Hellblazer: could they make a worse casting decision for John Constantine?
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Black Omega
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Given tjhe writers pretty much drove me from the book some time ago, i'm not really sure what became of John in the book. But I could really see Christopher Lambert -way- before Keanu Reeves. Lambert has that dark, tragic look down pat and is used to wearing trenchcoats.
Cage, I suppose, could do it. I usually like him better in the nerdy roles.
Cage, I suppose, could do it. I usually like him better in the nerdy roles.
Tom Cashel
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Christopher Lambert?!?? When he says "There can be only one" he sounds like Ren from Ren & Stimpy!
No, no, no...
It's gotta be Ralph Fiennes as Constantine. You know, the guy who's playing the Dragon in that new Red Dragon movie. He'd be great. And he's British!
Nic Cage? Really? I don't think his head is the right shape. And he's way too muscular.
No, no, no...
It's gotta be Ralph Fiennes as Constantine. You know, the guy who's playing the Dragon in that new Red Dragon movie. He'd be great. And he's British!
Nic Cage? Really? I don't think his head is the right shape. And he's way too muscular.
Klaus
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Cage? Bleh! And Feh! And they wanted Constantine to be an American, instead of British! Double Feh!
If one would want to make a movie about Constantine without a loooooong backstory, it'd have to be set before he met Swamp Thing, a couple of years after his debacle where he became haunted by the ghosts of his former associates. At that age, Constantine would be best protrayed by James Marsters ("Buffy"'s Spike). Just give him spikier hair.
Ralph Fiennes sounds a bit too noble (although that may change once I see Red Dragon) to play the former punk-turned-working-class-magician.
But Keanu? Double Bleh!
Of course, were this the 80's, it'd be Sting all the way (as chosen by Alan Moore himself).
If one would want to make a movie about Constantine without a loooooong backstory, it'd have to be set before he met Swamp Thing, a couple of years after his debacle where he became haunted by the ghosts of his former associates. At that age, Constantine would be best protrayed by James Marsters ("Buffy"'s Spike). Just give him spikier hair.
Ralph Fiennes sounds a bit too noble (although that may change once I see Red Dragon) to play the former punk-turned-working-class-magician.
But Keanu? Double Bleh!
Of course, were this the 80's, it'd be Sting all the way (as chosen by Alan Moore himself).
Tom Cashel
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Klaus said:
Have you seen Strange Days? He's pretty whacked out in that one...
Black Omega
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Ralph Fiennes from The Avengers? Yes, Red Dragon will definitely have to change my mind about him to see him as Constantine.
If there is any problem I could see with Spike, it's that it's too similar in some ways. He could work as a young Constantine though.
If there is any problem I could see with Spike, it's that it's too similar in some ways. He could work as a young Constantine though.
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