Emmy Rossum Wants To Play Black Orchid...And Death!

Emmy Rossum Wants To Play Black Orchid...And Death!

DBE star Emmy Rossum recently revealed to MTV that she would love to be part of any movie based on the work of acclaimed comic writer and "Sandman" creator Neil Gaiman..

By MarkCassidy - Apr 09, 2009 01:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Dragonball Evolution
Source: MTV

While speaking with the doe-eyed, 22-year-old actress , MTV asked her about the source material for “Dragonball,” based on a beloved Japanese comic that began publishing in the mid-’80s.

“The mangas that I read are the Neil Gaiman stuff, like ‘Black Orchid’,” Rossum told MTV News. “Okay, maybe I am a geek.”

Neil Gaimen has done Manga??..Im sure she meant comics bless her. Its also news to me that there is a film version of Gaimens excellent run on "Black Orchid" in the works but apparently..

“He is making ‘Black Orchid’,” she said, exposing an interest in Gaiman’s plans. “And he’s also making ‘Death’ too.”

Heres some more of the Interview..

MTV: Have you tried to reach out to him about being in either of those movies?

EMMY ROSSUM: No comment.

MTV: No comment? That sounds like a yes.

ER: I think whenever you talk out loud about things one way or another you jinx things. I’m a big believing in jinxing.

MTV: So, jinxing means that you are hoping?

ER: (laughing uneasily) I love Neil Gaiman. I think he’s a genius. Let’s leave it at that.



The “no comment”-worthy possibility that Rossum has reached out to Gaiman should come as a thrill for the writer/producer/director’s fans, who’ve watched him struggle to get either project off the ground for some time. But do they think Rossum would be the right fit for either film? Personally i didnt think much of her in DBE..and im being nice there! But then again thats all i have seen her in so maybe thats not the best thing to judge her on. I love both of these characters so i hope if she does get a part as either..She does it justice!
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TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 4/9/2009, 2:09 PM
wow....
Pumchavas28
Pumchavas28 - 4/9/2009, 2:13 PM
wow.... +1
AVEN
AVEN - 4/9/2009, 2:24 PM
OMFG, she is hot but she is bad actress
TucsonRican
TucsonRican - 4/9/2009, 2:58 PM
Too bad Winona Ryder is too old, she is the perfect person to play Death. But oh well.

Maybe she won't be too bad. ..
Talontd
Talontd - 4/9/2009, 3:52 PM
Good call SIRPRIZE! I love that sexy goth b!tch!!!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/9/2009, 4:18 PM
Christina Ricci..maybe. See the thing is, Death isnt a goth! She dresses like one and the Goths adopted her image as there little poster girl but as a character she is actually bubbly and positive..shes certainly the least bleak of all the endless. I think Keira Knightly would be a good choice.
SupahPhreak
SupahPhreak - 4/9/2009, 4:46 PM
She was also in Day After Tomorrow. She was pretty good there. She's not like the best actor ever but she's ok.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/9/2009, 4:51 PM
OMG SirPrize ive always thought that! Christina Ricci for DEATH!!! She was born for the role, you couldn't get a better choice than her! As for EMMY, don't know the gal but im all for a BLACK ORCHID movie! I read the mini series an if they keep to the character which no doubt they will as their WARNERS/DC and not MARVEL lol, it would be a darn fine film and very original too! ; ) Keira Knightly ( Portman clone) as DEATH??? Leave off, that would be a so bad choice, anyway shes more like a guy and in too many movies geez! lol : D
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/9/2009, 5:13 PM
"More like a guy"..i dont know what type of dudes you hang out with but if my mates looked like her i would have to consider a serious lifestyle change! I assume you mean its because shes flat chested..so? Have you seen Death?..I just always pictured Death as having an upper class English accent and Knightleys a good actress..and were are all these movies shes in?

