Casting the Justice League

Casting the Justice League

The last JL fancast I did was met with a lot of negativity. This time I have put effort and thought into making the best cast I could fathom while remaining true to my attempt of using actors and actresses who have had no previous attachment to any comic property or are seemingly in every other cast made.

By l0rdleg0las - Mar 28, 2013 12:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic

Due to seeing Michael Fassbender, Olivia Wilde, and Zoe Saldana in seemingly every fancast that calls for a leading man or woman and seeing the likes of Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds in multiple comic roles, I have set out to try making a fancast with actors and actresses who have no previous comic movie roles in their acting career.

Superman

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Jared Padalecki
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Jared is a good actor with the build and look that could make a great Superman. He is at a good age to be capable of holding down a series of movies and has the presence that would make him a believable leader of the greatest collection of superheroes.

Batman
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Jai Courtney
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Jai is a good up and coming actor. He has the looks and charm to pull off the billionaire playboy persona of Bruce Wayne, and also has the build, screen presence and action movie experience to be an awesome Batman.

Wonder Woman
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Julia Voth
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Julia is beautiful and a good actress. She has experience working in action movies. With a tan and a little bit of working out to firm and tone she is perfect for the part.

The Flash (Wally West)
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Alex Pettyfer
Alex Pettyfer


Alex has that cocky, youthful charm that I think works great for my favorite incarnation of the Flash(Wally West) A solid actor who could provide a little comic relief to the team while also being believable as a hero.

Green Lantern(Hal Jordan)
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Liam Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth


A solid actor who has the youth that he can play the part in numerous JL and solo films as well as the presence to make the role his own. He is a little younger than most of the cast, but like my choice for the Flash, his youth fits the part. Youthful, cockiness and attitude would make a great GL onscreen.

Aquaman
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Eric Christian Olsen
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A really good underrated actor. While known mostly for comedic parts, he has shown an ability to play serious while on NCIS LA. Has the look and ability to bring Aquaman to life

Supporting Characters

Lois Lane - Alison Brie
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Beautiful talented and capable of being classy and sexy while also having the spunky quality needed in Lois Lane

Dick Grayson - Ezra Miller
Happy Birthday Ezra Miller!


I like the idea of a more mature Dick Grayson nearing the time of leaving Robin behing and becoming Nightwing as opposed to the young kid version. Ezra Miller is one of the best young actors working and would be a great Dick Grayson. The plan would be to introduce him in JL and maybe a solo Batman movie and then spinoff into a Nightwing movie.

Villains

Lex Luthor - Timothy Olyphant
Timothy Olyphant


A great actor. Watch Justified if you don't believe me. Has the ability to be both charming and sleazy at the same time, which i think is perfect for Lex. His style and acting could finally get us a non-campy version of Lex Luthor and get us the serious great character he is.

Darkseid - CGI - Voice - Tony Todd
Tony Todd Sept 9, 2006

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kong
kong - 3/28/2013, 2:54 AM
Tony Todd and Timothy Olyphant are decent. The rest suck.
deathangel
deathangel - 3/28/2013, 3:06 AM
Villains are good the rest is pretty bad. Horrible Gl and bad Flash. Dick garyson is pretty bad aswell. Good job on the originality......
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 3/28/2013, 3:48 AM
Green Lantern, Lois Lane, and Lex Luther are pretty much the only good pick's
minusman
minusman - 3/28/2013, 4:53 AM
Original casting choices. Padalecki as Supes is surprisingly fresh.
TheLibrarian
TheLibrarian - 3/28/2013, 8:45 AM
I have watched every single episode of Supernatural and can happily confirm that Jared Padalecki is a terrible actor and should not be in any film ever.

Really like the Erza Miller/Dick Grayson cast though. Quality pick and original.
SAT
SAT - 3/28/2013, 9:30 AM
I like all the actors and actresses you picked, I just feel a lot are too young or don't fit the roles. Liam Hemsworth is a very good actor, but a bit too young for Hal. Wally West is the character that actually got me into comics, I saw him in JLU and I was hooked. But I think there are better picks for Wally, and better roles for Alex. But it's not a bad pick! I've never seen your Dick Grayson pick act, but I've heard he's really good!
Overall, a very young cast, but not too bad! Keep up the good work!
schneider625
schneider625 - 3/28/2013, 11:40 AM
Why Wally and not Barry?
l0rdleg0las
l0rdleg0las - 3/28/2013, 11:47 AM
the younger ages of my picks was for a reason. i look at this as an origin story and these are actors who can grow into the roles of a series of JL movies as well as solo films.

with Padalecki as Superman, true he isn't an oscar caliber actor, but he is a solid actor and looks the part.

i really like Jai Courtney, as Batman. good actor who is going to become more and more prominent in film and isn't so huge yet that he overshadows the character.

Wonder Woman is a difficult one to cast. On the one hand you can go for someone who looks the part, but can't act(Carano) or you can go with a good actress and get her a trainer to get her to look the part.

With Wally West and Hal Jordan, i have always envisioned them as younger members of the JL. Hal because in most cases with soldiers in the military they tend to be mid 20s as opposed to nearing 40. And Wally West has always been portrayed as younger. was Kid Flash and then a member of the Teen Titans, so to me it made sense to have him be played by a younger actor.

Eric Christian Olsen is a good actor who several years ago was set to play the lead in a film remake of the tv show Greatest American Hero. He has the right look and could definitely pull off a good Aquaman.

Alison Brie is gorgeous. Can be classy as seen in Mad Men, can be quirky and spunky. A perfect Lois Lane.(much better than the version we currently have)
l0rdleg0las
l0rdleg0las - 3/28/2013, 11:51 AM
@Schneider625

i chose Wally, because I have always liked him better than Barry. Wally West was who got me into comics, and Barry always seemed to serious as opposed to Wally who was fun.

and for a JL movie, while a dramatic tone is necessary at times, you also need some moments of levity. a 2+ hour long downer dramatic movie works for a character like Batman, but with JL that tone would be wrong.
6of13
6of13 - 3/28/2013, 1:32 PM
After watching the recent Star Trek Into Darkness trailer, Chris Pine would make an excellent Barry Allen.

MCott
MCott - 3/28/2013, 1:58 PM
I see you also like to be original. Me too. At least I try anyway.

That being said, I like how you went older with Luthor (in comparison to Superman). My choice, though unusual, is Stanley Tucci.

That being said, would you mind checking out my Doctor Strange fan cast?

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fan_fic/news/?a=76415
Facade
Facade - 3/29/2013, 6:08 AM
This has CW written all over it.
CaptainDC
CaptainDC - 3/30/2013, 5:06 PM
You should just stop making fan casts
SpanX13
SpanX13 - 4/21/2013, 9:38 AM
Cast is pretty decent, seen da guy Padelecki cast a few times, while I don't see it, I would like to see how he would do.

As for Courtney, he's more Aquaman than Batman, someone like Josh Hartnett would probably work better.
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