[LAEM] Eva movie casting ideas?

[movieartman]

with the live action evangelion movie section locked (?), are we not allowed to create topics that would go there elsewhere or what?
if this is the case i apologize, it was locked before my arrival at this site and i could not find any info inregards to its locking and the rules around it.

so my question is WHO WOULD YOU CAST IN A LIVE ACTION EVANGELION MOVIE?
my picks
WALTON GOGGINS as GENDO IKARI


JERE BURNS as KOZO FUYUTSUKI

HAYLEY ATWELL as Misato

ASA BUTTERFIELD as Shinji IKARI

SAOIRSE RONAN as Rei & CHLOE GRACE MORETZ as Asuka

[Mr. Tines]

See also

http://forum.evageeks.org/thread/26/LAEM-Pick-the-cast/

[Ray]

Forgive me for being blunt. But why the hell are they all white people?

[movieartman]

Forgive me for being blunt. But why the hell are they all white people?

Sorry bro,
1.) my point withthat line up was to have a best case scenario if the cast was whitewashed to a extent which seems likely if we where to ever get a mainstream big budget Eva movie)
2.) im not framilar with younger Asian actors to have a pick for Shinji
3.) a Asian Gendo that I would love to see is hiroyuki sanada (the twilight samurai, the wolverine, sunshine, the last samurai, 47 ronin)
4.) Misato.... Hard to say, for me I would want the mature motherly but sexy vibe to be intact, maybe Ming na wen (Mulan, agents of shield)
5.) sorry for any offense man

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

Forgive me for being blunt. But why the hell are they all white people?

Nine out of ten anime characters are mukokuseki, mate. Chill.

[The Eva Monkey]

with the live action evangelion movie section locked (?), are we not allowed to create topics that would go there elsewhere or what?

It's hard to have a conversation about something that isn't a real thing.

Most of the threads were locked or inactive, so we put them in their own little casket.

[Chuckman]

It's hard to have a conversation about something that isn't a real thing

Ehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Anyhoo, topic: CGM as Asuka? No. Emma Watson as Asuka? Yesssssstthhhhh.

[Guy Nacks]

Ehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Anyhoo, topic: CGM as Asuka? No. Emma Watson as Asuka? Yesssssstthhhhh.

Didn't Anno say way back when that Emma Watson would have been his own ideal casting choice for Asuka?

Anyway topics like this are just masturbatory fodder for wish fulfillment for something that would probably turn out to be a nightmare if it ever happened, which it won't. If anything, I'd expect to see a live action Mobile Suit Gundam film before Eva and chances of even THAT happening are extremely slim to none.

[LegionWrex]

If anything, I'd expect to see a live action Mobile Suit Gundam film before Eva and chances of even THAT happening are extremely slim to none.

Well, if recent rumors are true, we may actually see a live action Gundam.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/30/live-action-gundam-production-work-rumored

[Chuckman]

Didn't Anno say way back when that Emma Watson would have been his own ideal casting choice for Asuka?

If he did my opinion of him has been dramatically raised.

e: I did some checking. The only source I can find is hearsay from a con panel, posted on EGF.

[Ray]

Seriously, is it too much to ask for ONE Asian superhero in a big budget Hollywood blockbuster? One that doesn't suck?

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

I don't think it's any more necessary that an actor be white than that they be black, Asian, or otherwise. Movies shouldn't cast based on race (unless they need to be time period specific, or something.) Granted, Hollywood can be racist and sexist, but that's another story altogether. I mean, in the Avengers comics, Nick Fury is white. Samuel Jackson sure as hell ain't white, but he does an amazing job with the character.

[Chuckman]

I think going Social Justicar on every movie and whining about the hollywood system and its whitewashing is a shitty way to approach the appreciation of movies and generally think it's a waste of time to analyze and second guess every decision a director makes looking for racism or sexism or whatever to complain about.

That said, whitewashing is a real problem and it's particularly egregious with movies that, realistically, should have Asian leads. When you cast Keanu Reeves as the lead in a movie about Japanese people in Japan like five hundred years ago there is a point where this needs to stop and we have clearly passed it.

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

I think going Social Justicar on every movie and whining about the hollywood system and its whitewashing is a shitty way to approach the appreciation of movies and generally think it's a waste of time to analyze and second guess every decision a director makes looking for racism or sexism or whatever to complain about... when you cast Keanu Reeves as the lead in a movie about Japanese people in Japan like five hundred years ago there is a point where this needs to stop and we have clearly passed it.

ZING

Also QFT. Couldn't have put it better myself- although it's important to remember that discrimination is alive and well.

[Gendo'sPapa]

Come back in a year & it'll be a whole new cast.

..And Chloe Moretz will still be a terrible actress.

[movieartman]

Seriously, is it too much to ask for ONE Asian superhero in a big budget Hollywood blockbuster? One that doesn't suck?

Watch the wolverine (2013) it's probably the best of the x movies, the whole cast is Asian besides jackman and Famke Janssen, and all are pretty good actors too.

Come back in a year & it'll be a whole new cast.

..And Chloe Moretz will still be a terrible actress.

Have you seen let me in?

I think going Social Justicar on every movie and whining about the hollywood system and its whitewashing is a shitty way to approach the appreciation of movies and generally think it's a waste of time to analyze and second guess every decision a director makes looking for racism or sexism or whatever to complain about.

That said, whitewashing is a real problem and it's particularly egregious with movies that, realistically, should have Asian leads. When you cast Keanu Reeves as the lead in a movie about Japanese people in Japan like five hundred years ago there is a point where this needs to stop and we have clearly passed it.

For the record reeves was a producer on the film and originally intended to only be a small role/presence in the film, and the lead samurai was to be the central chracter but other producers threatened to back out of the production if they didn't expand his role (something along those lines)

[Stillborn]

Have you seen let me in?

Hey, I enjoyed Kick-Ass with all its goofyness

But LMI was awesome and Chloe was convincing in Abby's role

[Blue Monday]

Watch the wolverine (2013) it's probably the best of the x movies...

I haven't seen The Wolverine but I bet X2 begs to differ.

[movieartman]

I haven't seen The Wolverine but I bet X2 begs to differ.

x2 is great no question, personally i hold first class and the wolverine above it, just my opinion.
all 3 are very strong.

[Gendo'sPapa]

I have seen Let Me In. Was not impressed with her work. Kodi Smit-McPhee did all the heavy lifting in that movie.

Never understood the appeal of Chloe Moretz myself. If she's not merely passable - she's the weakest element of Scorsese's otherwise excellent HUGO - she's flat & one-note.

Hopefully she'll soon exit this fan-pandering "I'm the hardcore kid in all these hard R rated horror movies" stage & have to actually act.

Her best work by far have been her appearances on 30 Rock.