The Tomb Movie - Dream Cast

CANADIANRJFAN 05-28-2005, 04:16 AM

Who would you like to see play the characters in a film version of The Tomb?

I would choose:

Jack - Hugh Jackman
Gia - Anne Heche
Vicky - ?
Nellie - Gloria Stuart
Kusum - ?
Kolibati - Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham)
Julio - Tom Sizemore
Abe - Meatloaf

Maggers 05-28-2005, 10:43 AM

CANADIANRJFAN Wrote:Who would you like to see play the characters in a film version of The Tomb?

I would choose:

Jack - Hugh Jackman
Gia - Anne Heche
Vicky - ?
Nellie - Gloria Stuart
Kusum - ?
Kolibati - Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham)
Julio - Tom Sizemore
Abe - Meatloaf

There are many threads out there about who should play Jack, but I like the idea of the whole cast. I need to think about who I'd recommend, but in the meantime.

Anne Heche as Gia? Noooooooo! She's too old anyway.

Julio - Tom Sizemore? No, again. Sizemore is a big guy, and Julio is small, though very well muscled. At least that's how I think of him. There is an Hispanic character actor whose face is right in front of my eyes but whose name escapes me. He is short, built like the proverbial brick **** house and has a scary looking face. Man, I can't even think of a movie he's been in and he's been in many. I'll come back to him.

Abe - Meatloaf? Noooooo! Abe is so Jewish and Meatloaf is so not! Judd Hirsch could do Abe in a heartbeat, but he may be getting too old, too.

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Keith the Elder 05-28-2005, 11:32 AM

Maggers Wrote:There are many threads out there about who should play Jack, but I like the idea of the whole cast. I need to think about who I'd recommend, but in the meantime.

Anne Heche as Gia? Noooooooo! She's too old anyway.

Julio - Tom Sizemore? No, again. Sizemore is a big guy, and Julio is small, though very well muscled. At least that's how I think of him. There is an Hispanic character actor whose face is right in front of my eyes but whose name escapes me. He is short, built like the proverbial brick **** house and has a scary looking face. Man, I can't even think of a movie he's been in and he's been in many. I'll come back to him.

Abe - Meatloaf? Noooooo! Abe is so Jewish and Meatloaf is so not! Judd Hirsch could do Abe in a heartbeat, but he may be getting too old, too.

Julio: I think you're thinking Luiz Guzman (spelling?) from The count of Monte Cristo (sandwich)

Bati: if it's an Asian setting: Grace Park from Battlestar Galactica, she has range

Kusum - if only this was 20 years ago, Henry Silva would have beed perfect IMO

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jimbow8 05-28-2005, 11:37 AM

I've been a big advocate of Luis Guzman for a long time to play Julio; Ron Eldard for Jack.

And how about Abigail Breslin for Vicky? She's still a little young, but she is so damn cute in Signs.

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Maggers 05-28-2005, 04:42 PM

jimbow8 Wrote:I've been a big advocate of Luis Guzman for a long time to play Julio; Ron Eldard for Jack.

And how about Abigail Breslin for Vicky? She's still a little young, but she is so damn cute in Signs.

Luis Guzman is exactly who I was thinking of. Ditto on all your choices, Jim. If only we could go out and make the movie! Big Grin

CANADIANRJFAN 05-28-2005, 04:43 PM

Grace Park is a gorgeous woman of Korean descent but great choice for Vicky!(Abigail Breslin)

Maggers 05-28-2005, 04:54 PM

Keith the Elder Wrote:Kusum - if only this was 20 years ago, Henry Silva would have beed perfect IMO

Henry Silva would have been great. He always played skeevy guys of indeterminate ethnicity.

nijimeijer 05-28-2005, 05:01 PM

I've always liked Raymond Cruz as Julio. He was in Clear and Present Danger and The Rock. He does a decent amount of voice work, but he's a pretty pumped guy, and he's got the look (in my opinion).

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nijimeijer 05-28-2005, 05:03 PM

As for Abe? There's only one man in the entire world for Abe, in my opinion. And that, of course, is the great Judd Hirsch.

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Maggers 05-28-2005, 07:23 PM

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nijimeijer Wrote:I've always liked Raymond Cruz as Julio. He was in Clear and Present Danger and The Rock. He does a decent amount of voice work, but he's a pretty pumped guy, and he's got the look (in my opinion).

I can appreciate Raymond Cruz, but I still like Luis Guzman better. He's a native New Yorker (from the Lower East Side as opposed to the Upper West Side) and he's got a slightly threatening look about him, something I've associated with Julio, who is rumored to have a temper.