Official Thor Casting Thread

[jaguarr]

Anyone else worried what celebrity baggage Brad Pitt would bring to the party? It seems to me that either he or Angelina are always one crazy liberal rant away from being in Tom Cruise territory. We all know what a bullet Marvel dodged when Tom Cruise turned down Iron Man. Pitt's a fine actor and a nice draw but the intangibles turn me off. Also, how much input and control would he want?

Is there any chance that Marvel is casting both Thor and Donald Blake as separate parts? That WWE rumor has me wondering. BTW, put me in the camp that HATES the idea of HHH as Thor. Cast him as any other character but keep wrestlers away from leads at all cost.

Nope. No worries from my side about any of that, to be honest.

I'm in agreement that HHH wouldn't make a good Thor. However, maybe he could play a bad guy. There's got to be some brute in Thor's rogue's gallery, like Ulik or Executioner, that a wrestler like HHH would be suited for, right?

Why? Why do people want Triple H in a Thor movie so bad? He sucks. He has no emotive qualities at all as an actor. Yes, he is big and muscular. Yes, he has long blond hair. That's all he's got. Keep him and every other wrestler away from these properties, please. What's next? Stone Cold Loki?

jag

 

[Savage]

Well that wouldn't work because Loki's a pretty scrawny dude. In a movie like Thor you're bound to have wrestlers and bodybuilders cast in some capacity though. The gods and their enemies tend to be pretty big dudes and unless we're going to see everybody in juggernaut suits I'm betting on seeing wrestlers in there. The 300 guys were in great shape but that was more due to their low body fat than anything else. They were more built for speed and agility so training actors and extras worked. We're going to need to see some powerhouses for this though.

I don't think that Triple H should play Thor though. There has to be someone out there muuuch better. I'd even take Matt Schulze and he...well...kinda sucks at anything but playing the same character.

 

[chamber-music]

As someone mentioned on the hype page Paul Bettany would make a good Loki

 

[Vartha]

Anyone else worried what celebrity baggage Brad Pitt would bring to the party? It seems to me that either he or Angelina are always one crazy liberal rant away from being in Tom Cruise territory. We all know what a bullet Marvel dodged when Tom Cruise turned down Iron Man. Pitt's a fine actor and a nice draw but the intangibles turn me off. Also, how much input and control would he want?

Is there any chance that Marvel is casting both Thor and Donald Blake as separate parts? That WWE rumor has me wondering. BTW, put me in the camp that HATES the idea of HHH as Thor. Cast him as any other character but keep wrestlers away from leads at all cost.

Blake IS NOT in the Thor script at all. They approach Thor's Teaching of Humilty from a different angle and is kept in the Viking era.
The only way I can explain WHY HHH would not make a good Thor is he's WAY too OLD looking. The Asgardians live TENS of THOUSANDS of years old, Thor is TWENTY something and the time period from the Thor movie to the Avengers is a BLINK in that time frame, he would have Barely AGED.
You need and actor like Karl Urban, or Brad Pitt, for a convincing Thor. HHH just doesn't cut it. The ONLY way I could see HHH as Thor is if it were a show like the Batman TV show in the 60's!

 

[jaguarr]

Well that wouldn't work because Loki's a pretty scrawny dude. In a movie like Thor you're bound to have wrestlers and bodybuilders cast in some capacity though. The gods and their enemies tend to be pretty big dudes and unless we're going to see everybody in juggernaut suits I'm betting on seeing wrestlers in there. The 300 guys were in great shape but that was more due to their low body fat than anything else. They were more built for speed and agility so training actors and extras worked. We're going to need to see some powerhouses for this though.

I don't think that Triple H should play Thor though. There has to be someone out there muuuch better. I'd even take Matt Schulze and he...well...kinda sucks at anything but playing the same character.

