How about Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss? He’s done a fair amount of acting and he looks the part.
But really I think Tyrese could do fine. Actors playing superheros being smaller than in the comic books doesn’t really bother me. Jackman as Wolverine for instance.
Also I think Brad Pitt was pretty bad-ass in Troy. His fight with Hector was fantastic.
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Wait! I’ve got it! Vin Diesel in black-face!
[quote]elliot007 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
En Sabah Nur wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
Wasn’t Bale the villian?
Yeah, he was one of them. He did good too, but his part was limited. He was the one who got shot at the end. I was speaking of the Puerto Rican guy though.
Haha, you must be referring to “Peoples Hernandez.” I love it when Venessa Williams told him to back off and he just kisses at her. The actor’s name is Jeffrey Wright I think.
Dude was bad ass. I am really surprised I haven’t seem him in more shit since then.
you may have actually seen him and not realized it, he is that good
ali, syriana, broken flowers, manchurian candidate
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If that was him in Manchurian Candidate, the dude needs some more lead roles.
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you may have actually seen him and not realized it, he is that good
ali, syriana, broken flowers, manchurian candidate
If that was him in Manchurian Candidate, the dude needs some more lead roles.[/quote]
i really think he is the best actor out there right now
i saw syriana, and did not realize until after a review that it was the same guy from broken flowers
now you might not want to watch broken flowers, but if you have netflix or something, you should get it just to see him
some pictures of jeff wright’s characters
[quote]elliot007 wrote:
some pictures of jeff wright’s characters
http://imdb.com/name/nm0942482/photogallery-ss-0[/quote]
Wow. He can basically play any nationality. That takes skill.
Poor guy Christian Bale. Everybody saw his performances in many films and didn’t realize it was all him.
He got the skills alright, but he looks a bit old and perhaps a bit small, or is it that the actors are all tall in the pics?
Anyway, the point here is more about having the right physique for playing Luke Cage. Skills are an important second, but second nonetheless IMO.
A ripped Michael Clark Duncan would be the best of both world.
[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
He got the skills alright, but he looks a bit old and perhaps a bit small, or is it that the actors are all tall in the pics?
Anyway, the point here is more about having the right physique for playing Luke Cage. Skills are an important second, but second nonetheless IMO.
A ripped Michael Clark Duncan would be the best of both world. [/quote]
Not sure he even really needs to be “ripped”. If he looks anything like he did in Daredevil I think he could pull it off. He was an intimidating sombitch in Daredevil. I really like Michael Clarke Duncun(one of my favorite actors and one of the few actors I’ll go to a movie for him alone) but he’s already been in Daredevil,I honestly don’t think they’d put him in another Marvel movie in a key role.
[quote]K-Narf wrote:
Zen warrior wrote:
He got the skills alright, but he looks a bit old and perhaps a bit small, or is it that the actors are all tall in the pics?
Anyway, the point here is more about having the right physique for playing Luke Cage. Skills are an important second, but second nonetheless IMO.
A ripped Michael Clark Duncan would be the best of both world.
Not sure he even really needs to be “ripped”. If he looks anything like he did in Daredevil I think he could pull it off. He was an intimidating sombitch in Daredevil. I really like Michael Clarke Duncun(one of my favorite actors and one of the few actors I’ll go to a movie for him alone) but he’s already been in Daredevil,I honestly don’t think they’d put him in another Marvel movie in a key role.[/quote]
He slimmed down for The Island.
[quote]K-Narf wrote:
Not sure he even really needs to be “ripped”. If he looks anything like he did in Daredevil I think he could pull it off. He was an intimidating sombitch in Daredevil. I really like Michael Clarke Duncun(one of my favorite actors and one of the few actors I’ll go to a movie for him alone) but he’s already been in Daredevil,I honestly don’t think they’d put him in another Marvel movie in a key role.[/quote]
Not sure I want the ‘King Pin’ physique he had in DD. In my mind, Luke Cage is just as muscular but leaner.
Good point about being in two Marvel movies, though I hope you’re wrong. Doesn’t it suck he blew his chances at a lead role for a Ben Affleck movie? Irony, irony…
[quote]K-Narf wrote:
Zen warrior wrote:
He got the skills alright, but he looks a bit old and perhaps a bit small, or is it that the actors are all tall in the pics?
Anyway, the point here is more about having the right physique for playing Luke Cage. Skills are an important second, but second nonetheless IMO.
A ripped Michael Clark Duncan would be the best of both world.
Not sure he even really needs to be “ripped”. If he looks anything like he did in Daredevil I think he could pull it off. He was an intimidating sombitch in Daredevil. I really like Michael Clarke Duncun(one of my favorite actors and one of the few actors I’ll go to a movie for him alone) but he’s already been in Daredevil,I honestly don’t think they’d put him in another Marvel movie in a key role.[/quote]
I don’t think it matters much that he has already been in a Marvel movie. Rebecca Romijn has played a key role in both The Punisher and all 3 X-men movies… James Marsden who plays Cyclops in X-men is going to appear in the new Superman movie btw (Yeah I know that’s DC, but still I think it’s interesting).
[quote]assbuster wrote:
Here’s a pic of Tyrese clowning around with my wife this past July 2005. I think he’s bigger here than he was in 2F2F and he’s probably even bigger now. He told me he’d been training hard.[/quote]
Dude, he is grabbing your wife’s butt! What up with that?
Off topic to the Achilles thing, not trying to stir it up again but it didn’t seem to me like either X or Oar really backed up the reasons for their impressions.
