Casting Ideas For Shredder

[LotusBlossom]

Originally Posted by LotusBlossom

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.

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.)

[Brodie]

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

[LotusBlossom]

Originally Posted by Brodie

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?

[Bob]

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

[LotusBlossom]

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.

[Mr.Turtle]

there's no good shredder...

[Xav]

Originally Posted by LotusBlossom

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.

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.

[Slap-Happy]

Originally Posted by LotusBlossom

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.

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.

[Mr.Turtle]

^ yeah but his moves r much slower now.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Slap-Happy

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.

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

[LotusBlossom]

Originally Posted by Ken_Watanabe

Hey, it's me, Ken Watanabe. A hundred years ago, I was in a movie with Tom Cruise that no one saw or remembers. More recently, I appeared in the hit film "Inception", but nobody remembers me in that either.

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.

Originally Posted by Xav

What the hell are you talking about? It's not like people drop dead at 60.

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.

[Slade]

Someone's getting carried away.

[Jester]

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

[LotusBlossom]

Originally Posted by Raph_tha_Dude

Someone's getting carried away.

Originally Posted by Jester

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.

[Slap-Happy]

Originally Posted by LotusBlossom

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?

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.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by LotusBlossom

Am I coming on too strong?

Yes. You're really annoying.

[LotusBlossom]

Originally Posted by Slap-Happy

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.

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?

[Slap-Happy]

Originally Posted by LotusBlossom

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.

[LotusBlossom]

Originally Posted by Cure

Yes. You're really annoying.

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.

Originally Posted by Slap-Happy

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.

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

[Jester]

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.