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[Thundarr]

How about Brock Peters (who subbed for James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in the Star Wars radio adaptations) as an alternate choice for Thulsa Doom?

Lack of fight scenes aside, Thulsa Doom still needed a certain physical presence, which I think James Earl Jones had in addition to that deep, thundering voice of his, so Woody Strode's own imposing physique wouldn't have been completely wasted as he needed that certain presence opposite other similarly big men.

Was Brock Peters around in the 1950's?

But point taken about Thulsa Doom needing to be an imposing figure.

 

[Panthro]

Was Brock Peters around in the 1950's?

But point taken about Thulsa Doom needing to be an imposing figure.

Yeah, Brock Peters made his film debut in 1954's "Carmen Jones" opposite Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge.

Fun fact - Brock sang background vocals on Belafonte's 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song".

 

[Tg11]

Kick-Ass (1993)

Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)- Leonardo DiCaprio
Damon Macready/Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage)- Bill Pullman
Mindy Macready/Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz)- Christina Ricci
Chris D'Amico/Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)- Balthazar Getty
Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong)- Robert Davi
Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca)- Keri Russell
Marty (Clarke Duke)- Corey Feldman
Todd (Evan Peters)- Tobey Maguire
Big Joe (Michael Rispoli)- Bruce McGill
Detective Gigante (Xander Berkeley)- Miguel Ferrer

 

[Sawyer]

WATCHMEN
(Late '90s/Early 2000s)

Nite Owl II/Dan Dreiberg - John Cusack

Rorschach/Walter Kovacs - Robin Williams

Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt - Tom Cruise

Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk - Jennifer Connelly

The Comedian/Edward Blake - Mel Gibson

Dr. Manhattan/Jon Osterman - Viggo Mortensen

With

Nite Owl I/Hollis Mason - Paul Newman

And

Silk Spectre/Sally Jupiter - Ellen Burstyn

​

 

[Panthro]

WATCHMEN
(Late '90s/Early 2000s)

Nite Owl II/Dan Dreiberg - John Cusack

Rorschach/Walter Kovacs - Robin Williams

Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt - Tom Cruise

Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk - Jennifer Connelly

The Comedian/Edward Blake - Mel Gibson

Dr. Manhattan/Jon Osterman - Viggo Mortensen

With

Nite Owl I/Hollis Mason - Paul Newman

And

Silk Spectre/Sally Jupiter - Ellen Burstyn

​

Cool choices, especially Paul Newman as Nite Owl 1/Hollis Mason

 

[David H.]

I look all of those except for Williams. I never understood why he was such a popular choice.

How about Barry Pepper?

 

[Sawyer]

Robin Williams or bust.

When I first read the comic, I imagined his voice, speaking in a creepy sort of monotone. Now, unfortunately, I've got Jackie Earle Haley's Christian Bale bat-voice kicking around in my head. Not the same.

 

[Schlosser85]

Tom Cruise as Ozymandias is actually sort of interesting.

 

[Eddie Dean]

And it almost happened.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, I'm reasonably sure that about 1/2 or 2/3 of that cast was rumored for the project at some point or another. I believe Cusack himself said he was interested at one point.

 

[Doctor Jones]

WATCHMEN
(Late '90s/Early 2000s)

Nite Owl II/Dan Dreiberg - John Cusack

Rorschach/Walter Kovacs - Robin Williams

Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt - Tom Cruise

Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk - Jennifer Connelly

The Comedian/Edward Blake - Mel Gibson

Dr. Manhattan/Jon Osterman - Viggo Mortensen

With

Nite Owl I/Hollis Mason - Paul Newman

And

Silk Spectre/Sally Jupiter - Ellen Burstyn

​

Oh, **** yeah.

 

[Sawyer]

In general, I think Snyder's movie gets more grief than it really deserves (especially considering the directions the project could've taken, based on previous drafts of the screenplay), but one of the things I really hated about the movie was that they used the same actress for young and old Sally Jupiter. Gugino is a decent enough actress, but she just didn't sell being aged.

 

[David H.]

I actually really like the cast Snyder put together for his movie except, I think, for Matthew Goode. He came off as disinterested.

I think a then unknown Michael Fassbender (who worked with Zack on 300) would have been a better choice.

Edit: just to nitpick a bit, I might have gone with Jessica Lange as Sally, though the flashback scene might not have worked that well.

 

[Thundarr]

WATCHMEN
(Late '90s/Early 2000s)

Nite Owl II/Dan Dreiberg - John Cusack

Rorschach/Walter Kovacs - Robin Williams

Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt - Tom Cruise

Silk Spectre II/Laurie Juspeczyk - Jennifer Connelly

The Comedian/Edward Blake - Mel Gibson

Dr. Manhattan/Jon Osterman - Viggo Mortensen

With

Nite Owl I/Hollis Mason - Paul Newman

And

Silk Spectre/Sally Jupiter - Ellen Burstyn

​

I like that casting. I'm not too sure about Robin Williams as Rorschach/Walter Kovach though. I like Robin Williams, I just don't know if he'd be right for the role, even in 1990.

