Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting

Cary Elwes played several notable comic leading man parts in parody adventure films, likeThe Princess BrideandRobin Hood: Men In TightsHis smarmy charm reads as endearing in a comic setting, yet it reads as creepy in another. That is why his appearance as Detective Nick Ruskin in the 1997 Alex Cross thrillerKiss The GirlsThis immediately signals viewers that something bigger is coming.

Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) seeks the person who kidnapped several women, including his niece, Naomi (Gina Ravera). Cross discusses the case with Detective Ruskin early. Ruskin then vanishes for much of the film while Cross investigates with Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd). Viewers knew Elwes would not appear for a small clue, so Cross figuring out Ruskin is the Casanova killer—in a great performance against his usual type—is not a surprise.

Marion Cotillard plays Miranda Tate, the new character, in Christopher Nolan's final Batman film.The Dark Knight Rises. Early marketing promised this for the 2012 release. In reality, Cotillard is a comic book favorite, a long-time Batman romantic interest and/or villain, Talia al Ghul. The film sets up the main antagonist as the child ofBatman BeginsBaddie Ra's Al Ghul leads, making people expect Bane (Tom Hardy) might be that kid.

Cotillard, fresh from her Academy Award win for Best Actress inLa Vie en Rose When she appears on screen as a minor romantic interest for Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), spotting her real identity is easy. Fans of the franchise felt torn. The twist that Talia al Ghul is a mastermind helping the plot connected to the comics (where she is a major character), but weakened Bane's intelligence. This made him a mere muscly sidekick to Talia's villainous genius. Aside from controversy, the twist was not a shock to those familiar with Batman lore.

The Phantom Menaceoccupies a strange spot in pop culture. Many fans of the Star Wars original trilogy disliked it.Star WarsFans fondly remember it and younger fans reevaluate it. At the time of its release, it was hard to imagine, but then,The Phantom Menacetried to surprise the audience with Queen Padmé Amidala's identity.

Early in the movie, Kiera Knightley, unknown then, plays one of Amidala’s handmaidens pretending to be the royal. She acts as a decoy to shield the real Queen. Padmé appears as a servant before the film shows she is the actual ruler. Audiences knew Natalie Portman, a young Hollywood starlet, would not waste a minor role as an assistant. Revealing her identity confirms this fact.

The 2011 film is set in the Cold War.Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyThe film earns a reputation as a quiet masterpiece in film circles. The stellar cast helps this reputation. Colin Firth plays British Intelligence Deputy Chief Bill Haydon. His presence weakens the film's main plot: hunting a double agent among British forces.

When former Intelligence agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) investigates a mole leaking company secrets to global political bodies, Firth's Haydon shows more than expected. Haydon looks like a proper Chief-on-duty, and Firth often plays empathetic roles. This role seems too small for an actor of his standing. This happens less than a year after his Academy Award win for...The King’s SpeechFirth's presence alone suggests Haydon hides something. When Haydon is the mole, it shocks audiences less than it shocks George Smiley.

Bill Nighy often plays supporting roles in children's movies. After roles like Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, viewers expect him in small parts.Pirates of the CaribbeanViewers expect Bill Nighy to get a small part in these films.Detective PikachuWhen Nighy plays Howard Clifford, the creator of Ryme City, the audience sees a twist coming.A twist is on the horizon.

Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) partners with a talking Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) to find his missing father. They find conspiracies. Searching for the creator of the destructive Pokémon Mewtwo for a clue, Tim and his yellow partner meet Clifford. Clifford claims his son made Mewtwo. Sharp viewers see the truth immediately: Clifford, not his son, experimented on Mewtwo. This makes sense knowing Nighy plays the main villain, who started everything with his Pokémon experiments and his mysterious “R” gas.

The Wachowski Siblings and Tom Tykwer’s universe-spanning epicCloud AtlasCloud Atlas weaves many storylines, characters, races, ages, times, and spaces into one linked story. This suggests the impact of small individual actions across history and the connection of souls across time. Though the interwoven stories, deep lore, and tricky character choices make it hard to follow, Hugo Weaving plays the evil characters.

Weaving casts many different characters across time periods. All his characters are menacing: a Nazi, an assassin, even a Devil-like hallucination. Fans of the Wachowskis' other works recognize Weaving's coldly intimidating role as big-bad Agent Smith in.The MatrixWeaving also has other notable villain roles. He played Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Megatron in the TransformersHe gets the villain role in all parts of the Cloud Atlasstory.

Starring anddirected by Clint Eastwood, 2002’sBlood WorkThis thriller is relatively forgotten despite the big name behind it. Eastwood's retired detective Terry McCaleb gets a second chance at life with a heart transplant. The sister of the woman whose heart he received approaches him. She was murdered in a way matching a killer McCaleb pursued. His supposedly friendly neighbor, Jeff Daniels as Jasper “Buddy” Noone, helps McCaleb find the heart donor's murderer.

Audiences were not shocked that Buddy became the baddie because of his casting. Buddy kills to 'save' McCaleb with a heart transplant and keep playing the chase. Daniels would play the killer; Anjelica Huston is the only other well-known cast member.Blood Work’s clunky writing shows the big twist. Jeff Daniels's name second billed on the poster also shows this.Jeff Daniels's admittedly clunky writing signals the big twist. Jeff Daniels's name being second billed on the poster also signals this.

