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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Jun 6, 2012 3:12:13 GMT 1
So these last few days, I've been thinking about how much I'd like to see a movie or TV series made based on Mass Effect, and I've been doing some mental casting... and wondering if anyone else on this board has thought about which actors / actresses would be able to properly portray the Mass Effect characters? My partial list so far: Jane Shepard = Milla Jovovich or John Shepard = Chris Hemsworth Ashley Williams = Eliza Dushku Kaidan Alenko = Enver Gjokaj David Anderson = Jesse L. Martin Miranda Lawson = Cobie Smulders Jack = Rooney Mara (based on her performance as Lisbeth Salander in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) Those are the only castings I've done so far in my own head - anyone else have any suggestions? EDIT: I realise I spelled Kaidan's name wrong on the actual image. Can't go back to fix now; image already saved.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Jun 6, 2012 4:54:58 GMT 1
Hmm - I think someone more mousy should play Ashley. She was straight laced until the ME3 makeover.
I think Sean Connery should be the Admiral.
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Post by jklinders on Jun 6, 2012 10:01:32 GMT 1
Didn't Sean Connery retire? I would have too after League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Jun 6, 2012 10:13:34 GMT 1
Hmm - I think someone more mousy should play Ashley. She was straight laced until the ME3 makeover. I think Sean Connery should be the Admiral. Sean Connery is awesome! As for Eliza Dushku playing Ashley and Ashley being straight-laced and 'mousy' in ME1 and ME2, just put her hair in a ponytail or a bun and you're good to go - the wonderful thing about Eliza is that she can play any personality. Have you ever seen her in Dollhouse? I'm thinking of the hairstyle from the episode where she played the hostage negotiator when the little girl was kidnapped... she had the Ashley hairstyle in that episode... plus, she is awesome at playing an Action Girl... she's done so in many episodes of Buffy / Angel and Dollhouse, and she can play just about any role put in front of her... For example: Eliza as Eleanor Penn in Dollhouse.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jun 6, 2012 11:04:37 GMT 1
Maleshep? Samuel L Jackson. No, im serious! Bad ass that motherfucker!
For Femshep, i wouldnt pick Jovovich but since...well she stars in a lot of bad flicks, wouldnt do ME any favours. Scarlet Johanson maybe?
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Post by Mister Buch on Jun 6, 2012 11:08:30 GMT 1
FemShep's voice always reminds me of Jodie Foster. A young Jodie Foster would be my number 1 choice for the role.
These days, I don't know who I'd hire. Absolutely not Jokovich. She really can't act. Maybes that woman from Quantum of Solace? Not the redhead who died, but the other one? She gives a Shepard vibe.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Jun 6, 2012 13:16:00 GMT 1
Gorvar & Buch have a point.
Ron Perlman as Wrex.
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Post by Battlechantress on Jun 6, 2012 13:30:15 GMT 1
Dushku was really the weakest part about "Dollhouse". I don't see her pulling it off as Ash. There aren't any good female actresses who would take the FemShep role on, especially not for a TV show. And we all know if it ever becomes a movie, they'll hire Mike Bay as the director and it will all be moot anyway.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jun 6, 2012 15:12:52 GMT 1
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Post by Battlechantress on Jun 6, 2012 16:36:24 GMT 1
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Post by Mister Buch on Jun 6, 2012 19:51:31 GMT 1
The hell with that. Steven Barr as Wrex. I never saw the attraction with Ron Perlman - I think he's hammy and awkward.
I do support Chris Hemsworth as male Shepard, by the way! That would be a great choice.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Jun 7, 2012 0:17:37 GMT 1
I don't know why people think Jovovich is a bad actress - I actually really like her. And she's hot. Really hot. In my opinion. I also can't see Scarlett Johansson as Female Shepard... Scarlett is too pretty in a girly way, looks too much like the seductress... not like the casual Action Girl that is Shepard... As for Eliza Dushku, I don't see any weakness in her acting - I'm not sure where you see that, Battlechantress (please forgive me)... I really liked her in every role I saw her play. As Faith on BtVS and A:tS, and as Echo on Dollhouse... especially in the episode Epitaph Two... the scene where she breaks down while telling off Sierra for being a brat to Victor always makes me cry hard because it really touches my emotions. Or my fears... Anyway, this was all just a thought... and thanks, Buch, for supporting my choice of C. Hemsworth as MaleShepard; he's really the only one I could think of for John Shepard. What about my other choices though, for Kaidan, David Anderson, Miranda and Jack?
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 7, 2012 0:22:36 GMT 1
Idris Elba as Jacob. I think the guy's talent could redeem a character as lame as Jacob, easily. (Who am I kidding, though? Jacob would be cut from a Mass Effect 2 movie almost as fast as the two-hour planet scanning scene would be.) That said, I'm really opposed to the idea of a Mass Effect film. As a game series, it's a branching narrative where you can get to know a large cast of characters over dozens of hours and choose (some of) the protagonist's actions. As a film, it would just be some sub-par Star Trek shit.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jun 7, 2012 12:59:53 GMT 1
I don't think the movie would be sub-par. Mas Effect has a great setting (far more varied, structured and impressive than Star Trek's, if you ask me) and a good story with solid, relatable themes.
I would also be strongly opposed to a movie being made though. I don't like remakes, and I surely don;t like remakes which are made a year after the original is finished, by the same people, and which (by setting a 'canon') pretty much spoil the original.
Milla Jokovich and Eliza Dushku are horrible actors, Lily, and I think you should see a doctor about this. That said, Dushku does seem to scream 'Ash Williams'.....
Anyway, I actually don't recognise most of the actors you suggested. I would also suggest Keith David as Captain Anderson.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Jun 7, 2012 23:50:06 GMT 1
Milla Jokovich and Eliza Dushku are horrible actors, Lily, and I think you should see a doctor about this. We shall have to agree to disagree here, Mister Buch... I actually love Eliza Dushku's acting... granted, the only roles I've seen her in are as Echo and as Faith... in Dollhouse and BtVS/A:tS. Oh, and as Tru Davies in Tru Calling. And a few movie roles, like The New Guy and Bring It On. And she was my favorite part of both movies. And as I stated earlier, Milla Jovovich is hot. Stunning. * fans self with a photo of Milla* And pretty kick-ass in the Resident Evil movies... Anyway, I actually don't recognise most of the actors you suggested. Well, Enver Gjokaj played Anthony / Victor in Dollhouse, and was awesome in that role... and Jesse L Martin was Tom Collins in RENT... and just breaks my heart every time he opens his mouth to sing... *swoons*. Cobie Smulders played Maria Hill in The Avengers, as well as Robin Scherbatzsky in How I Met Your Mother, and Rooney Mara was Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I would also suggest Keith David as Captain Anderson. Okay. I am deeply ashamed to admit I did not know who Keith David was before I looked him up on Wikipedia after seeing your comment - and I agree with you, he would be perfect - he is Captain Anderson, and has both the voice and the look to continue the role in a movie role if one was to be made. *beat* Sorry, Jesse Martin. ... ... You're still awesome.
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