Go back a few pages and check out my picks.
I did, as I've been reading the whole thread.
You want some comments? Sure, and I'll even give you the courtesy of trying to do so thoroughly, even though you've given no good reason as to why Simon Pegg couldn't play the role. (I suggested him before seeing Mob City, and was merely impressed by his emotional range in the role as well as his on-point accent, which would be perfect for Joker if ratcheted up a half-octave).
1) Vincent Cassel:
Plusses:
* He's already played one of my favorite fantasy villains on screen, the mutant-winged nutcase in Brotherhood of the Wolf
* He's got a great look and is a good physical actor - there's obviously that picture of him looking just like "The Man Who Laughs."
Negatives:
* He's typecast as a villain.
* He also has an incredibly thick accent. If you can point me to an example of him doing an even remotely passable American accent (or really anything other than thick, heavy French), I might be able to see it, but American audiences just aren't going to buy a Joker who isn't American or English (I'm not saying this is a GOOD thing, but I think it's more or less fact)
* In my opinion, I've never seen anything in which he is FUN. He's always very serious. I'm sure he can play evil & look the part, but I'm not at all sure he'd be FUN. And, traditionally, the Joker is a fun character with a great sense of humor, however twisted.
2) Sharlto Copley
Plusses:
* Great actor
* Interesting voice
* Amazing improviser with a great sense of humor
* Experienced with action films
* Known to US Audiences, and liked.
Minuses:
* Kind of too-goofy a look, even though this pic goes halfway towards making him seem decent.
3) Jude Law
Plusses:
* He's Jude Law, and like Fassbender, is a god of a man.
* His turn in Road to Perdition was a brilliant villain in which he lost himself to the role.
Negatives:
* He's almost too perfect looking.
* His Road to Perdition villain was a creepy, terrible human, but I don't think I see the potential to really be a DEVIL, which is what Joker is (to me).
4) Paul Bettany
Plusses:
* Good look
Negatives:
* Not a wild card. And if Joker is anything, he's a wild card.
5) Walton Goggins
Plusses:
* He's amazing on Justified, no doubt.
* Freaky dude, love him in just about every role.
* His mouth is insane.
* He's known to audiences, but not overexposed.
* He'd probably be a great team player, as he's never had a role as big as Joker.
Negatives:
* I can't think of any.
Yeah. Goggins could be very, very interesting. I'll do a manip of him when I get back to my computer in a bit.
But I maintain that Kevin Barnes & Simon Pegg are equally qualified candidates. I see the devil in both of them, and they are total wild cards. You might not like that flavor, but that's personal opinion. If I were to do a plus/minus for them, they'd end up on the Goggins side of things, with zero negatives.
Another interesting choice, if he were capable of speaking fluent English, is Antonio Birabent, who played my favorite screen villain of all time: Bruno Costas, the villain of Season 1 of Epitaphios.
I'll do some manips when I get back.
