10 Movie Sequel Recastings That Were TERRIBLE

10. Ben Affleck - Jack Ryan (The Sum Of All Fears)

The early 2000s were a rough time for Ben Affleck, who despite some solid roles in early Kevin Smith projects and an Oscar win for writing Good Will Hunting, was quickly cast in a series of all-round duds that derailed his career.

Between the unforgivable likes of Pearl Harbor, Gigli and Daredevil, the actor also found his way into the spy thriller The Sum of All Fears, based on the novel of the same name by the late Tom Clancy.

Before Affleck had stepped into the role of protagonist Jack Ryan, the character had been portrayed by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, who each worked wonders with the source material to capture Ryan's hard-edged intensity and intelligence.

Affleck, however, failed to live up to the performances of his peers. Perhaps if he'd been given another chance to play the character in future films, he'd have worked well, but in the film he got he was ultimately a boring, out of place shell of the Jack Ryan fans were hoping to find.

It didn't help that the film itself was an absolute mess of heavy-handed politics and convenient plot devices, but even so Affleck was one of its biggest issues.