22 Unlikely Roles Where Actors Far Exceeded Expectations

Casting is an art. Finding the actor who has just the right vibe, look and skills for a given role is something only the most experienced casting directors and social media trolls excel at, and when it goes wrong, it goes “Emma Stone yelling ‘I’m sorry’ at the 2019 Golden Globes” wrong.

Sometimes, however, an actor might seem like they have no business embodying your fave, but then they pull off the performance of a lifetime. Even creators of source material adapted so questionably that they publicly questioned it have had to take back their grievances. That’s why user wfpbgoals asked r/AskReddit, “Which actor seemed miscast in a role but ended up killing it?”