The Dark Knight Rises Rupert Thorne Casting Threads

[trustyside-kick]

One actor comes to mind when I think of Rupert Thorne...and that man is Brian Cox!

Yep. He not only looks the part PERFECTLY but would be a really good person to play that role.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Bruce McGill hands down

 

[Nightwing 52]

Bruce McGill hands down

This is great casting.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Here are my responses to the issues raised in this thread:


Love James Woods, but not as Thorne.

Thorne is way cooler than Falcone or any of the other Gotham bosses.

Brian Cox is my fav person thats been mentioned so far, but I can't help thinking there's someone even better.

 

[Joker831]

Sorry Double Post

 

[Joker831]

How about Joss Ackland? I think he's a good choice for Rupert Thorne.

He was the bad guy in Lethal Weapon 2. I thought he was pretty damn good as the South African Drug Lord. His accent and smugness to the cops was awesome. Anyone else think he would be good choice?

I think Brian Cox would be excellent, but his connection with XMEN is only thing stopping me.

I wouldnt mind Bruce McGill at all either, he's awesomet too.

But Joss Ackland is who i would cast. What do you's think about him as a potential cast choice?

 

[The Chairman]

How about Joss Ackland? I think he's a good choice for Rupert Thorne.

He was the bad guy in Lethal Weapon 2. I thought he was pretty damn good as the South African Drug Lord. His accent and smugness to the cops was awesome. Anyone else think he would be good choice?

I think Brian Cox would be excellent, but his connection with XMEN is only thing stopping me.

I wouldnt mind Bruce McGill at all either, he's awesomet too.

But Joss Ackland is who i would cast. What do you's think about him as a potential cast choice?

He was awesome in LW2. I wouldn't mind him at all.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Cox is an awesome enough actor that he wouldn't be playing it the same way as Striker if he was cast as Thorne. I'm ALL for Cox as Thorne.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

It really is Bruce McGill without a doubt I mean look at him
Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s)

1. Valley of the Heart's Delight (2006) (post-production) .... Horace Walsh
2. The Outlaw Trail (2006) (post-production) .... Garrison
3. "Laws of Chance" (2006) TV Series (post-production)
   
