Anthony Hopkins as the Mad Hatter

[Mister Gone]

What do you think, Hatter was always an intellectual that chose to escape into a fantasy world, and Hopkins is scary as Hell.

[Ronny Shade]

I could dig it

[The Chairman]

My pick for The Mad Hatter is Geoffrey Rush. Few people can pull off sleazy and creepy like he can.

http://www.cinemagia.ro/getimg.php?id=5299&size=s
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Personally, he scares the crap out of me.

[Two-Face]

Mad Hatter isn't tall and fat, nothing against Hopkins he's fine actor also he turned down chance to play Alfred who was my first choice but I could see him as Calendar Man who's kinda of Hannibal Lecter type that character was played by Hopkins.

[The Chairman]

He'd be perfect for Calender Man. And Anthony Hopkins is not that tall BTW, Two Face.

That being said, Rush IS The Mad Hatter.

[Eddie Dean]

He'd be perfect for Calender Man. And Anthony Hopkins is not that tall BTW, Two Face.

That being said, Rush IS The Mad Hatter.
I agree 100% with this post.

Another person I could see as The Mad Hatter would be Andy Serkis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39823000/jpg/_39823685_andy_serkis_pa.jpg
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[The Chairman]

Another person I could see as The Mad Hatter would be Andy Serkis.

Serkis is a great choice as well. He was awesome as Gollum. I can totally see him in the role.

My TOP FIVE picks for The Mad Hatter are:

1) Geoffrey Rush
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/fox_searchlight/quills/geoffrey_rush/quills.jpg

2) Tim Curry
http://www.rocky-horror-deutschland.de/Besetzungen/Filmographie/tim1.jpg

3) Andy Serkis
http://www.movie-gazette.com/directory/img/andy+serkis.jpg

4) Brad Dourif (though I'd prefer him for Jeremiah Arkhum)
http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/Issue47/graphics/brad.jpg

5) Martin Short
http://eur.yimg.com/i/xp/premier_photo/1/1431b441d9.jpg

[Eddie Dean]

Curry and Dourif would be great also.

Some other names:

Rhys Ifans
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/23/rhysreview_wideweb__430x312,1.jpg

Mackenzie Crook
http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/allposters/mmph/258189_rt.jpg

[Shoemeister]

5) Martin Short
http://eur.yimg.com/i/xp/premier_photo/1/1431b441d9.jpg

He's always been a dead ringer for the BTAS version of the Hatter. I can't say I would mind him if he played the role.

[The Chairman]

Curry and Dourif would be great also.

Some other names:

Rhys Ifans
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/23/rhysreview_wideweb__430x312,1.jpg

Mackenzie Crook
http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/allposters/mmph/258189_rt.jpg

I've heard their names mentioned but I've never seen them act. What have they been in?

Also, after much thought, I'm replacing Short with Robert Englund.

http://www.mindpulse.com/users/lizlady/autographs/englundauto1.jpg

[Two-Face]

I could see Robert Englund as Dr Akham as well.

[Eddie Dean]

I've heard their names mentioned but I've never seen them act. What have they been in?
Rhys Ifans (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406975)
Mackenzie Crook (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188871/)

Englund is one of my choices for Hugo Strange.

[StorminNorman]

Kelsey Grammer for the Mad Hatter IMO. Sure he is Beast - however the make up makes any comparison hard to notice - it would be like using Alan Cummings for a role in a DC movie.

http://www.rsmith.org.uk/frasier/images/kelseygrammer11.jpg

http://www.ouvidopenico.blogger.com.br/kelsey-grammer.jpg

http://www.writeactrep.org/Kelsey%20GRammer2.jpg

[Two-Face]

Rhys Ifans was in Notting Hill with Hugh Grant.

[The Chairman]

I could see Robert Englund as Dr Akham as well.

There are a few actors IMO who can do Dr. Arkhum.

My Top 3 (well, 4, technically) for Jeremiah Arkhum.

