Speedman to Torment McClane?
Filed under: Action, Thrillers, Casting, RumorMonger, Remakes and Sequels
Hot on the heels of the Die Hard 4.0 (What is with these idiotic, vaguely software-looking numbers in movie titles? Who thinks that's a good idea?) script review that Erik told us about yesterday comes a bit of muttering about the movie's cast. A tipster to entertainment site Cinescape who claims to be auditioning for a part in the movie says he's been told by his agent that one Scott Speedman has been cast as the movie's As commenters at Cinescape point out, the guy hasn't exactly proved that he's got the magnetism and charisma necessary to be an effective villain, particularly when he's going to be compared to the gleefully evil geniuses who came before him in the series. I have to admit that I like watching Speedman but, friends, extreme prettiness does not a convincing villain make. ...
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6-03-2006 @ 5:21PM
Mark said...
Maybe they called it 4.0 because its about terrorism via a piece of software?
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6-03-2006 @ 6:04PM
Ajay Shroff said...
Quote - 'extreme prettiness does not a convincing villain make. ...' Well Said Martha. Its going to be even more wierd when Bruce Willis beats up a pretty boy.
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6-03-2006 @ 6:06PM
Ajay Shroff said...
4.0 is better than Die Hardest (which was going to be the actual extension to the title i believe)..:)
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6-03-2006 @ 7:26PM
T. said...
I'm guessing there'll be a co-villain to handle the physical threat department. And yeah, the software-style numbers are dumb unless it's for a tech-related movie (i.e. The Net)
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