   
4. Slow Burn (2005)
5. Elizabethtown (2005) .... Bill Banyon
6. Cinderella Man (2005) .... Jimmy Johnston
7. Mercenaries (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Agent Mitchell Bruford
8. Collateral (2004) .... Pedrosa
9. "Justice League"
   ... aka JL (USA: promotional abbreviation)
   ... aka Justice League Unlimited (USA: new title)
   - Eclipsed: Part 1 (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... General McCormick
   - Eclipsed: Part 2 (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... General McCormick
10. Runaway Jury (2003) .... Judge Harkin
11. Matchstick Men (2003) .... Chuck Frechette
12. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) .... Stanford Marks
13. Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003) (V) .... Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day
14. Live From Baghdad (2002) (TV) .... Peter Arnett
15. The Sum of All Fears (2002) .... National Security Advisor Gene Revell
    ... aka Anschlag, Der (Germany)
16. Path to War (2002) (TV) .... George Ball, Undersecretary of State
17. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
    ... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
    ... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
    - Felonious Monk (2002) TV Episode .... Jimmy Tadero
18. "The Practice"
    - Judge Knot (2002) TV Episode .... Judge Charles Fleming
19. Ali (2001) .... Bradley
20. Shallow Hal (2001) .... Reverend Larson
    ... aka Schwer verliebt (Germany)
21. "Wolf Lake" (2001) TV Series .... Willard Cates
22. 61* (2001) (TV) .... Ralph Houk
    ... aka 61 (USA)
23. Exit Wounds (2001) .... Frank Daniels
24. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001) (TV) .... Jonas Scatter
    ... aka California Gold (New Zealand: English title: video title)
25. Inside the Osmonds (2001) (TV) .... George Osmond
    ... aka The Osmonds
26. Wolf Lake (2001) (TV) .... Dr. Sokolov
27. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) .... Walter Hagen
28. "Gideon's Crossing"
    - The Gift (2000) TV Episode .... Kirk Bales
29. Running Mates (2000) (TV) .... Senator Mitchell Morris
30. Deep Core (2000) .... Sam Dalton
    ... aka Deep Core 2000 (USA)
31. Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999) (VG) .... Agent Simon Turner, CIA
32. The Insider (1999) .... Ron Motley
33. A Dog of Flanders (1999) .... William the Blacksmith
34. "Star Trek: Voyager"
    ... aka Voyager (USA: short title)
    - Relativity (1999) TV Episode .... Captain Braxton
35. "The Magnificent Seven"
    - Wagon Train: Part 2 (1999) TV Episode .... Dicky O'Shea
    - Wagon Train: Part 1 (1999) TV Episode .... Dicky O'Shea
36. Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998) (TV) .... Sheriff Rick
    ... aka Murder, She Purred (USA: short title)
37. Ground Control (1998) .... T.C. Bryant
    ... aka Jet (UK: video title)
38. Letters from a Killer (1998) .... Brinker
39. Everything That Rises (1998) (TV) .... Alan Jamison
40. Lawn Dogs (1997) .... Nash
41. "Spy Game"
    - What Family Doesn't Have its Ups and Downs? (1997) TV Episode .... Andrei Dupchek
42. Rosewood (1997) .... Duke Purdy
43. "Dave's World"
    - Spontaneous Combustion (1997) TV Episode .... Mr. Holroyd
44. Courage Under Fire (1996) .... McQuillan
45. "Babylon 5"
    ... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    - Severed Dreams (1996) TV Episode .... Major Ed Ryan
46. Black Sheep (1996) .... Neuschwender
47. Mocking the Cosmos (1996) .... Gorgan/Gordan
48. Shadow of a Doubt (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Fred Williams
49. Perfect Alibi (1995) .... Det. Spivak
    ... aka Where's Mommy Now
50. "Live Shot" (1995) TV Series .... Joe Vitale
51. "Sweet Justice"
    - The Sensational Six (1995) TV Episode .... Dakin Saunders
52. The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) .... City Marshall
53. Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995) .... James Konklin
54. "Home Improvement"
    - Brother, Can You Spare a Hot Rod? (1995) TV Episode .... Doug O'Brien
55. "The Commish"
    - Ghost (1994) TV Episode .... Bob Ruffington
56. Timecop (1994) .... Commander Eugene Matuzak
57. "Bakersfield, P.D."
    - Arms and the Men (1994) TV Episode .... Captain Stocker
58. A Perfect World (1993) .... Paul Saunders
59. Shameful Secrets (1993) (TV) .... Judge Ian Greenstein
    ... aka Going Underground
60. "Walker, Texas Ranger"
    - Bounty (1993) TV Episode .... Boone Waxwell
61. Cliffhanger (1993) .... Treasury Agent
    ... aka Cliffhanger - l'ultima sfida (Italy)
    ... aka Cliffhanger, traque au sommet (France)
62. "Quantum Leap"
    - Mirror Image - August 8, 1953 (1993) TV Episode .... Al, the Bartender
    - Genesis - September 13, 1956 (1989) TV Episode .... Dr. Ernst 'Weird Ernie'
63. Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993) (TV) .... Morgan
64. Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) (TV) .... Dan Ryan
    ... aka Solomon's Choice
    ... aka The Final Choice
65. My Cousin Vinny (1992) .... Sheriff Dean Farley
66. Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992) (TV) .... Flight Engineer Dudley Dvorak
    ... aka A Thousand Heroes
67. Play Nice (1992) .... Captain Foxx
68. The Last Boy Scout (1991) .... Mike Matthews
69. "Tales from the Crypt"
    ... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
    - The Trap (1991) TV Episode
70. The Perfect Tribute (1991) (TV) .... Lamon
71. Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance (1991) (TV) .... Shifton
    ... aka Vigilante Cop
72. The Trap (1991/I) (TV)
73. Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990) (TV) .... O'Meara
    ... aka The Charles Stuart Story
74. Little Vegas (1990) .... Harvey
75. "Hardball"
    - Time Bomb (1989) TV Episode .... Dutch
76. Quantum Leap (1989) (TV) .... Weird Ernie
    ... aka Genesis
    ... aka Quantum Leap: Genesis (USA)
77. Out Cold (1989) .... Ernie Cannald
    ... aka Where's Ernie? (Australia)
78. Three Fugitives (1989) .... Charlie
79. The Easter Story (1989) (V) (voice)
    ... aka Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible: The Easter Story (USA)
80. Baby M (1988) (TV) .... Harold Cassidy
81. End of the Line (1988) .... Billy
82. "Crime Story"
    - Love Hurts (1987) TV Episode .... Nathan Hill
83. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987) (TV) .... Vernon Gage
84. The Last Innocent Man (1987) (TV) .... Burt Matson
85. The Secret of My Succe$s (1987) (uncredited) .... Unnamed employer
86. Waiting for the Moon (1987) .... Ernest Hemingway
    ... aka Warten auf den Mond (West Germany)
87. "MacGyver" (1985) TV Series .... Jack Dalton (1986-1990, 1992)
88. No Mercy (1986) .... Lieutenant Hall
89. Club Paradise (1986) .... Dave the Fireman
90. As Summers Die (1986) (TV) .... V.D. Skinner
91. Wildcats (1986) .... Dan Darwell
    ... aka First and Goal
92. "Miami Vice"
    - Out Where the Buses Don't Run (1985) TV Episode .... Hank Weldon
93. Into the Night (1985) .... Charlie
94. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985) (TV)
    ... aka Half-Slave, Half-Free 2
95. Silkwood (1983) .... Mace Hurley
96. Tough Enough (1983) .... Tony Fallon
97. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) (TV) .... Reporter Blakely
98. The Hand (1981) .... Brian Ferguson
99. A Whale for the Killing (1981) (TV) .... Glenn
100. "Semi-Tough" (1980) TV Series .... Billy Clyde Pucket
     
