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Posted by: ghost416 Sep 28 2003, 07:10 AM

I was just wondering if you could choose any actor, which ones would you choose to make an imaginary SR team? Also, what's the reason that you choose them and for which position would you place them in? I was trying to peg down the perfect team but really couldn't get past the magic guy. For me, the only guy who could pull of a real deal magic user, to get down the creepy feel would be Christoper Walken.

Posted by: Dragoonkin Sep 28 2003, 07:25 AM

No way...Walken would have to be Cybered Joe, the cold remorseless killer who doesn't think about anything he does.

"Yes, I'm going full-auto onto the crowd of schoolchildren and nuns to get my target. After all, this is business."

Posted by: Finbar Sep 28 2003, 09:12 AM

Jean Reno as the crusty Decker, full of bitterness who decks so he doesnt have to see what the world has become.

Posted by: Abstruse Sep 28 2003, 09:20 AM

Samurai - The Rock (Since Ahnold is a bit too old)
Adept - Jet Li (Same with Jackie Chan)
Gunslinger - Colin Ferrel (Just because he's that damn cool)
Mage - Liv Tyler (FotR, she just looked so cool with the pointy ears casting a spell)
Decker - Mathew Lillard (Ever seen Hackers? Mr. Cerial Killer)
Face - Jason Lee (Listen to the guy spout out fast-paced Kevin Smith dialog and you'll understand)
Rigger - The guy that plays Mini-Me (because all riggers are dwarves you know)

I tried to think of a shaman, but there are few roles like that for actors.

The Abstruse One

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Posted by: Sphynx Sep 28 2003, 10:37 AM

Hermetic Mage: Milla Jovovich
Shaman: Michael Clarke (this is an untouchable here....)
Adept: Chow Yun Fat

Only decided on the Magic ones.

Sphynx

Posted by: Tziluthi Sep 28 2003, 11:27 AM

Mercenary: Jason Statham.

Oh "the Transporter" was such a cool film.

Posted by: RedKnightSpecial Sep 28 2003, 12:07 PM

Samurai - Howie Long!
Adept - Roy Jones JR would be a great Western Phys-Ad
Gunslinger - Val Kilmer played the best Gunslinger ever.
Hermetic Mage - I have to agree with Milla Jovovich on that one
Shamanic Mage - Vivica A Fox
Decker - Mathew Lillard Again, good choice
Face - Brad Pitt much as I would love to hate this guy, he's damn good (especially in Snatch)
Rigger - Jack Black.

Posted by: cykotek Sep 28 2003, 12:10 PM

Jean Reno, Al Pacino, and Robet DeNiro. Especially Robert DeNiro. Check out Ronin, Heat, and The Recruit.

And definately not Sean Bean. I don't need more fuckups and dead guys (since he never seems to get any other role).

Posted by: Drain Brain Sep 28 2003, 12:21 PM

Ronny Cox (Total Recall), James Earl Jones, Patrick Stewart, James Woods - Mr Johnson - although I guess that's not strictly a team member.

Jude Law, Angelina Jolie - the Face

Jewel Staite (Firefly), Johnny Depp - Hermetic Mage

Adrian Paul (Highlander, the Series - would also make a cool Druid), Lou Diamond Phillips - PhysAd

Johnny Lee Miller, Corin Nemec (The Stand, SG1), John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank) - Decker

Jason Statham (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the Transporter) - Combat Decker

Angella Basset (Strange Days), Christopher Judge (Teal'c from SG1) - Samurai

Rodney A. Grant (Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West), Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager), Rawiri Paratene (Whale Rider) - Shaman

Keanu Reeves as "third corpse from the left"

Sean Bean as the pessimistic ex-Merc tactician - Cykotek, watch the "Sharpe" series... he plays a great military commander, with just the right ammount of "hands on" gruffness

Either Clea DuVall (Ghosts of Mars) or Ellen Muth (Dead Like Me) would make a great "Weapons Specialist" (the latter if you cut and dyed her hair...) look at the picture, you'll see what I mean...

Benicio Del Torro as the Blood Mage/dodgy Aztechnology Agent


Can't be arsed to think of any more for now...

Posted by: Nightlynx Sep 28 2003, 12:26 PM

Hmm... I just tried, but beside from the one's already mentioned above I only got...

