The best actor to play Casey Jones in sequel?

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by beeshaw

Zac Efron has kind of won me over. He's actually a pretty decent actor, but I don't see him as Casey.

I've said it before, Garfield's Spiderman (especially in ASM1 during the 'car jacker' scene) TOTALLY reminded me of Casey Jones). And I hear he will have some free time now...

Zach is quite funny and can be edgy lol.


ANd im totally sad Andrew was my fav spiderman of all time hes funny witty and just acts like spiderman and he totally dug to role. its a shame that Sony is driving the franchise into the ground they have such a great cast and team and yet they still keep messing up. Marvel would far better handle the franchise even if sony was still the "figure head" So sad to see him get push aside like this

[Candy Kappa]

That guy that played Casey in Bat in the Sun's Superhero Smackdown, he was pretty solid.

Edit: John Hennigan was his name

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Never heard of him.

Unless that's a typo and you meant "Elias Koteas"...
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...Yeah I don't see it.

Anybody else notice how Elias is slowly morphing into Dick Miller? It's downright eerie.

Elias plays on Chicago, P.D. now and I read in an article on Yahoo when as the new movie was coming out that he's too old to reprise his role as Casey but that he was grateful he had the opportunity to play that character. He even said his cast mates remember the movie and talk about it with him, which is cool. I can see some of Casey Jones in his character, Alvin Ollinsky, especially in the one episode where his daughter was involved and he got angry. I said, "Uh-oh, he's going all Casey Jones on this guy."

[Tora]

[sgtfbomb]

I actually don't think Aaron Paul was all that bad of a suggestion. At least he's an actor. A decent actor. And I could totally picture having a blast watching him dish smart ass taunts and smash punks with hockey sticks.

[SparkFlash]

Id rather they hire a no name actor. Someone who we can truly inherit as Casey and not "Oh theres X actor from X show".

[sgtfbomb]

Originally Posted by SparkFlash

Id rather they hire a no name actor. Someone who we can truly inherit as Casey and not "Oh theres X actor from X show".

We're probably either going to get a recognizable actor that we love or a recognizable actor that we don't. May not be a big name, a-lister, but I guarantee we'll recognize him from a movie or show.

But I get what you're saying and wouldn't mind seeing a newb with potential show up. But something tells me, we'll be seeing another Megan Fox situation.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by sgtfbomb

I actually don't think Aaron Paul was all that bad of a suggestion. At least he's an actor. A decent actor. And I could totally picture having a blast watching him dish smart ass taunts and smash punks with hockey sticks.

Aaron Paul doesn't have enough of that rambunctious/rebellious persona to really pull Casey off. Doesn't seem to have the voice for it, either. (I could be proven wrong, though...who knows.)

Originally Posted by SparkFlash

Id rather they hire a no name actor. Someone who we can truly inherit as Casey and not "Oh theres X actor from X show".

I wouldn't mind that either; but considering Knoxville was thrown in to voice Leo (for no good reason other than being a name), something tells me it won't happen this time around.

[ranger_scout]

I'd like to see Chord Overstreet play Casey Jones.

[Amaranthus]

Everyone but Shia LaBeouf.

[Toitlefan]

Any wrestling actor would be a huge mistake IMO. Let's not get away from the ninja aspect, it is a little important. The last thing a turtles movie needs are more beefcakes. Also, if I see anything that resembles an arm bar I'm going to be pissed. I would like to see a no-name actor but I have a feeling princess Fox would not be down with that.

[Leo656]

No, it wouldn't be a mistake, for a few reasons:

Firstly, it's obvious that "acting ability" isn't the focus in these movies. Whoever gets the Casey job is either going to be a Friend Of Bay, or someone who already has "The Look". "The Look" meaning, especially in THIS film's universe, someone who could conceivably stand toe-to-toe with the Turtles or their enemies. Thus, they gotta be Jacked.

If they pick some no-name who has "a face" but no body, they're going to have to get him on the gas and waste a few months letting him put the size on anyways. And that face will probably be behind a hockey mask for half the movie anyways, so the body is more important.

If they pick a wrestler or another athlete, they already have "The Look". Wrestlers can act better than most athletes, that's why they're wrestlers. All they'd be doing by casting a wrestler is taking a shortcut to the end result they really want, anyway. They just need a guy who's Jacked to deliver action-movie one-liners and hit people with foreign objects. It's like casting anyone BUT a wrestler would be a "mistake".

My buddy Johnny Carino/Johnny Knockout would be perfect but he's only about 6' tall and he cut his hair a while ago, but otherwise he'd be perfect and he's already from NY.

[Toitlefan]

Originally Posted by Leo656

No, it wouldn't be a mistake, for a few reasons:

Firstly, it's obvious that "acting ability" isn't the focus in these movies. Whoever gets the Casey job is either going to be a Friend Of Bay, or someone who already has "The Look". "The Look" meaning, especially in THIS film's universe, someone who could conceivably stand toe-to-toe with the Turtles or their enemies. Thus, they gotta be Jacked.

If they pick some no-name who has "a face" but no body, they're going to have to get him on the gas and waste a few months letting him put the size on anyways. And that face will probably be behind a hockey mask for half the movie anyways, so the body is more important.

If they pick a wrestler or another athlete, they already have "The Look". Wrestlers can act better than most athletes, that's why they're wrestlers. All they'd be doing by casting a wrestler is taking a shortcut to the end result they really want, anyway. They just need a guy who's Jacked to deliver action-movie one-liners and hit people with foreign objects. It's like casting anyone BUT a wrestler would be a "mistake".

My buddy Johnny Carino/Johnny Knockout would be perfect but he's only about 6' tall and he cut his hair a while ago, but otherwise he'd be perfect and he's already from NY.

You seem a bit biased on this subject. You are right though, with acting ability not a priority, most wrestling actors would fit right in. I see your point about achieving the look and being behind a mask. It's just too bad a TMNT movie has reached this point. I don't think the 2014 movie is as bad as some people are saying, there's just a lot of room for improvement. No matter what the movie franchise contains, the addition of wrestler actors is shying away from recovery. In my own opinion, of course.

[Leo656]

Not quite biased, just more "It's common sense". If it were an acting role, get an actor. This series has no room for that, and Casey is a one-note joke in most TMNT media anyway. You just need a guy with sculpted delts to look good in a tank top and bark one-liners. Get a wrestler, save yourself a lot of time and frustration.

I mean, would it be nice if they were making a "real" movie and could get "real" actors? Sure, but they're not, and they're not.

[BubblyShell22]

A wrestler would make sense not only in looks but fighting ability. If they do get a wrestler it doesn't necessarily have to be anyone from WWE and could be someone from the indy circuit.

[Pondslider]

Casey Jones will probably just be a CGI piece of crap anyway.

[bushido]

Originally Posted by Pondslider

Casey Jones will probably just be a CGI piece of crap anyway.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by bushido

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Actually no, unless you mean yourself. Given what we seen in the first movie and the size of the turtles they might have to do to Casey what they did to shredder just to make him able to compete.

[BubblyShell22]

I certainly don't see a troll here. He's definitely stating what he thinks will happen, and I agree with that if they're going the route they did with the Turtles for Casey.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Given what we seen in the first movie and the size of the turtles they might have to do to Casey what they did to shredder just to make him able to compete.

Kasey Jo: "We're taking your hockey equipment to the next level".