Monday Morning Poll: The Next Die Hard Baddie?
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In a recent interview with IESB, Fox chairman Tom Rothman had a few things to say about some very big upcoming films. I'm talking Eragon, Wolverine, Magneto, Fantastic Four 2 and the main focus of this week's Poll, Live Free or Die Hard (aka Die Hard 4). Last week, Justin Long was officially announced as John McClane's (Bruce Willis) newest sidekick in the fourth installment -- a computer hacker brought on to assist McClane in tracking down and defeating a group of cyber terrorists.
However, while production has already begun (check out these brand new set pics), we still don't know who will play the main villain. In my opinion, the Die Hard films are defined by their baddie, with Alan Rickman by far my personal favorite thus far (Jeremy Irons was okay in Vengeance -- a little bland for my taste, but still pretty decent). In the interview, Rothman admits casting for the franchise's next bad guy is just about done, with an announcement expected within a week or two. He notes the actor in question is American and says, "... it's a very cool piece of casting. Very cool and contemporary." Great, now I'm just dying to know who it is. Cool? Contemporary? American? You think it's a woman? An alien? Freddy Prinze Jr.?
So, I ask you: If you had final say, who would square off against John McClane? And, based on the info Rothman gives us, who do you think they're targeting?
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10-02-2006 @ 11:23AM
RP said...
Personally i'd go with someone like Daniel Craig or Cillian Murphy, or if they really must go American, Jason Lee.
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10-02-2006 @ 11:35AM
JR said...
Ian McShane
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10-02-2006 @ 12:26PM
MosquitoControl said...
They'd have to invent a time machine, go back to the 60s and kidnap Marlon Brando, bringing him here and throwing him into the movie in order to compensate for Justin Long...
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10-02-2006 @ 12:33PM
ThePhantom said...
Must the main baddie be the big dude Willis fights at the end? How about somebody slightly on the nerdier side, this is about cyber terrorism. You can always have a big body guard for Willis to fight with at the end.
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10-02-2006 @ 1:30PM
Ken Ferguson said...
I was impressed with Stephen Dorff in Blade. Ethan Hawke might interesting as well. Seann William Scott could get under McClane's skin.
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10-02-2006 @ 5:26PM
Jordan Roth said...
How about Edward Norton? Possibly Christian Bale? Any takers?
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10-02-2006 @ 5:44PM
Paulie said...
Vince Vaughn.
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10-02-2006 @ 5:48PM
Rufus said...
Cool... contemporary? Forget about American, get in Paul Bettany and bring back a Brit Baddy!
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10-03-2006 @ 7:47AM
Marlina said...
ALan Rickman is the best!
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10-03-2006 @ 11:56AM
Tish M. said...
I loved both Rickman and Irons - they were the best parts of the series for me. (Well, Bruce Willis and of course Samuel L. Jackson in the 3rd movie. 'Cause, well, SLJ is awesome.) But, I can't imagine who would be a good fit to carry on the greatness of the badguys in the series.
If I had to pick, I'd agree with poster one and six. Either of those would be great.
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