Doctor Strange Casting Poll **NEW**

[mrvlknight21]

No one wants to hear Dr. Strange with a Batman voice!

WHAT!?!??
Batman had a gruff, "I need a cough drop" voice.
Petyr Baelish has the voice that calms white walkers.

 

[smashmode]

Shouldn't Dr. Strange have its own forum now?

I'm guessing there won't be one until Marvel officially announces it.

 

[sgaana]

Not gonna lie, I had the same thought a few times while watching GoT. He makes for a good "unknown" option, but I have a strong feeling they'll want to go with a bigger name for this one.

Came in to see if anyone had suggested Pascal yet, am not disappointed.

The thing is, sure, it's all guesswork as to what Marvel is thinking. But right at this moment, Pascal is as big a "name" as Chris Hemsworth was when he was cast as Thor. (Otherwise known at the time as "that guy from the first 10 minutes of Star Trek? Kirk's dad?")

(Mind you, I am not dissing that. Everyone said he killed in that scene. But he didn't look very Thor-ish in it, and maybe it's just the circles I run in, but I wasn't seeing anyone remembering the actor's name, all that much, at the time.)

Conversely, Pascal is coming off an entire season of GOT, which is a very high-profile show, and an awful lot of fan and critical reaction to the season has mentioned him as a highlight. He had way more than 10 minutes to capture audience attention, and he made every minute of it count. Everybody's talking about him.

Maybe I'm guessing wrong, but, it seems like it would be a very smart move for Marvel. He's NOT already an Oscar-winner (like Leto; a choice I also don't really love), he's not enough of a "name" yet to command a really high salary (I'd think). But coming off this GOT season he's got just enough of a profile to make it seem plausible. If I were Marvel, I'd look at the reactions to Pascal's performance in GOT, and I'd look at the internet reaction to Gwendoline Christie getting cast in Star Wars, and I'd think really hard about how much positive buzz this guy could generate right now.

And it's a great casting choice for avoiding the "yet another white guy?" issue, if anyone cares about that. (Not saying Marvel does, specifically, but if they were smart, they could generate a lot of positive coverage and interest by casting "the first Latino superhero".)

Also, he's old enough to make for a plausible Strange, but young enough to play the role for like the next 10 years. (Although I maintain that Strange ought to be a role where the actor ageing shouldn't be a big issue.)

 

[kvz5]

I'm all for Pascal getting it.

 

[Hyde]

Mmmm, Pedro Pascal

 

[terry78]

Somebody on the front page suggested Cranston for Baron Mordo and while I really hope he saves himself for the big screen Gordon in Batfleck's series, it would be a very different role to see him in.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Pedro Pascal....yet another GOT cast member as part of a fan cast.

 

[terry78]

GoT is the new pot to pick from regarding casting choices, thought you knew.

 

[Dr. Evil]

GoT is the new pot to pick from regarding casting choices, thought you knew.

It has surpassed the Walking Dead?

 

[Oscorp]

Yeah, it's actually laugh-out-loud funny that a lot of fancasters don't even consider the fact that razors, wigs, hair dye and accent coaches actually exist in this day and age. Hard to believe, I know.

I agree, it's pretty clear when you see fan castings of characters like Mary Jane. Only looking for redheads or whoever has colored the hair red at the moment.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Odds are whoever gets cast will be someone I had never thought of... but I've seen a wide range of good suggestions I could see fitting the role.

Is it about time that Doctor Strange gets its own board?

 

[Lobo]

With the director chosen, if he goes back to actors he's worked with, I'd like Ethan Hawke in the role, but I know they will go younger.

 

[elsewhere]

Throw Jared Leto's name into the hat. At least according to the Nerdist.

 

[Mgneto]

Jon Hamm.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

That Idris Fasserbatch fellow.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Offbeat choice, perhaps, but what about Chiwetel Ejiofor?

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

Does anyone care for the Leto option?

It's been said that he could be cast in an attempt to differentiate the character from RDJ. Perhaps being sullenly over-confident rather than flamboyantly.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Does anyone care for the Leto option?

It's been said that he could be cast in an attempt to differentiate the character from RDJ. Perhaps being sullenly over-confident rather than flamboyantly.

Jared Leto's a decent actor. I didn't love his turn in Dallas Buyer's Club as much as most did, but he's not bad by any means. He wouldn't be my first choice, but if he got the gig I could live with it.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Leto looks more like he's preparing for a Conchita Wurst biopic atm...

 

[Lobo]

Yes if you go back ten pages or so there is a lot of support for the Leto choice. I quite like the choice myself

 

[terry78]

As do I. It seems weird that there would even be tepid responses to it, it's like getting Fassbender.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Offbeat choice, perhaps, but what about Chiwetel Ejiofor?

Yessssssssssssssssssss.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

I like Jared Leto in what I've seen him in (Requiem for a Dream, Lord of War, Mr. Nobody, Fight Club). And now he's an oscar winner...

I'm cool with it.

It'd definitely bring Doctor Strange a new personality to work with (much like RDJ did with Stark).

 

[StarkTheProdigy]

I would love Jared Leto as Strange. Totally up for that.

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

Viggo Mortensen