10 Movie Performances That Proved People Wrong
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- When actors make critics and fans alike eat their words with one impressive movie performance.
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Michael Keaton was the first unpopular choice for Batman. At the time, he had built up a career as a funny man, and fans didn’t see him as the ideal Caped Crusader; in fact, they actually sent hundreds of angry letters demanding he be recast. But then the movie came out, and now Keaton is widely regarded as the best Batman.
If I had a nickel every time fans got upset over the casting of a Batman character but then changed their mind after watching their performance...
I personally think Kevin conroy is the best Batman…
I came here to say the same thing. I figured he'd be #1 on this list. There is none better.
I thought he did an amazing job as Batman.
@@MeganSin Same, but I'm biased... Mark Hamill played the Joker to Conroy's Batman and they were the perfect pairing in my opinion.
I would also include Michael Keaton as Batman in this list.
When talking about Adam Sandler and his dramatic roles, everyone seems to forget about Reign Over Me. His portrayal of a broken man was utterly phenomenal.
How could you not include either Michael Keaton brilliant portrayal of Batman or Heath Ledgers mesmerising outing as The Joker as no one had any faith in either actor
He did mention Heath Ledger while talking about Ben Affleck.
I wasn't impressed by Heath Ledgers Joker, it didn't felt like the Joker to me.
Jon Favreau had to fight with the studio to cast RDJ as Iron Man.
And Mel Gibson paid out of pocket for the insurance after Cruise was cast
Not for reasons that would include it on this list. They didn’t want to hire him because he was a liability.
The title say “10 Movie Performances that proved people wrong”. I think that qualifies.
@@JustRoy11 Those of us with intelligence can see that it doesn’t but you do you Sparky.
In a different universe, Julian Sands would be an elegant and mesmerizing Lestat. He was a gorgeous man.
I was 16 when "The Firm" came out, so I couldn't see it, since my parents didn't let me see R-rated movies. So I read the book. When I found out that Gene Hackman was playing Avery Tolar, I couldn't see it at all. But when I finally saw the movie, I was amazed. Gene Hackman is an amazing actor, and he played the part very well.
I've seen Gene Hackman in bad movies, but I've NEVER seen Gene Hackman bad in a movie.
I hated this movie. I don’t know how they could have made it better, as most everything in the book was in thoughts. A narrator would have been weird.
@@CaenaGrey most book narratives are inner-monologues. That's why there are professional screenplay writers who have to do adaptations of novels vs. just taking the book and attempting to film it.
@@tonybarnes2920 This is a silly comment given the subject matter. You know very well that this book doesn’t fit into the category of “most books” when it comes to it. The whole thing is about not speaking, and I don’t think it translated well to film. Did you actually read it, or do you just like to argue?
I'll admit it. Normally can't stand Cruise, but his Lestat was perfection. Actually, most of the cast from Interview surprised me with their quality.
Okay, I will admit it...when I read the books, I actually saw Brad Pitt playing Lestat (think of him in Fight Club with the hair in Troy). So I was surprised of the casting for both of them. Tom Cruise was okay in the portrayal, but he didn't have the sex appeal I thought other actors would project (Julian Sands would have also been excellent).
I agree with you, and when they came out with Queen of the Dammed I was disappointed that they didn't recast Cruz
You need to go watch Edge of Tomorrow then.
Trust me.
Have you read the book?
It's the only movie where I liked his acting, and Brad Pitt's as well. To me, both are pretty overrated actors... Actually liking their performances in Interview with the Vampire was a bit of a shock for me. Normally I roll the eyes when I see either of them in a movie.
As other people have noted: Michael Keaton as Batman ... we were just blown away as he captured the character and made it his.
Cruise as Lestat ... I watched that so many times and read the books because of the movie ... I think it's one of his finest acting jobs and I don't care for much else the actor has done. Maybe because he actually acted?
Tom Cruise was the best choice for Lestat, I'm glad that Anne Rice eventually got on board with his casting.
I remember reading the book and thinking that Cruise made an amazing Lestat. I couldn't understand why people had a problem with it.
I still mourn the fact that the studio didn't give Julian Sands the role, but Cruise did a pretty great job.