     
101. "Delta House" (1979/I) TV Series .... Daniel Simpson Day (D-Day)
102. Animal House (1978) .... Daniel Simpson 'D-Day' Day
     ... aka National Lampoon's Animal House
103. Handle with Care (1977) .... Blood
     ... aka Citizen's Band
     ... aka The Great American Citizens Band

 

[bat89]

Brian Cox all the way!!!!!!!

 

[StorminNorman]

Paul Sorvino's my Rupert Thorne:

 

[The Chairman]

Paul Sorvino's my Rupert Thorne:

Him & Brian Cox are just so perfect for me. Bruce McGill would be good as well.

 

[The Chairman]

What about Jeffrey Jones aka Ed Rooney from Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Rupert Thorne? I saw him in a movie where he was really heavyset and he looked almost exactly like Rupert Thorne.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Paul Sorvino's my Rupert Thorne:

I like him way more than Brian Cox....do we have to have that guy show up in every casting thread ever

 

[ShadowBoxing]

What about Jeffrey Jones aka Ed Rooney from Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Rupert Thorne? I saw him in a movie where he was really heavyset and he looked almost exactly like Rupert Thorne.

or maybe not

... nine times. Nine times? Nine times.

Jeffrey Jones, the actor universally known as hapless, snarky high school principal Ed Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and somewhat less well known as a convicted sex offender, was busted in Florida yesterday. Jones failed to notify authorities before moving out of his mother's house and into a new residence, as required under Florida's sex offender statute. The Smoking Gun, which is the last web site you ever want to wind up being featured on, was there, obtaining a copy of Jones's arrest card as well as the excellent mug shot to the right. Personally, I always thought that guy was a little too convincing as a high school principal...

 

[The Chairman]

or maybe not

... nine times. Nine times? Nine times.

Jeffrey Jones, the actor universally known as hapless, snarky high school principal Ed Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and somewhat less well known as a convicted sex offender, was busted in Florida yesterday. Jones failed to notify authorities before moving out of his mother's house and into a new residence, as required under Florida's sex offender statute. The Smoking Gun, which is the last web site you ever want to wind up being featured on, was there, obtaining a copy of Jones's arrest card as well as the excellent mug shot to the right. Personally, I always thought that guy was a little too convincing as a high school principal...

Oh.........................................[EMILY LITELLA VOICE]Never mind[EMILY LITELLA VOICE]

 

[Mr.E.Nygma]

Strangely I see him more in Salvatore Maroni but I propose him there for Rupert Thorne : our own Doc Ock, Alfred Molina

 

[Ronny Shade]

Cox, dammit! (not that the rest of these are bad choices)

 

[The Chairman]

Strangely I see him more in Salvatore Maroni but I propose him there for Rupert Thorne : our own Doc Ock, Alfred Molina

Nah, he'd make a great Maroni or Thorne but he was Doc Oc. Just like Willem Dafoe would've made a great Joker but he's Green Goblin.

 

[Two-Face]

I thought I bring this back, Thorne should be in sequel as a cameo.

 

[Eddie Dean]

 

[The Chairman]

PAULIE DAMMIT!

 

[bdsproductions]

brian Cox Damnit!.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Brian Cox. There is no other choice.

 

[bdsproductions]

Brian Cox. There is no other choice.

Now,time to spread the word.