The Official Mark Strong & Sinestro Thread

[dark_b]

They can make Jackie look huge easily- you think the guy who played Xerxes in 300 was really 8' tall?

how many times did xerxes move around normal humans? didnt he only have one scene together with a normal sized human?

 

[IDrawDeadPeople]

You're right... and the actors who played the Hobbits were actually 3 1/2 feet tall...

 

[solidsnake86]

Well the plus side is that sinestro is rather lanky so dealing with the height wouldnt be a problem and look weird. Its not like sinestro is supposed to be huge.

 

[Octoberist]

god, i wish some other site can confirm this!

 

[Webhead2006]

well it was confirmed by jackie at scream awards he wasnt even asked at that time yet. So who knows if he is even asked to come in for real.

 

[Octoberist]

i'm antsy because the casting of Thor is coming through in full force right now!

 

[Webhead2006]

oh yea i know but thor is due to start filming any week now, compared to gl and even cap who are still a good 4-7months before starting up.

 

[Octoberist]

thor is starting next year if I'm not mistaken.

I know people like to defend the film status of the Captain America movie, but I'm just thinking right now they're just having a hard time putting things together. Then again, Green Lantern went through a lot of crap too during pre-production.

 

[Webhead2006]

well there was the report a week or so ago saying thor was ready to start up production in 8-10 weeks which would be late dec/early jan.

 

[mclay18]

Yeah, there was an interview with Natalie Portman a week back, who revealed that she would be on set for Thor (in New Mexico, natch) in January 2010. At the rate they're going, they're going to finalize the remaining cast members and have the pic ready by May 2011. CA doesn't even have the leading man cast in the role.

I have a feeling we'll get more casting announced for GL in the following weeks. Warners could easily hold back casting information until January, because Campbell is fine-tuning his next pic with Mel Gibson for Warners.

 

[Webhead2006]

that is possible and like i said before for cap, we know its director just got into prep work this month, cap is a more phsyical film then sfx driven scifi/fantasy type of film like thor/gl. So it will probably need a much short filming time then either of those two plus we are a good 7 months from when its due to even begin so casting has plently of time. I am sure cap will be nabbed by march.

 

[Octoberist]

web, you have to admit that it's troublesome that there's a lack of news going on with the Captain America project, especially when it's from the same studio, in this case Marvel.

 

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

how many times did xerxes move around normal humans? didnt he only have one scene together with a normal sized human?

I wouldn't have said that if this was only a $50 million movie. Besides, Lord of the Rings did it well even without CGI just by using forced perspective- even a a low-budget icelandic Beowulf movie did it very well by casting a 6' actor as Grendel and making him look huge, using huge doubles and forced perspective.

 

[Changeling]

omfg hahahaha

 

[Octoberist]

i know. i couldn't believe it was him! so fabulous! haha

 

[Super_Ludacris]

huh...I could have sworn Jackie Earle Haley was cast as Sinestro or something...guess I read it wrong *shrug*

 

[Ace of Knaves]

He was rumoured to be in talks, but I think it got debunked.

 

[Webhead2006]

super it was just a rumor, and jackie himself confirmed at the time of the scream awards taping which was just a few days after the rumor poped up. That he hasnt talked or been asked to test for campbell at the time. At most the rumor was likely mostly true as in jackie is someone campbell liked and would want on his short list.

 

[Captainhulk]

Jason Isaacs

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Niiiice

 

[Webhead2006]

wasnt the image made by another poster here months back? though its a very good one.

 

[Dark Knight]

Here's Chris Meloni as a gay hotel clerk in Fear and Loathing Las Vegas. SOOOO FUNNY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOT9fZ3M0Ew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCjJy9WUrNU

Classic!

 

[ThatDamnNinja]

Watch out for Stanley Tucci. I think there is a very, very good chance he gets cast. If he doesn't get cast as Sinestro, he'll be cast as another supervillain in another franchise.

 

[Octoberist]

wait. when you said 'there is a very very good chance', are you saying that you've heard something? Or just that Stanley would be good choice?

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Tucci, huh? Give him the Sinestro hairline and moustache and you might be on to something.