Conan casting news from Daniel "Colossus" Cudmore!

Conan casting news from Daniel "Colossus" Cudmore!

Who's set to play our favorite barbarian?

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By DeadWebHead - Dec 11, 2009 03:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Conan

After (shamefully) attending a twilight convention this past weekend and speaking to Daniel Cudmore who has the part of Felix in New Moon but you may all know him as Colossus from the second and third x-men movie, I learned some very interesting facts about the upcoming Conan film.

A ) It's going to be much much darker than the original set of movies... think Conan red nails.

B ) The two major contenders for the role of Conan are

1 ) Daniel Cudmore himself


From personal experience I can tell you that this man is a ridiculous 6'7" and about has arms roughly the width of Palm trees.

2) Roland Kickinger

The Arnold clone most recently used as the body for the T-800 in Terminator: Salvation stands at a solid 6'4" and comes complete with an Austrian accent

So... what do you guys think?

P.s: Unrelated to Conan, during Cudmore's Q&A one fan asked him what other super hero he'd like to play and he said Batman... could you imagine a 6'7" Batman?
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DeadWebHead
DeadWebHead - 12/11/2009, 3:27 AM
My vote goes to Cudmore... he's younger looking which give him time to evolve in future Conan movies and that 6'7" height of his is rather imposing
ElBicho
ElBicho - 12/11/2009, 6:46 AM
Maybe Kickinger could play Arnold playing Conan in some sort of flashback mockumentary.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 12/11/2009, 10:09 AM
I coul'd see Cudmore making an excellent Conan. He has the look. I ve not seen him in anything but Xmen. I would rather they didn't go with an Arnold clone for this.

Nice find webhead.
orod510
orod510 - 12/11/2009, 10:40 AM
Cudmore, please
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 12/11/2009, 10:40 AM
Interesting. Every movie I've seen him in, he's only said about 3 words, so I can't really comment on his acting abilities. But, I would rather see someone like him get the role than see a Arnie clone, like old blue eyes above me said.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/11/2009, 10:48 AM
Either are good, but i really like DDD's choice for CONAN!

Damn, ive cast KINGINGER in the Green Lantern Corps casting in Fan Fic!

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ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 12/11/2009, 10:50 AM
My vote's Ronald Kickinger, Cudmore doesn't look right to me.
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 12/11/2009, 11:01 AM
Wait, doesnt Conan have to say more than 5 words in the movie so I dont think Cudmore would be good for the role lol

But seriously he might do a good job
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/11/2009, 11:01 AM
i think daniel cudmore can't act his way out of a nut sack.
weapon925
weapon925 - 12/11/2009, 11:18 AM
Cudmore, and this isn't gay, is to pretty. He just doesn't say "I'm a super bad ass barbarian who lived through hell and can kill anything on this whole friggin planet while incorporating only about 5 - 10 lines of dialog". I would still rather he get the part of the two though.
theartofoneness
theartofoneness - 12/11/2009, 11:27 AM
I say cudmore also. I havent seen him act necessarily but I liked him in xmen. I wish we could see more colossus also. I think roland is great. Mostly because he is the austrian clone of arnold. I think he wouldnt work. It would be another superman blunder. Tho superman wasnt a complete waste. It was awesome to see him on screen for the first time in my life. I do think it could have been a lot stronger if they had gone a different direction and not tried to bring the past into the present.
SkunkApe1
SkunkApe1 - 12/11/2009, 11:37 AM
Give it that "300" look !
ottoevans
ottoevans - 12/11/2009, 11:43 AM
yeah uness this movie goes after the 300 look, i dont see how either of these guys sell this movie. I would definetly watch it but i dont see how this gets a audience.
JerusalemJr
JerusalemJr - 12/11/2009, 11:53 AM
If it was between those two I would say Cudmore, he looks the part and the other guy is way too bulky.

Awesome that they are going with a darker feel. Speaking of Red Nails though, anybody know when the Red Nails cartoon movie is coming out?
HelaGood
HelaGood - 12/11/2009, 11:59 AM
cudmore makes me look like little sprout from the green giant commercials. my vote goes to him! and i forgive him for all the Twilight stuff. everyone makes mistakes...
phenomenon
phenomenon - 12/11/2009, 12:05 PM
you're right skunkape, that's what I.m looking for!! the style of 300!! and neither one is good for the role!
one is too skinny, the other one looks like too much androgenics. bodybuilding is great, but conan shouldn't be that big in musclemass!