Asian female Adept/Decker/Mage:http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0290334/X2-293.jpg
Asian male Adept/Muscle: http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/mgm/bulletproof_monk/chow_yun_fat/monk.jpg, http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0271027/024543027768_z_kissicfu.jpg
Male Muscles/Snipers etc.: http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0120586/1, http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0116409/fcstil_0422.jpg
Female Adept/Muscle: http://img.actressarchives.com/dina/dina223.jpg

Johnson/Fixer in the background: Sky du Mont, http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0120685/6

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(Bad guys main henchman: http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0120008/1-10.jpg)
(The Maniac: http://www.ewanspotting.com/film/trainspotting/6.jpg)
(Female Exec: http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0234215/MX2CT-3215R.jpg)
(Male Exec: http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0111454/fcstil_0734a.jpg)
(Evil mage: http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0237534/BWCL1536X1024_71.jpg)

Greetings,
Nyx

Posted by: Comedian Sep 28 2003, 12:57 PM

Coyote Shaman: Christopher Walken. You all know I'm right here.
Physad: I think I'd throw Milla Jovovich up here, just because I have a crush on her, and some of the badass fight scenes in Fifth Element.
Rigger: Gary Coleman.(G.C. for Cali4nia Recall!)
Drug Addict Decker: Johnny Depp(So it's easy to picturee him in the fear and loathing in las vegas gear with a bright silver datajack in his forehead)

Posted by: Squire Sep 28 2003, 02:41 PM

You have to have Christopher Walken. I'd have him play a supporting role with a lot of menace, maybe Loftweir in human form or Darke. I'd have to try to find an excuse to make him dance at some point in the movie.

For a hermetic, I'd have to go with Winonna Rider. Check out the end of Dracula and you'll see what I mean.

Chow Yun Fat would make a great adept, but I'd go with Jet Li. Other options, Jessica Alba (Dark Angel) of Eliza Dushku (Faith on Buffy).

Michelle Rodriguez (Resident Evil) as a street sam or combat decker.

Vin Diesel might work for a street sam, maybe an ork.

Jenna Elfman as an elven shaman.

Monica Keena (Snow White or Crime & Punishment in Suburbia) as a former corporate daughter turned rogue, in Seattle for first time (ala Plus ca Change from SR2).

Sigorney Weaver or Bruce Willis as the fixer.

Robert Duvall or Tommy Lee Jones as Mr. Johnson.

Ryan Phillippe (54) as Damen (the dragon).

Tom Hanks or Mel Gibson as the extraction target.

Posted by: Fygg Nuuton Sep 28 2003, 05:31 PM

nah, walken would be ghostwalker! that dragon is just kinda creepy, but thats me

"I'm... gonna EAT you if... you... don't do THIS run.... forme... I'm... not KIDDING"

Posted by: Kagetenshi Sep 28 2003, 06:13 PM

Lone Star Security Guard #4: Keanu Reeves

~J

Posted by: Kurukami Sep 28 2003, 06:31 PM

Anthony Michael Hall as the Shaman.
Ralph Fiennes as the Face/BTL-user.
Kelly Hu as the Samurai or Physad, definitely.
Chow Yun Fat as a Samurai/former company man.
Michael Biehn as the sniper with the thousand-meter stare.
Thora Birch as the decker.
Jude Law as the Hermetic Mage.
Matthew McConaughey as the crazed Merc (anyone else here seen Reign of Fire?).

And Christopher Walken as the Fixer. Whoever they get to play Johnson should be not too recognizable...

Posted by: Sunday_Gamer Sep 28 2003, 06:39 PM

I think my team would consist of Allyson Hannigan, Eliza Dushku, Shania Twain and Jennifer Love Hewitt and ALL the runs would consist of recovering some sensitive data from my pants.

Sunday.

