The following fancast is in correlation with the trilogy I'm penning (for fun!). To check out a peek at the script, head to:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SoHelpYouGod/news/?a=61999
To check out the summary of the first movie, head to:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SoHelpYouGod/news/?a=62018
Now, let's get to it.
Daredevil/Matt Murdock
Ryan Gosling
In my script, I'm developing Matt. I'm really going for a full character arc with his persona and not settling for a flat, stock martial artist who happens to act. I want an actor first, and Gosling's commitment to a script is highly admirable. He's got the look, judging by
Crazy, Stupid Love, he's got the swagger. And going by
Drive the man can hold his own in intense confrontation.
Karen Page
Imogen Poots/Emma Watson
Karen's incredibly important to me. Her relationship with Matt is something I'm really hoping to develop, instead of leaving on the back-burner like the
Iron Man movies and
Captain America did. I want to challenge my actress as much as I challenge the man playing Murdock, because Karen is really going to be put through the ringer in further installments. She's not likely to catch a break, and I need an actress with sensibility, range, and a youthful look to pull off what I have planned for the couple in the final film.
Foggy Nelson
Jason Segel
Could you really find a friendlier type of guy? In my scripts, Foggy won't be as developed as Karen or Matt, but he'll be given plenty to do. He'll definitely rise through the ranks of his profession and put on a hell of a show in court. He's not a bumbly sidekick. He knows his stuff.
Bullseye
David Tennant
Ian McKellen. Tim Roth. Tom Hiddleston. Patrick Stewart. Have Shakespearean actors ever done us wrong? Make no mistake, I'm currently writing Bullseye to be petrifying, but he's also an incredibly developed character. I'm making him as human and three-dimensional as possible. Compulsive. Tormented. Slipping into insanity. I'm not writing him to be like Ledger's Joker, which I think would be a great disservice to both Ledger's role for originality and the source material for Bullseye. Bullseye is methodical and filled with emotion. Yet, he is not moody. He attempts restraint. Professionalism. But the longer you fight him...
Kingpin
Val Kilmer
Kingpin could be the most difficult character on the planet to cast. He has to be large enough to find threatening, quick enough to provide a valid hand-to-hand challenge, and can't be portrayed as a one-note character by any means. Yes. I'm giving Kingpin a two-film arc as well. And while I don't plan on him to become a knight in shining armor, I have to throw a lot in his path. And he still has to be able to go toe to toe with the defender of Hell's Kitchen. Give it to Kilmer, who's put on weight and has the acting chops to back it up. It'll be nice to get rid of that ponytail he sports sometimes, too.
Roscoe Sweeney
Elias Koteas
Sweeney is the first antagonist of my trilogy. And while you may pass him over in the comics, he really is the catalyst for why Murdock is who he is. Since there isn't much to work with from source material, I've really tried to flesh him out the best I can, while still retaining that "slimeball" factor that keeps him fresh, scary, and at times, humorous. Throw it to Koteas, who's mastered the character enough to play it as a veteran, but with enough material to take it to the next level.
Ben Urich
Byran Cranston/John Cusack
While Ben takes a backseat in the first film, he really packs it on in the second and third. I need a master of delivery. A master of emotion. Someone to epitomize a strained, hopeful reporter who lives in the bowels of the city. Bryan Cranston has proved time and time again on his show
Breaking Bad he's got what it takes. But John Cusack is no stranger to the Urich character.
Jack Murdock
Mel Gibson
Say what you want about the man in a personal sense; Gibson's a ferocious actor. My only qualm with him would be his age, but aside from that, he's Jack Murdock, through and through.
So, what do you guys think? Decent? Poor?