When they made Superman The Movie in 1977 they cast one of the times (perhaps of all time) biggest movie star Marlon Brando as Superman fathers.
Jor-El. He got $ 19 million and his presence was used to get other actors on
board (like fella big star Gene Hackman).
The same thing was done with Jack Nicholson in Batman 89.
He filmed his scenes in 12 days. In addition to the he previously written reason there were two other
reasons why they got him.
The explanatory dialogue sound much better coming out of one of cinemas legends Then it would have from a lesser actor.
People who would not usually see a Superman movie might see it because he was in it So casting Brando as the wise old mentor figure has many
So casting Brando as the wise old mentor figure hade many advantages. right now Sony is doing a Dark Tower movie based on Stephen King's Epic In The Dark Tower there are tow old mentor figures The old grizzld gunslinger Curt and land's (the main character) father Steve.
I think first and foremost that they should pay whatever they need to get Clint Eastwood out of retirement . Think of it give Eastwood one last hurrah in just the sort of movie that he became known for. Let him pass the torch to the next generation. Let Eastwood be in a modern blockbuster. And since Roland is based on Eastwood it makes metaphoric sense. do not care if he just has 10 or 5 minutes.
Let him just be there as a presence. Let him say a few words for the trailer.He does not have to have some action scenes. Just a few words of wisdom and moments of looking .dramatic. and second Curt must be Jeff Bridges. When I read the book i imagine Jeff . He is perfect as a tough old cowboy. And his voice fits a trailer very good. those who have read the book . imagine Bridges saying aim with your mind. EPIC.
Eastwood is one of the all time most respected actors and Bridges has many Oscar nominations and a win. They can use Eastwood and Bridges to get really good actors for the hero and villain They can use Eastwood and Bridges to get really good actors for the hero and the villain.
Now back to Nicholson. I think they should have a very quirky and fun actor as The villain (The man in black). Like Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken or Willem Dafoe. And who have experience of playing larger than life characters .
Last but not least, the gunslinger himself . Roland. First and foremost you need an Oscar-nominated actor. You need either a actor who can play a tough, hard, cold warrior like Hugh Jackman or Viggo Mortensen or an actor who can play next anything like Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis . You need a talented and experienced actor like Liam Neeson .
Please Sony do not gvie me unknowns and television actors. And I really really really want Clint Eastwood as Steven Deschain and Jeff Bridges as Cort
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