BRIAN THOMPSON. Yes Brian Thompson would have been absolutely perfect to play Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith. Just watch a video called Brian Thompson and the golden mullet. His face has a slight Mark Hamill look to it. He's 6'3". He has an awesome build. His voice and cadence is so Vader like the transition would have been so much more believable. Hayden was good in Clones, but like he stepped in for who ever that kid was in Menace, Brian Thompson should have stepped in for Christensen.
The physical similarities between two actors shouldn't be a factor either. Mark Hamill and Carie Fisher don't look alike but I have no problem suspending disbelief for them to be twins.
The dreadfulness of the prequels aside, I don't want to be watching a movie that's supposed to have a young man as the lead character, and be constantly aware that I'm watching a middle-aged man that's been made-up or CGI'd to look like a younger version of himself--cast only because he bears a similarity to Mark Hamill in the 80s, or because he sounds like a black man in a recording booth (seriously, Vader sounded weak and pathetic without the voice-box in his helmet). You wanna re-write the prequels to make Anakin an older, 40-something character (making Darth Vader a senior citizen in the OT), then go ahead. But you wanna keep him a 19-22 year old, don't have him played by a 40-year old. It's a jarring effect and is unwelcome and unnecessary.
Originally posted by Lord LucienDarth Vader seemed more like he was close to 60 when he died, so an Anakin around 30 that becomes Darth Vader is perfectly plausible. I know you intentionally posted an unflattering picture of Brian Thompson. If you were so confident in your position why don't you post his Nicholas Remy character. Or even his X-Files bounty hunter. The thread is better actor for Anakin and I gave the best actor. I will never accept whiney baby pants becomes the intimidating powerful Darth Vader.
The physical similarities between two actors shouldn't be a factor either. Mark Hamill and Carie Fisher don't look alike but I have no problem suspending disbelief for them to be twins.The dreadfulness of the prequels aside, I don't want to be watching a movie that's supposed to have a young man as the lead character, and be constantly aware that I'm watching a middle-aged man that's been made-up or CGI'd to look like a younger version of himself--cast only because he bears a similarity to Mark Hamill in the 80s, or because he sounds like a black man in a recording booth (seriously, Vader sounded weak and pathetic without the voice-box in his helmet). You wanna re-write the prequels to make Anakin an older, 40-something character (making Darth Vader a senior citizen in the OT), then go ahead. But you wanna keep him a 19-22 year old, don't have him played by a 40-year old. It's a jarring effect and is unwelcome and unnecessary.
Originally posted by iknowbetter***No you didn't, you posted your favorite actor.
Darth Vader seemed more like he was close to 60 when he died, so an Anakin around 30 that becomes Darth Vader is perfectly plausible. I know you intentionally posted an unflattering picture of Brian Thompson. If you were so confident in your position why don't you post his Nicholas Remy character. Or even his X-Files bounty hunter. The thread is better actor for Anakin and I gave the best actor***. I will never accept whiney baby pants becomes the intimidating powerful Darth Vader.
And it's not around 30, it's around 40. Circa AotC, specifically it's 43. Again, that's fine. Just do your own rewrite of the prequels. God knows they need it. And here's his X-files character--an alien bounty hunter, apparently:
He has Schwarzenegger's mouth and chin. He's also rather unattractive and brutish looking (and that was in '94. You'd have to age him another 8 years to fit with AotC's filming). For the sake of continuity and feasibility, I will never accept that such an ugly giant seduced Natalie Portman and spawned two comparative midgets like Luke and Leia.