Casting Hollywood’s golden boy as the secret antagonist to the MCU’s golden boy inCaptain America: The Winter SoldierThis twist is clever, not obvious. The story borrowed from the political thrillers Redford often starred in. It made sense that the movie star would use his Marvel debut as Alexander Pierce to play against type.

The film proves these assumptions correct. Pierce turns out to be a secret HYDRA leader inside S.H.I.E.L.D. Having a major superstar, a perfect choice for the hero, play the movie's world-controlling villain is too good to miss. Redford’s character gets early plot attention, then fades. This shows Pierce has something much worse planned.

David Thewlis built a niche as an endearing character actor over his career. He played empathetic roles like Remus Lupin in theHarry Potterfilms, and villainous roles like V.M Varga inFargoAudiences expect Sir Patrick, the pacifistic but slightly clumsy character in 2017’s, to believe his bit-part is real.Wonder Woman.Wonder Woman is exactly as it seems on the surface; she is foolhardy.

Diana, AKA Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), starts the film aiming to stop World War I, blaming the god Ares. She plans to use a god-killer sword but must find him first. Erich Ludendorff (Danny Huston), the arrogant war-monger, seems like Ares in disguise to Diana. Viewers watching at home likely guess something is wrong with Thewlis appearing on the British War Council. His character, Sir Patrick, turns out to be Ares in disguise. As the war god unleashes his full fury on Wonder Woman, viewers familiar with Thewlis's work knew that twist was coming.

Christopher Nolan's 2014 space travel epic.Interstellar.Interstellar has no main villain, unless you count human nature's destructive urges.Interstellar.Interstellar tracks astronaut Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his crew through a wormhole. They seek to find one of three distant planets that could become a new home for Earth's inhabitants. Mankind's journey into the vast unknown drives the conflict. Early casting notices spoiled a major twist about a human adversary.

Long before.Interstellar’s.Before the release, reports showed Matt Damon signed for a small role. When the actor missed the first two-thirds of the film, the discovery of a stranded explorer astronaut named Mann on a snowy planet immediately raised viewer suspicion. Damon's fame revealed Mann's selfish intent: he lied, claiming the planet was habitable, hoping a crew would rescue him. As Mann fights the crew, trying to steal their ship and escape, this is a small but important acting job for Damon, much better than the initial filler role.

Even in a cast as star-studded as Rian Johnson's 2019 mystery-comedyKnives Out.Chris Evans stands out in Knives Out. Fresh from a parade of Marvel Cinematic Universe hits as Captain America, Evans's role as Ransom, one of the smug heirs of the Drysdale clan, seems too small compared to his profile. Watching Marta (Ana de Armas) solve the mystery with Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), audiences guess something more is happening with Evans.

Ransom reveals a darker side after pretending to be the moralistic black sheep of the Drysdale family. He is not a random suspect; he killed his grandfather and framed Marta to steal the inheritance.Knives Out appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.Casting Evans takes some wind out of the reveal, but it does not lessen the movie's fun.

Liam Neeson built an impressive career as a leading man across decades. His action star skills show in revenge films likeTaken appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.When Neeson appears in the 2019 sequelMen in Black: International appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.As High T, the head of London’s MIB branch, something about his small supporting role seems wrong.

That suspicion proves right when High T becomes the main villain's co-conspirator, an alien species called the Hive. The Hive aims to conquer Earth. Despite his high rank in MIB bureaucracy, High T becomes a pawn in their bad plans. Neeson handles genre roles well, but given his past role as the main villain inBatman Begins appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.Audiences did not expect Neeson to take a part here. Though it is clear Neeson would not let Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson have all the fun, he still gives a great performance.

The promise of a prequel series set inHarry Potter’s appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.Wizarding world sparked a frenzy upon its first announcement. News about the new movie focusing on Gellert Grindelwald’s rise (a minor but important villain in the original series) made fans wonder which actor would play him. But when Colin Farrell appears as Percival Graves, a high-ranking wizarding official in the American equivalent ofthe Ministry of Magic appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.MACUSA, it becomes clear the character is not who he seems.

Graves acts as a major antagonist inFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them appears in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.Graves accuses hero Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) of working with big-bad Grindelwald because of an escaped Obscurial (a highly destructive magical creature from suppressed magic). Graves talks too much. Audiences quickly saw the MACUSA officer was likely allied with Grindelwald, if not the villain himself. The only part of the reveal showing Graves was secretly Grindelwald was thatdid appear in the 'Plot Twists Spoiled By Casting' list.surprised audiences was the switch to Johnny Depp playing Grindelwald's true look.

Sebastian Stan is a notable Hollywood name. He has not yet become a true-blue movie star. His role as Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe shows he is rising. This makes Stan's role in the 2022 spy flick important.The 355The 355 reveals something deeper is happening.

Stan plays Nick Fowler, a colleague of CIA operative Mace (Jessica Chastain). Stan dies early in the film. Viewers expected Stan to stay. Mace teams up with other intelligence operatives: Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, and Lupita Nyong'o. Suspicions grew about Fowler's return. Nick survives, working as a mole for crime lord Elijah Clarke (Jason Flemyng). This twist is expected, but seeing Stan more on screen is welcome.