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Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

I decided, after Fitz and I started to derail another thread that this subject be brought out to this thread.

Namely: Who would you cast for the characters in the upcoming miniseries: Red Mars ?

A rumour has been circulating that George Clooney might be playing Frank Chalmers.

How would you cast it?

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

For Sax Russell, Sam Shepard.
He's got that weather beaten look that I picture Sax having.
Plus, he's great at inserting humanity into intelligent characters.

Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :

Red Mars is a great beginning to a fantastic trilogy, but I haven't read it for so many years. I can't really remember the personalities of the characters very well. I could see Ed Harris playing Frank. Isn't George Clooney a little young?

[ August 01, 2003, 03:29 PM: Message edited by: Fitz ]

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

Ooooh! I like that thought.

How about Mike Meyers as Frank and Dana Carvey as John, with Ellen Degeneris as Maya?

Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :

Hey, how about Arnold Schwarzenegger as John. Now if only he could do a convincing American accent.

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

Yeah, we could call it Them Crazy Martian Guys!

Edit to add: "I vill pulverize you, Chahlmuhs!"

heheheehehehe!

[ August 01, 2003, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Kathy Bates for that Siberian civil engineer.
Jean Reno as her sometime boyfriend, the radical.
Dmitry? Anatoly? [Cool]

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

(spoiler)
Ziggy Marley as Coyote? Just a cameo in the first movie.

Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :

I haven't read this book, and don't know anything about it. But I have to say, I'd go see it a lot faster if Ed Harris were in it than if George Clooney were in it.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

While we're on this topic...who do you think is going to play Ender in the movie that I heard that just might be getting made?

[Taunt]

Sorry, I couldn't resist. [Taunt]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I don't know about Ender, but I nominate Dwayne Johnson for Bean.