Rugbyrat Wrote:Agree with both these choices, though we need to get Hirsch eating donuts and bacon grease now so he's "Abe-sized" for filming.
I also like TJ as Jack. He's a good action guy, fairly non-descript, able to play good/bad, and can hide his physique under typical RJ wardrobe (jeans and a flannel).
I can't buy Ryan Reynolds as Jack. I've seen him in Smokin' Aces, Amityville, and a few others, and he just doesn't carry himself with the air of authority that TJ does.
While I do not disagree that TJ has an "air of authority" and (as stated before) could be a good Jack...is an air of authority really what Jack has?
IMO, it is the
lack of an air of authority that makes Jack blend in with the rest of the sheep (read as you, me and the rest of the population). TJ would have to play it much less intense that his usual roles if he was to seem average, which Jack tries so hard to do.
IMO, Reynolds can play average much better than TJ...and he can play intense (Amityville), so he's fine with me.
Nathan Fillion also has that unobtrusive thing going which would make it easy for him to play Jack.
So you can mark down TJ as my third choice, with Fillion 1st and Reynolds 2nd.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout