miscast

[ mis-kast, -kahst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, mis·cast, mis·cast·ing.

miscast

/ ˌmɪsˈkɑːst /

to cast badly
often passive
1. to cast (a role or the roles) in (a play, film, etc) inappropriately
  Falstaff was certainly miscast
2. to assign an inappropriate role to
  he was miscast as Othello

Origin of miscast¹

1925–30; mis- ¹ + cast (in sense “to select or assign actors”)

It was the best performance by a woefully miscast actress in decades.

Roberts is miscast here, never cracking that blockbuster smile and speaking in a terrible Irish accent.

The vice president has to be himself, not a reprise of a miscast LBJ.

Everyone feels spectacularly miscast here and I was left scratching my head, wondering just who would want to watch this.

The news got us thinking of other actors who were miscast as famous literary characters in films.

For one thing the production was doomed at the start: it was wofully miscast.

Terriss looked all wrong as Orsino; many other people were miscast.

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