15 Weird And At Times Frankly Terrible Casting Practices

If there's anything we've learned about Hollywood's casting decisions, it's this one important aspect: They make precisely dick for sense. That's the only way you can explain how white dudes have the veritable pick of the litter for roles, while everyone else is relegated to specific groups that are almost impossible to break out of.

The Tiptoes. The whole of this film, including the casting, was a little off. Gary Oldman appears to be playing a dwarf who walks on his knees in the film. That's something you'll need to know.

He's also supposed to be believable as Matthew McConaughey's twin sibling. In addition, instead of playing the lead, they cast Peter Dinklage together in a supporting role. As expected, it was immediately released on DVD.

Producers and directors have a difficult task. They must find the ideal actor to play an important role while not being too noticeable and selecting just from a stream of studio stars who occur to be available when required and want the job.

We've already wrapped the most egregious revisionist decisions in film history, but how about the times when filmmakers assumed so far outside the box that they cast a downright weird actor in a role?

If you think we're over-exaggerating, just hold your keyboard mashing until the end. By plying them with the chance to win some cash, our readers took us through the bizarre casting world of Hollywood. The results are below.

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Entry by jofride

IN REAL LIFE, PARENTS ARE USUALLY OLDER THAN THEIR CHILDREN. IN HOLLYWOOD, NOT SO MUCH... ANGELINA JOLIE IS ONE YEAR OLDER THAN COLIN FARRELL, WHO PLA

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This is Alex Rice- This is Irene Bedard- SS. RSIT IBERT 1M 600 T VOUST An active member of the Part Eskimo, part Cree Indian, Mohawk tribe, she was ca

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IN THE NOVEL SERIES, THE CHARACTER JACK REACHER IS 6'5 TALL, 220-250 LBS., AND HAS A 50-INCH CHEST. HE'S SO HUGE THAT HE DISMEMBERS GOONS BAREHANDED.

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ACCORDING TO THE MARVEL LEGENDS PACKAGING, WOLVERINE IS 5'3 HIGH ACKAMAN IS 6'2. With all the time Hollywood spends trying to make short actors look

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Gay men can get cast to play gay characters in sitcoms, but only straight men are cast to play their less effeminate partners. Will E Grace: Glee: Par

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Emily Deschanel started playing Temperance Brennan on Bones at age 29. The character is loosely based on author Kathy Reichs. But while Reichs publish

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For the past two decades producers insist on casting actors in their 20s to play teenagers Luke Perry was 24 when he got the role on Beverly Hills ITK

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Hermione Granger was never meant to be pretty. She had bossy a sort of voic, lots of bushy brow hair, and rather largc front tceth. Book 1, Chapter

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HOLLYWOOD IS STILL HESITANT TO GIVE PROMINENT ROLES TO DWARF ACTORS Which is why, in 2003, TIPTOES, a movie all about a dwarf, filled the lead role wi

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Phylicia Rashad was 36 the year The Cosby Show premiered. Bill Cosby was 47. Clair would have had to raise five children, starting when she was 18, wh

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Here ERE was This pinup boy is Kili the Dwarf, from Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy Daer This drawing of how dwarves are meant to look is by author J.R

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Got a role for a wacky character in A sitcom? We CaN finally let somE American born, accent free, adult Asian -Americans into the audition! They never

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CRACKED.COM T mean a Tca real one!) can speak with an English accent! Apparently that's not a big deal- just ask these American, Irish, Australian and

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CRAGKEDCON American actor ROBERT DOWNEY JR. MEL GIBSON KEVIN COSTNER (SHERLOCK HOLMES) BRAVEHEART CROBIN H0O: PRINCE OF THIEVES) BORN IN NEW YORK BORN

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Entry by Rutledal

This is Cliff Curtis. He is an actor from New Zealand, and of Maori descent. Or as Hollywood prefers: not white Colombian terrorist leader (Collater