Posted by: ghost416 Sep 28 2003, 06:52 PM

Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Sep 28 2003, 06:56 PM

Alright, my dream team:

-Wesley Snipes as the angsty phys-ad (Blade, anyone?)
-Alyson Hannigan as the shaman
-Jason Staham as the decker (from what i saw of him in "Snatch," he's got the right smart-assed attitude for it)
-Ron Perlman as the street sam (definitely got the stone-cold/sharp tongue routine; anyone who's seen "Blade 2" and "Alien: Resurrection" knows that)
-Michael Biehn as the team's conscience/weapons expert/gunslinger
-Michelle Rodriguez (sp?) as the electronics/B&E expert and second gunslinger
-Nicholas Cage as the rigger (I haven't seen "Gone in 60 Seconds", but from the promos I've seen of him from that movie, it makes sense)
-James Woods as the ticked-off veteran street sam that stays on to ensure that the young turks don't get overconfident and get themselves killed
-Nicholas Brendon (Xander from "Buffy") as the team's mage/comic relief (hey, every team needs a comedian)
-Jesse L. Martin (Detective Green from "Law & Order") as The Face (there's some episodes where his character does a really good acting job to get information from suspects)
-Kris Kristofferson as the grizzled veteran-turned-fixer

Posted by: Abstruse Sep 29 2003, 01:28 AM

Johnny Depp is good for ANY role. I firmly believe he is the single best "star-calibre" actor of his age range in America today. If anyone questions this, watch three movies by him and tell me he doesn't COMPLETELY fall into any character he's given: Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The man is just that damn good. Give him ANY roll and he'll nail it.

Oh, and I forgot James Gandolfini as the mob capo. And Steve Buscemi as Mr. Johnson
And Quinten Tarantino as the bartender who knows everyone
And yes, Chow Yun Fat as the Company Man
Andy Sorkin as something -- ANYTHING -- just because he kicked ass as Golem
Kevin Conway as Damien Knight (he does the voice of Batman in the animated series, but look at his picture on IMDB and tell me he's not perfect for it)
Michael Clark Duncan as the Troll Shaman or the cyberzombie, one of the two
Chris Barrie as Michael Surehand (I think that's his name -- the decker from Prime Runners and the novel Nosferatu...and you damn well BETTER know who Chris Barrie is smegheads)
Carrie Anne Moss as...well, does anyone really give a damn what role she plays as long as she wears skin-tight pleather?
Tom Cruise as the guy on the streets trying to get people to join the Universal Brotherhood (hey, if anyone knows how to play someone trying to convince people to join an evil cult, it'd be a Scientologist!)

Where's the 20,000¥ question though...who plays Fastjack?

The Abstruse One

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Posted by: Abstruse Sep 29 2003, 08:52 AM

Johnny Depp gets Laughing Man IMHO. He's a damn good actor and has proven he can play every aspect of Harlequin. Look at Cry Baby, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Sleepy Hollow. Put those three characters in a blender and you have a pretty decent basis for Harlequin to start from.

Plus he can pull off the long-haired pony tail thing pretty well as seen recently in Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

The Abstruse One

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Posted by: Matrix Monkey Sep 29 2003, 09:09 AM

Ozzy as the friendly neigbourhood strung-out ex-razor: Fast Eddie

Posted by: thunderchild Sep 29 2003, 09:11 AM

Samurai - Scott Caan, Andy Garcia, Heath Ledger.

Adepts.... all said before.... snipes, jet li, jackie chan.

Deckers - Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Rock.

Riggers - John Goodman, Jack Black.

Electronics experts - Giovanni Ribisi, Rory Cochrane.

Team leaders - Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Hopkins.

Snipers - Rory Cochrane (CSI miami), Steve Buscemi.

Faces - Jason Lee, Damon Wayans(The last boyscout) , Adam Sandler (everything he talks is shit anyways)

Mr Corp - Ben Afleck.

Shaman - Zach De La Rocha.

Mage - John Cusack

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Posted by: Nightlynx Sep 29 2003, 04:13 PM

Since I just saw "Once upon a time in Mexico", two additions...

http://img.web.de/c/00/37/EA/5D.420 (as female Decker or Mechanic/Electronics-Expert, I'd say)
http://img.web.de/c/00/37/EB/32.420 (as bad-to-the-bone Gangleader)

Greetings,
Nyx

Posted by: Drain Brain Sep 29 2003, 05:06 PM

Not wanting to start a war on the subject, but I'm surprised by how many people on here are extolling the virtues of Johnny Depp! He's always the same character! Weird brooding and dark - which he does well, I'll admit. The only thing I've ever seen him do that's different is Pirates of the Carribean! Obviously, not seen everything that he's ever done, but I'm dubious...

SO can't fault the image, though...

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Posted by: TinkerGnome Sep 29 2003, 07:37 PM

Am I wrong in thinking that about 25% of the people being bandied about are a little on the old side for Shadowrunning? And I don't mean in the buddy-cop-movie "I'm getting too old for this" sense, either. I mean, you can't look cool when you're behind a walker, no matter how much 'ware you're packing.

