From: "Toby Rockwell" <p00220@psilink.com>
Subject: Re: Casting and X-Men movie
Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:03:30 GMT
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>DATE:   13 Nov 92 10:46:16 GMT
>FROM:   Patrick Chester <wolfone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
>
>In article <1992Nov9.154342.15706@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER) writes:
>]In article <1992Nov6.125744.20387@yang.earlham.edu> marcs@yang.earlham.edu (Marc Seebass(Thunderbolt)) writes:
>]>Just for the heck of it some friends and I fiddled around with the casting 
>]>for a mythical X-men movie with and infinite budget. I thought you might 
>]>find it a bit more interesting than  posts about being the last post
>  
>
>]>Arch Angel - Patric Swayze
How about Van Damme for the angel, he's a little more violent at least. 
>]>Beast      - Robin Williams
>]Well he's hary enough but hardly the right build
> 
>]>Colosus    - Arnold Schwartzeniger
>]Why is Arnold the only one ever mentioned for Colosus.  Sure he has an accent
>](it's the wrong accent, but us Americans are too dumb to know the difference)
>]and he's strong, but Arnold is a bit too OLD to be Colosus.  Maybe if it was
>]days of Futures past, but...
>]>Cyclopse   - Charely Sheen/ Kevin Costner
>]Michael Beihn(?) (from Terminator) is the obvious choice, this WILL be a Cameron
>]film.
Can you guys spell
> 
>]>Gambit     - (The guy who played Max Headroom)
>]The guy is Matt Freyer and once again he's too old.  I suggest Harry Connick Jr.
>That's Matt Frewer.
>
>]I mean Gambit IS modled after him.
> 
>]>Iceman     - Val Kilmer
>]>Nighcrawler- Mandy Potempkin (Inego from Princess Bride)
>]Not bad, I would say Jim Carrey (from In Living Color) He can get into 
>]the possesions the Kurt could, plus he has the sence of humor (Dennis Miller
>]suggessted Jim should play Spider-Man to Stan Lee.  Jim could do ANY McFarlane
>]pose.)
> 
>]>Prof. X    - Patrick Stewart (Picard)
>]>Rogue      - Alie Sheady
>]I don't see it.  I'm not sure who (maybe Kathy Ireland :-) but not Sheedy
> 
>]>Shadowcat  - Need ideas
>]Well Bryne would like Sigourney Weaver but....
>]>Storm      - Imon/Vanity/ Grace Jones
>]>Wolverine  - Mel Gibson
>]I like DeNiro for the part myself
Either Eastwood or Jack Nicholson would be good, they have the right 
attitude bub.
>
>DeNiro could definitely get the borderline psychotic berserker part done well.
>I saw "Cape Fear" and found him to be very scary.
> 
>]>Other  Possabilities:
>]>Bishop     -
>]Carl Wheters doesn't sound like a bad idea (just the age thing again)
>]>Longshot   - David Bowie
>]I second Richard Dean Anderson for the part (again the age thing)
>David Bowie gets my vote.
>No no no no! Make Anderson dye his hair black, give him a fake mustache and let
>him play Forge. After all, Forge is very much like MacGyver. :)
>
>-- 
>Patrick Chester            |----------------------------------------------------
>wolfone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu |"The earth is too fragile a basket in which to keep
>Politically Incorrect      |  all your eggs." Robert A. Heinlein
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