So, who might our "A-List" villain be?

[Warp Coil]

I don't have a problem with using an A-list actor, as long as they are right for the part. If the villian is well-written and a good, solid, known actor is cast in the role, why does it matter? That would only be a good thing for the movie.

 

[qstor]

trekkiebaggio said:
Samuel L. Jackson as a Klingon.

"Get these motherfuckin' tribbles off this motherfuckin' starship!"

"Well, that's good news - tribbles on crack."

 

[seigezunt]

John Lithgow!

 

[Aragorn]

Warp Coil said:
I don't have a problem with using an A-list actor, as long as they are right for the part. If the villian is well-written and a good, solid, known actor is cast in the role, why does it matter? That would only be a good thing for the movie.

It's just petty bitching from people who think names above the title is "stunt casting" yet have never seen a movie where they didn't know any of the actors.

 

[Cary L. Brown]

Aragorn said:

Warp Coil said:
I don't have a problem with using an A-list actor, as long as they are right for the part. If the villian is well-written and a good, solid, known actor is cast in the role, why does it matter? That would only be a good thing for the movie.

It's just petty bitching from people who think names above the title is "stunt casting" yet have never seen a movie where they didn't know any of the actors.

You know that do ya?

I've seen lots of movies where I didn't know the names of the actors playing. I usually find it DISTRACTING when it's someone I've seen 10,000 times before, yet I'm supposed to believe that this is someone other than the actor.

Really skilled actors can still pull that off... but there aren't very many of those really skilled actors in the world. Most simply play idealized versions of themselves every time they're on-screen.

 

[Aragorn]

^ Isn't the "distraction" YOUR problem? Why must it be everyone else's here as well? Sounds more like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

 

[ChristopherPike]

seigezunt said:
John Lithgow!

You know, the interesting thing is...

I've heard he's in a stage play on in London right now. Apparently that's the other place to NY where auditions are taking place.

I'm sure the producers know exactly who they want for these two key roles and will just approach their agents directly.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I'd like to see a female villain for a change -- Katie Holmes or Nicole Kidman perhaps.

 

[steveman]

RookieBatman said:
I agree that it would be a very bad thing if the villain is listed on the marquee before the hero. That doesn't really seem like a good thing to me. But if they can find an A-lister who's willing to take a lesser role, then having his name third-billed might really help pull in the crowds.

It doesn't even have to be a third-bill: the hypothetical A-lister could always accept a prestigous "And" or a "With" credit, as in "Starring Kirk Actor, Zachary Quinto, McCoy Actor, etc.,

And Anthony Hopkins."

Would said hypothetical A-lister accept such a credit or not? Who knows? But, it's no secret that such credits do indeed signify a position of respect and dignity within the acting community.

Such a credit works particularly well in Trek's case, too. List our crew first, and then our A-lister villian at the end -- in a position of respect to boot.

 

[ancient]

Deuterostome said:
I'd like to see a female villain for a change -- Katie Holmes or Nicole Kidman perhaps.

Immediately, I know how Kirk will subdue them...

 

[Wesson]

How about the one and only Julia Roberts. She'd make a very elegant Vulcan. The post did say the A-Lister was a crazy choice by Paramount.My personal choice would be Will Smith.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

IGN is claiming now that Russell Crowe is the actor Paramount wants.

Of course, they also claim that their source says they're unlikely to get him.

This is in the context of an article in which no new information is included, a lot of silly old rumors are repeated, and most of the text is fanboy speculation about things that would be "cool" with no evidence whatever that Abrams and company are doing anything of the kind.

 

[Saul]

Oh uh, Russell Crowe is going to beat the shit out of young Jimmy Kirk.

 

[Lumen]

IGN is less credible for early rumours these days than AICN is.

I'm still hoping for Tom Hanks. He's a huge headliner, a huge Trek fan, and an amazing actor.

 

[Aragorn]

So Tom Hanks as the bad guy, Tom Cruise as a Pike cameo, Tom Selleck as a Starfleet admiral, what about Tom Arnold?

 

[Lumen]

Gary Mitchell?

A little old, I guess...

 

[RookieBatman]

Aragorn said:
So Tom Hanks as the bad guy, Tom Cruise as a Pike cameo, Tom Selleck as a Starfleet admiral, what about Tom Arnold?

Tom Bergeron, as a member of the same alien race he played in that ENT episode.

 

[Triptacular]

Heath Ledger

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Hayden Christensen




MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


Nah, I'm just kidding. I'd love to see either:

Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Edward Norton
Jason Statham
Ving Rhames would make a pretty kick-ass Klingon
George Clooney
Julian McMahon
or Sam Neill

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Deuterostome said:
I'd like to see a female villain for a change -- Katie Holmes or Nicole Kidman perhaps.

Hilary Swank would make the best villaness of all the big names I can think of.

Or maybe...give Julia Roberts something different to do?