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The_4th_Survivor
09-16-2005, 10:05 PM
Imagine this....

You've been put in charge of the casting duties for an upcoming movie project, titled "Halo".

It's directly connected to the video game series as an adaptation of the first game.

Who would YOU cast as the following main characters?

"Master Chief"

"Cortana"

"Captain Jacob Keyes"

"Sgt. Johnson"

"343 Guilty Spark" (voice only)


I'm very interested to hear your responses. ;)


As for my choices, they're as follows:

"Master Chief" - Any actor who has a cool, yet calm sounding voice. No big name actors needed for this role, since the Chief will be in his armor 99.6% of the time, just like Darth Vader in the Star Wars Trilogy.

"Cortana" - You could literally get any shapely female to be a hologram, but I'm aiming at the stunningly beautiful Kristanna Loken to be our beloved UNSC Ship AI Hologram.

"Captain Jacob Keyes" - Kurt Russell. Have you seen him in the movie "Soldier"? Sure, he's along the lines of Master Chief, especially when you can consider that he's about the same age that the Chief would approximately be (if you read the official "Halo" novels), but I feel that he'd do a stellar job at portraying the stern role of Captain Keyes.

"Sgt. Johnson" - Keith David - Yes, I know that he's already done a wonderful job providing the voice of the "Arbiter" in Halo 2, but I think he'd also be great playing the role of the smart mouthing, no-nonsense, cigar chomping badass, Sgt. Johnson. If there's a Halo 2 Movie adaptation, he could also pull double duty as the "Arbiter" AND "Sgt. Johnson". (Hell, if John Rhys Davies can play Gimli and Treebeard in the Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring & The Two Towers, Keith David can pull off performing dual roles too)

"343 Guilty Spark" - I would opt to have the original voice actor, Tim Dadabo, back for this role but if a big name needs to be attached to this little, backstabbing-magnetized-blabbermouth, I would have to opt for someone who has a really arrogant sounding voice. I'd choose Kelsey Grammar to voice 343 Guilty Spark, since he made Frasier seem like a really pompous, self-centered guy when "Frasier" made his first appearances on "Cheers".


So, who would you choose?

ubersaurus
09-16-2005, 10:22 PM
Just get Steve Downes to do the Chief. He won't take of the armor, anyway.

njiska
09-16-2005, 10:32 PM
Master Cheif - Generic Actor with Steve Downes doing the voice over. Since we aren't suppose to see chief's face this isn't a problem. It's the whole Vader situation all over again.

Cortana - CG character with Jen Taylor doing the VO.

Captain Keyes - Michael Madsen. Sure he an odd choice, but his got the right shaped face for the role and he's got a great voice. Keyes is really hard to cast.

Sgt. Johnson - Roger R. Cross. Seen 24? That's why.

343 Guilty Spark - Tim Dadabo. When you can get away with it keep the games voice actor. Bottom Line.

Falcon
09-17-2005, 12:46 AM
For the main actor, Master Chief, if doesnt get any better than the governor of Califronia, Arnold, or Steven Siegel :D

calthaer
09-17-2005, 12:48 AM
Besides making sure that Angelina Jolie was in there somewhere, I'd first and foremost ensure that Uwe Boll never, EVER got anywhere near the film.

Wavelflack
09-17-2005, 12:58 AM
"Halo"..

Hmm..

I would go with Della Reese, Roma Downey, and Michael Landon.

The_4th_Survivor
09-17-2005, 03:52 AM
For the main actor, Master Chief, if doesnt get any better than the governor of Califronia, Arnold, or Steven Siegel :D


I can totally see Ahnuld... er. I mean Governor Schwarzenegger (did I spell that correctly?) as the Chief.


SCENE: The Chief finally makes it back to the control room with 343 Guilty Spark in tow. Upon seeing the floating metal ball of light, Cortana voices her displeasure at being kept waiting so long, as well as the fact that 343 Guilty Spark is trying to activate Halo.....


Master Chief - "Cowatahna. Dohn't worree. Hee's a frend"

Cortana - "What did you say Chief?"

Master Chief - "I sed, hee's a frend."

Cortana - "Huh?"

Master Chief - "Hee's terying too help uz pood a stahp too Haylow."

Cortana - "Chief, I couldn't understand a damn word you just said. Speak clearly."


LMAO LOL

Sylentwulf
09-17-2005, 08:08 AM
http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/Regular/10101000/10101882.jpg
Master Chief.

The_4th_Survivor
09-17-2005, 05:25 PM
http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/Regular/10101000/10101882.jpg
Master Chief.

You know, Stallone actually wouldn't be too bad of a choice to play the Chief.

True, Stallone is turning 60 next year and the Chief is around 40-45, but still, he'd be in the Mark V armored suit most of the time anyway.

PDorr3
09-17-2005, 05:28 PM
Cortana- Paris Hilton

thats when you know the movie is doomed for failure...

Dobie
09-17-2005, 06:20 PM
Personally, I would rather not see a "live action" movie. A really WELL done CG flick would be best, because you could keep the same voice actors. Somebody else doing Master Chief just wouldn't fly. The Covenant and such would be a lot more believable in an animated world too.

I generally don't go see movies based on videogames anyways. My movie tastes don't necessarily line up with my gaming interests.

EricRyan34
09-18-2005, 09:22 PM
I would have The Rock play Sarge :P

googlefest1
09-19-2005, 10:44 AM
if the master cheif takes his helmet off then mabey the guy from starship troopers 2

cortana - the chick that played the computer in andromeda (she was also the main chick in jason x)

the capitan - some gray hiared guy with a hard lined face

the sargent - the sargent from aliens