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The Perfect Actor To Play Jackie Estacado/The Darkness In A Movie




i always wondered if there was an actor out there that could portray Jackie and The Darkness down to the bone, dark and gritty a true bada$$


Joaquin Phoenix as THE DARKNESS

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Dont think he could do a "perfect" Jackie :P

Dont complaining about Joaquin, i think he's a great actor. But i dont think he looks.. erm.. evil enough to play Jackie..

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are you kidding me, didn't you see gladiator, his eyes are perfect, he seems like he could pull it off, hell he was the man in black johnny cash

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He could, if he can pull of a mafian accent... Other than that... he looks great for the role.

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i have faith that he could

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I think Michael Wincott would be great in this role.

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michael would have been good many years ago, but not now, hes way too old

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True. I thought that after I posted the comment. As remembered Jackie is only meant to be 21.

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He might be a bit old but clive owen would be good, i'm just trying to think who'd be young but sinister too...the thing about the character of jackie is that eh i sonly 21 but he looks alot older than that, he always has done, i think christian bale would be a good choice, if he could pull of the mafioso accent anyway

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bale would have been cool, but hes something better then the darkness, hes the Dark Knight, phoenix has the sinister edge to him, which he displayed in gladiator

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What about the man who actually voiced him, he looks like him but i never saw him act

http://www.myspace.com/adamgilbey1989

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kirk, i believe his name is, i think hes spanish in real life, but who knows, i think he could pull it off, not sure

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There is only one man to play Jackie Estacado both physically and emotionally.

That man is Barry Pepper.

http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0211465/Ss/0211465/knockaround_guys_10.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Pepper,%20Barry

Look it's all there. Just add long hair.

That background even looks like Pier 19.

It's providence I tell you. He IS Jackie Estacado.



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i personally think jackie resembles John Cusack... the eyes do anyway.... but Cusack is WAY too old.

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as far as looks kenau reeves

but hes a terrible actor so ............... LOL

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Here's your Jackie Estacado

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Acid

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Barry Pepper? Maybe, if he wasn't almost 40 y/o.

Jackie is 21 y/o. I know modern film makeup works wonders, but some credulity would play out better for the audiences.

Just for laughs: how about Jonathan Davis??? That's the first person who jumped into my mind when I saw Jackie doing his cut-scene monologue. Honestly, there are a 1,000 better actors for Jackie than J. Davis, but I'm just saying, just for laughs.

Michael Wincott, Christian Bale, Clive Owen; all too old.

Perhaps an up and coming actor never heard of before. They work better than big Hollywood names.

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The whole Jackie being 21 thing was the only thing I did not like about the premise of The Darkness.

Even in the comics and games, Jackie comes across being more mature than 21. Besides.. How a 21 year old gets bumped up to number 1 hitman for the mob seems far-fetched.

And Christian Bale, I think with Batman already under his bat-belt there is no way he'd go down the ladder to something like Darkness. That being said, The Darkness is a fantastic premise for a story.

No Boll. No WS Anderson.

Top 3 picks for director would be Nolan, Guillermo Del Toro and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City looked gorgeous.)

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your all wrong Cillian Murphy should play jackie Estacado.

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Cillian Murphy maybe. But he looks to benevolent to be a mafia hitman.

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look at batman begins he was f@ck'in scary and he may not look too violent but he's such a fine actor he's preformance more than makes up for it.

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what about the guy who played Kraven in Underworld, Shane Brolly? i reckon he could do a pretty decent portrayal of Estacado.

"i remember the first war, the way the sky burned..."

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Wow, the only choice that comes to mind for me is Criss Angel. It seems pretty obvious...he'd be perfect for the role.

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Thats a good point.

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