50 Biggest Hollywood Casting Mistakes That Completely Ruined Movies

Published on 09/04/2021
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Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker (Bram Stoker’s Dracula)

Although Reeves is one of America’s most beloved faces, his performances are often questionable. Jonathan Harker’s picture of Reeves was tarnished by his terrible British accent and emotional response even when Bram Stoker’s Dracula won a few Oscars. The filmmaker Francis Coppola Ford kindly told out that Reeves “worked so hard,” but it was not as what they expected for it to show.

Keanu Reeves As Jonathan Harker (Bram Stoker's Dracula)

Keanu Reeves As Jonathan Harker (Bram Stoker’s Dracula)

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)

Even if in the 1960s Star Trek series Khan Noonien Singh had not been an Asian genuine actor, he was nonetheless a colorful man… Unlike Benedict Cumberbatch, who has been genetically engineered as the superhuman Indian. J.J. Abrams was criticized for casting a British white man for obvious reasons. Rachel Edidin of Wired said, “The racial politics of casting a British guy as an Indian man originally played by a Mexican actor are dubious as hell.”

Benedict Cumberbatch As Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)

Benedict Cumberbatch As Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)

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