Of course, if we're talking "in their prime" then it's a different story.

Posted by: Hot Wheels Sep 29 2003, 07:44 PM

Ever see Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven?" He was old then, but pour a bottle of Jack Danials down his throat and William Munny becomes "the man with no name" real fast.

Posted by: Raptor1033 Sep 29 2003, 08:10 PM

TG, maybe cause most of the new crop are crap compared to the previous generation. plus with enough planning even the slightly aged can pull off a perfect run.

Posted by: TinkerGnome Sep 29 2003, 08:13 PM

Well, you do note that I qualify it by saying "in their prime" is a different story. And some old guys have made physical bounce-backs. Take Sean Connery for one. He looked almost dead a few years ago, but he's looking good again.

Oh, and an actual contribution. Christian Slater as an Elvis Shaman. True Romance. Nuff said.

Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Sep 29 2003, 08:51 PM

About the people being judged as "too old:"

See "John Carpenter's Vampires." James Woods, though an old man, kicks some major ass, half of which he kicks with his attitude alone.

Makes him a good choice for a vet street sam, IMO.

Posted by: lodestar Sep 29 2003, 09:05 PM

@LotGM: You don't mean Tom Jackson or Grahame Greene do you?

BTW if you like North of 60 Have you checked out Dance me Outside?

I'd have to pick the late Charles Bronson for my team circa about DW:3. I mean he takes out a whole freakin' gang by himself! Respect! Anyone who'd have a LAW stashed behind his couch "just in case" would work well in the SR world.

Posted by: BigKnockers Sep 29 2003, 09:06 PM

Well I think Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland and Tommy Lee Jones could make a great "Oldies" Comeback movie.

30 years of experience vs 30 years of SOTA rolls

Posted by: Subterfuge Sep 29 2003, 10:40 PM

Gary Busey in any roll you want to put him in, he's just that cool.

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Posted by: thunderchild Sep 30 2003, 03:07 AM

What about for Ork and Trolls..... either in a suit or just doing the voice.

Id say for voice actors for orks and trolls:

Vin Diesel
John Goodman
Andy Garcia
Ving Rhames

Suit actors:

John Goodman
The Rock
Vin Diesel (he has the build and the gravely voice)
Ving Rhames

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Posted by: Swansonegger Sep 30 2003, 03:25 AM

I would have to go with Abstruse and Subterfuge and pick one person, who has been picked before: Christopher Walken.

I mean, he can even do the decker thing:

<cut to run down apartment, rest of team is packing up and leaving - Walken is standing beside his gear, ranting>

"Hey, you're NOT leaving me here in this, this, this DIVE again! No, no, you're not, I am not going to break into . . . <door slams>. HEY!! I'm not done HERE! <no one replies - stands there, waiting for a reply that doesn't come, then starts muttering to himself> Ok, fine. Ok. Well. <throws his hands in the air and shrugs> I guess I am staying here then" Ok, ok its bad. Can't seem to write what I want to convey, because I am seeing Walkken's mannerisms, and the dialogue is secondary.

For Street Sam, merc or leader, see Dogs of War.

For mage or shaman, Prophecy (ok, demented mage or shaman)

For face, see SNL's 25th Anniversary (ok, ok, the romance skit *isn't* the best example)

But seriously, I think everyone here can imagine Walken in any role, for any character.


Or the A-Team. Already got a team there.

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Posted by: Finbar Sep 30 2003, 07:08 AM

For the Rigger: Bruce Spence.

Go watch Mad Max 1 and 2 and 3, and he's a rigger in all 3!

Posted by: The Jopp Sep 30 2003, 07:47 AM

Oh, yes, definitely Johnny Depp as The Laughing Man, after seeing Sleepy Hollow and especially Pirates of the Carribean he is THE actor for the role.

Posted by: Entropy Kid Sep 30 2003, 07:59 AM

Adam Beach as an adapt or shaman, if going conventional; as a samurai if going against type.

Wes Studi as the same, but older and meaner.

Benicio Del Toro as an Aztlan adept going Twisted.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, veteran samurai.

Keanu Reeves as a decker. For those that don't see it, check the film of Johnny Mnemonic, that's what it looks like to be scorched by black IC.