Ricci prob would be good..but shes looked at as a Goth icon because of Wednesday Addams, and thats nothing like the Death character
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/9/2009, 5:55 PM
Yeah, i guess your right. Death was a real porker in the comics;)

MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/9/2009, 5:56 PM
But Emma Watson is interesting...maybe a bit young though. Maybe Delerium?
adamant877
adamant877 - 4/9/2009, 6:06 PM
Funny enough, I think LEEE777 hit the nail on the head, but unintentionally... How about Natalie Portman!? Check out some pictures of her online, and then compare them to the Chris Bachelo picture posted by SirPrize!
(I double-dog dare you!!!) lol
TheMyth
TheMyth - 4/9/2009, 6:41 PM
This one time at band camp...
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 4/9/2009, 6:43 PM
She is NOT a bad actress, she's a very Hot- I mean accomplished actress who was mistakenly cast in a horror of a presentation of dragon ball, her lines nor portrayel in the movie did her justice

And once again, wow.........
iconstatic
iconstatic - 4/9/2009, 6:45 PM
Meh.

I was never a big fan of Neil's Orchid. It tended to skip out on what I loved about the Orchid backups: the disguises and the bondage!!1
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/9/2009, 7:04 PM
lol, That pic you posted still looks like a pretty skinny Death to me! A fuller figure may be more appealing but its not a good representation of the character..why not cast Scarlett Johannson as Death!

But i have to say, out of all the pics iv heard for the lady..Page is the best..youv nailed it sir!...Prize! Some people find her annoying but i think shes great.

Any ideas for Orchid?

Heres an article i did a while ago for a Sandman movie..if your a fan check it out

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/notyetamovie/news/?a=6192
Talontd
Talontd - 4/9/2009, 7:39 PM
I agree with ROR SIRPRIZE, now that we are doing side by side comparisons, i think Ellen Page takes the cake!.....great casting!!! (Watch your ass SHAMAN, SIRPRIZE got skills! ;)

But damn, Ricci just oooooooooozzzesss sex appeal!!!

That's it........i'm goin to watch Black Snake Moan!
Coats
Coats - 4/9/2009, 8:06 PM
You guys have got to stop casting by looks. If she's somewhere in the right age group and not completely physically different, get black no. 1 hair dye and you've got death. It should really be about the character the actor can play. Rorschach is right. Death is bubbly and earnest. She's caring but blunt. She's a tom-boy with a feminine spunk. If the girl can act and she can fit into the black blouse, I'm sold.

Orchid's a bit more complicated though...

I haven't seen Dragonball, but it doesn't look like a good movie to judge anyone's acting skills. I'm sure there's a lot of great fan-fun in it, but its not the type of film that makes an actor.

Loving the character is half the battle though. More power to the fan-girl, Emmy. Hope she has the chops. I'd rather see an unknown like her play orchid or death than a big star like Ricci or Kiera.
KainDarkwind
KainDarkwind - 4/9/2009, 9:44 PM
Why not Summer Glau for Death? She's got the build/look and I think she's got the talent.
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 4/9/2009, 10:00 PM
Does this mean Sandman may finally get a movie. Death is a pretty interesting character. I like the DC version better than Marvel's. I could see Glau. I'd give Rossum ashot, you can't blame her for Dragonball.

I mean James Marsters got sucked into it, and he was a Picolo fan as well, thats one of the reasons he said he did it.
Osiris
Osiris - 4/9/2009, 11:18 PM
Rossum is a good actress, have any of you seen phantom of the opera? my gf loves that movie she watches it all the time and Rossum plays the main chick, she is good if givin the chance i think the poor acting in DB:E was due to director it happens look at star wars the ones that George directed had bad acting but 5 and 6 didn't and he did not direct those two.
SpiderBat209
SpiderBat209 - 4/10/2009, 2:08 AM
Wow. That pic if Emmy Rossum up top is NICE!

It's like she's lookin' right at me and saying: "This one time at BAND CAMP..."

@ Rorschach01---Emma Watson as Delirium is an Awesome idea! :)

Who to cast to play DEATH is a tuffy. I'll have to ponder this one, for a bit.
LastSon1027
LastSon1027 - 4/10/2009, 5:26 AM
I think we should all look at a few more pictures of the lovely Emmy Rossum.








