8 Casting Decisions That Could Ruin 2016's Biggest Movies
6. Sasha Baron Cohen - Alice Through The Looking Glass
Remember how inherently irksome just about every aspect of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was? Remember how irritating all the cast were for the length of the entire film? Remember how Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter made you want to kill yourself? Well, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, read the following description of the character set to be played by Sasha Baron Cohen in the upcoming sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Go on, read it:
" a half-clock, half-human who has the ability to travel back and forth through different time periods with a special skill secreted in a gold-colored chromosphere."
Right, so that already sounds annoying, doesn't it? But there's also the little thing that producer Suzanne Todd said when describing this character; that, in terms of behaviour, he is "definitely the kookiest of all." Kookier than Johnny Depp? Can you imagine such a thing? Can you imagine a character kookier than the one Johnny Depp plays in this series?! It doesn't bear thinking about. He could be the new Jar Jar Binks, people.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.