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Sunday Silence
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I'm glad I can wait till movies go the used DVD store for much cheaper than list and that money will never go to the studios and actors. Looks like I'll wait till this one goes to the used bin. |
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enurtsol
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Is it good or bad that the probable actors are those not yet well-known? Least most don't look too old to be young-adults.
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Mohawk52
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Rami Malek would be a good Tetsuo. I seen him in The Pacific and he was great in that. My second choice would be Alden Ehrenreich just on looks alone.
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Lycosyncer
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*facepalm*
All of these guys are white and they are the primary candidates for playing the main role of a guy name Tetsuo and don't you think it would make them stand out and not in a good way? That Sean Faris guy playing Kyo Kusanagi from that awful King of Fighters movie is already too big to swallow and this one just takes the cake. You don't find any white guys in real life hanging around with that name around, don't you? Kristen Stewart getting involved is bad enough already and really, why not just rename all of the characters change the Akira title anyway? It's already mangled beyond repair at this point that hopes of seeing it being good is already going slim. Really, this project needs to die a very painful death. |
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Mohawk52
Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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Malik is more Middle Eastern, or Indian (no not Native American) than "white", besides it's an American movie, so it doesn't matter anyway. (puts on metal helmet and jumps into trench)
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Spoofer
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I actually think Paul Dano could pull it off quite well.
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PBsallad
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The US Census considers middle easterners white. =p Joking aside, I'm glad that it appears this movie is moving along. I have hopes it will turn out well. 
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ArsenicSteel
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There was a G.I Joe 2?
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Mawdryn
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There's a part of me that's thinking that they're just retaining the original Japanese names for casting purposes and that they'll be renamed once the entire cast is in place. Who knows, maybe Tetsuo will wind up being T.J. once the cameras start rolling?
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penguintruth
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If you're old enough to grow a full beard, you're too old to be Tetsuo, a TEENAGER.
Also, no Japanese actors, huge shocker there. |
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1945113
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Why are people complaining about something they HAVE NOT SEEN YET nor have to see its kinda childish and stupid nobody is forcing any of you to watch this... why bash on it?
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ArsenicSteel
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Everything doesn't need to be sampled in order to have an opinion. I am sure you do the same whenever you go to a restaurant and from just looking over the menu you know what you won't be ordering despite never having had that particular item. There might be different reasons behind it but the theory is the same.
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zerograde
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I agree. Everyone else seem too old or doesn't have the right look. |
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Lenks
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Hopefully not DJ Cotrona. Waaaaaaaaay too handsome.
I've never seen any of the actors in action (well, I've seen Cotrona, apparently, because I watched Detroit 187 with my mom. Can't for the life of me remember him), but continuing to go straight off of looks, Dano looks more like what Tetuso kinda looks like. |
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Spoofer
Posts: 356 Location: NY |
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I've (only) seen Dano in Girl Next Door, Little Miss Sunshine, and There Will Be Blood. He can easily play a younger(looking) kid struggling to keep up with his more alpha male peers.
He also plays genuinely dark & crazy well. He's pretty perfect for the role, IMO, as I know it from the movie. As others have said, most of the others look way too old or are too good looking (no offense to Dano  ). Rami Malek played crazy real well in The Pacific, but I don't think he has the built in underdog look or inherent likeability that Dano has necessary to really sympathize with the character when he starts to lose it.
Here's hoping Dano gets the role and Kristen Stewart's name becomes disassociated with the project. |
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