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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 3972196" data-attributes="member: 463">The protagonist in the book is a tough, indomitable guy like Charlton Heston in Omega Man, or Kris Kristofferson 20 years ago would have been perfect. There's not many current movie stars who could pull off the tough-but-haunted nature of the character; Bruce Willis might give a halfway-decent facsimile.  Will Smith is basically a lovable comedian (IMO rather bland), and wholly inappropriate.  Remember this character becomes The Legend - and not in a good way... Charlton Heston had the gravitas, pity he had a bad script.   Anyway since they don't even keep the book ending, the inappropriate casting is irrelevant.Edit: I can actually see Tom Hanks pulling it off, he's a very good face/eyes/expression actor, important when there's almost no talking, and can do indomitable very well, though he doesn't have the craggy grandeur of the Legend in my mind's eye, I can see it working with him.  I had a thought whether there were any black stars who could do it - plenty from the '70s and earlier, but few current.  Samuel L Jackson is too cold - he makes a good hitman, though.  Maybe Denzel Washington.</blockquote>