View Full Version : Rampage as Luke Cage?
razorsharpe
07-13-2011, 09:38 AM
Rampage Jackson as Luke Cage? The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion has reportedly met with Marvel Studios about taking on the role of the comic book superhero. Jackson is no stranger to big-budget action movies, having starred as "BA Baracus" in last year's A-Team movie. Anyone think he's got the chops to do it justice? Or did you have someone else in mind?
Found this online a minute ago.
I've said this before... but Luke Cage probably isn't the hardest character in the world to potray.
IF Cage is just sort of a background character, I can see Rampage doing it. But IF he's a more central character (like say being a love interest for Jessica Jones in the Alias TV show), I would probably want someone with more acting chops.
Jabare
07-13-2011, 11:40 AM
Good God no. I love Rampage, but after watching his Mr. T impersonation I'll pass.
Give me Tyrese or Idris Elba.
Heck I'd take Jamie Fox or Terry Crews or the old spice guy over Rampage.
Luke Cage isn't an overly difficult character to portray but he does require an actual actor. Rampage shouldn't even be in the discussion.
Good Actors who could pull off Luke Cage: Idris Elba, Tyrese, Jamie Fox (they'd all have to work out, but I'm confident with a good director and writter this would be a good movie.
Terry Crews is more suited to comedy roles. He has the physical build and presence for the role but, I haven't seen anything out of him to suggest he's capable of playing Luke Cage. Lets just say I love the man but was underwhelmed wiht his performance in expendables.
I love the Old Spice commercials, but I haven't seen Isaiah in anything else that makes me think he is right for Luke Cage. Also he would need to get bigger
Kasper Cole
07-13-2011, 11:44 AM
I refuse to believe this just based off Marvel's track record when it comes to casting. Everyone they've EVER put into one of their films has at the very least been a good actor. Now I'm supposed to believe they're seriously considering Rampage who is not only a horrible actor but a headcase to boot?
GTFOH....
Vic Vega
07-13-2011, 12:21 PM
I refuse to believe this just based off Marvel's track record when it comes to casting. Everyone they've EVER put into one of their films has at the very least been a good actor. Now I'm supposed to believe they're seriously considering Rampage who is not only a horrible actor but a headcase to boot?
GTFOH....
I would be panicking about this, but there is no way in hell Marvel is going to have Rampage Jackson headline a 100+ Million dollar movie.
Prince Of Orphans
07-13-2011, 12:39 PM
Wrestlers/Athletes should never play superheroes based purely on their build.
The acting is the hard part, the buffing up is easy by comparison.
aut0matic
07-13-2011, 12:45 PM
ha... i remember how rampage had a hissy fit after the filming of the a-team about how acting is "for fags" or some such and totally went off on a gay-bashing homophobic tirade.
and now he has the face to try again? i really hope i never see this douchebag again unless he's getting his ass pummeled in the ring.
Monty_Cristo
07-13-2011, 01:30 PM
to be honest, i think he has the best shot of getting the role; besides Tyrese. from my experience, it's rarely who the comic book discussion boards pick.
Umbra
07-13-2011, 01:33 PM
Monty is 100%.
Umbra
07-13-2011, 01:49 PM
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=41596
Here is the link and actual interview. Sounds like he is up for the role.
mocomic
07-13-2011, 02:04 PM
michael clark duncan
or
terry crews
Monty_Cristo
07-13-2011, 02:13 PM
michael clark duncan
too big. too dopey looking. too kingpin.
boyhangover
07-13-2011, 02:18 PM
Terry Crews or Mekhi Phifer.
Elba is a good actor but he is too old for the role And Wow so is Crews who is older but looks younger.
Monty_Cristo
07-13-2011, 02:22 PM
Terry Crews or Mekhi Phifer.
what? no. what?! Mekhi Phifer? get outta here! i'm just going to assume that's the hangover talking. :biggrin:
Umbra
07-13-2011, 02:45 PM
Terry Crews or Mekhi Phifer.
Elba is a good actor but he is too old for the role And Wow so is Crews who is older but looks younger.
I don't know if he us too..I don't think he fits...for the same reason he didn't get the Barksdale role in the wire.
Ramage needs to forget all this outside stuff and get back in the octagon. He had potential to be really good and he's going to throw it all away only to get bounced out of Hollywood in a few years.
It's as disappointing as Shaq an already Hall of Famer (and better at his sport than Jackson ever has been) who could have been even more transcendent if he had only concentrated on the stuff he was good at.
boyhangover
07-13-2011, 02:56 PM
what? no. what?! Mekhi Phifer? get outta here! i'm just going to assume that's the hangover talking. :biggrin:
Phifer has gotten better since his early work in things like O and I still know what you did last summer.
It's not like I said Omar Epps.
