Iron Man 2 Official Mandarin Casting Thread

[The Senator]

Ken Watanabe would be the best choice, in my opinion, but I don't think he'd take it, since he's already been cast as "typical Asian villain" before. They'd be better off going with an unknown, or little-known, Eastern actor.

 

[bethehero7404]

You dont need CGI to change peoples sizes in films. Look at The Hobbits. That was all camera trciks and different size props and sets. They only used CGI for the head replacement shots on the scale doubles when all the other tricks would not work.

I never said that they needed to use CGI to make him taller...if you see the animated Iron Man (which is the only true representation that I have seen) The Mandarin takes over the body of a girl (can't recall the name) that Tony likes and The Mandarin never takes human form, just a spirit.

So that was where I was coming from. It is limited knowledge of Iron Man, but I am quickly learning.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Ken Watanabe is great, but with him as the fake Ra's, I say don't go with him. Get someone else.

 

[Gatchamanjp]

Donnie Yen for...The Mandarin.

 

[Superhero 101]

I'd go with Any Lau he is perfect!!

 

[JokerLedger]

HIROYUKI SANADA

LEE BYUNG HUN (currently Storm Shadow in GI JOE)

 

[CorpusBlack]

Donnie Yen for...The Mandarin.

I love Yen but I don't think he's right for it.

 

[spiderfan970]

yeah...Any Lau ftw.

 

[Anubis Raptor]

Perfect......

 

[Hypestyle]

chow yun fat-- get him at all costs.. either him, or the guy who played the 'fake' Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins...


...they could give the new Mandarin a background of being educated in the west (England), and returning to his homeland to take over the far east..

 

[spideymouse]

here are the more famous and successful chinese and chinese american actors out there:
Jet Li

Chow Yun Fat

Jackie Chan

Stephen Chow

Tony Leung

B.D. Wong

I like Tony Leung cuz he kind of looks like a Chinese Robert Downey Jr. in that picture.

 

[spideymouse]

BTW, just a shot in the dark by which i will most likely somehow get shot, but what do you all think of a female Mandarin? at least there would be eye-candy, plus jewelry always looks better on a woman, IMO. Also, I just wanted an excuse to post these pics:

zhang ziyi

michelle yeoh

lucy liu

ming-na wen

haha... love 'em. i pick Michelle Yeoh cuz i think she's the best actor and she's about RDJ's age. She's got presence.

 

[Iron_Stark]

This guy


And no to the female Mandarin, they tried that in the DVD cartoon movie and it sucked.

Although I wouldn't mind any of those ladies in the next Iron Man movie.

 

[BigSams50]

Jet Li

 

[BigSams50]

If he chooses to do a mandarin

 

[Hotwire]

Chow Yun Fat. It's the obvious choice, but he'd also fit the role.

For the love of....
Chow-Yun Fat is not the only Chinese actor out there. This guy is the lazy man's obvious choice. There are plenty of other actor out there that could fit the role.

 

[fu manchu]

a BIG NO on the female Mandarin idea.

 

[strikezone89]

a BIG NO on the female Mandarin idea.

ditto.. a female mandarin is the worst idea ive heard all day... (and ive been on the tdk boards already)

 

[The Overlord]

Tagawa played a Hand higher-up in ELEKTRA. In other words, he's out.

No one remembers that movie or cares about it.

 

[lou2099]

A female Mandarin is not a bad idea at all.

As for male actors, lets just make sure he's Chinese, and middle-aged.

 

[Drizzle]

Chow Yun-Fat is the only man for the job.

 

[TheVileOne]

Chow Yun-Fat already played in an Asian pirate, Sao Feng, in At World's End.

Jet Li is playing the Dragon Emperor mummy in that stupid Mummy 3 movie.

Watanabe and Tagawa are not Chinese.

I think if they are going to do this character, we need a somewhat fresher face we have not seen in this type of role before.

The Lionsgate/Marvel animated Iron Man movie sort of had a female Mandarin in. Well more like she was the physical medium for the Mandarin's spirit.

 

[spideymouse]

Chow Yun-Fat already played in an Asian pirate, Sao Feng, in At World's End.

Jet Li is playing the Dragon Emperor mummy in that stupid Mummy 3 movie.

Watanabe and Tagawa are not Japanese.

I think if they are going to do this character, we need a somewhat fresher face we have not seen in this type of role before.

The Lionsgate/Marvel animated Iron Man movie sort of had a female Mandarin in. Well more like she was the physical medium for the Mandarin's spirit.

You mean they ARE Japanese. They're not Chinese.

For me, I want a fresh face. There are countless Asian actors that never see the light of day in movies because to this day Hollywood is still predominantly white. Bring up any minority, and there are maybe 5 names mentioned, if that many. Sad =(

 

[BATZARRO WWD]

It depends a lot on what they are going for with Mandarin, but Collin Chou or Robin Shou sound like good choices...

 

[ANTOINE X]

Jet Li

A big NO!