SteveBlack Wrote:I know Ed Norton is oft mentioned here on the group - he has the everyman look that Jack has. I think John Cusack has that same intensity that EN posesses. As long as it's not some pretty boy......
I always picture Rocky Balboa's trainer as Abe. Not Burgess Meredith, the bloke who was The Penguin but the other one - I think his name is Burt Young?
But as to who will actually get the role? Well, it's in the lap of the execs. I'm sure suitability wont come into it. Popularity will. If the execs thought they could get Hanks or Cruise for the role it'd be theirs in a heartbeat. I cant see either of these guys as Jack but the bottom line is bums on seats and huge actors such as The Two Toms can pull bigger crowds than almost anyone......
Steve
The two Toms are well into their 40's , so I don't think they would work
The faces are too well known and if the early reviews are any indication of how terriblly slow and plodding Hanks' portrayal is in DaVinci Code, he may have most his ability to be an evryone type and to really put butts in the seats
If Jack is going to be played by a 20 something, then this definitely eliminates anybody past, I'd say 35..................