It’s been a while since I read the Illiad, but I believe it often said “Up stood the great runner Achilles” and stuff like that, often focusing on his agility (not to say big guys aren’t can’t be agile) and endurance. I also felt like Homer tried to make a big distinction between the physiques of warriors like Ajax, Diomedes, Menelaus, and Hector, and those of Achilles, Odysseus etc. Homer had them fight and behave differently, from Ajax’s enourmous shield hiding his smaller, archer of a relative to Achilles sprinting after chariots. To me, this seems to indicate that sean bean (who is awesome, btw) and pitt were perfect for their two characters, and Ajax was pretty good for his. Agammemnon and Menelaus were a little fat. I thought hector was pretty perfect as well.
Too bad Diomedes wasn’t even in the movie, in addition to a lot of heroes on the Trojan side. Although, the omission of Diomedes helped them keep the divine intervention shit out.
Mediocre->bad movie, especially if you have read the book. They might be able to make a sweet Odyssey with Sean Bean, though.
[quote]SirPhisticated wrote:
K-Narf wrote:
Zen warrior wrote:
He got the skills alright, but he looks a bit old and perhaps a bit small, or is it that the actors are all tall in the pics?
Anyway, the point here is more about having the right physique for playing Luke Cage. Skills are an important second, but second nonetheless IMO.
A ripped Michael Clark Duncan would be the best of both world.
Not sure he even really needs to be “ripped”. If he looks anything like he did in Daredevil I think he could pull it off. He was an intimidating sombitch in Daredevil. I really like Michael Clarke Duncun(one of my favorite actors and one of the few actors I’ll go to a movie for him alone) but he’s already been in Daredevil,I honestly don’t think they’d put him in another Marvel movie in a key role.
I don’t think it matters much that he has already been in a Marvel movie. Rebecca Romijn has played a key role in both The Punisher and all 3 X-men movies… James Marsden who plays Cyclops in X-men is going to appear in the new Superman movie btw (Yeah I know that’s DC, but still I think it’s interesting).
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Good point on the Rebecca thing. Though there is a big difference between mystique and the Kingpin. Btw another thing is I think he plays a better bad guy than a good guy. He’s so fucking imposing.
Definitly a ripped Michael Clark Duncan, especially if they can get him in the suit with the boots and chain belt.
If they wanted to make him slightly more mature, like he was originally, I’d go with Dennis Haysbert, like someone else suggested. He’s a good actor, physically imposing, and I think has one of the best voices since James Earl Jones. Of course, he’s doing a new TV series so that may take him out of the running to do movies for awhile.
[quote]Bigheadboy wrote:
Off topic to the Achilles thing, not trying to stir it up again but it didn’t seem to me like either X or Oar really backed up the reasons for their impressions.
It’s been a while since I read the Illiad, but I believe it often said “Up stood the great runner Achilles” and stuff like that, often focusing on his agility (not to say big guys aren’t can’t be agile) and endurance. I also felt like Homer tried to make a big distinction between the physiques of warriors like Ajax, Diomedes, Menelaus, and Hector, and those of Achilles, Odysseus etc. Homer had them fight and behave differently, from Ajax’s enourmous shield hiding his smaller, archer of a relative to Achilles sprinting after chariots. To me, this seems to indicate that sean bean (who is awesome, btw) and pitt were perfect for their two characters, and Ajax was pretty good for his. Agammemnon and Menelaus were a little fat. I thought hector was pretty perfect as well.
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Great post.
You brought up some points I kind of alluded to but didn’t really flesh out. Homer doesn’t come right out and give a full out physical description but like you said his description of the action tends to give credence to my original point: that if there were a historical Achilles, he would have probably looked closer to a Brad Pitt than a Lou Ferrigno. I think we then went into a whole discussion on lifestyle and the society of the time - but the basic point is that I don’t think you can argue that a warrior of that age had anywhere near the physique of a modern power/strength athlete.
Anyway - I can’t recall if it was in this thread or in TC’s “What do women find attractive” thread.
Regardless, it’s been fodder for a lot of good, heated, discussion.
peace
[quote]Professor X wrote:
assbuster wrote:
My wife and I had the chance to meet Tyrese in person over the summer. He must have been either training for this role or just for the hell of it because he was in pretty descent shape. I think he will handle the physical part of the role just fine.
I think so too if he can add the weight. I seriously doubt he is going to hit the screen looking like he did 10 years ago in modeling ads. It all depends on how much muscle he can add to his frame. [/quote]
To be fair though prof he may not look that big to you; since you do train. But to the average member of the public that guy is huge. I bet only about 1% of the world; if that, could bench press over 400lbs. And im not quite their yet; im a weakling at 290lbs bp.
[quote]alstan90 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
assbuster wrote:
My wife and I had the chance to meet Tyrese in person over the summer. He must have been either training for this role or just for the hell of it because he was in pretty descent shape. I think he will handle the physical part of the role just fine.
I think so too if he can add the weight. I seriously doubt he is going to hit the screen looking like he did 10 years ago in modeling ads. It all depends on how much muscle he can add to his frame.
To be fair though prof he may not look that big to you; since you do train. But to the average member of the public that guy is huge. I bet only about 1% of the world; if that, could bench press over 400lbs. And im not quite their yet; im a weakling at 290lbs bp.
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He couldn’t even bench press 400lbs previously. That is the point. He is ADDING size to be able to do so in order to fit the role.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
OARSMAN wrote:
and finally: an Abercrombie boy. Not much difference between the 3.
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Keep in mind that it is a black and white photo. Lot more favorable of making someone look more defined and bigger.