Having wrestlers in these films in any capacity undermines their credibility, IMHO.

jag

 

[Joker's Lackey]

In another thread i posted Phillip Winchester as my choice for Thor. He is 6'1", 27 yrs old. He just needs to fill out more in the Muscle department.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934618/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934618/mediaindex

and as for Loki. Mads Mikkelsen is Loki. He would be perfect.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586568/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586568/mediaindex

 

[Jordacar]

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[DawnWarrior]

Why? Why do people want Triple H in a Thor movie so bad? He sucks. He has no emotive qualities at all as an actor. Yes, he is big and muscular. Yes, he has long blond hair. That's all he's got. Keep him and every other wrestler away from these properties, please. What's next? Stone Cold Loki?

jag

Just trying to add something positive, dude.

 

[jaguarr]

Just trying to add something positive, dude.

Adding HHH to the film isn't a positive, IMHO.

jag

 

[Docker2.0]

It's like HIV positive Jag. It's positive but not the positive anyone wants.

 

[jaguarr]

It's like HIV positive Jag. It's positive but not the positive anyone wants.

LOL!

jag

 

[Armored Avenger]

Having wrestlers in these films in any capacity undermines their credibility

I agree

 

[The Man of Steel]

Tyler Mane

 

[Moonchilde]

Playing Achilles in Troy definitely got Brad Pitt a lot of Thor-cred, and it's probably the main reason (along with his inherent star power) that he's reportedly a favorite by Marvel to play the big guy. But honestly, I don't think he was a very good choice for Achilles, let alone Thor. Achilles as a character was pretty well written, but Pitt didn't seem as interested in playing the guy as everyone else in the movie.

Anyway, I wanted to renew Karl Urban as my favorite choice for Thor:

Of all the actors that look like Thor, I think he's the best actor among them. He's played exactly the kinds of roles that one would hope for from the actor who would play Big T (especially Eomer in LOTR), and he's played them better IMO than Pitt played Achilles.

This. A thousand times this!
t:

 

[bunk]

Karl Urban could be pretty cool as Thor. Once Star Trek is out, he'll be that much more familiar to audiences too. Possibly enough to carry a movie that big on his own.

 

[Nathan]

But is he big enough? People complain about Pitt that he isn't tall or buff enough. Karl Urban doesn't appear any bigger.

 

[Jordacar]

But is he big enough? People complain about Pitt that he isn't tall or buff enough. Karl Urban doesn't appear any bigger.

Good question. Pitt is 5'11 1/2", while Urban is 6'1".
Pitt has played more average guys than Achilles-types (not schlubs, but relatively normal dudes like Babel and Se7en), while Urban has made a name playing more physically imposing characters like Eomer in LOTR and Vaako in Riddick.

 

[X-Maniac]

Karl Urban could be pretty cool as Thor. Once Star Trek is out, he'll be that much more familiar to audiences too. Possibly enough to carry a movie that big on his own.

Possibly, yes. Karl Urban just isn't a known star at the moment. But he does look the part in those pictures.

 

[tamron]

I like Karl Urban, he's got chops. But I don't think his body type is such that he can get big enough for Thor. He's just not imposing enough physically, IMHO.

 

[Jordacar]

I like Karl Urban, he's got chops. But I don't think his body type is such that he can get big enough for Thor. He's just not imposing enough physically, IMHO.

I think he's more physically imposing than Brad Pitt or Kevin McKidd. Plus, he's got the voice.

 

[Jordacar]

Plus:

And that's without armour t:

 

[Nathan]

He'd need to buff up a lot more. Like Pitt did for Achilles or Jackman for Wolverine. Hell, or like anyone from 300. Then he'd make a good Thor.

 

[Vartha]

Not really, the Thor in the movie IS younger and he does get Mjolnir early in the script, so Anyone they get wouldn't need to get TOO buffed up until later.

 

[Lobo]

Stolen from Eddie Dean in the cast the Avengers thread

Thor - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

 

[chiefchirpa]

Stolen from Eddie Dean in the cast the Avengers thread

Thor - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I rather see him than Karl Urban. Taller, a real Dane, and not very far off from Karl who is just a small-time little known actor.