The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

[Deck Rickard]

Danny Mcbride for Lombard?
No? Yes? Maybe?

No. McBride can’t play anything but McBride and while that persona might kinda fit Lombard, I would rather they hire someone with a little more range. I know Lombard probably won’t have a lot of screen time or much of an arc, but whenever McBride shows up in anything, it makes it feel like a damned joke.

 

[GreenKToo]

No. McBride can’t play anything but McBride and while that persona might kinda fit Lombard, I would rather they hire someone with a little more range. I know Lombard probably won’t have a lot of screen time or much of an arc, but whenever McBride shows up in anything, it makes it feel like a damned joke.

But isn't that the whole point of Lombard?
A womanizer who thinks he's way more than he actually is, and everyone is laughing at him behind his back.
The role needs filled by an azz, and there is no bigger azz than he lol.
Well, maybe Rob Lowe is bigger, but I digress..

 

[GreenKToo]

Dean cain for Lombard. Casting closed.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Danny McBride is actually an extremely good dramatic actor

 

[Deck Rickard]

But isn't that the whole point of Lombard?
A womanizer who thinks he's way more than he actually is, and everyone is laughing at him behind his back.
The role needs filled by an azz, and there is no bigger azz than he lol.
Well, maybe Rob Lowe is bigger, but I digress..

Yeah I agree with that but I don’t know. I feel like he’s one of those people that takes you out of the movie. You would see him and you wouldn’t think, “Wow, Lombard is a d-bag.” You would think, “Oh, it’s Danny McBride.”

Danny McBride is actually an extremely good dramatic actor

Is he? I only watched the first season of Royal Gemstones and aside from a couple moments, he was pretty much just doing his usual shtick.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Yes.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Well okay then.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

how Jerry O'Connell as Lombard .... ?
(even has that Superman connection of not only being a big fan, but, having voiced him)

 

[Sawyer]

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Daniel Richtman can't "confirm" anything.

 

[B]

How about Wendell Pierce for Perry White? I only really know him from The Wire but he's popped up in other shows/films I've seen & I like him.

 

[Sawyer]

Oh ****…

 

[Monochron]

He'd be great, but I doubt he would do another makeup intensive role.

 

[flickchick85]

Oh ****…

Lmao I'll admit that was my first thought when Gunn posted about meeting with him, but then I had the same thought as @Monochron - I really doubt he'd wanna be a green guy again lol.

 

[B]

Would it really be that intensive though? It would realistically only going to be his head, possibly his hands/arms depending on the look.

 

[Eddie Dean]

It would be funny if Bautista was Bibbo

Him in Blade Runner mode would be a cool Brainiac though.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

If Braniac is CG than it would only require a mocap performance. I'd actually prefer that to heavy prosthetics.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Brainiac being a completely AI performance is an idea…

 

[Eddie Dean]

A bad one!

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

It’s probably the only character where that idea would make sense. Especially if they go for a STAS inspired Brainiac. Obviously I prefer a real actor but it could generate a lot of discussion if they actually did that

 

[Sawyer]

It’s probably the only character where that idea would make sense. Especially if they go for a STAS inspired Brainiac. Obviously I prefer a real actor but it could generate a lot of discussion if they actually did that

Ehh. It would, at best, make for a mildly interesting piece of trivia after the fact. But there’s almost no chance the execution would be worth the scrutiny they’d face.

 

[Invader Joker]

He'd be great, but I doubt he would do another makeup intensive role.

Could easily do Brainiac the same way Thanos was done, mo-cap.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Lee Pace makes a lot of sense for Brainiac, but I’d imagine he’d play it exactly how he played both Thandruil and Ronan (but with green makeup!)

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Different script and type of character altogether, I can't imagine his performance would be anything like those roles at all.

 

[Monochron]

Could easily do Brainiac the same way Thanos was done, mo-cap.

I would bet at this point in his career he wants to focus on roles that do not involve make up or mo-cap.

I would like him to play Vandal Savage.