The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

[The Lazarus Pit]

Corey Burton was too perfect as Brainiac in STAS, I don’t think anyone could beat that voice. He played the live action Cad Bane in Book of Boba Fett… If he’s good enough for that and flawlessly jumped to live action they should just bring him back as Brainiac in “Man of Tomorrow”.

 

[Frodo]

A reboot cast


METROPOLIS

The Cast

Superman : David Corenswet

Lois Lane : Monica Barbaro (Top Gun : Maverick)

Brainiac: Jamie Campbell Brown (Stranger Things)

Lex Luthor : Cory Stoll ( House Of Cards)

Mercy Graves : Sylvia Hoeks (Bladerunner : 2049)

Jimmy Olsen : Dallas Dupree Young ( Cobra Kai)

Perry White : Courtney B Vance ( The People versus OJ Simpson)

Cat Grant : Jing Lusi ( Crazy Rich Asians)

Jonathan Kent : Bruce Greenwood ( Star Trek)

Martha Kent : Sela Ward ( The Day After Tomorrow)

 

[Gamma Goliath]

That Clark and Lois cast were my top 2 for a reboot.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

For real though Corey Burton’s voice can’t be topped for Brainiac. He doesn’t have star power but does Brainiac even need a big name?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I think I'd be more interested in seeing what the actor creates and what the sound engineers do with it.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Whoever plays Brainiac will likely be under layers of prosthetics or be doing mo-cap. I would prefer the former; I don’t think Brainy needs to be all CGI. Anyway, I don’t know that you need a big name but I would probably favor going after someone more known for live action roles than voice roles simply because Superman’s foes (outside of Lex and Zod) have generally been ignored and passed over in live action. Casting a name actor would indicate that they are taking Superman’s #2 Big Bad seriously.

Some names that are worth considering…

Tilda Swinton
Claes Bang
Samantha Morton
Ben Whishaw
Eddie Redmayne

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

I really like Amanda Collin for Brainiac

 

[Frodo]

Brainiac could be played by a wide variety of actors and actresses.

In terms of actresses for a reboot, I like

Jodie Cormer

Vanessa Kirby

Anya Taylor Joy

 

[Sawyer]

I have no idea how any of this shakes out anymore, but this one just occurred to me…

Lois Lane - Rashida Jones

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I have no idea how any of this shakes out anymore, but this one just occurred to me…

Lois Lane - Rashida Jones

I love that choice for an Adam's replacement.

 

[Alien Anal]

I have no idea how any of this shakes out anymore, but this one just occurred to me…

Lois Lane - Rashida Jones

I have never seen her in a snappy, fast talking and strong role before. Her characters in the shows I have seen her in have all been quiet and meek.

 

[Sawyer]

I have never seen her in a snappy, fast talking and strong role before. Her characters in the shows I have seen her in have all been quiet and meek.

… are you sure those roles have actually been her?

 

[Alien Anal]

… are you sure those roles have actually been her?

I'm not sure what you mean, but it is why I said the roles I have seen her in.

If she has had sassy roles I'd love to know them to see her play that type of role.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm not sure what you mean, but it is why I said the roles I have seen her in.

If she has had sassy roles I'd love to know them to see her play that type of role.

I just mean I’ve literally never seen her in a role I would describe as meek. Even when she’s playing a nice girl, there’s usually a bit of a bite there.

 

[Alien Anal]

I just mean I’ve literally never seen her in a role I would describe as meek. Even when she’s playing a nice girl, there’s usually a bit of a bite there.

Fair enough, I guess I just don't personally see her having the bite that I imagine Lois would have (only going from what I have seen)

As I have suggested earlier I could see someone like Zazzie Beetz having that strength based on what I have seen from her. I have seen more range her than Rashida Jones. But actor can surprise you.

 

[flickchick85]

Rashida's just too low-energy for Lois, from what I've seen of her.

 

[Invader Joker]

Desperately need everyone's opinion on this.
If Gunn recasts Superman, who do you think he'd choose?

 

[flickchick85]

Gunn ain't casting anybody. That's not his role.

 

[Invader Joker]

Gunn ain't casting anybody. That's not his role.

Feige is involved with every casting decision in the MCU. I think Gunn would be quite a bit involved with casting who would ideally be the face of the franchise he's gonna be spear-heading for ideally the next 10 years.
That and I also think there's a chance he's actually directing Superman.

 

[Alien Anal]

Rashida's just too low-energy for Lois, from what I've seen of her.

Low energy is probably the word I was looking for.

 

[flickchick85]

Feige is involved with every casting decision in the MCU. I think Gunn would be quite a bit involved with casting who would ideally be the face of the franchise he's gonna be spear-heading for ideally the next 10 years.
That and I also think there's a chance he's actually directing Superman.

He turned Superman down before because he knew he was wrong for it. That would make no sense.

And Gunn's not Feige. DC Studios doesn't have the structure of Marvel Studios to even HAVE a Feige.

 

[emielaen]

Jones is low energy? In what?

 

[Eddie Dean]

Desperately need everyone's opinion on this.
If Gunn recasts Superman, who do you think he'd choose?

Henry Cavill

 

[Invader Joker]

He turned Superman down before because he knew he was wrong for it. That would make no sense.

And Gunn's not Feige. DC Studios doesn't have the structure of Marvel Studios to even HAVE a Feige.

I know Gunn said that, but at the same time it's possible he may have changed his mind, especially because even back then when he said that he didn't rule out the possibility that maybe one day he'd be interested in it. And months ago he played weirdly coy.

Also, I think you're wrong regarding the whole "DC Studios doesn't have the infrastructure to even have a Feige", that may have been true of DC Films, but DC Studios is an entirely new beast, one that Zaslav has made explicitly clear he made with the intention of setting up the same structure Marvel had and he also explicitly stated, before Gunn was hired, that he was looking for someone to put in the Feige position, which ended up being Gunn and Safran. They've been extremely clear about that.

 

[flickchick85]

I know Gunn said that, but at the same time it's possible he may have changed his mind, especially because even back then when he said that he didn't rule out the possibility that maybe one day he'd be interested in it. And months ago he played weirdly coy.
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Also, I think you're wrong regarding the whole "DC Studios doesn't have the infrastructure to even have a Feige", that may have been true of DC Films, but DC Studios is an entirely new beast, one that Zaslav has made explicitly clear he made with the intention of setting up the same structure Marvel had and he also explicitly stated, before Gunn was hired, that he was looking for someone to put in the Feige position, which ended up being Gunn and Safran. They've been extremely clear about that.

They can “restructure” all they want. They’ll never be an independent studio with the level of autonomy Marvel Studios was assured when they were acquired. That would require several people at the top to voluntarily give up their power and say in what the studio does, and people and corporations just don’t work like that.

Also that Gunn quote reiterated him not having a desire to make it, so I don’t see that being “coy” at all.