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I could be a better casting agent...

posted 18 years ago by SD_lostboy
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Excuse me, but if I read the credits here correctly, they had a 32 year old ugly man playing a 15 year old dragon slayer?!?

The credits list some kid playing Siegfried at age 3. I guess that's the blonde kid at the beginning of the movie. Slash, slash, slash, la, la, la, blacksmith finds kid on log, "I don't remember..." boo-hoo, fade to black, 12 years later. That makes him 15, right?

AND THEY CAST A 32 YEAR OLD TO PLAY HIM??

I mean, come on! When The OC came out I watched the first episode or two, and then Sandy asked Ryan what he wanted most, and Ryan said "To be 16" or something. And the actor playing him was like 25, but LOOKED 30, and they wanted me to believe he was 15?!?

CASTING AGENTS SUCK!!! WHY DON'T WE PUT A DIAPER ON A 20 YEAR OLD WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BABIES IN MOVIES...THAT WILL BE BELIEVABLE!

@#$!

Mine? Mate? Mime? Mike? I've always thought the seagulls were saying "cheeseburger." -sk8nrazors212

[–] jack_stiles 18 years ago

Fair enough. We accept the challenge. Let's give you...what shall we say, 2 weeks? A month? What do you think is fair? ...to get a gig casting a mini-series or movie.

Then we'll compare.

Take what you've written and show it to the people who interview you - they'll love you. I promise! :)

[–] considerthewaffle 18 years ago

"WHY DON'T WE PUT A DIAPER ON A 20 YEAR OLD WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BABIES IN MOVIES...THAT WILL BE BELIEVABLE!"

They did...it's called "Little Man"...

[–] SD_lostboy 18 years ago

Well, on the one hand, he's not really supposed to be a baby.

On the other, what a stupid idea, make a movie where two adults can't tell the difference between a midget and a baby.

Mine? Mate? Mime? Mike? I've always thought the seagulls were saying "cheeseburger." -sk8nrazors212

[–] jack_stiles 18 years ago

OK, so we're waiting. Tell us the glorious results of your opinion. Who has hired you?

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[–] derontarenardspencer 17 years ago

Yeah - what movies did you end up casting?

Or... could it be that no one actually will hire you...and therefore you *COULDN'T* be a better casting agent, even if you tried?

[–] amy-jacobson 18 years ago

The age thing didn't bother me while I was watching (okay, so I didn't know how old he was either). I was more busy dwelling on the fact that this guy just could not act consistently. He has his moments, but he has a way of making what would normally be natural conversation seem forced and unrealistic.

And I swear that during the first part he couldn't just stick to one accent. There were times that I could swear it shifted from German (which is his real accent I believe) to something southern and back again. Maybe that's the way he really talks or maybe he gets better in the second half (which I haven't seen yet)

[–] palitodecanela 17 years ago

I agree with you Amy, his speech seemed very contrived, almost funny really.

And it don t remember his accent getting better on the second half.

All this is surprising to me giving how good he is in the princess and the warrior. Even his phyique is better there, he had a most interesting shower scene.

In this movie, however, he seemed chubby to me. And no matter how nude, I didn t enjoy watching him bathe in the dragon blood. Strength or no strength, it was pretty revolting. I merely saw him as a kid trying to be manly and self important.

[–] saxon_princess 18 years ago

They must have made a typo because Siegried was at least eight or ten when his family was killed and the blacksmith Eyvind found him, plus the kid looks older than 3 years, don't you think.
So 12 years later would make him at least twenty or aroudn that age.
I agree with the OC part.
You didn't read the credits wrong though it does say 3 years.

[–] jennifer-ehmann 18 years ago

Unfortunately, most of movies or shows have actors in the 20s in it who have to play a role of a Teenager. Unrealistic, but true. And very bad if you can see how old the actor really is.

Benno Führmann played Sigfried and he is a famous german actor, this is why the strange accent. I think he played Sigfried miserable, but you should see him in the movie "The Sineater" with Heath Ledger. Good looking, good role, good playing.. good Actor.

[–] blackbird_ee 18 years ago

The guy who played Sigfried did a pretty bad job. It was like he couldn't act in this movie, he didn't look the right age (15 or 20, he still looked old!) and he had no eyebrows!!!! Yeah i know thats a stupid thing to say but if your going to cast someone as a big, buff dragonslayer at least make sure he has eyebrows!!!

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[–] adyre2002 18 years ago

No, I think you should see the film so you can see for yourself there is no such scene were he get's that close to the dragon. Because he's not really a dragon slayer, he just killed one dragon for his personal satisfaction and to prove that he is a 'bad guy'.

The missing eyebrows maybe was a fire fault.... He was a iron man - I think that's the word (fierar - daca stiti careva romana).

And, in my opinion, the acting of most of the actors was very bad, so were the scenes - in the produced way, like the focus of the camera or ... I don't know how to say it... but it's a little disturbing to the eyes... The base story and ideea it seems very good and interesting but the finished product has many problems.

Maybe a remake will appear with more devotmant from the producers!

That's my opinion so I don't won't nobody to contradict me so he can convince me to belive otherwise.

[–] ilBuono 17 years ago

I totally agree that the casting was pretty bad, especially Sigfrid. To me not because he looks to old, but because his acting is terrible. Really terrible. The king was miscast too, didn't really look like a king, more like a stable guy.
This is one really bad film. The only things that make it worth a watch is the story and the way the movie looks. Apart from that it's just bad scriptwriting and acting.

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[–] alfaneo 16 years ago

Benno Furmann is ugly like hell and he doesn't seem like a nordic heroe but he seems like a german inspector from rex the police dog.
He made a terrible job in this excelent story.

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