lexator222 Wrote:Well, I personally think that most of these actors are too 'pretty' to be JACK. What I had in mind was an actor like "Paul Mantee", who was an action hero actor from the mid-60's. He starred in "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" when he was about 33, and he is a 'forgetable' type of person, which I guess is the reason his career never really took off! But if the casting director could find a total unknown who was normal looking, everyday guy sort of appearance.
Desmond Harrington is pretty forgetable...his career is not exactly on fire, one would argue, precisely because he's not pretty enough for Hollywood.
...and it's hard to get more forgettable than this:
...Sam worthington, pre-roids. Contrasted against Paul Mantee:
lexator222 Wrote:I don't know if I've said this here before, but the BEST spy in history was this short, fat, bald, middle aged man, who worked for the US during the cold war era, walked right into the former soviet union, did his business, and walked out again, and NOBODY suspected him of anything. He did this back and forth for over 10 years and RETIRED!!!! Totally amazing!
Lexator
As far as memory serves, Jack is not overly short, nor fat, nor bald, nor middle aged.
Personally, I do not think that the world (and certainly not the big screen) is ready for a Danny Devito-esque "Repairman Jack".
-Wapitikev
This post was last modified: 06-24-2009, 07:11 PM by 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