miscast
verb (used with object)
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor).
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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There is miscasting both before and behind the camera, here meaning principally director-star Ewan McGregor.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2016