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Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - GeraldRice - 12-23-2009
Wapitikev Wrote:Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer?!!!!!!!!
Serious?!
Sam Worthington is the only worthy(ington) candidate.
That one's for you Persephone
-Wapitikev
Yes. He's an unknown. Good-looking in a plain sort of way. Physically unassuming, but he's got a good build. Forgettable.
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - Srem - 12-24-2009
GraFiT Wrote:I always see RJ as mix from Matthew Fox and somesting else...
![[Image: f5e90797137b.jpg]](http://s41.radikal.ru/i093/0912/27/f5e90797137b.jpg)
Actually, this guy would make a pretty good choice for Jack, but alas, as Wapitikev likes to point out often, this guy's age (Matthew is currently around 44 years old) might not fit into the timeline too well. Jack's age will be 30-ish if the movie ever gets made (silent prayer).
Btw, welcome to the Forum, GraFiT.
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - webby - 12-31-2009
I nominate Max Records (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1599441152/nm2504006).
Sure, he's young now, but by the time this movie ever gets made he will probably be just about the right age. He'll probably grow up to be somewhat average-looking, so it should work out just fine.
Or am I being too cynical? :p
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - Ken Valentine - 12-31-2009
webby Wrote:I nominate Max Records (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1599441152/nm2504006).Too cynical?
Sure, he's young now, but by the time this movie ever gets made he will probably be just about the right age. He'll probably grow up to be somewhat average-looking, so it should work out just fine.
Or am I being too cynical? :p
Not to me. Especially when you consider that the word at one time was that the RJ movie would be released in the fall of 2004.
Ken V.
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - Wapitikev - 01-04-2010
webby Wrote:I nominate Max Records (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1599441152/nm2504006).In 15 years he'll be 29...so he'd be GREAT!
Sure, he's young now, but by the time this movie ever gets made he will probably be just about the right age. He'll probably grow up to be somewhat average-looking, so it should work out just fine.
Or am I being too cynical? :p
Repairman Jack 1: Claws of the Rakoshi in 2025! I'm getting in line for tickets tomorrow.
-Wapitikev
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - glloydd95 - 01-06-2010
Quite honestly, playing Jack is not about what he looks like to me. FPW has done such a masterful job in making him appear to be an everyman, that is how I picture him. In my mind's eye I sometimes picture him as a young Kevin Costner; sometimes more like Thomas Jane.
What is more important than what Jack looks like is being able to capture Jack's apparent split personality. When called upon, Jack can be without mercy and eliminate threats with cool professional precision without hesitation. Yet he possesses a subtle wit and style as he goes about making his repairs and has oddly humorous moments of introspection. That ability to shift gears from violent man to nice guy often reminds me of Martin Blank, John Cusack's character in the film Grosse Point Blank. Cusack has that ability to become a man very capable of violence yet talk about baseball or his favorite movie in his next breath.
Too bad John Cusack is also a tad too old to play Jack. He would be very good in the role.
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - Wapitikev - 01-07-2010
glloydd95 Wrote:Quite honestly, playing Jack is not about what he looks like to me. FPW has done such a masterful job in making him appear to be an everyman, that is how I picture him. In my mind's eye I sometimes picture him as a young Kevin Costner; sometimes more like Thomas Jane.Welcome, Glloydd95. You'll like it here.
What is more important than what Jack looks like is being able to capture Jack's apparent split personality. When called upon, Jack can be without mercy and eliminate threats with cool professional precision without hesitation. Yet he possesses a subtle wit and style as he goes about making his repairs and has oddly humorous moments of introspection. That ability to shift gears from violent man to nice guy often reminds me of Martin Blank, John Cusack's character in the film Grosse Point Blank. Cusack has that ability to become a man very capable of violence yet talk about baseball or his favorite movie in his next breath.
Too bad John Cusack is also a tad too old to play Jack. He would be very good in the role.
Now THAT is an interesting choice I had never considered. It is indeed too bad that he is 44 this year.
I will add, as well, that my current looks- right and has international box office appeal choice, Sam Worthington, has NOT shown much range in his recent roles.
You are bang-on that serious and brooding (scary) is not the only facet that actor-Jack must be able to portray.
-Wapitikev
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - miller3323 - 01-10-2010
I'm new to this but have read all the books. My very first thought for the actor was Mark Wahlberg, hands down the only actor out there with the right look and can give us girls the money shot we want. Jack is such a complex character that no matter who the actor is it will all come down to the story.
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - flyingfox - 01-10-2010
Is my poor thread still going:Yawn:
I was thinking maybe Sam Worthington.
But will any film live up to our "hope"?
Who would we want to play Repairman Jack? - EdNemo - 01-10-2010
I say Jeffrey Donovan!