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November 5th, 2007, 09:05 PM
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Casting Call for ISOT!
After I stumbled across this thread, I started to speculate about who would make a good cast for a film version of the first ISOT novel…
Capt. Alston: Halle Berry Chief Cofflin: James Spader Martha Cofflin: Mary McDonnell Swindapa: Keira Knightley Ian Arnstein: John Rhys-Davies Doreen Arnstein: Maggie Gyllenhaal William Walker: Brad Pitt Alice Hong: Meiling Melançon Isketerol: Benicio del Toro Pamela Lisketter: Lindsay Lohan Lt. Rapczewicz: Sabrina Lloyd Daurthunnicar: Jason Statham My cast is a bit more star-studded than the real cast would probably be, but why not dream big? (That’s also partly a function of me not being much of a film buff). And I did take a couple liberties – e.g., Ian Arnstein is suddenly a British Jew (but can’t you just imagine him rolling off those lines about ancient cultures and then fading to a mutter as he gets lost in thought?), Alston is suddenly really hot (well, you try to find a black actress who has a martial arts background!), etc. So let me know what you all think, and if you can suggest someone better, go ahead!
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November 5th, 2007, 10:09 PM
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Halle Berry could work for the captain actually. Its the hollywood rule that the lead has to be hot- and it isn't quite mentioned in the book that she isn't, just that she's a hard case.
But then she's the only big name 'black' actress of a somewhat correct age.  I look forward to certain scenes being shown in graphic detail. The others- yeah, too big a'names. The best you could hope for is two of the big good guys being largeish names and Walker. Maybe a few cameos too. Certainly not persistant recurring characters (e.g. Walker's women)
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November 7th, 2007, 04:32 AM
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Actually, I always saw Ed Harris as Cofflin, and Estella Warren as Swindapa. The rest work for me, though.(Especially the Lohan pick, considering what becomes of Liskeller.)
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November 7th, 2007, 12:05 PM
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How about Grace Jones for Alston, somehow I get the feeling that Berry is a bit too young. But I know that's what would drag all the guys to the movie
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November 7th, 2007, 02:19 PM
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Ed Harris is a fantastic choice for Chief Cofflin; I think I might like that even better than Spader.
Estella Warren, I understand the sentiment, but I think she's too old (Swindapa is 17; Warren is 28), and I'm not sure whether she's a skilled enough actor for a very difficult part. You know I actually considered Jason Statham as Walker, and it's a tossup for me. I chose Pitt mainly b/c he's described so often as looking like Robert Redford -- and b/c if Statham were Walker, I might want Walker to win!  Berry certainly looks younger than her 41 years, but Grace Jones (59) is probably too old to be doing swordplay or sex scenes. I have to admit I missed the couple of lines where it was established that Lisketter is at least 30. Hmm; who to replace Lohan with?
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November 8th, 2007, 04:17 PM
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Pitt is a bit old to play Walker in the first book, Pitt is 40... need someone in early 20's....
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