15 Worst Casting Decisions Ever
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10. Katharine Hepburn – Dragon Seed
Well… You could actually, at least when it comes to the infamous yellow-face acting technique.
Katharine Hepburn played the role of a Chinese peasant in Dragon Seed, a wartime drama, and it was definitely one of the biggest miss-casts of the golden era of Hollywood.
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Hepburn was without any doubt one of the most glamorous women on the planet, so it’s pretty hard even picturing her playing a peasant, let alone actually believing her for one second of the movie. And then there’s the whole thing of her not being Chinese.
