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10-09-2007, 03:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
gunslingercbr
Pepper isn't all that well known
Sorry, but he's too well known to want a role like this.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
gunslingercbr
and I hope that SE's spends some good amount of time on screen without his mask, requiring an actor who looks like SE's to play the part.
I wouldn't hold my breath for much of that.
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Originally Posted by
gunslingercbr
Ray Park is just an arbitrary stunt man that is only known because of his work in Star Wars and X Men -- two genre movies.
Well, of course those are the roles for which he is most known, as they were his first two roles. That pretty much goes without saying.
And not for nothing, but I personally think of him as the Hessian in
Sleepy Hollow
before Toad. The most obvious aspect of the idea that you're missing is that one person could portray Snake-Eyes outside of his costume, and another actor could fill the role prior to his being disfigured. Just ask Christopher Walken.
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gunslingercbr
what a coincidence that fans of those tend to also be fans of Joe, and want an actor who they know because of his other genre work to play another character with absolutely no similarities to the other two other than he jumps a lot.
One character doesn't need to have similarities to another for the same performer to fill both roles. People are thinking of him because of his stunt work. He's capable of putting on a show, and that's what
most
fans want, to be entertained.
Quote:
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gunslingercbr
Ray Park has nothing in common with Snake Eyes other than he is a genre character and Ray Park has experience playing other genre characters. not to sound argumentative, but if his other work in genre movies isn't what is fueling the desire to see him as SE's, than I don't see what is, because nothing about Ray Park screams SE's IMO.
I can't speak for anyone else, but the first reason for wanting him that would come to my mind is his physical ability.
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gunslingercbr
is this really what we think of SE's?
I think of a ninja in a black mask. I'm really not terribly concerned with whether or not the actor looks
exactly
like the artwork in the comic books. A little hair dye can make it close enough.
On the other hand, I'm not advocating the idea of Ray Park. As long as the film turns out to be good, I don't care if
you
play Snake-Eyes, as long as you can pull it off well. But honestly, being so opposed to the idea just because he was in
STAR WARS
is really no different than wanting him in the role for that reason alone. They're opposite sides of the exact same coin.
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