Yo Joe!

20 May 2004 | 9 How Would You Cast?
Work, Dustin, work!

I know, I know but last night I had this weird dream where I went to watch a movie, saw a preview for a live action Transformers movie, went to see the Transformers movie right after the movie I originally saw and the Transformers movie turned out to be a live-action (with some weird short sequence that was actually animated) G.I. Joe movie. Well when I woke up this morning, it got me thinkin about who I'd cast in a live-action G.I. Joe movie. I checked out my good buddy Greg's Previews to see if there had been any castings, and found that I may not be alone in generating such a list (though I wouldn't consider myself a hard core fan). Anyway, I found a list of "confirmed" characters, like anything in a movie not yet being filmed can be confirmed, so I'll use that as a starting point.

Here it is, my wonderful cast for a knockout G.I. Joe movie ...

Hawk: (Denzel Washington)
Duke: (Hugh Jackman/Brad Pitt)
Flint: (Will Smith)
Dusty: (Ashton Kutcher)
Snake Eyes: (Jet Li)
Cobra Commander: (Willem Defoe)
Destro: (Vin Diesel)
Stormshadow: Christian Bale/Guy Pierce
Baroness: (Famke Jansen)
Scarlett: (Keira Knightley/Kate Beckinsale)
Lady Jane: (Halle Barry)
Quick Kick: (Jackie Chan)
Doc: (Samuel L. Jackson)
anonymous says:
Instead of going for a "Dream Cast" I went with people that might actually do the movie (not all A-list). I don't think they'll quite have the budget or screen time for your cast dusters.

Duke: Val Kilmer, Let?s face it, as much as we all love Val if he?s still A-list, its at the bottom of the A-list, he can play a good soldier, has the looks/charisma to be the joe?s field commander, and could be just the right level of Star Power for this project

Hawk: Sam Shepard, he has the kinda worn and hard look I would expect the Joes leader to have.

Flint: Nathan Fillon, He?s played a soldier a few times before and would be a great second bananna for the joes.

Snake Eyes: Ray Park, Snake Eyes wears a mask and is mute, basically you just need someone light on the acting and high on the acrobatic/martial arts stuff. Ray Park is the proven master.

Cobra Commander: Gabriel Byrne, I just really love him and think he could pull it off.

Destro: Ciaran Hinds, big burly and capable of a deep booming voice. Shave his head and paint if silver and you?ve got Destro.

Stormshadow: Chow Yun-Fat, the perfect bad ninja who later turns good. He kinda has that whispery quality and calm talking like SS too.

Scarlett: Kate Beckinsale, she?s proven lately to have a taste for comic book type movies, she?s freaking hot, has proven she can handle a physical role and would look great with red hair.

Baroness: Famke Jansen or Monica Bellucci, Both really hot and with a certain ?foreign? quality.

Lady Jay: Kristen Wilson, I just don?t know why, somehow I doubt we can get Halle Berry for this one though

Roadblock: Eamonn Walker, he already played a soldier in ?Tears of the Sun? and if you shave his head he IS Roadblock.

Rock and Roll: Alan Tudyk, just seems perfect to play a free-spirited soldier guy

Grunt: Brian Van Holt, as perhaps one of the most frequent background soldier in movies today this seems the role he was born to play.
May 21st, 2004 @ 16:06 (GMT)
Thunder says:
Did anyone else notice two of those folks are from the prematurely canceled "Firefly?"
May 24th, 2004 @ 17:15 (GMT)
Kid says:
heh...that was quite by accident. I was looking through war movies and saw Fillon was in Saving Private Ryan. I came upon a Knights Tale from a Ned Kelly link and got Tudyk, the thought did occur to me though, nice pick-up BJers.
May 24th, 2004 @ 18:07 (GMT)
Flash says:
What about Jennifer Garner as Scarlett?
Gung Ho - Jesse Ventura
Sgt. Slaughter - himself / Randy Savage
Zartan - Jean-Claude Van Damme / Glen Danzig
Snow Job - Steve Irwin
Destro - Ving Rhames / Michael Clarke Duncan
Wild Bill - Burt Reynolds
Cobra Twins - Lambert Wilson twice
Cobra Commander- I love the Willem Defoe pick, but if it was my movie and I had total say, it would be Richard Dreyfus!

May 25th, 2004 @ 03:05 (GMT)
thedustin says:
Nice list, Flash! Jenny Garner would be an awesome pick for Scarlett!
May 25th, 2004 @ 03:20 (GMT)
Thunder says:
Somehow the Rock needs to be in this.
May 25th, 2004 @ 12:16 (GMT)
thedustin says:
That's funny, the Rock was gonna be in my original cast, but I forgot to put him in somehow. I think I was going to have him as Roadblock.
May 25th, 2004 @ 12:52 (GMT)
thedustin says:
Maybe you should make a list, Thunder.
May 25th, 2004 @ 12:53 (GMT)
Kid says:
Jenny Garner's good and all, but she's not Kate Beckinsale...maybe she could be a Lady Jay, Cover Girl, or Jinx.
May 25th, 2004 @ 16:58 (GMT)