Who should play Marcus Fenix? |
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| BY Jordan Fehr May. 8th, 2009 | More on: |
MTV Movies Blog and the screenwriter of Gears of War, Chris Morgan, are asking readers to weigh in on who should play Marcus Fenix in the upcoming Gears of War film. Morgan talks about how he likes to envision the actor who will be playing the role when he writes for films, but says for Gears he is having a hard time. Surely John DiMaggio’s gravely voice talent is hard to match, but there is also the size and look to consider. When pressed for people he has been thinking about, Morgan mentions Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the article, saying that he is a very genuine actor who can play the tough guy and also bring the emotion as needed.
I for one have nothing against The Rock, but think he is probably the wrong choice here. Sure he is large-and-in-charge, but the voice and look just won’t match up. One of the other writers here at TVGB suggested Dominic Purcell, and I have to agree, that is a pretty decent choice.
Obviously Lester Speight should be playing Cole Train, as he already is him in real life.
What are you thoughts on Marcus?
May 8th, 2009
at 11:44 am
Nah Dominic Purcell is a decent choise. But i’d think about people like Ray Stevenson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829032/) or why not Mickey Rourke (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000620/). Ray Stevenson would be my choice for the role no doubt, if you haven’t seen him on movies: Punisher: War Zone or Outpost you should totally check them out, hes perfect for the role!
May 8th, 2009
at 12:30 pm
mickey rourke YES! i agree completely thats exactly who should play this role… dominic should be the rock…
May 8th, 2009
at 12:35 pm
actually dominic purcell could do it but he looks more like baird…
May 8th, 2009
at 12:55 pm
Daniel Radcliffe
May 8th, 2009
at 1:02 pm
Bautista from the WWE or F or whatever the f that is called now
May 8th, 2009
at 1:57 pm
Yeah… Mickey Rourke or Ron Perlman would be my choices.
May 8th, 2009
at 2:05 pm
Oh right! Ron Perlman, i totally forgot about him he could be nice for the role too.
May 8th, 2009
at 8:09 pm
idk, those are some hard shoes to fill. Maybe Clive Owen, maybe…
May 8th, 2009
at 9:46 pm
Dominic Purcell
i think with him being not a complete mega star he could bring something new and unexpected to the role, rather than a usual face for the bad ass heroin lead.
yea agree to see him cast, or at least tried
May 11th, 2009
at 6:36 am
Randy Couture, of UFC fame. Do a Google Image search…the dude looks JUST LIKE Marcus!
May 11th, 2009
at 7:23 am
Yea, i seriously think Batista from the WWE would be an amazing role for Marcus. They look alot alike, and pretty much have the same voice. + it would totally sell more because not only the Gears fans will buy/watch the movie, but the WWE fans will also buy/watch it. IMO, i think you should totally chose Batista…hands down.
May 11th, 2009
at 8:39 am
I also think that Kimbo Slice should play Cole Train :p haha
that would be awesome
May 14th, 2009
at 7:41 pm
Dominic Purcell is a great choice. He has the looks, voice & can play the part. And he’s a familiar face who’s not so well known that people will see marcus & not the actor or in the rock’s case, the wrestler turned actor who raises his eyebrow. If The rock played Marcus & raised that eyebrow it would ruin it for me.
June 16th, 2009
at 12:14 pm
let batista of wrestling play marcus fenix i reckon he looks like him and the rock as dom cos they both of wrestling n i think deyre m8s