than feller or keller or what was his name(really forgot his name)is a better choice!
SraFisher
SraFisher - 12/11/2009, 12:43 PM
Cudmore
Osiris
Osiris - 12/11/2009, 12:43 PM
I got dragged to see new moon with the gf and I didn't even realize that was Cudmore, he looks so different in that movie.
WhoTheHellIsBen
WhoTheHellIsBen - 12/11/2009, 12:54 PM
Okay so everyone's big issue is, can Cudmore act? My big question is, does it matter? Has anyone ever watched an Arnold movie and said, Damn!! Arnie is such a great actor!! Man I was completley convinced it wasn't a tumor and I totally felt the need to get to da choppah! Seriously, Conan does not need an actor, it needs a frigging huge dude that can kill the shit out of everything and make 300 look like a Disney flick. Who's with me?
1chris2
1chris2 - 12/11/2009, 1:21 PM
i hope daniel cudmore gets the role,and i would love to see him come back in x-4 and get more screen time as well as ben foster,shawn ashmore,alan cummings,taylor kitch,beak,chamber,sinister,apocalypse,AND the sentinels story.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/11/2009, 1:35 PM
Cudmore can act better than kickinger but still... i dunno. DDD has picks of Paul Telfer i think his name is. He's a good choice. If there's a good enough director on board to whip Cudmore into shape, i wouldn't be against it. NO JPR!!!
JerusalemJr
JerusalemJr - 12/11/2009, 2:32 PM
LogicEngage - If you read the books, the previous Conan movies are as much like the original character as the Origins movie was to Wolverine. As much as I liked the old Conan movies, the character isn't really like that. As has been said several times in past postings, he isn't stupid, he eventually becomes a king and ruler of a massive kingdom, Aquilonia.

Shaman - Yeah, Telfer so far gets my vote hands down, though Phenom is right in that he needs some dirt to the face and a few scars to make him a bit less pretty.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/11/2009, 2:52 PM
Paul Telfer is CONAN!!!

We need a PIC SHAMAN dude!! ; D
JerusalemJr
JerusalemJr - 12/11/2009, 3:04 PM
Not sure who all knows about this but I first heard about it at SDCC several years back.

http://www.conanrednails.com/
thatiscrazy
thatiscrazy - 12/11/2009, 3:28 PM
Some one said x4 haha NONONONONONONO!

My pick is for the second dude, Roland Kickinger

You don't need to be able to act to pull off conan, I mean arnie can't act his way out of a paper bag lol you think he was cast for that part for his acting?
Osiris
Osiris - 12/11/2009, 5:12 PM
Jerusalem is right about Conan not being stupid, yes he is a barbarian but he is also a ruler and great leader and the old movies are way off from the comics I think they are further from the source then XMO: Wolvie was.
Demonslayerwolf
Demonslayerwolf - 12/11/2009, 10:57 PM
Kickinger's build is very much like Arnold was, a bit bigger, but seeing him with arnie's face was awesome in Terminator. I loved it. Being that Conan the Barbarian was and is one of my all time favorites since childhood, I would love to see Kickinger, accent and all, play Conan, the only question is, can he act at all. We know Arnold was never acclaimed for his acting in Conan, but he still WAS Conan in the first one. I can't even bare the thought of the horid destroyer crapquel. Anyway, better him than Tripple H. I think Cudmore would be awesome as either Superman or Captain America.
DeadWebHead
DeadWebHead - 12/12/2009, 12:26 PM
@DemonSlayerWolf: You can't have a 6'7" Superman.... it just doesn't work. I personally think he've been a better choice for Thor. Actually he auditioned for Thor but as one of the other asgardians (I don't remember who).

As for anyone who's brought this up... they wouldn't be auditioning if it wasn't green lit.

I totally think Daniel could pull off being a barbarian especially since he's the number one person pushing for this movie to be as dark as possible
Demonslayerwolf
Demonslayerwolf - 12/12/2009, 5:20 PM
I'm not saying Daniel couldn't do it, I liked him as colossus, I just hope he gets bigger, which I'm sure he would, he has the genetics for it. You're right about the 6'7" superman, that would throw things off a bit, but I do think he would do well as Captain America, except for the fact he's already colossus.
WarNoodle
WarNoodle - 12/12/2009, 6:26 PM
I say neither... cudmore doesn't seem big enough to pull it off.. and the other guy looks and sounds to much like arnold, and a little to big. AND! doesn't sound like he can act at all! so keep looking boys!
Frank
Frank - 12/16/2009, 4:20 PM
The new Conan movie has the green light. It starts filming in 2 months. First off the actor they get needs to have acting skill because the real conan is not some big meat head that walks around and hacks people in 2 for the fun of it. Arnold played a vary bad and unfaithfull conan. If you would like to know what Conan is reaily like then pick up a book. I dont think Cudmore is to big or to small for the part I think he has the perfict size and build for the role. Conan is not some juiced up steroid freak with muscle on top of muscle. The muscle Conan has is from a hard life lived and genetics. In REH's story's he often said that conan moved like a panther when he was fighting. And I dont think Cudmore is to pretty of a man to play Conan but he dose have manly good looks. And when you put some fake scars on his face along with that magical movie make-up the manly good looks turn to rugged good looks. And that is what conan needs. This movie if made well can be bigger than Lord Of The Rings.
grillon
grillon - 12/19/2009, 10:31 AM
I also vote for Cudmore. I saw a posting on here where age is a concern for the evolution of future movies and youth wins out. He also is built for the character of Conan as far as I am concerned.
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