Your Welcome!
Smolo
Smolo - 4/10/2009, 5:28 AM
Is that a shirt?
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/10/2009, 5:35 AM
Heh heh heh!!! ive never seen so many women on comicbook movies lol! Cheers SirJedi @ love the RICCI pic dude!!! ; ) Shes perfect! Though some of these other gal's could play other DC chicks hands down! Though the HARRY POTTER bird needs to stay in POTTER movies lol! Nope not a fan of POTTER 'n' crew, always thought BOOKS OF MAGIC would,ve been so much better from WARNERS!!! Chicks yay lol! : D
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/10/2009, 5:39 AM
Oh yeah,, heh heh soz Rorsch @ Okay maybe more like a guy was the wrong words for knightly lol, im just sick of seeing her in everything, as for Portman, hmmm....
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/10/2009, 5:45 AM
Oh right the JUNO chick, nope ain't seen that. Oops 3rd time lucky heh heh ( Hey i just woke up dammit lol ). p.s. i got a couple of pics, though im abit COMPUTER THICK heh heh, so i can't put 'em up! : D ... McAdams does look the part for ORCHID! Oh and now ive seen afew more pics, i know who Emmy is,,, thanx LastSon @ An Ellen page does have the cute factor for DEATH, if RICCI couldn't do it, yeah shes a close second!! Personally i think they should film DEATH and SANDMAN back2back! ; )
adaroundtown
adaroundtown - 4/10/2009, 6:12 AM
i enjoy a great comic book adaptation, too. that said, some works just shouldn't be touched and should remain in the genre they were originally created in. the idea of any movie project connected to Gaiman's Sandman work is absolutely appalling. As far as comic books go, it was the one body of work which completely redefined and raised the bar in the medium. (watchmen and the dark knight got the ball rolling, but were nowhere near as ambitious, or, for that matter, as layered or multi-faceted). There should never ever forever and ever ever ever be a Sandman movie.
All that off my chest, if Gaiman, himself, were to write a Death movie it might work. Coraline was excellent, after all. Ricci sucks as a choice (the character of Death was never about how sexy she was, and besides, Ricci really is a terrible actress). From the options presented on this page, the only real choice is Ms. Page
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/10/2009, 7:05 AM
adaroundtown @ Ive said that about TDK and WATCHMEN!!! The bar has been raised! I hope MARVEL an co have noticed! An yeah like i said Ms Page would be cool fit. But man, RICCI ain't a bad actress, i reckon she has depth, she just needs that one movie to sink her teeth it! Not SPEED RACER 2 lol. Copy and paste, okay cheers SirPrize!!! Your da man! I can't do it right now though, im not on my PC on someone elses lappy at the mo, but cheers dude!!! ; )
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/10/2009, 8:17 AM
I think Ricci is a good actress (Buffalo 66, Black Snake Moan, The Opposite Of Sex) but i dont think she would inject enough warmth and humor into Death is all.

Rachel Mcadams..yeah i could see that. Iv only seen her in Red Eye(crap movie but she was good in it). I dont know really, Orchids a hard one. Megan Fox! (joke)

adaroundtown Sandman is by far the best thing i have ever read, comics or otherwise. But i think that if Gaimen is hands on involved then a movie adap could work..as long as they dont try to cram the entire run into one movie obviously! If they focused on the first arc of Preludes and Nocturnes..maybe even a bit of The Dolls House its possible they could pull it off

TucsonRican
TucsonRican - 4/10/2009, 10:16 AM
What about the rest of the Endless?
HR
HR - 4/10/2009, 11:15 AM
lol nice pictorial spread. don't know much of this comic book you guys make it interesting with this casting list.
All but Ellen Page sorry i don't need more of her annoying reference to what ever the hell she talks about, don't get me wrong good looking chick. The only movie where i feel she has actually done some acting was Hard Candy.
Emmy Rossum hot hope she gets this role.
Betty
Betty - 4/10/2009, 11:23 AM
I like the idea of Ellen Paige as death as well. Great casting! Wouldnt a thought of it unless it was right in my face. I think her natural character would work well as Death.
NOT a big fan of Kiera Knightley. I like my girls curvey with a little extra budonk. Her acting is meh. Her teeth are like razor blades. Her shoulders are like pikes. Her chin could cut wolvies head off. I really dont get her appeal.
Here is my favorite pic of jessica biel. Just for fun!

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Betty
Betty - 4/10/2009, 11:29 AM
What about that chick in sweeney todd (as death) who i think would have been christina ritchy if she was younger?

Jayne Wisener
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