And Anne Parillaud in "Innocent Blood." sexay.
Oh yes.
Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?
Womack ,'The Message'
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DXMachina - Jul 19, 2005 3:40:12 am PDT #5862 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2005 7:48:59 am PDT #5863 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
From way back, I know Ben Foster from his Flash Forward days, but they'd have to clean him up a lot to make him look like a Warren Worthington III.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 7:51:29 am PDT #5864 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mr. Broom - Jul 19, 2005 7:54:12 am PDT #5865 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I can't see Ben Foster playing Warren the way he ought to be played: capable and intelligent, but also very full of himself. I get the feeling that's not what they're going to go for anyway, though. After all, look what they did to Bobby Drake.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 8:01:10 am PDT #5866 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The guy I know who read for the role was told that he was too old (at 28) to play Angel. Ben's not much younger, but he does look more boyish.
I know it's not main-universe Angel, but when I think of him now I think of Ultimate Angel who freaks out and leaves Westchester, and Storm goes after him to talk him down (literally as well as figuratively). He's just so heartachingly beautiful -- it's a combination of magnificent strength and a graceful sculptor's touch.
sumi - Jul 19, 2005 8:45:29 am PDT #5867 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Andy Serkis is going to be in a spy-flick.
I am amused that both "Bertie" and "Jeeves" will have played MI-6 agents/operatives/whatever after this movie.
beekaytee - Jul 19, 2005 10:02:31 am PDT #5868 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I loved, loved, loved Ben Foster in "Liberty Heights" but he ain't no superhero material. Unless, of course, his super power is disarming the ladies with his nebbishy charm.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2005 10:13:46 am PDT #5869 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He was also on Freaks and Geeks, but the character he played was nothing like Angel.
At all.
Anne W. - Jul 19, 2005 10:22:34 am PDT #5870 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
This kind of casting makes me wonder if we've reached the era when they cast actors, replace them with CGI doubles, and then dub in the voices.
Hayden - Jul 19, 2005 10:38:16 am PDT #5871 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
He was on Freaks & Geeks? Which character did he play? Isn't that Claire's gay boyfriend from Six Feet Under?