8 Ridiculous Castings For Upcoming Movies That Prove Hollywood Has Gone Insane

6. Jamie Bell - The Thing - Fantastic Four

That's right: Billy Elliot has just signed on to play a large, hulking mass of rockface with a voice like a cement mixer and the attitude of a disgruntled construction worker. Chances are you can't imagine Jamie Bell - who's Tintin, too, by the way - in that role at all. So maybe it's much too premature to call this a truly terrible casting decision, but it's doubtful that anybody expected - when they announced who would play The Thing in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot - that Jamie Bell's name would be anywhere near the bit that said "And starring as Ben Grimm..." Bell is a capable actor, so it's important to mention that we're not having a bash at his abilities in that department, exactly. The problem here is similar to the one that was made instantly apparent when Tom Cruise found himself cast as Jack Reacher, a towering mass of a man who stomps around in custom-made size 16 boots (not really, but you get the point): Bell is a skinny little fellow who doesn't seem at all like he'd be capable of delivering a believable "It's clobberin' time!" Did they just cast him because he's got experience in motion capture? It has to be that. Right?