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Street Fighter remake - who would you cast?


Just interested to know what actors out there you would consider for the roles of characters from the game series? Below are a few of my suggestions, lemme know yours!

Ryu - Jason Scott Lee
Balrog - Dwayne The Rock Johnson
Chun Li - Lucy Lui
M Bison - Neal McDonough

Cant really think of anymore. Blanka, Ken, Sgat, Vega etc?

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Channing Tatum as Ken.

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Vince Cassel as Vega

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Screw that. I'd hire Kylie Minogue back, make a Legend Of Cammy movie, and have Kristen Kreuk's Chun-Li doing sidekick duty.

There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.

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That would get my money in a heartbeat.

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The cast I'd go for is:-

Guile - James Caan (Gone in 60 Seconds)
Dhalsim - Naseeruddin Shah (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
Ryu - Rick Yune (Fast and the Furious)
Ken - Cyril Raffaelli (Kiss of the Dragon)
Balrog - Michael Clarke Duncan (Green Mile)
Chun Li - Kelly Hu (Scorpion King)
Blanka - Ray Park via motion capture (Star Wars:Episode I)
Sagat - Ian Whyte (Alien vs Predator)
Zangief - Big Show (from WWE)
Cammy - Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil)
Vega - Jay Tavare (Street Fighter)
M.Bison - Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale)

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You must be crazy!!! if you knew Street Fighter well you will see that ryu is a seasoned Japanese Shotokan fighter not a Thai Muay Thai warrior.

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Cammy - Milla Jovovich


Nice. A sexy Cammy who not only knows how to kick ass, but also won't shy away from wearing the skimpy costume from the game.

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YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS!!, Cyril Raffaelli doesnt look like Ken from any angle, he cannot even speak a word of english either! You think he'll be able to pull off an american accent!!!??? no. not good at all mate. OMG! This is the worst Street Fighter fan cast i've ever read.

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Jay Tavare was excellent for Vega! Good call. The Big Show could pass but the big guy from the first movie was good too...

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James Caan wasn't in gon in 60 seconds. It was his son Scott Caan.

Howdya Like Them Apples!?

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Ryu - Jet li
Ken - Christian Bale
Guile - Val Kilmer if he went on a diet
Bison - Danny Trejo
Sagat - Randy Couture
Zaghief - Brock Lesnar

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Interesting choice of actors but I don't think they would work, except Jet Li

The reasons i don't think they will work is:-

Ken - Bale has no martial arts background (this is the sort of film where we need martial artists to make the fight scenes look amazing)
Guile - Would be an awful choice as Kilmer has not made a decent film in years
Bison - Since when was Bison Mexican with a huge moustache??
Sagat - Way too short, Sagat in the game is 7'4 whereas Randy is only 6'1
Zanghief - Again too short & he looks nothing like the character in the game

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"Ken - Bale has no martial arts background (this is the sort of film where we need martial artists to make the fight scenes look amazing)"


Wow, really? Apparently you never seen Equilibrium or The Dark Knight where Bale did his own fight sequences. And while he's never been vocal about a background in martial arts, he seems to be able to adapt to any kind of martial arts thrown his way (he uses very distinct and different styles in both Batman and Equilibrium movies).

Also pay attention to Bale's movements in Equilibrium, it's not possible for someone with no background in martial arts to move like that (i.e., Taye Diggs)

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Val Kilmer as Guile? Not bad, since he had the hairstyle as Ice Man in "Top Gun", my #1 fav movie.

Danny "Machete" Trejo as Bison? Hmmm. From my perspective, it'd be funny to see him as such.

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Good shout re Snitsky

When i think of possible casts for this type of film i try to think of actors/actresses that have some sort of martial arts/fighting background so that the film has some amazing fight scenes. If they have no fighting background then thats ok as they can be trained but they need to look like the character they are playing

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My point aswell :)

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in answer to ur posts i-ron how do u see my cast choices as the worst you've seen ie wats wrong with the suggestions?

i know cyril has probs with english but he can always be dubbed by someone else, also with the way motion capture is these days if someone doesn't look how they should then you can alter their appearance to fit. the main reason i went for cyril is that one of Guiles moves is the flash kick where he flips right over while kicking which cyril is able to do with out any wires

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This is just my opinion, im just saying that they need to look the part more, im not gonna totally rule out the looks or the skills, these days actors can be trained to a very impressive length. check out Mike Vogel, he'll make a very good ken with a little training, and also watch street fighter: legacy. Besides Cyril Rafaelli has a totally different face to ken and hes just more of a free runner.

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I'm not really sure, but for Ryu if you check out Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jon Foo, Andy On and Allan Wu you'll see that there are much better choices out there than there are here scattered around this thread IMO. Please watch Street fighter: Legacy you'll see that looking the part is a very huge advantage to the fan base.

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Cammy - Blake Lively
Ryu - Rain
Ken - Gary Daniels
Balrog - Mike Tyson
Chun-Li - Ziyi Zhang
Bison - Dominick West

There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.

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