If you’ve ever read one of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels, you know that Reacher is a hulking figure. Standing 6′ 5″ and weighing in at 250 pounds of muscle, he needs a big actor to fill his shoes. Instead, Tom Cruise is here. Despite being a lauded action star, and someone who certainly exudes Reacher’s prowess, Cruise is comparatively tiny, even being somewhat of a running joke in Hollywood for being someone of short stature.
People are still wondering why this physically tiny actor got the job, though with a new Jack Reacher series in the works, hopefully, an actor of the right size will get the job.
Cara Delevingne as Laureline
Few things went well in this movie, and almost anyone could tell just thanks to the trailer that it was one to avoid. Cara Delevingne's casting did nothing to help. Looks just don't pay the bills when it comes to acting sometimes, and despite Cara's charm, her wooden dialogue and stiff acting made it a chore to watch her and her interactions with co-star Dane DeHaan, who no one has ever heard of before, had zero chemistry.
Oh, look, Rihanna is in this movie too. Bless her heart; she's still trying.
Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy
Talk about an Achilles heel. Brad Pitt provides plenty of eye candy for the viewers – maybe a little bit too much for some people – and he's an accomplished actor, but being the mythical hero and unstoppable warrior from Homer's Iliad just wasn't the right fit. This is the man who takes down a whole battalion by himself, leads an army against the greatest city in the entire known world, and becomes a legend thanks to his actions.
Pitt wowed in films like "Se7en" and "Fight Club," but as a powerful commander and Classic Literature character, he simply didn't have the nerve, despite the movie's otherwise fine casting.
Jack Black as Carl Denham in King Kong
When you think of Jack Black, you probably don't picture a failed, frustrated filmmaker. Instead, you probably imagine "Shallow Hal," "School of Rock," or "Tenacious D.," Some people think he was able to pull off his King Kong role, but a lot of viewers found him to be out of his element with a dramatic role that had been cast and re-cast for almost a hundred years.
The film's quality as a whole, while not awful, is still middling, and despite Black's previous successes, he was unable to drag this film to anything better than average.
Ezra Miller as The Flash in Justice League
Ezra Miller has made waves as a dramatic actor in films such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin," but his turn as the Scarlet Speedster left a lot of people wishing they had picked someone else. He made his first real appearance in "Justice League," but as the witty, fast-acting DC Comics character, he didn't impress.
In fact, plenty of viewers found he came across as annoying and lacking in charisma. He has a chance to redeem himself in "The Flash," a solo movie that may allow him to bring more of his dramatic experience to the role.