10 Dumbest Miscastings In Recent Movies

Alright, this one is going to be controversial, as Denzel Washington was widely touted as the best thing in the wildly over-hated Gladiator II... but was he really? Denzel did good work in many ways, especially in the first two acts of the film, but he wasn't right for the part, and him not being nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar was far from the snub that some decried it as.

Firstly, it was distracting to hear Washington use his normal American accent despite the fact that he was playing a character from Ancient Rome. You know, this was thousands of years before America as we know it even existed!

Secondly, once the character graduates from morally ambiguous figure to full-on hammy villain in the film's final act, Washington doesn't quite have the physical prowess to portray a formidable villain. He might look fantastic for his age, but Denzel is now 70 years old and can't quite pull off the action hero roles he used to do. 

The final duel is between Paul Mescal's strapping young protagonist and a 70-year-old who doesn't look that comfortable swinging a sword - no prizes for guessing who wins that fight.  

Really, the part needed a more athletic actor, not to mention one who could actually do an authentic accent. Idris Elba or Chiwetel Ejiofor would've been great picks, for example.