Who would you cast to play Paul?


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Who would you cast to play Paul?

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What current working actor would you cast for the nearly impossible role of Paul if you were casting a new dune film today?
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My left bumcheek in an appropriately colored wig.

Seriously.

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Taylor Lautner. A good actor and nice looking to boot.
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Vin Diesel.
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Definitely a more "muscular time" :)
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Yul Brynner...

Wait, you said currently working actor...

I liked the guy who played Pyro in X-men 2...
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You guys suck. Its a hard role, not many actors could do it. Also chigger, no jews please.

Christain Bale is who I would pick

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SwordMaster wrote:Also chigger, no jews please.
Why not?

He should look greek though, for accuracy.
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SwordMaster wrote:You guys suck. Its a hard role, not many actors could do it. Also chigger, no jews please.

Christain Bale is who I would pick

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Christian Bale? You want Batman as Paul? And you say we suck? :lol:
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Rakis wrote:
SwordMaster wrote:You guys suck. Its a hard role, not many actors could do it. Also chigger, no jews please.

Christain Bale is who I would pick

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Christian Bale? You want Batman as Paul? And you say we suck? :lol:
I still think of him as "American Psycho"... he's about to be John Conner, right?
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Freakzilla wrote:
Rakis wrote:
SwordMaster wrote:You guys suck. Its a hard role, not many actors could do it. Also chigger, no jews please.

Christain Bale is who I would pick

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Christian Bale? You want Batman as Paul? And you say we suck? :lol:
I still think of him as "American Psycho"... he's about to be John Conner, right?
Yep.

But seriously, he's 35 or something...
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Earlier I was thinking it would be ideal if you could find brothers, 15 and 18... or one and take three years filming in the desert.

Actually, you'd need someone more like 12, since he looked younger than he was.
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Freakzilla wrote:Earlier I was thinking it would be ideal if you could find brothers, 15 and 18... or one and take three years filming in the desert.

Actually, you'd need someone more like 12, since he looked younger than he was.
Yeah but he can look young. I dont think it has to be 2 actors.
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Freakzilla wrote:Chuck Norris
That would require some very complicated re-writes for his riding the sandworm scene... ... seeing as the sandworm would ride him. :lol:

Anyways, I don't know actors names, but I'd vote for an unknown anyways, someone about 16 or 17 that can look older or younger easily by shaving less or more and makeup.
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A Thing of Eternity wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:Chuck Norris
That would require some very complicated re-writes for his riding the sandworm scene... ... seeing as the sandworm would ride him. :lol:

Anyways, I don't know actors names, but I'd vote for an unknown anyways, someone about 16 or 17 that can look older or younger easily by shaving less or more and makeup.
That made me think... I can't remember if FH ever says whether Paul grew a beard.
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Freakzilla wrote:
A Thing of Eternity wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:Chuck Norris
That would require some very complicated re-writes for his riding the sandworm scene... ... seeing as the sandworm would ride him. :lol:

Anyways, I don't know actors names, but I'd vote for an unknown anyways, someone about 16 or 17 that can look older or younger easily by shaving less or more and makeup.
That made me think... I can't remember if FH ever says whether Paul grew a beard.
I don't imagine that he did, but a little stubble would help the age change.
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I dunno about Paul, but maybe Michael Ian Black as Duncan Idaho, David Wain as Thufir Hawat, and Michael Showalter as Gurney Halleck.

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Duncan, Paul, & Gurney

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They'd be best to go with a talented unknown for Paul. Someone they could groom for the role rather than choosing an established talent. An unknown would make the character much more believable and the audience would be more accepting of him if they didn't have any preconceived public image of the actor.

That said, Ryan Gosling is a phenomenal actor that's older but might still be able to pull off the role.
Emile Hirsch would be a good choice. He can act and he's a runt.
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Unknown is the only way forward.

Thomas Sangster - Last Legion and a Doctor Who ep (and he was going to be Tintin but isn't now) is the only 'known' name that comes to mind.... but he looks a bit wierd: I reckon he'd make a good Feyd rather than Paul.
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Ah, well, when the casting threads get serious... :roll:
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Tleszer wrote:I dunno about Paul, but maybe Michael Ian Black as Duncan Idaho, David Wain as Thufir Hawat, and Michael Showalter as Gurney Halleck.

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