9 Terrible Casting Decisions That Ruined Great Movies
8. Kate Capshaw - Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Everybody loves Raiders Of The Lost Ark; that's just scientific fact. Reaction to the sequels is a little more complicated; Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull has been disowned by humanity, Last Crusade is a fun adventure that doesnt hit the same heights as Raiders and Temple Of Doom is a real marmite experience.
Some fans adore it, others feel it's too dark and mean-spirited; Spielberg himself has essentially disowned it for the latter reason. There's one common element that unites fans about Temple Of Doom; Kate Capshaw is really awful. Maybe it's the way her character is written a shrieking irritant constantly in need of rescue or the way she was directed, but most of her scenes are a chore to get through.
Where most fans fell in love with Karen Allens Marion, they fell in hate with Capshaws Willie Scott. Capshaw has shown shes a more than capable actress in other movies like Black Rain, so Willie feels like a comedy experiment that went very, very wrong.