 

[David H.]

Just cause…

WATCHMEN, circa. 1988
a film by Martin Scorsese

Griffin Dunne - Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl

Willem Dafoe - Rorschach / Walter Kovacs

Barbara Hershey - Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre

featuring

Harvey Keitel as Edward Blake / The Comedian

David Bowie as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

and Robert De Niro as Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman

with Charles & Catherine Scorsese as Hollis Mason and Sally Jupiter

 

[Eddie Dean]

Pretty fun, but I might make Keitel Rorscach and have Nolte as Blake.

 

[Eddie Dean]

What about...

John Carpenter's WATCHMEN (1984)

Kurt Russell as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre

Harry Dean Stanton as Rorschach / Walter Kovacs

Tom Atkins as Edward Blake / The Comedian

Jeff Bridges as Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman

Christopher Reeve as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

with Janet Leigh as Sally Jupiter and Hal Holbrook as Hollis Mason

 

[Panthro]

What about...

John Carpenter's WATCHMEN (1984)

Kurt Russell as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre

Harry Dean Stanton as Rorschach / Walter Kovacs

Tom Atkins as Edward Blake / The Comedian

Jeff Bridges as Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman

Christopher Reeve as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

with Janet Leigh as Sally Jupiter and Hal Holbrook as Hollis Mason

I could totally see a John Carpenter Watchmen going with that cast.

 

[axelbratoski]

Hope I'm not too late to the party:

1990. HBO picks up the rights for Watchmen with the idea of making a five-hour miniseries after Lawrence Gordon sells them deeming the material "unfilmable". David Lynch, interested on doing TV for some change, makes a deal to develop the miniseries with the help of Mark Frost. Watchmen is released in 1991 to mixed reviews, with critics praising the acting and the surreal visuals but criticizing it for being "a mess", "unaccesible" and "unfocused" as well as for being unfaithful to the source material. Despite the mixed reception, Watchmen garners Emmy nominations for Dourif and Lynch, as well as technical nods for Makeup, Art Direction, Special Effects and Music. While infamous between fans of the graphic novel, Watchmen ahieved cult status, especially by fans of Lynch work.

WATCHMEN: The HBO Miniseries (1991)
Created by David Lynch & Mark Frost

Starring Bill Pullman as Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl II

Brad Dourif as Walter Kovacs/Rorschach

Sheryl Lee as Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II

Kyle MacLachlan as Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias

with David Bowie as Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan

Grace Zabriskie as Sally Jupiter

Jack Nance as Hollis Mason

and Dennis Hopper as Edward Blake/The Comedian

Also Starring:

Frank Silva as Moloch the Mystic
Calvin Lockhart as Dr. Malcolm Long
Michael J. Anderson as Big Figure
and Sheryl Lee as Young Sally Jupiter

 

[SuperSanchez]

Matthew Broderick as Tony Stark, when I saw Civil War the Tony Stark flashback reminded me so much of Ferris Beuller

 

[Eddie Dean]

I was thinking of a Lynch Watchmen too, with Laura Dern as Laurie and Diane Ladd as Sally Jupiter.

 

[Sawyer]

Yes GAWD.

 

[Sawyer]

After Star Trek: Generations' killing of William Shatner's Captain Kirk caused widespread fan outcry, and the realization that the cast of The Next Generation would spawn no more good sequels post-First Contact, Paramount Pictures came to the decision to revisit James T. Kirk, not in his later years, but rather at the beginning. Before the Five Year Mission...

Star Trek (1999)

James T. Kirk - Leonardo DiCaprio

Spock - Adrien Brody

Dr. Leonard McCoy - Timothy Olyphant

Nyota Uhura - Sanaa Lathan

Montgomery Scott - Jonny Lee Miller

Hikaru Sulu - BD Wong (solid decade older than the rest of the cast, but barely looks it now, so...)

Pavel Chekov - Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Captain Nero - Gary Oldman

 

[Eddie Dean]

Wes Bently looks so much like Adrian Brody.

 

[axelbratoski]

Stephen King's IT (1987)
Directed by John Carpenter
Written by Frank Darabont & Chuck Russell
Music by John Carpenter & Alan Howarth

Kurt Russell - Bill Denbrough

Mark Hamill - Ben Hanscom

Karen Allen - Beverly Marsh

Charles Martin Smith - Richie Tozier

Robert Carradine - Eddie Kaspbrak

Keith David - Mike Hanlon

Richard Masur - Stan Uris

and John Lithgow as Pennywise the Dancing Clown

I wanted to use actors from Carpenter's stable cast only but the idea of Lithgow as Pennywise was just too good to pass up.