Casting Ideas For Shredder
 

Assuming Shredder will be in the film, of course. With filming set to begin relatively soon we should start to hear news about casting pretty soon. I don’t know many Asian actors who could play a good Shredder (mainly Japanese, although I assume the makers are open to other Asian nationalities). Any thoughts?

I'd like a Shredder who for once didn't speak perfect English like he was from here. I'd like more of a Japanese accent. I don't really care who plays him as long as he looks the part but that's my one request.

I do think we will get a body actor and a voice actor much like we had in TMNT I and TMNT II. So I amend the original question and ask who do you want as the body actor and who as the voice actor?

Donnie Yen
Mark Dacascos
Rick yune

voiced by peter cullen or james earl jones!

Jackie chan!

Sho Kosugi

the guy is in his sixities now, but tell me wouldn't have made a good Shredder

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Ken Watanabe

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I wonder if Jackie Chan could play a convincing Shredder. He has been playing more serious roles lately.

yes lol, I am just curious to see how he would be portrayed as shredder, but I would want him to actually to play in the movie

Ken Watanabe is a GREAT choice

ken watanabe is perfect actually....

You read my mind. Ken Watanabe is a perfect choice for Shredder!:tcool:
Jackie Chan could do Yoshi. If not, he could do Splinter (unless Splinter is Yoshi) while Jet Lee is Yoshi.:tidea:

Ken Watanabe got the looks. How about Ian Anthony Dale?

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He played Scorpion in the new Mortal Kombat: Legacy miniseries. Wouldn't hurt to be someone who knows how to fight too.

Watanabe has that evil remorseless look.

Africa was always my favorite country too.

I've been saying that I want Ken Watanabe to play Shredder for a while. Not only is he a good actor, but he's big enough so he could be intimidating. He could could play both Oroku Saki and Shredder, as opposed to having seperate actors for the body and voice. Plus, he's actually Japanese. I don't understand all these people that say they want Jackie Chan or Jet Li to play Shredder, they not only are kinda short (and Jackie is getting a little old), but they're Chinese.

I don't think producer care that much about where is an actor from when they are looking for an "asian guy".
Of course Watanabe would be the most awesome choice for all of us, but maybe Tony Ja could to an acceptable Shreeder. Not Jackie Chan please, he already ruined my Mr. Miyagi memories

I don't know many Asian actors period, actually ...

Though seeing as he'll be wearing a mask most (maybe all) of the time, plus probably be "dubbed", why bother wasting any money on a famous (well, quasi-famous) actor at all?

I mean, they could pretty much just go down to the local sushi bar and, like, hire the big guy in the back who chops up the squid.

Hiroyuki Sanada

Ken Watanabe would be a great choice to play the Shredder/Oroku Saki.

I could not agree more. That was brilliant. Seriously.

Meanwhile, Ken Watanabe is over 50-years-old! (You might as well cast Sonny Chiba in the role!) Do you guys really envision Shredder as being so ancient? I've always seen the character as being right around 30-ish. (Maybe 34 at the most.)

Did you just quote and agree with yourself? Are you ****ing nuts?

Soooo you're suggesting it would have been saner to have disagreed with myself?

50 isn't ancient. He is fit and slim for his age.

Okay, here's the problem with saying 50 isn't "ancient" ...

We know the movie isn't going to begin filming until at least next year, right? (When Watanabe will be 53.) So therefore if the series is successful enough to spawn a trilogy, then by the third installment, he'll likely be pushing 60. Or, God forbid, dead. Or possibly in some sort of a medically induced coma but, for all intents and purposes, clinically dead.

It's just not a risk worth taking. Especially since it's not like he has some huge following which will guarantee great global box office.

there's no good shredder...

What the hell are you talking about? It's not like people drop dead at 60. Look at a film like the Expendables people can still do action films in there 50's.

What does that matter? Watanabe would barely be doing any of the action stuff. It's really easy to find a stuntman for a character that has a mask over his face.

By the way, Jackie Chan is 58 and he's still doing action stuff.

^ yeah but his moves r much slower now.

He recently admitted he is done with action films but not with acting overall. If he does it he would have stuntman instead of doing his own stuff.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...-action-movies

Wow. It must have been really hard for him to be so painfully honest about his own career like that! Yet he does bring up a good point. No one is going to see the movie just because Ken Watanabe is playing Shredder. And that includes members of Watanabe's own family (who will probably just wait for the DVD or to rent it On Demand). So why bother wasting the cash? I'd rather see a rising young Asian newcomer in the role.

Um, actually, according to the AMA, the average life expectancy for a 6'1" Asian man who smokes and has a first name beginning with "K" is ... 59-years-old.

Someone's getting carried away.

Indeed, and I thought only Gobo, KROW and I had to hide a joke in every post we make.

Am I coming on too strong? Because, despite my sincerest efforts to muzzle myself, apparently Powder thinks I am.

The Shredder isn't the main character. And "waste the cash"? He's not a big star. It won't cost them much money to get him.

Yes. You're really annoying.

I would assume he will still cost them more than a complete unknown. And if he's not a "star", why even consider a 53-year-old man?

How do they know if a complete unknown has the sbiities to play the character? Why not higher a 53 year old man? 50 is not as "old" as it used to be.

Um, I go to an Ivy League school, and write for its newspaper's website. Soooo aspiring to be more like you would probably not be the wisest career choice, actually.

Well, I'm assuming they would hold auditions, and not just hire someone based solely on his headshot and/or martial arts background.

Wow, Lotus. Thanks, you may the first person to bring together the long feuding factions of the Technodrome...because I find you're "wit" about as sharp as a bowling ball.