Destro Has Been Re-Cast - Christopher (Dr. Who/Heroes) Eccleston

Though I still would've preferred Vosloo in the role, you can't really argue with Dr. Who.

I dunno, the VISA stuff seems sort of like a cover. I think they knew that Murray was the wrong guy for the role, but that's just my instinct talking.

 

This guy looks more the part.

 

I like this guy, so this is good news for me.



Now the best news would be if they announced another recast for Destro and made him Vosloo.

 

I'm all for this one. I haven't see him in a whole lot of things, but Eccleston was great as the villian in Gone In 60 Seconds. That character, like Destro, was cultured, yet intimidating. I think he's a good fit.

 

This is awesome news! I love this guy. He can play a great villain. This replaces Ray Park as my #2 favorite casting decision in this movie. (#1 is Quaid).

 

Eccleston needs a hit after The Seeker . He was also good in 28 Days Later before that crappy ass sequel.

 

Hahahaha "The Seeker"....

 

Hmm...I saw him as a great Major Bludd. But I'll take him as Destro. He's certainly got good intensity.

 

Was he the military guy in '28 Days Later'?

 

Yes.

 

He was awesome.

 

This is great news. I'm liking the casting for Cobra more than I do for the Joes after this.

 

Admit it. No one was excited about that Murray guy at all.

 

How could we be? We had nothing to go on. He could've been great, he could've been meh. The world will never know.

 

Let's give it up for fate!

HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

I was hoping they'd say David Murray was re-cast as Cobra Commander and Levitt as Flint.

 

Just saying. Pretty convenient that it all worked out this way.

 

Yeah, he "couldn't" get a visa. We all know what that means.

 

Sorry, I don't buy that excuse at all for a movie like this with virtually unlimited resources. Unless Murray committed some sort of crime to screw that up.

 

Just like how Matt Vaughan didn't want to do X3 because "he'd be away from his family".

Pffffft.

 

Hey Claudia Schiffer said that was bogus .

 

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

 

http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/29/ap/celebrities/main3767300.shtml

Judging from that article, the problem may have arisen from the fact that Murray is not well-known in the US. And there's the fact that it still takes time:

The interview with LDB in early January said they were two weeks away from casting Destro.

Steven Berkoff(the bad guy in beverly Hills Cop) was deported for Visa issues in 1997. It's not like it's impossible. And all this talk of "unlimited resources-" it still takes time and throwing money at a bureaucracy doesn't always work.

 

How did he shoot his part in Batman Begins without a work visa?

 

Batman Begins was partially shot in London.

From what I can tell from the above, you need a new Visa for every job. If his stuff was shot in America, he obviously was able to get it in time for that movie.

Anyway, the point is is that it is far from impossible for this to happen, even with a big-budget movie.