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.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
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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
§ 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?
-t - Jul 19, 2005 10:43:32 am PDT #5872 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Isn't that Claire's gay boyfriend from Six Feet Under?
That's how I know him.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2005 11:08:05 am PDT #5873 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He was on Freaks & Geeks? Which character did he play?
He was the retarded boy, Eli. Yeah, you can hardly recognize him.
Hayden - Jul 19, 2005 11:51:19 am PDT #5874 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
No kidding. I had no idea.