6. Vince Vaughn & Zooey Deschanel As The Leads In "Silver Linings Playbook"
Here's a pairing that I can't see any chemistry blooming between. Fast-talking funny-man Vince Vaughn and the oh-so-ditsy Zooey Deschanel were the original choices for the roles of Pat and Tiffany in
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012) before O.Russell came to his senses and realized the train wreck he would have been stepping into. The next time you watch the movie imagine these two as our protagonists. The thought of it makes me woozy.
Pat's bipolar outbursts would have been indecipherable by even the most accomplished of lip-readers, and Tiffany would not have stopped singing during the dance sequences. Scrap that, the script would have been re-written so that the pair would have been entering a karaoke competition instead. Why must you not stop singing Zooey? Regardless, I'm not so certain we would have seen so many Oscar nominations for this modern gem had this been the final casting decision.