 

[Kestevan]

To be fair, it's strangely enthralling, you have to keep watching just to make sure that it actually is as bad as you think.

 

[green1]

Anything with Nicolas Cage in it.

 

[byegad]

Awe! The Duke as somebody not leftpondish! Horrible film IIRC.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Sean Connery playing an Irishman in The Untouchables
Sean Connery playing an Russian in The Hunt for Red October
Sean Connery playing an Englishman in Robin Hood Prince of thieves
Sean Connery playing a Greek in The Time Banditds

Sean Connery in any role that might demand an non-Scottish accent

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sean Connery playing an Irishman in The Untouchables
Sean Connery playing an Russian in The Hunt for Red October
Sean Connery playing an Englishman in Robin Hood Prince of thieves
Sean Connery playing a Greek in The Time Banditds

Sean Connery in any role that might demand an non-Scottish accent

..... Sean Connery in anything that DOES demand a Scottish accent!

 

[Deleted member 23692]

..... Sean Connery in anything that DOES demand a Scottish accent!

And there was I being kind to him, but yeah you're right

....except as Daniel Dravot in The Man who would be King

 

[EltonFrog]

Micheal Caine in every film he's been in except for The Italian Job.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Micheal Caine in every film he's been in except for The Italian Job.

....and Peachy Carnehan in The Man who would be King

Hats off!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmZbCwmOC6I


Hats on!

 

[Yellow Fang]

Sean Connery playing an Irishman in The Untouchables
Sean Connery playing an Russian in The Hunt for Red October
Sean Connery playing an Englishman in Robin Hood Prince of thieves
Sean Connery playing a Greek in The Time Banditds

Sean Connery in any role that might demand an non-Scottish accent

Talking about Scots who can't do accents. Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi.
Also, not a Scot, but Russell Crowe as Robin Hood.

 

[EltonFrog]

....and Peachy Carnehan in The Man who would be King

Hats off!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmZbCwmOC6I


Hats on!

Proof, if proof were needed at what a bloody awful actor he is. He was doing an impersonation of himself in that clip.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Talking about Scots who can't do accents. Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi.
Also, not a Scot, but Russell Crowe as Robin Hood.

Also not a Scot, but Dick Van Dyke as a Cockney in Mary Poppins!

 

[ianrauk]

Sean Connery playing an Irishman in The Untouchables
Sean Connery playing an Russian in The Hunt for Red October
Sean Connery playing an Englishman in Robin Hood Prince of thieves
Sean Connery playing a Greek in The Time Banditds

Sean Connery in any role that might demand an non-Scottish accent

Sean Connery playing a Spanishman in Highlander

 

[ianrauk]

Anything with Nicolas Cage in it.

Apart from Wild At Heart.....!

 

[Spinney]

Talking about Scots who can't do accents. Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi.
Also, not a Scot, but Russell Crowe as Robin Hood.

Also not a Scot, but Kevin Costner as Robin Hood!