1) James Cromwell or Brad Dourif
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2) John Hurt
http://www.movie-gazette.com/directory/img/john+hurt.jpg

3) Christopher Walken (he was in Batman Returns, so he won't get it, but I think he'd be great)
http://pdngallery.com/legends3/neleman/art/photos_large/christopher_walken.jpg

[The Chairman]

Kelsey Grammer for the Mad Hatter IMO. Sure he is Beast - however the make up makes any comparison hard to notice - it would be like using Alan Cummings for a role in a DC movie.

http://www.rsmith.org.uk/frasier/images/kelseygrammer11.jpg

http://www.ouvidopenico.blogger.com.br/kelsey-grammer.jpg

http://www.writeactrep.org/Kelsey%20GRammer2.jpg

Well, I've never put him into consideration for the role, Grammer would probably work as well. He could probably pull off The Riddler as well.

[Two-Face]

James Cromwell would be perfect if he wasn't in Spider-Man 3.

[The Chairman]

James Cromwell would be perfect if he wasn't in Spider-Man 3.

I can't wait to see him in SM3.

[Ronny Shade]

People really need to get over this "He was already in a comic movie" thing.

[The Chairman]

People really need to get over this "He was already in a comic movie" thing.

I agree to an extent. Since General Stacy and Dr. Arkhum are not major characters, I wouldn't mind seeing Cromwell in both roles. If they're not playing two mega important characters (ie, like Jackman as Wolverine and Two-Face), that's different.

[StorminNorman]

People really need to get over this "He was already in a comic movie" thing.

Exactly, I can see problems with having an actor play a role in two DC or Marvel films- but outside of that I dont see a big deal. When people in Hollywood look for an Italian Gangster, they look for Pacino or Deniro - if they can surive doing two similar films, playing similar roles, I think any actor can.

[Man-E-Beers]

There are some great names on this list, but there is another name I'd like to throw in "the hat"(sorry), and that's Gene Wilder. I know he might be too old, but he does crazy, intelligent, and funny just as good as anybody out there.

[Keyser Sushi]

There are some great names on this list, but there is another name I'd like to throw in "the hat"(sorry), and that's Gene Wilder. I know he might be too old, but he does crazy, intelligent, and funny just as good as anybody out there.

Also, he looks the part, and we've all seen him in a ridiculous top hat... :o

[Keyser Sushi]

My pick for The Mad Hatter is Geoffrey Rush. Few people can pull off sleazy and creepy like he can.

http://www.cinemagia.ro/getimg.php?id=5299&size=s
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Personally, he scares the crap out of me.

CASANOVA FRANKENSTEIN!!!! :eek:

[StorminNorman]

Come on....say it with me: FRAISER!

http://www.ouvidopenico.blogger.com.br/kelsey-grammer.jpg http://batman.ugo.com/images/galleries/batman_madhatter_filmtv/batman_madhatter_6_th.jpg (http://batman.ugo.com/images/galleries/batman_madhatter_filmtv/batman_madhatter_6_th.jpg)

[Keyser Sushi]

Come on....say it with me: FRAISER!

http://www.ouvidopenico.blogger.com.br/kelsey-grammer.jpg http://batman.ugo.com/images/galleries/batman_madhatter_filmtv/batman_madhatter_6_th.jpg (http://batman.ugo.com/images/galleries/batman_madhatter_filmtv/batman_madhatter_6_th.jpg)

When you use that picture of the Hatter, yes. :up:

But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs...

[Joker831]

My top five in preference order

1. Robert Englund (The creepy man)

2. Geoffory Rush (Sleazy and creepy)

3. Martin Short (Dead Ringer for Hatter)

4. Rhys Ifans (Could pull it off)

5. Tim Curry (Got it all)

[warren_sparta27]

i'll throw Tim Roth's name into the mix.

[BatmanReborn]

ya, hopkins in no way shape or form should be hatter, however, some may think im crazy, but he would be the perfect ventriliquist. Lookup the movie magic with anthony hopkins

[Super_Ludacris]

Wouldnt mind him being the Mad Hatter. But I'm not feeling the idea of Mad Hatter being in the movie.

[warren_sparta27]

hatter could work brilliantly on film, if they make him a child raper and follow that storyline.

