So do we need a Hollywood superstar as part of Ender's Game?
As far as it goes for us fan boys and girls - No, we'll all be first in line to see Ender's Game when it hits big screens. But who else will be there? What draws people to see a movie, a good trailer, good marketing and YES a big name that we all know.
So recently we've heard a lot of talk about casting for the movie, and its all about the kids. From Orson Scott Card and casting director John Papsidera's comments we should expect a big name there, and that's a good plan don't want some stuck up child actor playing Ender or Bean, think Macaulay Culkin, and you get the idea.
Back to finding a star for Ender's Game, it has to be an adult and they have to feature a fair bit, so what characters can we look at? I have only two suggestions Colonel Graff and Mazer Rackham. So I was thinking who would I like to see and I had what can only be described as divine inspiration, Nathaniel Lees must play Mazer, he fits OSC's description perfectly and he's been in some awesome movies. But I bet you all had to Google him or hit that link to see who he is, so not the kind of star we need.
So its down to Colonel Graff then, and I can't think of a single person, help me! Help Ender's Game who should play Graff and be our Hollywood Superstar?
Tommy Lee Jones
ReplyDeleteThat'd certainly be a big enough name
ReplyDeleteEver since I saw Avatar I always picture Graff as Stephen Lang http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002332/
ReplyDeleteNathaniel lees would be a good Mazer. For graff though I thought of him as a hardnose on one end, but has his soft spots. Stephen lang doesn't come across as that for me. I was thinking Alan rickman would make a great graff.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.. Alan Rickman as a military man, interesting
ReplyDeleteNah, Graff needs to black, like in the comics. Samuel L Jackson would be sweet
ReplyDeleteJeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, or why not Djimon Hounsou as Graff?
ReplyDeleteGraff has to be compassionate as you read between the lines. In the novel, he is constantly (I mean almost every scene, constantly) struggling with what he is doing to Ender (and the other children). This is evidenced by his getting fatter and balder due to stress throughout the story. The weight of the world is literally on HIS shoulders. A weight that would crush a commander if he knew what he was doing (hence the children soldiers). Graff's character needs to be a military man with a father's concern. He has to be okay with malignant neglect towards Ender, whom he loves. The more and more I try and think of a known actor for this role, the more strongly I feel about Tommy Lee Jones.
ReplyDeleteI've also been kicking around the idea of Wil Wheaton for the character of Dap.
So Harrison Ford for Graff, any thoughts
ReplyDeleteSamuel Jackson of course. I can so see Samuel L. Jackson in the shuttle scene on the way to the Battle School. And in many other scenes.
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