Casting Thread for WATCHMEN (Suggestions and Announcements!!!)

[Threshold]

Hey, seeing as how Watchmen is kicking into gear, I thought I'd start up a big ol' casting thread for the flick.

First off I think that Simon Pegg of "Shaun of the Dead" fame should definitley be Rorschach. It's been rumored, I believe when Arronofsky was still attached to direct, but I hope Greengrass takes notice. He'd be awesome!

Anyone else have ideas?

 

[ShaneHelms]

Dennis Farina for Eddie Blake. Perfect too a T.

 

[The Guard]

These aren't all spot-on with the comic book characters, but...

ADRIAN VEIDT
Jude Law
Matthew McConaughey

DR. MANHATTAN
CGI/Ed Harris

NIGHT OWL
Kurt Russell

RORSCHACH
William H. Macy

SILK SPECTRE
Claire Forlani

MOLOCH
Christopher Walken

THE COMEDIAN
Harvey Keitel
Bruce Campbell

 

[blind_fury]

Nite Owl- John Cusack
The Comedian- Harvey Keitel or James Woods
Dr. Manhattan- Russel Crowe
Rorschach- Ray Liotta
Ozymandias- Erik Stoltz
Silk Spectre- Diane Lane or Juliane Moore

 

[Threshold]

I think that Gwyneth Paltrow should play Young Sally Jupiter in flashbacks and then have her mother Blythe Danner play Sally Jupiter in the present.

 

[GL-Corps#28]

Gary Sinise for Rorschach!

 

[Threshold]

Rorschach: Simon Pegg
Nite-Owl: John Cusack
Dr. Manhattan: Josh Lucas/CGI
Laurel Jane: Amanda Peet
Comedian: Dennis Farina
Ozymandias: Jude Law

 

[The Guard]

Am I the only person who thinks Cusack is an uninspired choice for Night Owl? And...Amanda Peet as Laurie? Yes. Oh, God, yes.

 

[Threshold]

I think a younger Jeff Goldblum would've made a great Nite-Owl.

 

[The Guard]

Morgan Freeman as Dr. Malcom Long.

 

[SpiderHam]

Jeffrey Combs for Rorschach!

 

[Philly Phanboy]

Am I the only person who thinks Cusack is an uninspired choice for Night Owl?

I agree with you. Nite Owl should be a little older and more out of shape than Cusack. Not to mention, I really can't see Cusack in this type of movie.

Too bad Alec Baldwin is a little too old, he'd fit the character best in my opinion.

 

[Emerald Knight]

Of course they'd HAVE to keep The actor of Rorschach a secret until people see him in the movie, to get the same feel as the book.

 

[SpiderHam]

See, that's actually a problem with my choice for Rorschach, as Combs has a very distinct voice. Good for Rorschach, but bad for the mystery.

 

[The Guard]

Exactly, re: Cusack. That's one reason I like Kurt Russell. VANILLA SKY showed me what I think Dan Dreiberg should be like in a WATCHMEN film. You need someone who used to kick ass and now doesn't look much like he did. And Emerald Knight, edit your post to remove that spoiler.

 

[Emerald Knight]

there you go, sorry about that. I just assumed that people here already read the book.

 

[The Guard]

So do I, sometimes, but I guess a lot of people haven't.

 

[Threshold]

I just read it this weekend, Watchmen was my first ever purchase from Amazon (and will not be the last)!

 

[Oerwinde]

I still like the idea of Val Kilmer as Veidt

 

[Threshold]

Yeah that would work really well.

 

[GL-Corps#28]

This is gonna come off as mean, but wouldn't Val fit the Dreiberg role a little better nowadays?

 

[Emerald Knight]

yeah, after seeing the Island of Doctor Mureau, I felt that he could pull off the crazy aspect, while with Batman Forever (decent, not great) he could convey the "hero" aspect of Veidt.

 

[Takeshi Kovacs]

Kiefer Sutherland for Rorschach!!

 

[comicmovies4eva]

So when do you think they will have this cast? Next month or two?

 

[GL-Corps#28]

Yeah, right.