Agree. If they really wanted Russell Crowe for the part, I wish they had taken

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Jul 15, 2021
7:28:35pm

BYUHawk All-American

The Greatest Showman approach and dubbed over the singing. They can do it pretty seamlessly nowadays.

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Worst casting of a singer in a movie? Mine - Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert in Les Miserables - 2012

Zenoch All-American

7/15/21 6:09pm

RE: Worst casting of a singer in a movie? Mine - Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert in Les Miserables - 2012

cheezedawg

7/15/21 6:10pm

Thank you for specifying the 2012 Les Mis so we don't get confused with all the

LiveCoug

7/15/21 6:10pm

Pierce Bronson in Mama Mia was worse

gilbertatty

7/15/21 6:11pm

Yep, I was watching that movie with my parents and wife one night...

Breaded Hamster

7/16/21 2:07am

Pierce Brosnan in Mama Mia. My wife loves the show but when she heard him sing,

Dread Pirate Westley

7/15/21 6:11pm

Last 5 Years - Anna Kendrick

Ted Lasso

7/15/21 6:12pm

RE: Last 5 Years - Anna Kendrick

Sandstone Cougar

7/15/21 6:13pm

In what movie was her singing poor? Her movies often suck, but her singing is always great.

KingDave

7/15/21 6:17pm

The Last 5 Years

Ted Lasso

7/15/21 6:35pm

Ah, didn’t realize there was a movie by that title. I thought you were referring to all of her movies

KingDave

7/15/21 7:05pm

Ok, Ok…gotta call yewt on this one. The girl is a very very good signer

Lifi

7/15/21 6:20pm

She wasnt bad...but I've heard those songs performed by much stronger singers.

Ted Lasso

7/15/21 6:33pm

There’s a funny part about this clip starting around 4:05

KingDave

7/15/21 6:14pm

Wow...being in a room like that is my version of everlasting torment.

Thrill

7/15/21 6:19pm

fun to see young Bob Geldof in the corner with his familiar hat on. I liked him

BYUFBDAD

7/15/21 7:01pm

Moana - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

greatbam

7/15/21 6:20pm

When he broke out in song at the Oscars (maybe Golden Globes?) it was pretty cringey.

KingDave

7/15/21 7:07pm

I didn't really like the singing of the guy who played the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera.

durandal

7/15/21 6:22pm

The one with Gerard Butler?

arcawley

7/15/21 6:30pm

Yup, Gerard Butler was terrible

squirrelyearl

7/16/21 7:37am

It took me a while to get used to but I liked it, just wasn’t as strong a singer

ByuImaginesDragons

7/17/21 10:17am

Cats - everyone in it.

Penske Material

7/15/21 6:30pm

Some of the singers weren’t bad. Taylor Swift did decent for being a

ByuImaginesDragons

7/17/21 10:18am

You watched it? Thanks for taking one for the team.

Dread Pirate Westley

7/17/21 10:47am

Yeah I was curious if it was as bad as everyone said….

ByuImaginesDragons

7/18/21 8:59am

Disagree

taylorcoug

7/15/21 6:31pm

I hear he’s actually quite a good singer, but since they did singing live

ByuImaginesDragons

7/17/21 10:20am

Hermine Granger as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Her voice was not good and I

IntelCougar

7/15/21 6:48pm

Hard to really say — her voice was so over-produced.

Hawk in the 303

7/15/21 7:00pm

Agree. If they really wanted Russell Crowe for the part, I wish they had taken

BYUHawk

7/15/21 7:28pm

Yes I think the movie would’ve been much better had they dubbed the singing

ByuImaginesDragons

7/17/21 10:22am

Amanda Bynes in Hairspray is bad, but I agree that Crowe in Les Mis was horrible.

RootieBoy

7/16/21 4:12pm

I’m one of the few that actually liked him. Who I think is worst was

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