[verb] [T] [past:] miscast - to choose (actors and actresses) that are unsuitable for the characters in (a film or play)The film was hopelessly miscast.He was miscast in a role that required someone who could sing and dance, when he could do neither.(figurative) She was a good health minister, but she is miscast as the employment minister (= she is not suitable for that job).
MISCAST
Meaning of MISCAST in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012