Kevin Costner Movies; who should have got the part he ruined?

[Greyhound]

Got this idea from the 'Untouchables' thread. Which of his movies would have been better with someone else in Costner's role? :evilgrin: :toast:

[merh]

1. His best part was in "The Big Chill"

he played the part very well. :popcorn:

[Nosmo King]

3. wasn't Kevin the stiff?

[Richardo]

5. So to speak

Yes.

[Brotherjohn]

6. Wasn't he the stiff in every movie he ever made? (nt)

[merh]

7. Yep

The first and only time he got the character right, imho! :popcorn:

[wtmusic]

25. That or Bull Durham

if the part is not too much of a stretch, he does fine.

[Richardo]

2. This guy for 'Waterworld'

[CatWoman]

15. you know, you are SO DAMN BAD!!!!!!

:rofl:

and I LIKED Waterworld :P

[Shell Beau]

4. Name some of his movies. I am having a hard time

thinking of them. I know Dances with Wolves, but I am drawing a blank.

[Divameow77]

8. Dragonfly, The Postman (or something like that)

Field of Dreams (but I think he was good in that), What's the golf one he was in with Renee Russo? Bull Durham, Robin Hood (anybody would have been better in that).

[Shell Beau]

10. Tin Cup

[stopbush]

9. I can't stand his whiney voice! Compare his speaking voice

the the leading men of yesteryear - it's pathetic.

To paraphrase *: he has a voice for the silents.

[Debi]

11. Sorry, folks, I like him in For Love of the Game

He played an arrogant asshole at the end of his career...Duh :eyes:

[Greyhound]

22. Perfect example; how much better could that have been with an actor?

[WeRQ4U]

12. Here are my suggestions, only worse

Bull Durham - Tom Seleck
Tin Cup - Don Johnson
Field of Dreams - Robert Redford
Dances with Wolves - Val Kilmer
Robinhood - Who cares..............Johnny Carson
For the Love of the Game - Richard Gere (also puke)Bodyguard - Mel Gibson

[bicentennial_baby]

13. all of them and anyone

man, i hate that guy...


:P

[rocktivity]

14. The Bodyguard wasn't his fault

I wasn't optimistic when I heard that Whitney Houston was his co-star, but she was so bad that Kevin was forced to do the acting for the two of them, and spent the entire movie looking like he was seconds away from throwing up. There are movies I've hated, but The Bodyguard is the one that made me want to sue the producer for stealing two hours of my time.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Greyhound]

20. "Kevin was forced to do the acting for the two of them", quite a feat...

considering he has shown no facility at acting for one. Field of Dreams just happened to be written for him, or some actor just like him.

[wtmusic]

16. Johnny Depp (or anyone else) in "Robin Hood"

When I heard Costner say "Sheriff, my men are like, hungry" in that SoCal beach boy twang, I had to leave the theatre

[GaYellowDawg]

24. Some good did come of that...

It did allow my favorite line of "Robin Hood: Men In Tights"...

"Because. Unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.

[pookieblue]

17. Dances w/Wolves- Viggo

That who the part was written for in the first place, but he wasn't a big star then. And Kevin was and had the money..so who got the part.

Oh well.

[Greyhound]

26. Damn that's a shame, I think he might have been a big star if he's got it

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. He's ok, but I'll play along...

Robin Hood- Eddie Murphy

Water World- Mel Brooks

The Bodyguard- Woody Allen

Dances with Wolves- Roseanne Barr

Bull Durham- John Candy

[hyphenate]

19. Hmmm....

I actually like Kevin Costner. I might be in the minority, though. But he's actually not a bad guy. He also owns a restaurant in Pasadena with decent food (though it was a long time ago when I went) and he's not as conceited as some people I know.

I think, to me, his best performance has to be in Field of Dreams, but he's done some decent stuff. As far as roles that someone else should have done, I make that point about a lot of women actresses, who end up being WAY too similar for my taste. For example, take Titanic--PLEASE. Any ingenue in Hollywood could have done Kate Winslet's role. Most actresses who don't do their own production are almost always stuck with roles that are interchangeable, and the performers as well as the characters. It's only when an actress has a certain amount of power in Hollywood that they can get roles which they can truly define. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Jody Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Sandra Bullock.....they've all had shitty roles at one time, but they've reached the level where they don't have to.

With Kevin Costner, he's had some roles which have been poorly designed, but he's done a decent job in many of his other roles. I can't say, for myself anyhow, that someone else would have been better suited to a role.

On the other hand, while I admire and like Tom Hanks, he's done some really crappy work, and I can see early in his film career films that someone else could--and should--have done. For several years, in fact, there were a slew of roles that I thought perhaps Michael Keaton should have done that Hanks did instead.

So no; except for perhaps the most slight of roles, while another actor could surely have put their spin on a role, I think for the most part that Costner's done okay. I think perhaps people are concentrating too much on a few film roles which he did in bombs, but then again, I always think of Ishtar with Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, and laugh, knowing that no one, not even well paid actors are foolproof with their choices.

[Greyhound]

21. useless bit of trivia. his ex-wife owns Palms, and the last time I ate...

the only thing worse than the food was the atrocious service. :puke:

[hyphenate]

23. Some more information on Kevin's roles

These are from IMDB, but I thought people might find the information interesting concerning roles that Costner might have played but didn't, and roles he got after someone else turned them down:

He turned down the leading role in WarGames (1983), which was played by Matthew Broderick, to play Alex in The Big Chill (1983). His part was later cut.

Was considered for the lead in Air Force One (1997) (the part eventually went to Harrison Ford).

His character in Dragonfly (2002) was written with the intention of Harrison Ford taking the film role. Ford turned down the role to take a year off from movies.

Costner & Ford's casting choices have crossed paths many times before. Harrison Ford turned down the Jack Ryan role in The Hunt for Red October (1990) as did Kevin Costner. Harrison Ford instead made Presumed Innocent (1990) and Kevin Costner made his Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves (1990). The Jack Ryan role went to then character actor Alec Baldwin.

Harrison Ford later turned down the Jim Garrison role in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) and Kevin Costner decided to take it after a meeting with the director Stone.

The President of the United States role in the mega-blockbuster Air Force One (1997) was written specifically for Kevin Costner. In fact, Kevin Costner helped develop the action film with Beacon Communications and writer Andrew Marlowe in 1996. But, Kevin had to eventually pass on the film because of work delays with his futuristic The Postman (1997). Costner called up Harrison Ford personally and offered Harrison a once-in-a-lifetime role. Harrison Ford accepted the role and has always thanked Kevin Costner in interviews for his kind gesture. Air Force One (1997) went on to become one of the highest grossing films of all time.