Read the title who should who should play what role and why. Samuel L Jackson as Kitano because he's got that stare that kills and because BR needs a brother. Ellen Page as Noriko because the girl had the tendency to run away from fights as did Noriko.
I think either Benicio Del Toro, Tommy Lee Jones, or Gary Oldman as Kitano won't be too bad for having a popular name and unknown actors for the students.
Hmm, I can also see Robert DeNiro doing his, "I will be watching you." line from Meet the Parents for this movie.
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Quote:I think either Benicio Del Toro, Tommy Lee Jones, or Gary Oldman as Kitano won't be too bad for having a popular name and unknown actors for the students.
Christopher Walken or maybe even Clint Eastwood could also have been interesting.
No, you're not. I have too. Don't ask me why, I just have. But the students should all be unknown actors. And preferrably all asian, keeping their original names.
I don't see why BR wouldn't work with caucasian kids, personally I think part of the charm of BR is it would be any class of kids from any nation, but if you stick Tom Cruise and Keira Knightley in there as 15 year olds killing each other it doesn't look right, even the young stars like the Olsen Twins don't look 15, where as a lot of the BR kids to me looked geniunly like normal 15 year olds.
i don't think any character should be written as a specific race because br is deeper than a racial movie. but if i were ever involved in a production of this i'd insist on unknowns,. the only conceivable role that could have a star is that of kitano and even that's a stretch.
Ahem I propose we build a time machine and find a young Bruce Willis to play Shogo Kawada for us. I mean C'mon he looks exactly like manga Shogo just age is the the problem.
I believe unknowns would be for the best for casting the students. It would lead us away from judging them and their effect on the movie.
And I just remembered that most of the Shiroiwa students were unknown actors in Japan. Only about six of the bunch were already well known and a few more gained more fame and films right after.
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I am a vegetarian not because I love animals. I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.