When the trailer for Silkwood came out and Cher's name was listed, everybody in the theaters laughed then too. She also proved them wrong.
It’s insane just how well Adam Sandler largely playing the same character he plays in his comedies completely straight as opposed to broad and goofy has paid absolute dividends for him. Punch-Drunk Love is and will continue to be a personal favorite of mine.
Along the same lines, would also chuck in a mention for Jack Black’s mesmerizing work in Bernie.
A big you missed....Michael Keaton as Batman.
You should've replaced Adam Driver's section with Michael Keaton. WhatCulture staff is probably too young to know this, but when it was announced that Michael Keaton was going to be Batman, there were many a table being tossed and people claiming they were going to boycott the movie. As with many unwarranted outrages, we see how that worked out.
I really dislike Tom Cruise as a person, but you have to admit that he was brilliant as Lestat. Can't imagine the movie without him.
Not technically a movie performance, but I'd add David Schwimmer in 'Band of Brothers' to this list. Prior to this, he was pretty much only known as whiny doofus Ross Geller in 'Friends, so the idea of him playing Herbert Sobel, a vindictive, beaurocratic young officer of Easy Company during WW2 seemed like a bad idea. But... he nailed it. All traces of Ross were gone, and he embodied the pettiness and insecurities of his character brilliantly.
The actor that was seen as being perfect for the role of Lestat in "Interview With the Vampire" was not Julian Sands. It was Rutger Hauer. An older, more jaded and more continental presence than Cruise. It would have been very interesting to see Hauer in that role.
I thought that Hugh Jackman was wrong for Wolverine..I stand corrected.
I can't believe that Jennifer Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Winter's Bone, was controversial in the casting of The Hunger Games.
Daniel Craig, like Sir Sean Connery & Timothy Dalton before him, worked as James Bond because he took and played 007 as Ian Fleming meant him to be, as a Serious secret agent as presented in the original James Bond novels; something ignored by most fans whose only exposure to 007 was via the movies.
He also made a fine cowboy in "Cowboys and Aliens"...
They brought up Daniel Craig as James Bond, but why not Sean Connery? The author, Ian Flemming, didn't want Connery as Bond. But later, he changed later novels to more of acknowledgement of Connery.
@@Nytegard
They didn't add Robert Downey Jr. Odd since when Jon Favreau first proposed RD Jr. for the role of Tony Stark/Iron Man, his reputation wasn't that good, but he decisively proved the critics dead Wrong as Iron Man launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Stallone as Rocky is another one.
To be fair, Bond actually IS blonde in the books.
Those abrupt endings be like...🤐
Batman film's casting could be its own list:
Keaton, Ledger, Affleck, Pattinson etc.
Heath Ledger as the Joker. People were really upset with him being cast.
Adam Driver ❤
Affleck was underwhelming at best as Batman.
People forget people didn't like having Michael Keaton as Batman or Heath Ledger as the Joker at first.
Jim Carrey in The Truman Show. Others have said Michael Keaton in Batman which was my other thought.
Ben Affleck was the first Batman that was physically comparable to the comic character. He was bulky and imposing. None of the others, including Bale, were close to being the Herculean tower of strength that is Batman.
How do you miss Reign Over Me as one of Sandler's solid dramatic roles?
Their writers are bad
Affleck has the ideal chin to play Judge Dredd.
Did you know that Tom Cruise didn't know he was in that vampire movie until three months later?
Cruises performance only proved wrong one key skeptical person as mentioned, and a few skeptical critics...Afterall, he was recently well praised and nominated for his turn as Ron Kovic, already displaying range contrary to his golden boy typecast, and probably would've have won if not for the unstoppable force that is Danial Day Lewis. Not as though the majority doubted. Last I checked, the use of 'people' in this context, considers a substantial proportion.
I can’t name one good Craig bond film
Me: ok, how long until they mention a batman casting. Then, wow, right off the bat. Honestly though, they could easily make a whole video on jush all the controversial batman casting choices
michael keaton as batman
Robert Redford? The Natural?
Punch-Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, Uncut Gems.
Sandler is genuinely a great actor, but he gets paid a LOT to try and replicate his work between 1995-2005, and it just does not work anymore IMO, but people must keep watching it, otherwise he wouldn't be paid to keep doing it.
