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Now that I think about it, yeah, Noomi Rapace can be a pretty cool Scarlet Witch. She's a great actress (finally seen her in Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and boy did she live up to the hype), can play tormented, beautiful and determined, and she has the sort of darker European look that Wanda's actress needs.
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(Just visualize that as House of M Wanda and one of the children she didn't really have.)
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And not to rain on MarvelComix's parade, but thinking about it more, I think I've finally pinpointed my personal problem with Rosie Huntington-Whitely. She just seems too... sunny for the part. That, and I really don't think one "surprisingly decent" performance in Transformers 3 should be an automatic qualification for a role with as complicated a psyche as Scarlet Witch's.
Though Rosie could make a decent Polaris.
Just in case you didn't know, this is RoadDogXXIV from CBM.com.
Wow great idea of Noomi Rapace. And I can see what you mean using the shot above of her holding a baby look like a live-action scene from a House of M adaptation. Solid. And I think her accent would benefit the character's gypsy heritage as well.
As for raining on my parade, don't even fret. It was when I started that raffle of actors/actresses early this year where I threw in Rosie Huntington Whitely's name, and axelbratoski cast her as Scarlet Witch. And I found myself fascinated by the idea. Because I've thought of Scarlet Witch being a LITTLE naive, especially after watching Wolverine and the X-Men. Rosie played that to an extent in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and her confrontations with Patrick Dempsey's character were similar to the ones that Scarlet Witch had with Magneto in that recent animated show I mentioned.
Also, DDD over at CBM.com cast Rosie two times: one for Marlene Alrune in a Moon Knight fancast, and Psylocke (Betsy Braddock form) in his X-Men II: Darkness Descends cast. Just thought I bring that up.
As for Polaris, I'm a fan of Nicky Whelan for the role. I have her for this big X-Men fancast I'm doing over at CBM.
Like Rosie Huntington Whitely, as you mentioned, Nicky has a very sunny personality, but with the eyes, she can definitely bring some intensity and drama.
Thanks for the input, MK. It's always welcome.
And get that Justice League cast fired up for CBM.com, because it's a wasteland there. Crap fancast after crap fancast. I even left you a comment on your X-Men fancast, which I recommend you update again (Bonnie Wright for Wolfsbane and Noomi Rapace for Scarlet Witch would be much appreciated over there) and throw in some more characters (Bishop, more Hellfire Club members, New Mutants, etc.). But focus on main priorities first.Also, I've got a Sailor Moon fancast is in the works.
Gotta go, bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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