BvS Lex Luthor Casting Thread - Part 4

[NosfeRomas]

I like Josh Hartnett. He has a kind-goody 'Murican face. I can almost picture him as Harvey Dent.

 

[charl_huntress]

Tom Cruise has the same thing going with Iron Man to me too.

I remember Hartnett's name being raised a lot of times over the years, but I never saw it. LOL...I bet he now wishes he had taken that role though. Dude can barely get a job now.

 

[Sub-Zero]

Lex Luthor candidates - Joaquin Phoenix, Matthew McConaughey, Josh Hartnett.

Real contenders or your choices for the role?

 

[DChero]

I remember Hartnett's name being raised a lot of times over the years, but I never saw it. LOL...I bet he now wishes he had taken that role though. Dude can barely get a job now.

He's done some Indy work. I'm sure he's made his money. The reason that he passed was because he didn't want to be type-cast. I'm not sure that it really matters at this point. I did like him in Sin City and 30 Days of Night though.

 

[charl_huntress]

He's done some Indy work. I'm sure he's made his money. The reason that he passed was because he didn't want to be type-cast. I'm not sure that it really matters at this point. I did like him in Sin City and 30 Days of Night though.

I'd bet he'd like to be type cast now...

and the face was for the Cruise as IM suggestion....no words.

 

[BH/HHH]

For me I'll always wish Hartnett had gotten to be Superman I think he'd have nailed it (and evidently did when he screen tested under Ratner).

Of course I love Henry I wouldn't have taken Hartnett over him but there's no reason both actors coukdn't have played the part in different eras.

 

[DChero]

I'd bet he'd like to be type cast now...

and the face was for the Cruise as IM suggestion....no words.

The Cruise as Iron Man thing really made sense to me because I never thought of Tony acting as goofy as RDJ portrayal - not that I don't enjoy it.

For me I'll always wish Hartnett had gotten to be Superman I think he'd have nailed it (and evidently did when he screen tested under Ratner).

Of course I love Henry I wouldn't have taken Hartnett over him but there's no reason both actors coukdn't have played the part in different eras.

For sure. If I had a DeLorean, I'd go back and cast Cavill for Superman: Flyby, hire Kevin Smith to rewrite and bring it back to comic lure (no alien Lex, rework krypton timeline) then launch the DCU off of that into including the Nolanverse and Justice League: Mortal. We're here now and things really aren't too bad since we got Man of Steel (which I like much better than Fly) and what sounds to be an original take on Batman.

 

[NosfeRomas]

Hartnett as Steve Trevor or Harvey Dent would be ideal casting.

 

[Micromind]

Real contenders or your choices for the role?

My choices.

 

[Micromind]

Hartnett as Steve Trevor or Harvey Dent would be ideal casting.

Interesting.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Harnett never felt right for Superman to me, but I would have been okay with him as Batman or maybe Green Lantern.

 

[DChero]

Harnett never felt right for Superman to me, but I would have been okay with him as Batman or maybe Green Lantern.

I think that Hartnett really fit the Flyby script. Superman Lives, Superman vs. Batman or Justice League: Mortal would have felt really out of place though.

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Part of eliminating the comic book-ie feel of the villian would be to not make a stupid villain like Billy Zane in Titanic that is just annoying and bad all the way thru which would make the audience wonder what ANYONE would see in that guy.

To make a life-like villain you have to create a character who isn't all bad all the time. He has to be a controversial figure. One of the best movie villains I've ever seen is probably Robert DeNiro in Godfather Part II. He should be a person that you can see why people would be drawn to him, or Forrest Whitaker in the Last King of Scotland... Controversial realistic villains are the only ones that would make sense in the real world. Otherwise, if they were Loki all day, they would have no allies at all. "Oh I want to bring darkness and destruction....." and then what? "hmmm I don't know... " that is kid stuff.

Exactly, those are the words I was looking for, one-dimensional. The days of the Rocky Balboa 4 villains are gone. We should have movies that make audiences think, not just these kiddie type movies with villains that have nothing like-able about them. Even real life villains have a side to them that will attract people from Castro to Bundy to Hitler. These people were not one-dimensional, they couldn't be, otherwise they would have no following.

Agree with everything you said except the bolded part, which just made me

 

[Brian Braddock]

Cruise as Stark isnt so outlandish - just ask Adi Granov.

 

[charl_huntress]

I'm not very familiar with IM outside the films. I just can't see Cruise as IM. Maybe he could have been though.

 

[DChero]

Cruise as Stark isnt so outlandish - just ask Adi Granov.

I'm not very familiar with IM outside the films. I just can't see Cruise as IM. Maybe he could have been though.

Keep in mind, it's been a looong time since I was an Iron Man reader, but the way that I remember the character coming off was more of a civilized businessman, not the mad-scientist that RDJ portrays. Either way, I'm glad that RDJ got the part.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I'm not very familiar with IM outside the films. I just can't see Cruise as IM. Maybe he could have been though.

Cruise for Killer Croc surely?

 

[Black Narcissus]

Can someone tell me some of the best of Phoenix work? Thanks in advice.

In no particular order:

Gladiator
Walk The Line
The Master
The Yards- very under-rated movie
We Own The Night
Two Lovers
Her- He will break your heart.

 

[gwynplaine]

Phoenix was also great in 8mm

 

[charl_huntress]

Keep in mind, it's been a looong time since I was an Iron Man reader, but the way that I remember the character coming off was more of a civilized businessman, not the mad-scientist that RDJ portrays. Either way, I'm glad that RDJ got the part.

I am not familiar with IM at all outside of Ghostface and the Wu-Tang clan...lol

Cruise for Killer Croc surely?

Best damn fancast I've ever seen in my life!!!! Cruise would KILL that role!

 

[Rowsdower!]

8mm... such an underrated movie.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I again ask... Does JP have kids? It could come into play in his decision making on multiple levels.

 

[MrsKent26]

He doesn't have any.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Hmm... So he is free to turn down stuff guilt free, even if the pay check is beyond healthy.

 

[Migu-EL]

I am not familiar with IM at all outside of Ghostface and the Wu-Tang clan...lolBest damn fancast I've ever seen in my life!!!! Cruise would KILL that role!

LMAO.. I love the part in the first Iron Man film when Tony Stark is on the jet and the Ghostface Killa music video is playing in the background. I was the only one at the theater that seemed to get the nod in that scene.. lol