Who would you cast for a motion picture version of TERRAHAWKS, if it was ever made into a movie?
Who i'd Cast
Dr. Tiger Ninestein ... John Hensley
Capt. Mary Falconer ... Billie Piper
Capt. Kate Kestral ... Beyonce Knowles
Lt. Hawkeye ... Haley Joel Osment
Lt. Hiro ... Brian Tee
Sgt. Major Zero (Voice) ... Windsor Davies
Space Sargeant 101 (Voice) ... Ben Stevens
Zelda ... Jennifer Saunders
I haven't really seen the show since I was a kid, I always thought Hawkeye seemed a little slow compared to the other characters.
And whilst I can't stand the guys films, Hugh Grant would probably make a passable Hawkeye.
The Zeroids and Zelda's 'family' should be voiced by the original actors (assuming they are still all alive).
Kate would have to be played by a singer, (an actress miming the role, really would not work). I think the voice range would suit Jennifer Lopez more than Beyonce.
Bruce Willis I think would pull off a great Tiger. Again I am thinking of the attitude and voice more than what he looks like.
I think Billie Piper is too young to play Mary. I allways thought the character was older, certainly forty+. Because she was always the voice of reason, who stood up for the Zeroids against Tiger and mellowed Tigers more gun-ho attitude. I felt she saw herself as more of a matriarch. Helen Mirren springs to mind for some reason. Though I haven't seen any of her recent films. Or perhaps Dame Judy Dench.
No doubt there will be people who disagree with me. But it is just a bit of fun, since after the Thunderbirds film I think it is unlikely anyone will want to touch a Gerry Anderson series as a live action movie for a very long time.
Don't get me wrong, Johnathon Frakes is a great director but I think the movie was just 'too' kiddified/ camp for the people who grew up watching the Thunderbirds series or it's pre-twenty first century re-runs.
Geraldine McEwan or Bille Whitelaw for Zelda definitely. At first I thought Barbara Windsor, but then: 'Gerroff my spaceship, gerrout of it, go on, sling yer 'ook!' doesn't really work!
shareI can't imagine Zelda/Mary Falconer being voiced by anyone Denise Bryer (who was a very attractive lady in her 30s and 40s), let alone who would act as her in a film version today! LOL
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Zelda....Judge Judy
my ego altered, altered egos
wherever i go so does me go.
I'd have to go with:
Tiger Ninestein - A difficult one, but I'd be tempted to say Ioan Gruffudd channelling Harrison Ford.
Mary Falconer - Cate Blanchett, or possibly Noomi Rapace
Kate Kestrel - either Lupita Nyong'o or Nicole Beharie
Hawkeye - Andrew Garfield
Hiro - Dennis Oh
Sgt. Major Zero - Windsor Davies (who else?)
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