Perfect Casting, part 2

[tiny[but]fierce]

Big no on Tom Cruise. I, unlike Shecky, dislike the crap out of Cruise. Never have liked him. He seems entirely insincere about anything and everything that comes out of his mouth. Barring that, he would actually make me distrust Michael, which is something that should NEVER happen.

Fillion as Michael, I can definitely see, although Shecky is right in that there would be massive potentially primo snark lost in translation here. I think I could be okay with it, though, as long as whoever plays Harry brings it for the both of them. He's played serious roles before (a misogynistic priest who was really an agent of the First Evil on Buffy, which was just flipping creepy; a doctor who falls for Keri Russel's character in the movie Waitress; and despite the completely BA snarkiness of the character, Captain Malcolm Reynolds was deeply serious, too.)

In the end, I'd still have to see a screen test to be sure. Michael is one of the best characters in the series (he's in my top three, right after Harry, Karrin and Thomas, and no, I didn't count wrong -- Karrin and Thomas share the number 2 spot). I love Nathan, but my top pick for Michael is still Viggo Mortenson (at least until something epic happens and they discover an unknown who completely kills the role).

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

I actually hated michael till proven Guilty and then realized what a great man with a great burden.

[Snowleopard]

My two cents worth.
Tom Cruise shouldn't have anything to do with a HD film.
He's been too busy playing himself lately.
And definitely NOT as Michael.  No way.
Nathan Fillion is great but he's not a Michael.
More as one of the wardens or the new FBI guy - Tilly?  Have I that right?
Paul Gross is a good choice for Michael.  Give him a close cropped beard and a shaggier hair style and he'd be good to go.

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Shaggy hair like charity would allow that

[Shecky]

Nah, just grab him as-is from Constable Fraser, add beard and done.

[Icecream]

*slips in*

Bang.

*slips out*

I'm wanting to say something along the lines of "that's what she said" but it's not really applicable here.

Everybody is banging me today 

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Yeah you can't make a joke of a joke

[Icecream]

ok mind out of gutter . sowwy

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Can you give me a hand out of it too? 

[Priscellie]

I think they should actually hire David Duchovny for Tilly, then dye his hair a little darker or add a teensy facial prosthetic (nose?) so that he looks sliiiiiiightly different.  Then he could be himself in Harry's illusion.

[Shecky]

Heh. Jokes within jokes.

[Snowleopard]

That's a good one, I like that.

[hatshep2]

Really? Huh? "Executive" is one of the last descriptions I could imagine for his Fraser character. He's visibly upright, honest, open, strong and outright good. I can't NOT see him as Michael.

Don't worry - I meant that like "the son of a rich executive who just inherited the company." If I had meant something negative, I would have just said "lawyer."  He seems like a nice guy but still not Michael to me. Michael is a high class guy in the sense that he is a good person and an upstanding citizen but he just doesn't scream "corner office" like that actor does with me for some reason.

[hatshep2]

My two cents worth.
Tom Cruise shouldn't have anything to do with a HD film.
He's been too busy playing himself lately.
And definitely NOT as Michael.  No way.
Nathan Fillion is great but he's not a Michael.
More as one of the wardens or the new FBI guy - Tilly?  Have I that right?
Paul Gross is a good choice for Michael.  Give him a close cropped beard and a shaggier hair style and he'd be good to go.

Other than the bit about Paul Gross, I agree 100 percent. Nathan as Tilly would be awesome but he's just no Michael. And Tom Cruise is way too stuck on himself (even if he does have some cause to be) to play a convincing Michael or Harry. He does well in certain parts (like the fabulous "Knight & Day") but he can't put himself into a humble role to save his life. That cockiness is certainly part of his charm but it also limits what types of roles he can convincingly play. (And I know, Harry is kind of cocky a lot but he is cocky about stuff other than his supreme hotness, which is what Cruise is so cocky about. So its cockiness but its still worlds apart.)

[Shecky]

Don't worry - I meant that like "the son of a rich executive who just inherited the company." If I had meant something negative, I would have just said "lawyer."  He seems like a nice guy but still not Michael to me. Michael is a high class guy in the sense that he is a good person and an upstanding citizen but he just doesn't scream "corner office" like that actor does with me for some reason.

*snort* I see what you mean. I guess that's where our personal visions diverge; I don't see that in Gross, but I can certainly respect that you do. He IS a little bit of Whitey McWhite, isn't he?