Acid_Reign wrote:Yeah, honestly. Of all the talented actors out there, they go with someone who had to hack it on The Real World just to get noticed. And even then, she’s only ever had bit parts (“Hooters Girl” from Chuck & Larry), save her stint as Samurai Girl, if that really counts. I can’t help but think that, even in lieu of the changes, they at least could have hired more experienced actors than this.
Yeah, it's definitely one of the many reasons why I can't take this movie seriously as an actual film. Not only is it a poor adaption so far, but the make-up and wardrobe is horrible, the casting choices are so poor that they figured hiring James Marsters and Chow Yun-Fat would cover up the fact that they pulled a bunch of nobodies out of the gutter to represent characters in the film that are poor adaptions of actual characters from the series.
Aside from those two actors, the only one I've ever heard of and immediately recognized was Ernie Hudson...and he's supposed to be based on an old, martial arts master with the very Asian name, Mutaito. Had I not actually seen Chatwin's pictures, I wouldn't have recognized him at all. The past movie's he's been in have been either unmemorable or his parts have been unmemorable.
I mean, really. The main role for this movie has been more of a bit part actor than an actual lead character. Not only that, but most have been TV parts for generally one or two episodes per series.