MISCAST Definition & Meaning

miscast

[ mis-kast, -kahst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

miscast, miscasting.

to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
Tom was miscast as Romeo.
to allot (a role) to an unsuitable actor.
to select unsuitable actors for (a play, motion picture, or the like).

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verb

to cast badly
often passive
1. to cast (a role or the roles) in (a play, film, etc) inappropriately
  Falstaff was certainly miscast
2. to assign an inappropriate role to
  he was miscast as Othello

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Origin of miscast¹

1925–30; mis- ¹ + cast (in sense “to select or assign actors”)

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Dialogue tip: When your romantic twosome is this miscast, don’t underline the issue by having one of them say, “Make me believe it.”

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I think Jimmy Stewart is miscast in “Vertigo,” and I think Hitchcock felt that as well, that he was too old for the part.

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He’s a fine actor, he’s just badly miscast.

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Additional Bobs on the ballot likely would have caused confusion and miscast votes.

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A miscast Beanie Feldstein launched the Broadway return of “Funny Girl,” and even those of us predisposed to love her couldn’t help leaving the show shaking our heads in bafflement.

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