Kasper Cole
07-13-2011, 03:10 PM
I kind of hope it's an out of field pick, because it is a bit grating to see the same names brought up to play every single black superhero....
Monty_Cristo
07-13-2011, 03:14 PM
Phifer has gotten better since his early work in things like O and I still know what you did last summer.
It's not like I said Omar Epps.
Mekhi's a great actor. i was talking about his size. it's not the kind of height difference you can compensate for.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4181891840/nm0001616
Mekhi's a great actor. i was talking about his size. it's not the kind of height difference you can compensate for.
Really I thought he was like 5'11? I'm sure they could give him an inch or 2 if they needed.
Monty_Cristo
07-13-2011, 03:35 PM
Really I thought he was like 5'11? I'm sure they could give him an inch or 2 if they needed.
i'd just be extremely surprised is they could make him believable as Luke Cage. i, personally, wouldn't be all that intimidated by him.
djsweet
07-13-2011, 04:01 PM
Good God no. I love Rampage, but after watching his Mr. T impersonation I'll pass.
Give me Tyrese or Idris Elba.
Heck I'd take Jamie Fox or Terry Crews or the old spice guy over Rampage.
Luke Cage isn't an overly difficult character to portray but he does require an actual actor. Rampage shouldn't even be in the discussion.
Good Actors who could pull off Luke Cage: Idris Elba, Tyrese, Jamie Fox (they'd all have to work out, but I'm confident with a good director and writter this would be a good movie.
Shut the front door! He's tiny
Jaded Devil
07-13-2011, 04:08 PM
I'd take Rampage Jackson over Tyrese. That guy can only play one note, and that note is godawful. I'm not the biggest Luke Cage fan (at least not the Bendis Luke Cage), but he shouldn't be an obnoxious jackass.
upmiddowntown
07-13-2011, 05:03 PM
T. Crews. This is a slam dunk as far as casting goes. Every one else mentioned is either too small or too old looking
Kieran_Frost
07-13-2011, 05:13 PM
I think Jamie Foxx would make a fantastic Luke Cage!!! And he's buff (very confused why some think he isn't??? :confused:). That said, what does big muscles have to do with it? It's his powers that make him strong, not a well designed gym routine. :wink: Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan were hardly "buff" (compared to their comic counter-parts depictions when minus a shirt), and I don't think anyone objected?
Not a massive fan of Mekhi Phifer as an actor. He had some good moments in ER... but also some not so good moments. He's no Jamie Foxx when it comes to acting (love Jamie Foxx!!!)
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ69IHtkDFlT1gMCXfw-XcqXpzNHWIAE9Oap1PFDwknInHL_XQk&t=1
dr.maikel
07-13-2011, 06:17 PM
Vinnie jones would be good or Vin Diesel
If Will Smith wants to play Captain America and Samual Jackson is Nick Furry than a white men can play Luke Cage .
Monty_Cristo
07-13-2011, 06:21 PM
Vinnie jones would be good or Vin Diesel
If Will Smith wants to play Captain America and Samual Jackson is Nick Furry than a white men can play Luke Cage .
you think you're making a point. but you are tragically incorrect.
Vinnie jones would be good or Vin Diesel
If Will Smith wants to play Captain America and Samual Jackson is Nick Furry than a white men can play Luke Cage .
Putting Race aside they are both bad choices anyway. The point would be to get the best actor for a role not based purely on body type
Jabare
07-13-2011, 06:33 PM
We need an actual actor for this role. And Rampage is not an actor. Did any of you see the A-Team. He was terrible
cernunnos
07-13-2011, 06:57 PM
Good God no. I love Rampage, but after watching his Mr. T impersonation I'll pass.
Give me Tyrese or Idris Elba.
Heck I'd take Jamie Fox or Terry Crews or the old spice guy over Rampage.
Luke Cage isn't an overly difficult character to portray but he does require an actual actor. Rampage shouldn't even be in the discussion.
Good Actors who could pull off Luke Cage: Idris Elba, Tyrese, Jamie Fox (they'd all have to work out, but I'm confident with a good director and writter this would be a good movie.
Terry Crews is more suited to comedy roles. He has the physical build and presence for the role but, I haven't seen anything out of him to suggest he's capable of playing Luke Cage. Lets just say I love the man but was underwhelmed wiht his performance in expendables.
I love the Old Spice commercials, but I haven't seen Isaiah in anything else that makes me think he is right for Luke Cage. Also he would need to get bigger
Terry Crews was pretty intimidating in Gamer.
Darkrook
07-13-2011, 10:05 PM
What about Michael Jai White...? Well at least over Rampage.
Genki Sudo
07-13-2011, 10:19 PM
ha... i remember how rampage had a hissy fit after the filming of the a-team about how acting is "for fags" or some such and totally went off on a gay-bashing homophobic tirade.
and now he has the face to try again? i really hope i never see this douchebag again unless he's getting his ass pummeled in the ring.
