12 Castings For New Movies That Prove Hollywood Has Gone Insane

The very idea of Hugh Jackman acting in a film about Britain's most notoriously terrible athlete, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards was always going to raise some eyebrows. But when upcoming youngster Taron Egerton was cast as the man himself, things started to push too far into the realms of fantasy.

Obviously the film has to have some accessibility: it's basically a British Cool Runnings, except with the heroism of the finale (Edwards basically made the Olympics change their rules so clowns like him were never invited to compete again). But Egerton is a legitimately handsome young man who has just played a spy, and the idea of him playing Mr Bean's skiing equivalent is difficult to accept.

Will It Work?

It will certainly be a damn-sight more glamorous than having someone more like Edwards lead the film.