Cast Musings: Magneto
Who would best fit the part in "X-Men: First Class"?
Hey Fools! Following the bombshell dropped yesterday that had James McAvoy become the new Charles Xavier for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class, the core staff here at the 'Fools got together for a quick round table on who we'd like to see opposite him as the one-time best friend and future nemesis Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto.
Fleetwood's choices:
The proud Canuck you know me as often offers the same casting choice for a wide variety of roles, so yet again -and with many reasons behind it- my first choice would be Ryan Gossling. None of that "ethnicity" thing either, 'cause I got three words to say to that: Prince of Persia. YET, since I offer that name too much, my actual Top-3 would be:
Biggeoff's Choices:
BG's top choice might be criticized for double-usage, but Ben Foster is still a guy who's forged himself a pretty impressive curriculum of versatility, from playing dopey weird kids to badass beyond measure - his gunslinger from 3:10 to Yuma pretty much stole all of his scenes, even those with Russell Crowe! Otherwise, his Top-3 is:
Presterjohn's Choices:
Proving that great Australians think alike, BG and PJ had TREE similar choices, and only one similar to mine (snif...), but since he offered 6, we brough him down to only two like BG and one like me, which were:
Upon further exchanges, we established that one name they put out I had completely overlooked and felt would be an absolutely spot on match for the kind of story arc intended in the film - AND able to appear truly menacing and scary while maintaining a cool sympathetic attraction. That man, all three of us feel, should be:
What say you Fools? Agree or disagree with that choice? Got someone else in mind you'd like to see done the helmet? Sound off below and let us all know!
Posted by Fleetwood - 5/28/2010 3:05:26 AM
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