8 Miscast Actors In Superhero Movies (And Who Should Have Replaced Them)

8) George Clooney – Batman & Robin

Why are they miscast? Let’s start with an obvious one. Though Batman & Robin is awful to its core and its failure can’t be rested solely on his shoulders, it’s a fact that George Clooney was not a great fit for the Caped Crusader. Even the actor himself has said so. The silver fox, then fresh from his hunky doctor role on E.R., was just not the go-to guy to play a tragic hero like Batman. If he had played up the camp it might have worked, but Clooney just looks embarrassed for the entirety of the film.

Who should have replaced them? This is a difficult one, as it would have been tough for even the greatest actor to have given a good performance in that film. Pierce Brosnan was linked to the role of Batman around this time, though, and if anyone can get through a campy mess with some sort of dignity, it’s him. He did star in Die Another Day, after all.

7) Halle Berry – Catwoman

Why are they miscast? Like Clooney, Halle Berry had the misfortune to find herself stuck in a very bad film with 2004’s solo Catwoman movie – but that still doesn’t entirely absolve her of her terrible performance. Far away from the scene-stealing antics of Michelle Pfeiffer and Anne Hathaway, Berry’s Catwoman (who isn’t even called Selina Kyle, rather she is artist Patience Phillips) is a walking charisma vacuum in a ridiculous costume.

Who should have replaced them? In an ideal world, Catwoman would have seen Michelle Pfeiffer return to the role she nailed in Batman Returns. This was the original plan for it, after all, but the film was stuck in development hell for so long that it was forced to disconnect itself from the Tim Burton Batman movies and became this travesty instead.