[The Chairman]

ya, hopkins in no way shape or form should be hatter, however, some may think im crazy, but he would be the perfect ventriliquist. Lookup the movie magic with anthony hopkins

I mentioned that awile ago.

[mister Lennon]

Hopkins would be good, but maybe he is now too old for the role. My top choice for the mad hatter is still robin williams.

[Super_Ludacris]

hatter could work brilliantly on film, if they make him a child raper and follow that storyline.

lol@ The WB actually allowing that storyline in a summer blockbuster. It's just not happening

[The Chairman]

Hopkins would be good, but maybe he is now too old for the role. My top choice for the mad hatter is still robin williams.

Well, I always pictured The Mad Hatter to be one of Batman's older rogues, so I don't think Hopkins' age rules him out. That being said, I still don't think he's right fort he part.

Again, Rush, Curry, Serkis, Dourif or Englund.

[L0ngsh0t]

englund or rush

[Eddie Dean]

i'll throw Tim Roth's name into the mix.
I could see that.

[Mr. Socko]

Isn't Geoffrey Rush the guy from Mystery Men?

[The Chairman]

Isn't Geoffrey Rush the guy from Mystery Men?

Yes, but don't hold that against him.

And I like the Roth idea. A lot. He's one of my picks for The Joker, but I'd love to see him as The Mad Hatter.

My new Top 5 is:

1) Rush
2) Curry
3) Serkis
4) Dourif
5) Roth

[Mr. Socko]

I think Hopkins could play Calendar Man but everyone would think "Hannibal"

[Robin91939]

You guys know that Mad Hatter is a MIDGET? RIGHT???

These guys are all WAY too tall.

-R

[The Chairman]

You guys know that Mad Hatter is a MIDGET? RIGHT???

These guys are all WAY too tall.

-R

Height really doesn't matter IMO.

Besides, none of these choices are like superhumanly tall:

Geoffrey Rush (6')
Tim Curry (5'9)
Andy Serkis (5'8)
Brad Dourif (5'10)
Tim Roth (5'7)
Robin Williams (5'7)
Anthony Hopkins (5'9)
Robert Englund (5'10)
Martin Short (5'8)

Besides, none of them are like physically imposing, so it doesn't matter.

[Mr. Socko]

And Ra's Al Ghul isn't suspose to be taller then Batman either, but he was in Begins...

[The Chairman]

And Ra's Al Ghul isn't suspose to be taller then Batman either, but he was in Begins...

Actually, if I'm correct, Ra's is 6'5 in the comics whereas Batman is 6'2.

[Mr. Socko]

Actually, if I'm correct, Ra's is 6'5 in the comics whereas Batman is 6'2.

You serious:eek:

But wait a tic...Mad Hatter isn't a real midget is he? Just short like the Penguin

[The Chairman]

You serious:eek:

But wait a tic...Mad Hatter isn't a real midget is he? Just short like the Penguin

Well, he's 4'8 in the comics I believe. Still, how many quality actors are that short? All the actors I mentione can pull off a creepy character like The Mad Hatter.

[Mr. Socko]

How short is Penguin the comics and how short is Danny Devito? But there's 2 things wrong with that, Danny was Penguin in Returns and would suck at being a Mad Hatter anway.

I say as long as Hatter is shorter then Batman...

[Keyser Sushi]

Warwick Davis is a terrific actor, and he's tiny and good at being creepy. But he's actually too short, in the vicinity of 3'. :D

[Mr. Socko]

Lol, the professor from Harry Potter. Too short. Same for Mini-me.

[The Chairman]

How short is Penguin the comics and how short is Danny Devito? But there's 2 things wrong with that, Danny was Penguin in Returns and would suck at being a Mad Hatter anway.

I say as long as Hatter is shorter then Batman...

Danny DeVito is 5', and he would be a bad Mad Hatter. He would've made a perfect Harvey Bullock if he wasn't in Rturns though.

And all the actors I listed are shorter than Bale.

[Keyser Sushi]

Lol, the professor from Harry Potter.

