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Ok, thought I'd do an update (regurgitation in the case of some of the casting comments) on the rumoured, and practically official casting for the Watchmen movie:
IESB.net is making the confirmations, and what with ComiCon just round the corner, I think you can take these with more than just a pinch of salt:
Adrian Veidt/Oxymandias- Matthew Goode- Great, great choice in my opinion. If they had to go star, I would have said Pitt over Law, but this is a real surprise, and as you'll see from the rest of the list, and as I've already stated, seems to cement that idea that Snyder is going with talent over glamour. Goode was great in Match Point (hated the film) and The Look Out.
Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan- Again great. Ever since Jesus' Son Crudup's been an actor of versatility, charisma and magnetism. He's got the look too.
Patrick Wilson as The Nite Owl- Another surprise. Only seen him in Little Children with Kate Winslet, and he's great in that. I know people have been clamouring for Cusack, but Wilson's got the same everyman quality, but without the Hollywood. This can't turn into just some Hollywood glamour flick. It's story, not faces.
Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach- Annnother surprise. And a fellow Little Children star. Funnily enough, also a former child star, tipped for a greatness that never really came. He was pretty mesmerising in the aforementioned film, and though he's hardly the spit, it's all about the presence onscreen, and Haley has that in spades.
Malin Ackerman as Silk Spectre- Who is she? Outside of her boobs out in Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle I have no clue. She's Swedish and blonde.....Let's hope she blew Snyder away in the audition. On the back of the other castings, I'm still confident. and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach.
Say what you will about Snyder, there's real commitment in these castings (if they are actually official), and in interviews he really seems to nail the essence of the story. I just hope the look doesn't depend too much on this heavy green screen and concentrates on a more realistic mise en scene. As a huge fan of the source, I really don't see the point in the endeavour, but after flicking back over some of my favourite moments, I do get a little giddy thinking of Rorschach jumping out of the fridge, the climax and the jailbreak all depicted onscreen.
Looks like we'll have to wait till ComiCon in a couple of weeks time to say for sure, but CHUD.com seems pretty confident that......
