Just because he's perfect doesn't mean he's going to get cast, that's not how Hollywood works. The people making this movie want to make money, and big names sell films. The simple fact is that putting a name like Michael Clark Duncan on the poster will attract more viewers than Lester Speight. It's just not practical to make a film entirely with unknowns, you could make the same argument for almost any kind of adaptation, but it never happens. You can't say that the Dark Knight was ruined for having an internationally recognisable cast can you?
Named actors don't ruin films, but bad casting does, so it's just a case of getting it right. One name I've seen floating round is Mickey Rourke for Marcus, which I think is spot on. He's a fantastic actor, he's got the look of a grizzled veteran and his voice is pretty close to the game character already.
What this film really needs is people like Rourke, character actors as well as tough guys.
That was an awesome video, even with the cheap armour and plastic lancer, Lester Speight is still the Cole Train. Despite everything I've just said I really hope he gets cast, there is no one better to play the character.
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Fork_Q
15 years ago
He's a fantastic actor, he's got the look of a grizzled veteran and his voice is pretty close to the game character already.
What this film really needs is people like Rourke, character actors as well as tough guys.
As much as I love... no, too strong a word. As much as I enjoyed both the GoW games, there weren't any real 'characters', just four flavours of bland space marine-esque archtypes (level-headed leader, passionate second in command, annoying black guy and the snarky SOB).
Dress up four shaved bears in disposed power armour costumes from a Warhammer 40K convention that you pretty much got your cast there.
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vanya86
15 years ago
But films and video games are completely different mediums which rely on different techniques to tell the story. Gears of War, like most games of its type, was more or less a long gun battle (and a few bits of problem solving thrown in) with some cut scenes to establish objectives and change the location. I assure you that when the movie comes out it won't be one big 90 minute action scene, they'll explore the world and the characters a bit more. I would say that the gears were more than archetypes, each did have a distinct personality, that is why we need real actors, people who can take on these traits and build on them to to create fully formed cinematic characters.
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bigfer261
15 years ago
"The simple fact is that putting a name like Michael Clark Duncan on the poster will attract more viewers than Lester Speight. "
Tell that one to Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-li.
I would agree with Mickey Rourke if he wasent too old, hes 57 now, if gears of war was a trilogy that lasted at the minimum 6 years, we would have a 63 year old marcus.
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