I have noticed threads now and then casting cartoon shows, such as Batman Beyond, and I have notcied that they are making live action movies from cartoons already like Transformers or G.I.Joe. So I just thought I would make a thread for casting any and every cartoon show out there.
Imagine they were making a live action movie out of your favorite cartoon shows, what Live Action actors and actresses would you like to see cast as your favorite cartoon characters?
I'll start with one I was considering the other day:
How about a live action Gargoyles movie?
I was looking at who voiced who, and for the most part the voice actor matched the character they were playing, so why not cast the voice actors as the live action characters they played in the cartoon?
Of coarse for the Gargoyles, and other characters, lots of FX and make up and prosthetic would be used. But look at LOTR, and with CG, almost anything is possible nowadays. It would end up being a big budget movie though. Anyway here:
Keith David voiced Goliath
Just imagine him with lots of prosthetics and a combination of CG, make up, and other effects, to make him look like Goliath, sort of similar to the way they make Mikcy Rourke look like Marve.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield voiced Eliza Maza
Marina Sirtis voiced Demona
Like Keith David, Marina would require lots of prosthetics and CG (like Nightcrawler in X2).
Jonathan Frakes voiced Xanatos
Like Elisa Maza's character, Xanatos wouldn't need make up or FX.
The fallowing actors: Edward Asner, Bill ***erbakke, Jeff Bennett, and Thom Adcox-Hernandez, voiced the characters in this picture here.
Edward Asner voiced Hudson
And like the other Gargoyals, Ed would need make up and prosthetics and such.
Bill ***erbakke voiced Broadway
Same with Bill. (and I don't know why it bleeped out his name.)
Jeff Bennett voiced Brooklyn
Jeff would also need make up and CG and such.
Thom Adcox-Hernandez voiced Lexington
Her would also require some CG, make up, prosthetics, and other FX.
But like I have said before, its been done in X-Men, Sin City, Legend, and so on.
So cast a cartoon show, any cartoon. He-Man, the Simpsons, JLU, Ren and Stimpy, anything.
Other cast members:
Brigitte Bako voiced Angela
Clancy Brown voiced Wolf (of the Pack)
Laura San Giacomo voiced Fox (of the Pack)
Tom Wilson voiced Matt Bluestone
Just add some coloring to his hair and maybe comb it differently.
Richard Grieco voiced Tony Dracon
John Rhys-Davies voiced Macbeth
Perhaps they could do his character like they did with him as Gimly in the Lord of the Rings, only pick an action hero guy and CG his face onto him.
I love Gargoyles too. I just thought how cool it might be to imagine (maybe even do photo manips of what a real life version might look like. Also all the character's look like their voice actors... sort of.
Tim Curry voiced Dr. Anton Sevarius
I know who looks different but Tim Curry in the role would be cool, maybe he could get a flat top.
Terrence Mann and Kate Mulgrew voiced
Michael Dorn voiced Coldstone
They do, especially the humans. The Gargoyles need a little make up but still look like their cartoon counterparts. And they are not just regular voice actors either, they are actors who have been in movies and TV shows.
Here are more,
The Maza family:
Michael Horse voiced Peter Maza (Eliza's father)
Nichelle Nichols voiced Diane Maza (Eliza's mother)
Monica Allison voiced Beth Maza (Eliza's sister) But so did Roxanne Beckford
Rocky Carroll voiced Derek Maza/ Talon (Eliza's brother)
And for the Talon make up there is a variety of FX and make up that could be used:
Anything from body doubles, to CG, to make up and prosthetics, even animatronics.
Some special effects examples to show how it can be done:
Bronx:
Of coarse today it would be done much better right?
The Steel Clan:
Me too,
I didn't know thats how they did it. I thought they did this ground breaking thing where they CGed his face over doubles and did (the opposite) put the real actor in costume for close ups.
Thats interesting. But its true that would probably not work well and hurt the performance. But I was just trying to see if the entire original voice cast could be used without replacing anyone. (you know, they don't necissarily need Macbeth. Although he would probably be used and is a fan favorite.
Apart though those two would work as the characters they portrayed in the cartoon.
Just give him a really good long haired wig and he could play Jackal.
And she could play her character too,
But they couldn't be twins because of their age, your right.
In the cartoon they were turned into cyborgs, maybe they can use that to work them both in the movie without replacing them. Use the cyborg thing somehow.