Ron Perlman as an ork anything. He's already doing Hellboy, not too much of a stretch, also check Quest for Fire. He could also voice a troll (with some audio effects helping), since I don't think it would work having actors in troll suits.

Treat Williams as Mr. Johnson (...begins with X ends with X...)

Posted by: mrgoat Sep 30 2003, 09:22 AM

Sammie: Rodney Dangerfield.
Adept: Bill Murray.
Rigger: Gilda Radner.
Face: Jennifer Tilly.
Decker: The Comic Book Guy, from The Simpsons.

I would have the most hilarious. Shadowrun team. evar.

Posted by: Hot Wheels Sep 30 2003, 12:50 PM

Posted by: Siege Sep 30 2003, 02:20 PM

Actually, how about the main villain from "Blade" as Harly?

-Siege

Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Sep 30 2003, 03:33 PM

Deacon Frost?

Posted by: Siege Sep 30 2003, 03:50 PM

That's the one -- Stephen Dorf.

-Siege

Posted by: Abstruse Sep 30 2003, 11:06 PM

Dorf as Laughing Man? Yeeeech!

The Abstruse One

Posted by: Zen Shooter01 Oct 1 2003, 06:21 PM

Okay. Here we go.

Ian McKellan as Johnson.
Hugh Grant as the Face.
Rene Zellweger as the Merc. (Against type, I know, deal with it.)
Tom Hanks as another Merc.
Clancy Brown as the adept shotgunner.
Michael Wincott (he was Top Dollar in The Crow) as the Covert Ops specialist.
Eliza Dushku as the Cat Shaman.
Gillian Anderson as the Rigger.
Ving Rhames or Michael Clark Duncan for the edged weapons adept.

Posted by: Drain Brain Oct 1 2003, 06:40 PM

Actually, Wincott would be better suited to the Edged Weapons adept - IIRC he's an Olympic standard fencer.

Posted by: Connor Oct 1 2003, 09:22 PM

Well, here's my list of must-have's some with, some without parts.

Sean Connery: I think he'd make an excellent corporate ceo-type. Make him look a bit younger and he could even play Damien Knight I bet!

Gary Oldman: I could see him playing just about anything, but he'd have to be part of the cast.

Then there's the other obligatory actors, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna that would all at least need to be in supporting cast roles.

Ed Norton: I think he'd make a great central character, probably a face-type

Jack Black: gotta have the wacko in there somewhere, maybe not a part of the team, but he'd make a great BTL Fixer contact or something

Other people have mentioned Ving Rhames, Adrian Paul, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Spacey, Branden Frasier, even The Rock. I think they'd all make great actors to put on a team.

What I would find more important than the cast however would be writer/director thoughts...

Christopher Nolan as a director with perhaps co-writing credits going to him and William Gibson...fun stuff!

Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Oct 1 2003, 09:35 PM

As far as directors go, I can see Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints) or Quentin Tarantino doing it, depending on the story.

Or maybe whoever directed Blade 2.

Posted by: Lucyfersam Oct 1 2003, 11:02 PM

Monica Bellucci - Raven Shamen (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Matrix Reloaded)
Jason Statham - Rigger (Transporter)
Jean Reno - Gunman (Leon, Wasabi, many others)
Ron Perlman - Ork Street Sammy
Rachel Weisz - Face (Mummy, Runaway Jury)
Al Pacino - Fixer
Gary Oldman - Backstabbing Johnson who dies (he always dies)
Joe Pantoliano - Decker (Cypher in The Matrix)

Posted by: Abstruse Oct 2 2003, 12:06 AM

Director of Blade 2 = Benitio del Toro

The Abstruse One

Posted by: Kurukami Oct 2 2003, 01:56 AM

As long as we're discussing orks, how about http://home.comcast.net/~kurukami/images/ember_frontpic_crop.jpg I used him as a character-image for a Creole mulattoe ork shaman, and the build seems just about right to me.

Unfortunately, I have no idea what the actor's name is. However, he did play a role opposite Jet Li in "Kiss of the Dragon", and seems like a very competent martial artist.

Posted by: Raptor1033 Oct 2 2003, 02:02 AM

yeecchhh keep Quentin Tarantino as far away from this as possible. he's known for taking a good story and twisting it a bit too much to be good any more. Gary Tuffy sounds like a good choice for now. I'm tryin to think of the names of some good espionage flicks so i can pull the directors from that. maybe the guy who did the original ocean's eleven?

