The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

[Sawyer]

After the failure of the DCEU, the chances of getting high talent seems bleak.

Then I guess it’s a good thing the DCEU is over.

 

[Invader Joker]

After the failure of the DCEU, the chances of getting high talent seems bleak.

Viola Davis.

 

[Iceman]

They got Helen Mirren to do a Shazam sequel, I think they can get quality actors for a Superman movie.

Very good point!

 

[Eddie Dean]

Helen Mirren doesn't exactly have discerning taste

 

[Lily Adler]

Viola Davis.

After. :wink:

 

[AndrewGilkison]

She's also coming back for the Waller series.

 

[HarmonyRockets]

Bill Skarsgård for Superman? He's 6'4 and I bet he could put on a lot of muscle like his older brother. There's also something kind of alien about him.

 

[Sawyer]

Bill Skarsgård for Superman? He's 6'4 and I bet he could put on a lot of muscle like his older brother. There's also something kind of alien about him.

I suggested him awhile back. He wouldn’t be my top choice, but for some reason I feel like he could work. You put enough meat on his bones and he’d really lose that goth-y creepiness.

I think he’s too much of a known commodity, though. I think it’ll be someone with much less awareness going in.

 

[Silvermoth]

Bill Skarsgård for Superman? He's 6'4 and I bet he could put on a lot of muscle like his older brother. There's also something kind of alien about him.

superman while holding Lois lane’s hand: “you’ll float too”

 

[Superchan]

Once upon a time he would have been such a good superman

Matt Bomer would still make a great superman if they were going for the 40yrs + Superman but we all know that's not what they're going for, besides Chickflick wouldn't be happy and you know what they say "hell hath no fury..."

Actually I have been thinking a woman brainiac would be interesting.

Isn't Brainiac 8 aka Windigo a female?

After the failure of the DCEU, the chances of getting high talent seems bleak.

If they managed to get Brando, Hackmen, Suzanna York, Glen Ford etc....for Superman the movie when superhero movies were non existant I think they can manage to get a few notable actors if the script is right, because at the end of the day everybody wants to get paid.

 

[flickchick85]

I've never had any beef with the Matt Bomer fancasting for Supes, for the record. I do think he's officially aged out of contention, but I think once upon a time he could've been a great Supes. He's a great actor with an inherently warm/kind presence, which is the main prerequisite any Superman actor needs for me before we get into any other qualifications, imo.

And yes, Indigo, Brainiac 8, is female, but I've no interest in seeing Indigo adapted when we haven't seen OG Brainiac properly adapted for the big screen yet. I'd be fine with a female cast as the main Brainiac as well, though I think there are plenty of great male or female candidates for that one.

 

[TMP98]

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Grace Randolph still on her bull**** again I see.

 

[emielaen]

Weird, despite recent insistence that it’s not casting, there’s a casting breakdown...

This type of snark and pettiness is also just hilarious haha

 

[AndrewGilkison]

 

[Scarlet Spider]

I do like the idea of casting young for Clark & Lois. Plan ahead.

 

[jetage]

Is the idea of making "lists" of actors kind of a way of starting the casting process?

Does it mean there will not be an open casting call? Or more so that they are determined to see some actors they have an interest in, so making this list and presenting it to a casting director makes sure they see people they have an interest in? In other words, they have certain ideas of whom to cast, and don't want to forget to see them.

Any one fairly knowledgeable about the whole process? Mr Gunn, paging Mr Gunn(a joke), but not really

 

[Sawyer]

I do like the idea of casting young for Clark & Lois. Plan ahead.

I don’t think casting people in the 30-range would be considered not planning ahead. In a decade’s time, they’ll only be 40, which is a perfectly reasonable age for Supes and Lois.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Why James Gunn’s Superman Is More Likely to Be Played By an Actor in His 30s Than His 20s

 

[Invader Joker]

Why James Gunn’s Superman Is More Likely to Be Played By an Actor in His 30s Than His 20s

Jake Picking is intriguing.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Why James Gunn’s Superman Is More Likely to Be Played By an Actor in His 30s Than His 20s

To be honest, Austin Stowell (like Jacob Elordi) looks and feels more appropriate for Bruce Wayne/Batman then he does Clark Kent/Superman.

He doesn't really fit the "big ole galoot" description that Gunn had for how he sees Superman, which doesn't indicate to me that we are going to get a chiseled Henry Cavill type, but more the All-Star Superman version.

 

[Sawyer]

I feel like we should probably establish a middle ground between “Gunn said younger, let’s cast a 22-year-old” and “Young Superman is just a cover for wanting to rid himself of Cavill, so why not go with an actor who’ll be 40 when this movie hits”.

 

[Boom]

FilmNerdJamie having a vision.

Still really liking Spencer House though.

 

[Eddie Dean]

He was terrible in Hollywood as Rock Hudson.

 

[flickchick85]

He was terrible in Hollywood as Rock Hudson.

Truly. Godawful. One of the worst performances I've seen on TV in quite a while.