The announcement that Ben Affleck would play Batman
in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie sent
shockwaves around the Internet. Twitter, Facebook,
and comic book forums lit up as millions of geeks
expressed their opinion that Affleck was seriously
miscast. While we haven’t yet seen Affleck don the
armor of the Dark Knight, we have seen past failures
when superstar and superhero don’t quite merge
harmoniously.
1. George Clooney as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Batman &
Robin (1997)
One could fill an entire list of miscasts from this movie
alone, but the worst decision was to cast George
Clooney as Batman. The debonair Clooney certainly is
a talented actor, but none of that talent surfaced
during this two-hour campfest.
2. Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, Green
Lantern (2009)
There’s nothing inherently wrong with infusing
lightheartedness into a film adaptation of a comic
book, but there has to be some sort of plausibility to it.
Casting Ryan Reynolds as a man without fear is simply
laughable. The man lacks a serious bone in his body,
and we’re to believe he can stand up to the
embodiment of evil?
3. Brandon Routh as Superman/Clark Kent, Superman
Returns (2006)
He may have looked and sounded like Christopher
Reeve, but he was certainly no Superman. More of a
Superboy, Brandon Routh just didn’t have the gravitas,
charisma or machismo to play the Man of Steel.
4. Halle Berry as Catwoman, Catwoman (2004)
Halle Berry’s Catwoman may not be the Selina Kyle
most people associate with the famed comic cat
burglar, but even the re-imagined sexy alternative
didn’t suit the Academy Award winning actress. Her
acting was simply so abysmal that some critics
thought she should return her Oscar for Monster's Ball
as a penalty for pitiful performance.
5. Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Spider-Man Trilogy
Sam Raimi ’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 were two
of the best superhero movies of all time (the less we
talk about Spider-Man 3 , the better), but Tobey
Maguire’s Spider-Man really didn’t conform to his
comic book counterpart. Lean, wiry and with a smart-
ass personality, Spider-Man was not the lovesick
puppy dog that Tobey Maguire portrayed, who
resembled more like Clark Kent than Peter Parker.
6. Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, The Incredible Hulk
(2009)
Another capable actor who just didn’t seem like a right
fit for the role, Edward Norton was grossly miscast as
Bruce Banner. In real life, Norton’s a very intelligent
man, but he could never exude the genius-level
intellect of Bruce Banner. But most importantly, Norton
just doesn’t possess the inner rage that would manifest
itself into an unstoppable, hulking green force.
7. Shaquille O’Neal as Steel/John Henry Irons, Steel
(1997)
Where to begin? For starters, Shaquille O’Neal is a
basketball player with no acting skills, despite having
appeared in several films by now. Second, while Shaq
may possess more inches than required to reach the
imposing height of John Henry Irons, he doesn’t have
the chiseled physique nor the hardened look to strike
fear into criminals.
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