"It cost the studio millions of dollars," said Zemeckis, who admitted to having "miscast" the role.
I mentioned earlier how Franco is miscast a role that calls for equal parts smarminess and world-weariness to really sell it.
But Abi Stafford, small and very young, seemed miscast in a role debut in the part danced originally by Karin von Aroldingen, so bracingly big, rangy and sophisticated in the "Stairway to Paradise" solo.
But Mr. Tillerson seemed miscast in the role.
Technically speaking, though, the '35 Caddy was miscast for its role.
But Collins, a 7-foot, 255-pound third-year center, is so soft-spoken that he seems miscast in the role of bad guy.
Ms. Prince, though slightly miscast in a role originally created for the brassier Judy Holliday, and Marc Kudisch, her synthetic leading man, sing the big love songs pleasantly.
VICTOR WALD A Knack for Languages Victor Wald performed ably as a stockbroker, his wife, Rebecca, recalled, but he seemed miscast in the role.
He can lift the burden of being the No. 2 star from Mo Williams, who was miscast in the role last season.
The gifted male soprano Michael Maniaci is miscast in a role that Berlioz, the arranger, designed for a (female) mezzo-soprano; Nicola Bowie's dances are tedious and predictable; and the orchestra wavers under Julian Wachner's florid yet unfocussed direction.
But this time Peck is miscast in a role — an academic specialist in hieroglyphics drawn into Middle Eastern intrigue — that seems tailor-made for Grant's playfulness and self-mockery, two qualities not found among Peck's professional attributes.
