Mostly, not bad choices, but most of the actors are a bit old to convincingly play the younger troops (admittedly, I don't know most of the later ones). I could see Routh, Slater, maybe Fiennes. Travolta is just far too old for the role, but you might get away with Tom Jane.
I have trouble with Farrell playing anyone called Red. Maybe Barry Pepper.
Sean Penn would never take such a role. Despite the claims of Thin Red Line, his war movies are more like Platoon, the dysfunctional nutjob circus war movie-genre. TTRL was much the same. And the most pressing problem, he isn't imposing enough to be Cole. My choice would be an actor whose name escapes me, but he played the T-1000 and is now the Colonel in The Unit.
Patrick Stewart has too much of the english gentleman to carry off the Kansas farm boy, but I was impressed by Tom Selleck's work in the A&E movie.
Hassay is a Sizemore all the way, but you could get away with Jason Isaacs a la Black Hawk Down.
Generally, though, you'd probably have to go with mostly unknowns and a few veteran actors - the classic example would be The Big Red One.
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Mr_125
18 years ago
Nope. I definitely don't see Barry as a Red-head. I just think that the look from SPR suits him quite well.
Know what? This could actually make a pretty solid movie. I can just see Cole's Charge now. It would almost be like the "finishing blow" scene to take Hill 210 in TTRL.
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healytwirl
18 years ago
I still think to do it justice you would have to do it a mini series. Sure Sean Penn is a good actor but it just wouldn't work. Especially since he is known as a political activiste. I agree that it would have to be with a few veteran actors and unkowns just like with Band of Brothers some of the main actors as done stuff but not enough to be a well known figure. To were you just see the actor as himself and not the character he is portraying
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