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Posted by: Shockwave_IIc Oct 2 2003, 09:22 AM

If your wanting some BIG to play a ork or troll. Micheal Clarke Duncan, he's the HUGE black guy in thr green mile (john coffee) he's also in Armageddon (bear).

He's about the biggest actor i know.

Posted by: Connor Oct 2 2003, 09:47 AM

Troy Duffy, definately a good choice. At the very least he could do the soundtrack

Clint Eastwood as FastJack, that's a very cool suggestion, one that I think is going to stick in my head far too long...heh

Posted by: thunderchild Oct 2 2003, 12:26 PM

Posted by: Archbishop Oct 2 2003, 02:16 PM

Director of Blade 2 = Guillermo del Toro

I believe that David Fincher would direct a fine Shadowrun movie.. a mixture of Se7en and Alien 3.

Alien resurrection has the perfect team:

Ron Perlman is obviously an orc sammie.
They even have a dwarf rigger.

Oh yeah... and sigourney weaver as the mantis shaman...

Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Oct 2 2003, 03:28 PM

Hmmm....never thoguht of David Fincher, but now that you mention it he could probably do a good job of it.

Posted by: Cain Oct 2 2003, 05:53 PM

You guys must have missed it. I mentioned Michael Clarke Duncan on the last page, plus http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001059/ as possible trolls.

My choice for Harlequin? John De Lancie.

Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Oct 2 2003, 06:08 PM

Posted by: Tyrrell Oct 2 2003, 08:01 PM

Immortal elf >> Alan Rickman

Posted by: snowRaven Oct 2 2003, 09:42 PM

Johnny Depp - gunslinger adept
Christopher Walken - hermetic mage on the verge of burn out due to too much cyber (with dancing as centering - used rarely)
Hugh Jackman - face
Guy Pierce - snotty elf rigger
Kirsten Dunst - vampire-on-the-run
Sean Connery - old school street sam turned fixer
Ron Perlman - ork mercenary
Tom Waits - crazy spider street shaman
Robbie Coltrane - dwarf weapon specialist
Colin Farrel - psycho with guns
Halle Berry - Aina
Adrian and Neil Rayment - twin wired-to-the-teeth bodyguards
Collin Chou - adept martial artist
Ed O'Neill - corrupt and evil corp exec
Cate Blanchett - street sam
Rutger Hauer - corrupt and evil company man
Sophie Marceau - mage assassin/sniper
Anna Paquin - young shaman
Michael Ironside - corp security cheif
Orlando Bloom - combat decker
Gary Oldman - assassin/hitman (Blackwing?)
Robert Duvall - FastJack

that leaves the hugely muscled samurai/street brute and the troll... can't find suitable actors for these

Posted by: Connor Oct 2 2003, 09:59 PM

How about this twist? Christopher Walken as Ehran the Scribe...

btw, nice recap list there snowRaven

Posted by: thunderchild Oct 3 2003, 12:23 PM

the guys from Rammstein as russian mobsters.

The main cast from the sopranos as the italians.

the asian gang from the fast and the furious as the yakuza..

the guys from cool runnings as the yardies.

Me as the head of the Ancients.... (i ride like a fucking madman, and look like one too....) short of me... Ethan Hawke.



Bruce Willis - as Dirk Montgomery

Posted by: Drain Brain Oct 3 2003, 01:35 PM

Posted by: Grimtooth Oct 3 2003, 02:13 PM

YOWZA!

I hadn't thought of it before but Bruce Willis would make a GREAT Dirk Montgomery.

Posted by: Buzzed Oct 3 2003, 02:35 PM

If you put a beard on Danny Devito, he would look like the dwarf on SR pg. 47.
Especially on Danny's final scene of Get Shorty.

Posted by: thunderchild Oct 4 2003, 12:25 PM

Posted by: Drain Brain Oct 4 2003, 05:00 PM

Granted, TC, I'll give you that... but why bother when there are so many unpleasant German policlubs just ASKING for Rammstein to beat heads for their cause!?!

Posted by: Sahandrian Oct 4 2003, 06:57 PM

Keanu Reeves as our resident munched physad / security diversion, Epoc. Epoc is a Neo wannabe already.

