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Who should play Harry Dresden in a Movie?

Zachary Quinto
41 (5.9%)
Lee Pace
26 (3.8%)
Ryan Reynolds
51 (7.4%)
Hugh Jackman
91 (13.2%)
Clive Owen
46 (6.7%)
Paul Bettany
19 (2.8%)
Timothy Olyphant
75 (10.9%)
Nathan Fillion
220 (31.9%)
Joe Flanigan
37 (5.4%)
Chris Evans
7 (1%)
Gerard Butler
22 (3.2%)
Neil Flynn
8 (1.2%)
Jared Padalecki
47 (6.8%)

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4905 on: March 20, 2012, 09:03:24 PM »
I can't see him as Harry.  I can see Matthew Fox as Harry though (he is supposed to be 6'2").



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Um... he's anything but lanky though. I don't think he can pull off the personality.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4906 on: March 21, 2012, 01:55:23 AM »
In my mind, Harry is more sturdy/muscular than Tennant appears to be.
He isn't described as particularly muscular. If I recall, he's often described as not having a lot of mass or being "sturdy," but being tall enough that he can still have a fighting chance against more muscular opponents. This always led me to believe he was a wiry string bean type.
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« Reply #4907 on: March 21, 2012, 01:59:32 AM »
Besides Tennant is british. I would rather not have a British person playing a hardcore American Hero.
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« Reply #4908 on: March 21, 2012, 02:12:27 AM »
Besides Tennant is british.
Don't let him hear you say that. Most Scotsmen hate being called British.
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« Reply #4909 on: March 21, 2012, 02:14:06 AM »
British/Scotish, the same thing.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4910 on: March 21, 2012, 02:36:13 AM »
Besides Tennant is british. I would rather not have a British person playing a hardcore American Hero.

What about Christian Bale as Batman?

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4911 on: March 21, 2012, 02:37:44 AM »
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« Reply #4912 on: March 21, 2012, 02:39:39 AM »
What about Christian Bale as Batman?

That is the one thing i agree with Dina about those movies.
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« Reply #4913 on: March 21, 2012, 02:41:46 AM »
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That is the one thing i agree with Dina about those movies.

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« Reply #4914 on: March 21, 2012, 02:45:11 AM »
Do I have to explain that some skinny kid can't possibly pull of Batman. He doesn't seem all that intelligent either. The villains carry both movies.

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« Reply #4915 on: March 21, 2012, 02:59:05 AM »
I just hate Bale as Batman (I dislike the Nolan's Batman movies in general, but Bale is one of the worse things about them)
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« Reply #4916 on: March 21, 2012, 03:29:23 AM »
0.o I adore Nolan's Batman movies, and I think Bale did very well with the dual nature of the character.

British/Scotish, the same thing.
Not if you ask a Scotsman, I'm telling you. Call a short-tempered Scottish person British, and the best case scenario is you get punched in the neck.
Casting shouldn't be restricted by nationality, anyway. I can name plenty of fine actors we would probably all miss if such a thing became standard practice. (Just as an example, even though I don't really like him for Harry per se, Hugh Jackman is Australian.)


Do I have to explain that some skinny kid can't possibly pull of Batman.
"Skinny kid"?!?
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« Reply #4917 on: March 21, 2012, 03:32:43 AM »
I have no problem with an Australian or a Canadian actor doing it. Just not a British one.

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« Reply #4918 on: March 21, 2012, 07:45:17 PM »
Um... he's anything but lanky though. I don't think he can pull off the personality.

I know, but he's so cute!

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« Reply #4919 on: March 21, 2012, 11:40:18 PM »
That is totally stupid. I could see if they called a Scotsman an Englishman. But Britain is a term which  encompasses all of the British Isles. Anyone Scotsman who says he isn't British is a total idiot.

0.o I adore Nolan's Batman movies, and I think Bale did very well with the dual nature of the character.
Not if you ask a Scotsman, I'm telling you. Call a short-tempered Scottish person British, and the best case scenario is you get punched in the neck.
Casting shouldn't be restricted by nationality, anyway. I can name plenty of fine actors we would probably all miss if such a thing became standard practice. (Just as an example, even though I don't really like him for Harry per se, Hugh Jackman is Australian.)

"Skinny kid"?!?

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