Professor Flitwick. Yes indeed. He was also the Leprechaun in the "Leprechaun" movies; Wicket the Ewok in "Return of the Jedi," Oberon in "Ray," Willow in "Willow." The guy gets around. He's a fantastic actor. He's just very small. Actually casting as, let's say, Penguin, would give us the most accurate version of pre-crisis Penguin ever... and, for that matter, the most accurate Penguin, period, considering the lame-ass competition. ;)


Too short. Same for Mini-me.

Oh yeah, dude that plays Mini-me is freakin' TINY... he's maybe two feet tall. He's small even for a little person.

[The Chairman]

Too short. Same for Mini-me.

Who's 2'8.

Warwick Davis is 3'6 BTW.

[Keyser Sushi]

Danny DeVito is 5', and he would be a bad Mad Hatter. He would've made a perfect Harvey Bullock if he wasn't in Rturns though.

And all the actors I listed are shorter than Bale.

Mark Boone Junior would have made a fantastic Bullock were he not already Detective Flass. :)

[Keyser Sushi]

Who's 2'8.

Warwick Davis is 3'6 BTW.

So I lowballed them. :)

Davis was actually closer to 2'8 when he played Wicket (but he was 12 years old at the time) and he's grown considerably since then. Last time I saw the the guy who plays Mini-me was in a laptop commercial with Yao Ming, who is something like seventy-three feet and two inches tall. ;) Made Mini-me look a little shorter than he is.

[Mr. Socko]

Lol

Btw, was Det Flass someone from the comics?

[Keyser Sushi]

Lol

Btw, was Det Flass someone from the comics?

Yeah, Flass was Gordon's partner in "Year One" when Gordon first arrived in Gotham on a transfer from the Chicago PD. Flass in the comics was an aryan bastard with short blond hair, well-groomed and clean-shaven. He was about twice Gordon's size, though, and completely crooked. When Gordon didn't join the other cops in their illegal dealings, Flass and some of the boys put on ski masks and beat the hell out of him.

Once his bones knit, Gordon, having come to an understanding about doing business in Gotham, caught up with Flass in the dead of night and kicked the living crap out of him. That squared things up between them. :up:

[Two-Face]

Yeah, Flass was Gordon's partner in "Year One" when Gordon first arrived in Gotham on a transfer from the Chicago PD. Flass in the comics was an aryan bastard with short blond hair, well-groomed and clean-shaven. He was about twice Gordon's size, though, and completely crooked. When Gordon didn't join the other cops in their illegal dealings, Flass and some of the boys put on ski masks and beat the hell out of him.

Once his bones knit, Gordon, having come to an understanding about doing business in Gotham, caught up with Flass in the dead of night and kicked the living crap out of him. That squared things up between them. :up:


I love that bit in Y1.:up:

[mister Lennon]

Well, i dont picture the mad hatter as a midget in a movie. I think that it couldnt work. I mean, some things need to be changed in a comic book adaptation to the screen, and that is one of those things. I think that the mad hatter needs to be some short and middle aged actor, but not a dwarf. That would be ridiculous.

By the way, Tony Hokins could work very well 10 years ago, but now, he is 69, i cant picture the madd hatter being that old. I picture him as a middle aged man in his 50s , but not that old .

[warren_sparta27]

the only way i picture hatter working well in a film, is with the child raper stroyline. and like someone said before, WB wouldn't let that happen, so i don't think that we would see him in a film.

:(

[7alex]

http://images.hollywood.com/images/4_384560.jpg

He would be perfect. I dont think Hopkins would make a good mad hatter.

[bdsproductions]

Robin Williams is the man!.


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[NinjaTurtleFan]

Martin Short IS The Mad Hatter, but Andy Serkis would play an interesting Hatter or Joker.

But Andy Serkis to me should stick with Peter Jackson.

[Eddie Dean]

1) Andy Serkis
2) Geoffrey Rush
3) Rhys Ifans
4) Mackenzie Crook
5) Tim Roth

[Mr. Thing]

I'm digging the idea of Kelsey Grammer.