Perfect Casting, part 2

[MetalFae]

Seriously? WHY isn't Robert Downey Jr. on here? He has the wild hair, crazy dare devil antics, best of all he's pretty good at being sarcastic... He's perfect! Haha. At least IMO But that Nathan guy could work pretty well too!

http://beautiful-pics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Robert_Downey_Jr_23.jpg

[Snowleopard]

Actually come to think of it - Nathan Fillion would make a great Butters.
Some glasses, hair cut, and the right wardrobe and he'd be terrific.
So would Robert Downey, Jr.  Of course RDjr could do a good Rudy also.

[NeuroHeart]

Actually come to think of it - Nathan Fillion would make a great Butters.

Except for the fact that Butters is short and wiry and Nathan Fillion is a strapping 6'1". Butters is also described as being stereotypically Jewish, with dark curly hair and dark eyes. I mean, I'm sure Fillion could act the part because he's a very good actor, but he doesn't fit the part very well.

[MetalFae]

I had a patient at work today that was pretty much the ideal spitting image of Ebenezer McCoy right down to the flannel...I half expected him to call me 'Hoss' at any moment   

And then I realized: Oh Man, I need a life.  lol

[Snowleopard]

Welcome to fandom.

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Welcome to fandom.

Lol

[Warden John Marcone]

And then I realized: Oh Man, I need a life.  lol

What is this "life" you speak of?

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

What is this "life" you speak of?

Is that a kind of pokemon?

[Snowleopard]

Life?? Life?  We don't need no filthy stink'n life!!!

[MetalFae]

Is that a kind of pokemon?

. 

Haha! It's a 'Pika Pika' kind of life!  

Hooray for nostalgia and the life sucking vortex that is fandom! 

[SJD]

Actually come to think of it - Nathan Fillion would make a great Butters.
Some glasses, hair cut, and the right wardrobe and he'd be terrific.
So would Robert Downey, Jr.  Of course RDjr could do a good Rudy also.

Downey would be perfect if he were tall enough,...but he's considerably too short. The Fillion Guy is not even close to Harry in any way in my opinion.

Jackman would be solid,...but i don't know if he could pull off Harry's special brand of snark which is actually hilarious.

To be honest i think the best guy for the part is probably an unknown.

But if i had to go with a "name" actor,...i'd have to go with Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds. Outside of Downey, they are the only other actors listed here that have the acting "chops" and or wit to portray Harry as closely as possible to the Novels.

And though they are not exceptionally tall,...they are not short. With the proper shoes you could get them up to 6-4 or better.

[habu987]

Downey would be perfect if he were tall enough,...but he's considerably too short. The Fillion Guy is not even close to Harry in any way in my opinion.

Jackman would be solid,...but i don't know if he could pull off Harry's special brand of snark which is actually hilarious.

To be honest i think the best guy for the part is probably an unknown.

But if i had to go with a "name" actor,...i'd have to go with Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds. Outside of Downey, they are the only other actors listed here that have the acting "chops" and or wit to portray Harry as closely as possible to the Novels.

And though they are not exceptionally tall,...they are not short. With the proper shoes you could get them up to 6-4 or better.

Physically, the actor I think of for Harry is Zachary Levi.  He's 6'3 or 6'4 and can do the snark.

But if I'm thinking of pure acting chops, I'd say David Tennant hands down...but he's not very tall, around 5'10, I think.

[Snowleopard]

As I've said in this thread before - the height thing can be worked around to a degree.
Apple boxes, camera angles, and trenches.  In the classic Western - Shane - Alan Ladd was supposed to be walking along side of Jack Palance and they were supposed to be the same height.  Wrong.
Ladd was about 5'8" and Palance was 6 foot something.  They solved the problem by digging a trench
for Palance to walk in.
Also reallly tall actors who can act are not that common.  The TV series actually got very
lucky with Paul Blackthorne.

[Dina]

Yes, I insist Blackthorne was a great choice 

[NeuroHeart]

The Fillion Guy is not even close to Harry in any way in my opinion...if he could pull off Harry's special brand of snark... the only other actors listed here that have the acting "chops" and or wit to portray Harry as closely as possible to the Novels.

Just my opinion, but you clearly haven't seen Fillion in anything. Special brand of snark? I can't think of anyone who does it better. And he can be deadly serious and scary when it's called for. Fillion has twice the acting range of Ryan Reynolds.

But if I'm thinking of pure acting chops, I'd say David Tennant hands down...but he's not very tall, around 5'10, I think.

Tennant is 6'1" and a string bean. He could totally do it.