Failure for the sake of money: unsuccessful replacements of actors in films and TV series, negatively received by the audience (17 photos)

Cases when beloved actors leave films or TV series for various reasons are not uncommon. Then directors who want to make more money are faced with the difficult task of taking a risk and replacing the actor so as not to provoke the audience’s anger.





As practice shows, this is not often possible, because new heroes will always be compared with old ones out of nostalgic feelings. And here are just a few examples.

And let's start with Vivien Leigh, the main star of Gone with the Wind, released in 1939. In 1994, it was decided to film a sequel called Scarlett, in which Joanne Whalley was cast.







It is clear that Lee was no longer able to act in the film, since she died in 1967, but the audience did not accept the replacement, since the actress did not catch their attention.

Despite the fact that Robert Patrick brilliantly played the role of T-1000, his appearance in The X-Files was not particularly appreciated. The creators emphasized that he will simply play a new character, but will not replace the usual Mulder from Duchovny.





However, this did not prevent a large-scale failure.

Peter Weller fit well into the first two RoboCop films, because in his performance the cyborg looked tough and cool. However, he refused to participate in the sequel, wanting to prove himself in other projects.





That is why his place was taken by John Burke, who seemed wooden to the audience, and therefore could not win their love.

Fans of The Office probably love and remember the bumbling boss played by Steve Carell. However, at the end of the 7th season, the actor decided to leave the project and devote himself to his family. Then James Spader took his place, playing the new boss, Robert California.





The audience did not forgive such a loss, so soon after Carell left, the series had to be canceled altogether.

Probably, many will agree that the Mummy franchise did not need a third part at all, not to mention replacing the sweet Rachel Weisz with the stern Maria Bello. The last one seemed too cold, which added tar to the already meaningless crazy attraction.





Linda Hamilton brilliantly played the stern Sarah Connor in the first two parts of the Terminator, which should have stopped this senseless conveyor belt. After all, when in “Genesis” they added the supposedly equally strong Emilia Clarke to the grimacing Arnie, the audience rightly tore the film to smithereens.





Asterix, performed by Christian Clavier, was attractive and endearing, and most importantly, he knew how to entertain perfectly. Clovis Cornillac, who appeared in Asterix at the Olympic Games, was not able to endear himself so much, since his acting was more reminiscent of antics. So it’s not enough to just put a mustache on another actor for the replacement to be ignored.





We will not touch on the performances of Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson in the Batman films, since this is a rare case when the actors managed to show two different superheroes. Let's turn to the old films, where at first the viewer was pleased with Val Kilmer, who quickly became bored with this role.



They decided to take the charismatic George Clooney in his place. But here his performance did not impress anyone. In general, like the entire film “Batman and Robin”, which collected a rating of 3.7 points on IMDb.

What replacements of actors or characters in films or TV series seemed inappropriate to you?