10 Actors Who Were Miscast As The Villain

While he may have gone on to become one of the most influential action heroes of all time, the fact one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's first-ever big-screen smashes involved the hulking sensation playing a physically imposing villain in the form of The Terminator was enough of a reason for fans to assume Arnie was well equipped for the life of a supervillain.

How wrong they were, eh?

Instead of doubling down on the more tragic elements of a character who often resorts to nefarious means in his bid to find a cure for his wife's illness, the decision was made to introduce a far more cartoonish and all-round sillier version of Mr. Freeze in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin.

And while Arnie does what he can with a never-ending string of ice-puns and one of the more ridiculous costumes ever committed to the big-screen, his undeniable enthusiasm as Dr. Victor Fries opposite George Clooney's Batman still sits in the middle of one of the most jarring pieces of Bat-casting to date.

Here's hoping Matt Reeves doesn't make a similar mistake should he ever decide to unleash another Freeze on the masses in the coming years, eh?