Another Casting Thread (Nick)

Post by **balon!** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:30 pm

Oh yeah! I forgot all about that. "Peach, I could eat a peach for hoursss..."

Post by **ItisWritten** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:13 am

In thinking about all the stalwart actors that might line up for Nick's part, I imagined the agent of Mr. Bigstar describing the character of Nick, and how that revenge thing works out for him.

Agent: Now, remember the woman who scarred him?
Bigstar: Yeah, Sorus Chattel-something.
Agent: Right. Nick, all alone, no ship, attacks her ship in an asteroid swarm, destroys her biggest weapon, sneaks on board and in the climactic moment of the sequence, storms the bridge and has her at gunpoint.
Bigstar: Wow. That's sounds incredible! What does he do when he takes over the ship?
Agent: Oh, sorry. Sorus distracts him and shoots him, beats him anyway.
Bigstar: What? He loses? He doesn't get revenge? Who wrote this?
Agent: It's still a great part. I think you should read it before you decide. *hands him 4 books*
Bigstar: I thought there were 5 books.
Agent: There are. Nick isn't in the last one.

Post by CT » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:46 pm

ItisWritten wrote:In thinking about all the stalwart actors that might line up for Nick's part, I imagined the agent of Mr. Bigstar describing the character of Nick, and how that revenge thing works out for him.

Agent: Now, remember the woman who scarred him?
Bigstar: Yeah, Sorus Chattel-something.
Agent: Right. Nick, all alone, no ship, attacks her ship in an asteroid swarm, destroys her biggest weapon, sneaks on board and in the climactic moment of the sequence, storms the bridge and has her at gunpoint.
Bigstar: Wow. That's sounds incredible! What does he do when he takes over the ship?
Agent: Oh, sorry. Sorus distracts him and shoots him, beats him anyway.
Bigstar: What? He loses? He doesn't get revenge? Who wrote this?
Agent: It's still a great part. I think you should read it before you decide. *hands him 4 books*
Bigstar: I thought there were 5 books.
Agent: There are. Nick isn't in the last one.

Yeah, but what a way to go out! Of all the characters, I think Nick has Oscar-worthy written all over him if you get the right actor. Sure, Morn does a lot of suffering and overcomes it and all, and Angus' angst would be good, and Davies adrenaline-junkie thing would be fun to play, but for pure scenery-chewing I'd take Nick in a heartbeat.

Post by **ItisWritten** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:17 pm

CT wrote:Yeah, but what a way to go out! Of all the characters, I think Nick has Oscar-worthy written all over him if you get the right actor. Sure, Morn does a lot of suffering and overcomes it and all, and Angus' angst would be good, and Davies adrenaline-junkie thing would be fun to play, but for pure scenery-chewing I'd take Nick in a heartbeat.

I agree. He's a fun guy to play, but I wouldn't want to be him.

There's a lot of meat for a willing actor to chew into, and there won't be a shortage of quality actors eager for it. I'm just worried that casting a big name will cause Nick to somehow survive to the end.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:35 pm

Actually, I thought that was something that was so brilliant in the book. You have the main 3 characters. One of them gets offed in the next to last book. I wasn't expecting that AT ALL. Still, we are talking about the movies, so y'know...

Post by **The Dreaming** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:12 pm

Hrmm, much as I hate him, Tom Cruise strikes me of being able to play melevolence, combined with charisma in just the right ratio. He might even do it, he hasn't gotten to be a villian in a while.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:41 pm

Cruise does have a similar arrogant charm to Nick, but I don't think I've seen him in anything where I've been seeing the character rather than Tom Cruise. If that makes any sense...

Post by **ItisWritten** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:40 pm

CovenantJr wrote:Cruise does have a similar arrogant charm to Nick, but I don't think I've seen him in anything where I've been seeing the character rather than Tom Cruise. If that makes any sense...

To put it another way, I've never seen a movie he was in and be able to forget that I was watching Tom Cruise.

Besides, he's too short. Really.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:10 am

ItisWritten wrote:
CovenantJr wrote:Cruise does have a similar arrogant charm to Nick, but I don't think I've seen him in anything where I've been seeing the character rather than Tom Cruise. If that makes any sense...
To put it another way, I've never seen a movie he was in and be able to forget that I was watching Tom Cruise.

Precisely. I don't want to be watching Forbidden Knowledge and find myself wondering what the appeal of Scientology is.

Post by **The Dreaming** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:05 am

I was specifically thinking of Interview with a Vampire Which he was really great in.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:55 pm

I was thinking of that too. He was still Tom Cruise to me, though in fairness it probably wasn't helped by the fact that I'm a fan of the book and had quite a different mental image of Lestat.

Post by **The Dreaming** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:52 pm

I like movies that cast against type (like Interview). Hugh Jackman could also be interesting. I think The Fountain proves he has the chops to play just about anything. It would be perfect to cast a typical "hero" in the role of Nick, (and a villian in the role of Angus) adding a whole extra layer to the role switching that happens. (Think Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, one of the most perfect casting choices I can imagine)

Post by **Elfgirl** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:47 am

It's a pity John Malkovich is too old...he'd have been great as Nick.

So...of course I'm still going for Josh Holloway!!! He's got the grin, the grimace, the drawl, the whole package...and yes, the RANGE necessary. Just needs a haircut!

Post by **The Dreaming** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:27 am

Actually, that's kinda perfect

I also think he would make a *perfect* Gambit.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:58 pm

Pfft, I don't know why you actually post in these Nick-casting topics, Elfgirl.

We all know what you're going to say.

Post by **Elfgirl** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:29 am

CovenantJr wrote:Pfft, I don't know why you actually post in these Nick-casting topics, Elfgirl. We all know what you're going to say.

Because i was the original suggestor. AND because I gained a slew of converts!! Who posted here BEFORE me.

heh.

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