#19: What’s the worst acting in a movie?
In our previous fight we dealt with live-action adaptations of animated stories. It turns out that most of the MFC enjoyed The Jungle Book almost as much as the original. Iree did, and earned the right to ask:
What’s the worst acting in a movie?
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Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Every scene is cringeworthy. The fact that she later married Stephen Spielberg probably accounts for her casting in the role. She certainly didn't impress anyone with the screen test.
Side note:
As much as I love Brett Favre then and now I have to admit that his one and only acting cameo in Something About Mary is among the worst of all time. But I don't figure cameos are worthy.
The Star Wars Universe was never the place to go for thespian excellence. Yet in the original trilogy, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and especially Harrison Ford brought great charm to occasionally quite wooden dialogue (as Ford was alleged to say to Lucas, "George, just because you can type this {stuff}, it doesn't mean people can say it.")
But Hayden Christensen brought no charm to Anakin Skywalker and he made the worst prequel, Attack of the Clones, an even more painful sit. He makes Natalie Portman look, in comparison to his performance, like M. Streep in their excruciating love scenes.
This is my final answer, since I'm not going to pick on poor Jake Lloyd. He was only a kid and who had to unfairly endure much scorn in the early days of the internet. Besides, he was even worse in Jingle All the Way.