Posted by: Nephyte Oct 11 2003, 03:18 AM

For some non-human roles:


Both Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman (I believe that's his wife) as Dwarves. For some reason when I look at the Shaman in the BBB I think of Rhea.

I'd tap Vin Diesal, The Rock and Brock Lesnar as Orks (Brocks from WWE)

The Big Show (whatever his name might be) and Vim Rhanes (not sure how to spell his name - played opposite the Rock in The Scorpion King.)

For Elves I'd like Liv Tyler, or Jason Isaacs. I'd like to cast Isaacs in the role of Dodger if her were to make an appearance in the movie.

I have to agree with Bruce Willis kicking some major mojo as Dirk Montgomery.

I know he's hated, but I like the idea of Keanu Reeves. He has the look for a Cyberpunk movie. I know that for years before the Matrix ever came out a lot of characters I've seen in my gaming region that played SR were modeled on Neo types. (Black Leather with the trenchcoat - nothing amazingly original but he fits the look)

I like Eliza Duhksu for a "militiant" type roll.

I'd love to throw Alyssa Milano in there as a Hermetic. That's a pure hormonal thing however.

Jason Statham, Val Kilmer, Ed Norton, would all be some of my other choices.

Posted by: Tiralee Oct 11 2003, 10:42 PM

Janeane Garofalo - Fixer, Mage (Imagine her snarling at someone, then ripping off a force 9 toxic wave...) and all-round hard-ass.

Face it, she's a raving nutjob loony who looks like she could litrally rip precious things from various parts of anotomy and keep them for later.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. - Waitress or street-mage.

Sigourney Weaver - Rigger. I mean, she's all sniew and tendons and attitude.

Whoopi Goldberg - Face or fixer. Go a bit grungy and have a rant.

Gov. Arnie - Cyberzombie. Hell, he's got it down pat by now And it/he doesn't need to speak much...

Rene Rousso : Assassin. Typecast, but oh so believeable.

Stallone - Washed-up Corp security advisor. I.e. - meat-on-legs.

Hugo Weaving - Well, Corp Suit. Or fixer. Or Face. Or pure evil. (Out of interest, who though he was going to ask Frodo in LoTR: "Will you...cooperate, Mr Anderson?" I've asked about 30 people and the answer is "yes")

Gillian Anderson - Rigger, oh yeah.

Lance Henriksson - Face, fixer or mage. I mean, he drips outerworldly menace or what?

Roseanne - Shaman. Probabily Bear.

-l

Posted by: Kagetenshi Oct 11 2003, 11:33 PM

Did anyone see Weaving in Proof? He'd make a great blind magical investigator or something crazy like that.
And we want his real accent!

~J

Posted by: Rain Oct 12 2003, 12:49 AM

Posted by: Drain Brain Oct 12 2003, 12:06 PM

I only just thought of this (having seen Ghost Ship yesterday reminded me) - Gabriel Byrne! He's a great actor, capable of doing any role you push at him, and so his "face" could potentially fit any character! I'd probably go with a Johnson, though. Others from the film:

Karl Urban (Munder - also Eomer from LotR:TT) as a street mage/shaman. Real grungy feel to him.
Ron Eldard (Dodge) would make a great combat worthy Face character. He was a Golden Gloves boxer, you know...
Isiah Washington (Greer) would make a great Company Man - former or otherwise - complete with SUBTLE™ cyberware.


And Yet More, at random:
Takeshi Kitano (Takahashi, Johnny Mnemonic) as Yak Oyabun.
Don Francks (Hooky, Johnny Mnemonic) Dwarf Rigger.
Dennis Haysbert ("Chief" Billy Graham, Navy SEALS) as an Ork Sammy...
Daniel Dae Kim (various - Angel, Voyager, The Jackal etc) Corp Cuit/Physad/Yak... take your pick.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (LOADS, including Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat) as the Johnson from the shiny page pictures in the BBB - "Mr Johnson... and friends"
Richard Jordan (Logan's Run, Dune, Many others) - Corp/Maf BIG BOSS
Brad Dourif (fragging EVERYTHING!) Aged, whacky mage!



More to come!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Shockwave_IIc Oct 12 2003, 12:54 PM

Posted by: Buzzed Oct 12 2003, 01:17 PM

Speaking of Fellowship of the Ring. Did anyone else notice the elvin bookcase? How the heck do you get to the books that are on the ends of the shelf?