Christian Slater as Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin
Daryl Hannah as Karla Sofen, Moonstone
Robert Knepper as Bullseye
Casey Affleck as Robbie Baldwin, Penance
Rose McGowan as Melissa Gold, Songbird
Chow Yun-Fat as Chen Lu, Radioactive Man
Ewan McGregor as Mac Gargan, Venom
Alexander Skarsgard as Swordsman
Hmmm...I'm torn about your cast. There are some choices I absolutely love....and others that I don't agree with (some for personal reasons and some for professional).
Slater as Osborn is indeed inspired. Coupled with the fact that, unlike others casted for Osborn, Slater wouldn't really need a double for the less-dangerous stunts. Slater is able to walk the fine line between the cool and casual, man in charge Osborn and the maniacally hysteric Goblin.......and I can totally see Slater pulling off the Osborn rant when he finally decides to don the costume once again.
Although she was great in Kill Bill, I think Hannah is too old to play Sofen. Well that and I don't think she's talented enough. Sure she's got a long career in Hollywood....but honestly, aside from Splash---I can't think of anything that she's done that I really like.
I think we've seen Knepper casted as Bullseye several times before, and while I don't object to it...I think the casting choice has worn thin on me. The idea of Kneeper donning the black/white doesn't give me chills like it used to. Although I do, in fact, still get goosebumps at the idea of Knepper as Bullseye in that scene from
Daredevil where the prison is deathly silent as they roll Bullseye thru the areas chained up like Hannibal Lecter.
I totally agree with Affleck as Penance! I will support the Affleck brothers being cast in almost anything.
Chow Yun Fat's casting seems so generic. But then again, RM is portrayed pretty generically so I can't find any fault in the casting.
MacGregor as Venom is completely wrong. I get what you're going for in the casting....but I honestly don't think he could pull off a recreation of his
Trainspotting days if there was a gun to his head.
Your Swordsman casting is great. Despite my personal hate for him and the rest of his
True Blood castmates for contributing to the Stupid Sexy Vampire movement, I think he IS a talented actor and would bring the character to life.
So yeah....overall there are some great choices, but I think if I was in charge of the film there'd be several recasting choices.
Norman Osborn: Tommy lee Jones
Moonstone: Charlize Theron
Bullseye: Matt Damon
Penance: Anton Yelchin
Songbird: Evangeline Lilly
Venom: Christian Bale
Radioactive Man: Daniel Dae Kim
Swordsman: William Mosely
On one hand I want to hate you for casting Tommy Lee Jones as Osborn. But on the other hand, that's how he's drawn so it's understandable. I'm still on the fence on whether I like it or not.
I use Theron pretty often in my casting. And with good reason too! She's beautiful and extremely talented...to bad she keeps getting generic pretty roles. But thankfully, every now and then she gets roles like
Monster or
In the Valley of Elah. I think this would be a good role for her. To play a character like Moonstone who is both beautiful and brilliant (she is a psychatrist afterall) and be able to ham it up with her villainess? Yeah...I could get into that. But she will always be Sue Storm to me.
Matt Damon! Matt Damon? Matt Damon. Matt Damon. Matt Damon? Matt Damon. Matt Damon! Matt Damon. Yeah....that could go on for hours. When looking at my choice for Bullseye, I can't help but want to see them together again running amok Bullseye/Boondock Saints-style.
Good Will Hunting indeed. Applesauce *****!
If you were to add about 5 years to Yelchin, then I would totally agree. But for right now I think he's too young to pull off the role. I could buy him as EARLY Speedball....but not the character Robbie is now.
I don't really care for Lily. But then again I don't really care for the cast of
Lost period. The only reason why I tolerater Matthew Fox's existence is because of his awesome Racer X and my dream of him playing Murdock in a
Daredevil reboot. God I hate
Lost.
I am so tired of Bale that it's not even funny. This isn't a knock on your casting choice....but I'm just over Bale. I kid you not...all I want to see Bale in now is comedies. I'm talking a complete shunning of all actions and dramas. A comedic turn like Bana from
Funny People is what I want from Bale. That or Broadway musicals. Everyone wants Bale back in a
Newsies-like role....they might not admit it...but they want it.
**** Lost! Who gets trapped on a deserted island for years....then gets off....AND ****ING GOES BACK?!?!?! So yeah...I'm a little biased when it comes to Kim.
I don't think I'm feeling your Swordsman casting. I get the reasoning....but I just feel he's wrong for the role.
Norman Osborn/Green Goblin – Chris Cooper
Karla Sofen/Moonstone – Anna Torv
Bullseye – Ben Affleck
Robbie Baldwin/Penance – Ryan Phillipe
Melissa Gold/Songbird – Rachel McAdams
Mac Garagan/Venom – Jeremy Renner
Chen Lu/Radioactive Man – Collin Chou
Andreas Von Strucker/Swordsman – Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Never let it be said that I can't be objective......
I love my choice for Cooper as Osborn. But I honestly love Christian Slater as Osborn more. If only Slater was like 5-7 years older....he'd be 100000% perfect.
Anna Torv as Moonstone is a risky choice. She's not a recognizable face and is fairly untested in terms of handling BIG roles with BIG casts the likes of this.
Ben Affleck as Bullseye is one of the most brilliant and quirky choices for casting Bullseye! I am a genius and you should sit at my feet and gather the pearls that emenate forth from me. Yeah...I just quoted Affleck from
Gigli. I mean come on....my reasoning for Affleck is spot-on.
Ryan as Penance is a pretty good choice. Damn good. But if given the opportunity, I'd go with Casey Affleck and watch the 2 Affleck brothers just have a complete ball with it. Ben running wild as a deranged serial killer who can kill you with a paperclip....and Casey as a tormented former hero.
Rachel McAdams is a solid actress....but I don't think I'll ever see her in another role as great as she was in
Mean Girls. I mean this. With that said...she still would make a decent choice for Songbird.
The more I think about it...the more I don't like my choice for Renner. Not that he'd do a bad job.....in fact, he'd do a WONDERFUL job. But I think I just don't care for him personally. There's something about him that makes me want to punch him in the face. I'd still cast him in stuff....but as a director, there's not a day that would go by where I wouldn't yell "OK...THAT'S A WRAP! Somebody punch Jeremy for me."
I don't think I'll see a casting choice for Radioactive Man that I'm at least 90% thrillled with. Even my own.
My Von Strucker is just a solid casting choice all around. I don't think you can go wrong with anything he'd do on screen with this role.