Hands-Down this has to be one of my favorite game series so far, Uncharted 2 was especially great and the whole thing is very cinematic and epic, so it shouldn't be too hard to translate with the right people involved. News of David O. Russel leaving was great since he's a good director, but not for Uncharted, and he was gonna massacre it with his film, adding Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci to be Mark Wahlberg's family that tags along on his adventures. That's just crazy, or as Charles Barkley would put it, trouble. Just make it Nate, Sully and Elena like the game, epic action-packed scenes and simple and straight-forward stuff like how Indy did it, except now its modern, and with even more spectacular sequences. I kept none of the actual voice actors because I'm being realistic here and simply think they won't even be considered, though Elena, and Zoran's actors could easily do it, more-so than the others. The cast is for the whole series so far. Anyways, first the trailers to fill you in, in case you haven't seen, heard or played before...
"Im Sweatin' More Than a Hooker in Church!"-Sully
Mike Vogel is Nathan Drake
Nate's a surprisingly easy cast, I can name you a ton of actors for the role, however as I've mentioned in the past, when Nate comes on-screen I don't want to see a name like say Bradley Cooper or even Nathan Fillion (too old btw), I want to see Nathan Drake. Besides that I actually think he's spot-on visually, just give him some darker hair, and he'd be Nate in the flesh, plus he can play the funny everyman that Nate is, and at 31 is the perfect age, and even has a similar voice which is something I took into account also.
Bruce Campbell is Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
He may well be the ultimate badass, and as I've said numerous times before, he's one of my favorite actors, having been the star of one of my fav. series of all time Evil Dead, and now starring on one of my favorite tv shows to date, Burn Notice in which he plays a similar character to Sully. Sully's voice in the game even had a tinge of Campbell's to it, and nowadays he looks the role spot-on too.
Yvonne Strahovski is Elena Fisher
As I've said before, her voice actress could easily do it, however i've stated my reasons for not using her, and she has a distinct look that I feel doesn't match up greatly with Elena. Yvonne on the other-hand I feel looks just like the chick, and is a pretty kick-ass girl herself with right mixture of feistiness and intelligence to become the hot Elena Fisher.
Hayley Atwell is Chloe Frazer (Uncharted 2 & 3)
This was surprisingly tough, seeing as Chloe's so damn hot in the game, and with a sexy exotic voice. Eventually though I thought of Atwell, yes appearing in Cappy, but also good in The Duchess, and sexy as hell, and it even came down to her and Sienna Miller but she has the more exotic voice and is the hotter chick IMO, plus would be more believable for the fake deceptions she has going on. I remember Chloe being called a borderline sexual predator, just thought that was so funny because it's true.
Rutger Hauer is Karl Schafer (Uncharted 2)
Kudos to Elwood23 for coming up with this brilliant choice. Hauer is like an exact replica of Schafer, he just needs to put on that funky accent he has going on and he'd be perfect. It's a relatively small role, but big in terms of the story.
Mark Dacascos is Tenzin (Uncharted 2)
At first a harder guy to cast, and I was even gonna go with Robin Atkin Downes (his voice actor) because I had know idea who could do it. However, I eventually remembered Mark, a mostly under-the-radar guy, currently playing the part of the chairman on Iron Chef and also playing Eric Draven in one of the tv spin-offs. He ideally looks the part and would probably have no problem with the Tibetan accent.
Jeremy Irons is Gabriel Roman
Alot of people seem to cast up in terms of age when it comes to Roman, however the dude's easily an early 60's guy. Anyways after I took close looks at pictures of Roman, I realized he resembles Jeremy a whole lot, and even sounds close too. Jeremy's an awesome actor, for villains especially, just give him a hair-cut close to Gabriel's and he'd be all set.
Dominic West is Atoq Navarro
I was astounded how much west in 300 resembles Navarro, in fact I think they may have even taken his look from there as inspiration, the resemblance is uncanny imo. I know he's off nationality-wise, but he's easily a great actor, enough to put on the accent and be a brilliant villain for the film.
Amaury Nolasco is Eddy Raja
At first I didn't really know who to cast, but after watching the clip of Eddy's death again I was reminded of Amaury in some film or another, who I think is easily one of the most under-estimated actors out there, not to say he's one of the best, but he can deliver when need be, I liked him on Prison Break, and can easily pull him off. Eddy's actually a pretty cool character.
Ewan McGregor is Harry Flynn (Uncharted 2)
Harry is a double-crossing bastard, who at first comes off as a good ally (well that's obvious, but he doesn't seem that bad at first, well that's obvious too) kinda a Goldeneye thing going on. He can pull off the traitor like he did from what I remember of The Island if I'm remembering correctly, and with the right hair would look exactly like Flynn.
Ray Stevenson is Zoran Lazarević (Uncharted 2)
This one was pretty much a no-brainer, psychopathic, unsympathetic, powerful war criminal? I took one look at Zoran and I saw Ray. Forget Punihser, the dude's a great actor, look at Book of Eli or his time as Titus Pullo on Rome, let him slap on the accent, and his gruff look combined with his 6'4 built stature could easily make him be Zoran.
Helen Mirren is Katherine Marlowe (Uncharted 3)
Well you guys have spoken in the comments. I easily saw Helen in the trailer, however like I said after RED and that one Russel Brand movie, I couldn't take her seriously, tho she's undeniably a great actress and a better fit than Dench, although it seems like both of them were inspiration in her design since if you look closely you can see (Or at least I do) a mix of both of them.