Dane DeHaan (Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, directed by Luc Besson, is a beautiful but lifeless adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name, hampered by, among other things, its miscast leads. Dane DeHaan takes the brunt of it, as his character in the source material bears no resemblance to him. While the role of Valerian called for a young Harrison Ford, DeHaan is the furthest thing from that description. Not as a pretty boy space cop, his moody, offbeat charms are better served in edgier roles (his turn in Gore Verginski’s A Cure for Wellness comes to mind).
Dane DeHaan
Cara Delevingne ( Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets)
Cara Delevingne’s casting as Valerian’s partner Laureline makes much more sense because she looks the role, but the two have little chemistry and it’s difficult to believe they’re romantically linked. The wooden dialogue in the script certainly doesn’t help them, but that doesn’t excuse the casting misfire that occurred here.
Cara Delevingne ( Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets)