Wait a minute are reacting like Jennifer Lawrence did a good job in Hunger Games now. Am I having a Mandela effect situation. Did we watch the same movie. Stale. Stale
she IS Katniss, no one except haters will ever see otherwise.
Wasnt ben just recently voted most hated batman by the dc community?
I think the Daniel Craig hate was because James Bond has/was always handsome and as good as he was in the role Daniel Craig isn't.
No mention of Michael Keaton or Heath Ledger. List is completely invalid.
Robert Downey Jr.
Interesting, I thought Daniel Craig was amazing in Layer Cake, and I thought he would be a great James Bond. But he was so dull. He made Timothy Dalton's Bond much more exciting!
Gal Gadot is back in the Fast franchise.
It’s called Interview With A Vampire not the
Not according to the book covers and movie posters it isn't. It looks like every source out there says it's the vampire, not a vampire.
@@stevensauer8539 oops I don’t know what I was thinking. I just looked at it and I was very wrong. I swear I looked it up yesterday and it was A. But I guess I was tired 😂. My apologies
I like Daniel Craig as an actor.. I just don't like him as Bond. Not then, not now.
I am not a fan of Tom Cruise... Interview with the Vampire is the only movie I liked his acting, and to me, he played the perfect Lestat.
Heath Ledger as the Joker is easily the biggest one. Without him, The Dark Knight is a tiresome, overly-long, mediocre film.
I can’t give you #3. It’s like you didn’t even read the book. The casting for all but Claudia was terrible. She made this movie for me. Strangely enough, Julian Sands was also who I pictured when I originally read the books, but I think it was too late by then. Stuart Townsend was better.
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I still don't like Adam Driver, although he does do some parts right, I still don't like his presence at all.
For me, Jennifer Lawrence was brilliant as Katniss, but I do feel that she should've lost weight for the role of a malnourished girl.
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Gal Gadot was indeed NOT a good Wonder Woman
Lego Batman > Batfleck
replace Gal Gadot with Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body
lol.
Both Punch-Drunk Love and Interview With The Vampire are incredible movies. This is what Hollywood used to achieve before it went to crap with all this childish superhero nonsense alongside toxic virtue signaling everyone, attacking fanbases and soulless remakes. Just original fantastic stories :-)
Cruise was awful as Lestat 🤮
Kylo Ren was the worst part of the movies. Thank the lord the rest of the cast worked and the plot was great. I guess everybody missed the note that it was 7th Heaven with blasters. Brilliant, since George Lucas killed the genre of sci-fi with episode 2.
Affleck is insufferable.
Sorry, still not a Batfleck fan
Gal gadot didn't prove anyone wrong
Batfleck was horrible.
Dont care if some actors had one hit. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. If your throwing everything at the wall the odds are one thing will stick. I still think some of these actors deserve thier bad reputation. Mainly Sandler and Cruise. Cruise is a master of bieng cast as the main character in amazing films which makes him seem better than he is. And Sandler is just a joke.
Where did the Sandler and Cruise touch you? Why are you so upset? Cruise is a legitimate movie star, whether you like it or not. If someone is the lead in an amazing film, then it's not luck that they do it over and over again. They are usually the hard-carry of these amazing films. And Sandler IS a joke... he's a comedian. So, it's amazing that pretty-much every dramatic role he's taken on has been lavished with praise.
Lestat is the only thing I like about Tom Cruise.
Yeah, it's not like Cruise hasn't been giving amazing performances in pretty much every role he has been in, for the past over the 40 years now... Yeah, Ok.... *Rolls eyes*
I get not liking him in real life (to an extent), but the dude is one of our best working actors.
Anne Rice was right. Tom Cruise at 5ft nothing, was not Lestat de Lioncourt, who is described as being over 6ft. While Brad Pitt just scraped by, Cruise was not Lestat.
Yeah. Acting performances generally hinge on an actor’s height.
There’s 2 mentions of Batman vs Superman… the movie sucked so bad! Terrible box office number terrible Batman choice. Ben afflack proved us all correct.. he’s a shitty Batman. Gal Gaddots Wonder Woman wasn’t that impressive either. A model looks good in Wonder Woman costume?? DUH!!!!!
Ben Assleck still sucks.
Why?