False, he never said any of that. What he said was making a movie and acting is harder then it looks and to commit to it he'd have to stop fighting which he still wants to do.
If he said anything close to what you said you think his boss who got slammed by GLADD for saying fag would have let him say that with no penalty then you're just a hater
4sake
07-13-2011, 10:31 PM
Vinnie jones would be good or Vin Diesel
If Will Smith wants to play Captain America and Samual Jackson is Nick Furry than a white men can play Luke Cage .
Lol Vin Diesel is part back & Also..
Utl. Nick Fury
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Isaiah Bradley & Josiah X
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Kasper Cole
07-13-2011, 10:39 PM
I still say Henry Simmons would make a great Luke Cage:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1958/1lukecagesimmonsna1.png
StoneGold
07-13-2011, 10:47 PM
We need an actual actor for this role. And Rampage is not an actor. Did any of you see the A-Team. He was terrible
He was playing a character originated by Mr. T. I'd say he fit the role fairly well.
marvelprince
07-13-2011, 11:13 PM
What about Michael Jai White...? Well at least over Rampage.
This would be my choice, for Cage. Guy has the build, plus he can act.
StoneGold
07-14-2011, 12:06 AM
This would be my choice, for Cage. Guy has the build, plus he can act.
Can he?
Yeah, he was good as Black Dynamite, but the whole point of that was acting badly. Everything else I've seen him in... not so much.
Taiso
07-14-2011, 07:17 AM
Just cast Kimbo Slice.
Because it'd be HILARIOUS seeing him play Luke Cage. The scenes with Jessica Jones falling all over him would be pure comedy gold.
Monty_Cristo
07-14-2011, 11:16 AM
i'm sorry but this is still kind of funny. i mean none of us picked Toby Maguire as Spider-man, Ben Affleck as Daredevil, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, or Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan (for that matter). i think it might be more to our advantage to not push so hard for some of these actors. i've got this paranoid feeling that a casting director would see these suggestions and immediately eliminate them as potentials; wanting to be original. plus, you always have to think about it from a marketability standpoint. is Cage even the kind of character you could make action figures for? who will be the sponsors (and don't say KFC)? the reason why i think Rampage, if he were even interested, might have a shot is because of his ties to UFC. if you're going to market a Cage movie to anyone, it's going to be to that kind of fanbase. that said, Terry Crews would be next in line. he's pug ugly but likable enough. my co-workers know of him and their tastes are incredibly mainstream. neither one of them would have laughed at black dynamite, though.
boyhangover
07-14-2011, 01:05 PM
i mean none of us picked Toby Maguire as Spider-man, Ben Affleck as Daredevil, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, or Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan (for that matter). Aside from Hugh Jackman there is a reason for that.
Monty_Cristo
07-14-2011, 01:08 PM
Aside from Hugh Jackman there is a reason for that.
yeah but it doesn't change my point. what i'm getting at is that there are other factors in the casting that we (as just readers of comics) aren't privvy too. it's who has the best agent. who does the best read-through. whose shooting schedule is clear. who can they make the most money with.
Aside from Hugh Jackman there is a reason for that.
True though Ben Affleck was the only one which blew up in their faces IMO, (Tobey was fine for the AU Spidey even if he wasn't that similar to 616, and Reynolds is not the reason that movie failed).
Still no one was pushing for Chris Hemsworth, Heath Ledger nor IIRC Edward Norton or RDJ etc etc
MontyCristo's point still stands IMO though I think for different reasons (if every poster under the sun had said RDJ for Stark I don't believe that would've disqualified him).
Monty_Cristo
07-14-2011, 07:13 PM
True though Ben Affleck was the only one which blew up in their faces IMO, (Tobey was fine for the AU Spidey even if he wasn't that similar to 616, and Reynolds is not the reason that movie failed).
Still no one was pushing for Chris Hemsworth, Heath Ledger nor IIRC Edward Norton or RDJ etc etc
MontyCristo's point still stands IMO though I think for different reasons (if every poster under the sun had said RDJ for Stark I don't believe that would've disqualified him).
that last point is true. but Robert Downey jr was, arguably, a marketable actor. sure, he had been in the gutter for awhile. but he was on the rebound as of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Scanner Darkly. still, i don't remember anyone on here recommending him. i believe the popular choice was Johnny Depp (whowuddathunkit); then Collin Farrell (because he was at his peek). and a lot of people thought it was going to be tom cruise; the height arguments were big.
and need i remind anyone of the Triple H should be Thor trend?
Brandon McKinnis
07-14-2011, 07:16 PM
Vinnie jones would be good or Vin Diesel
If Will Smith wants to play Captain America and Samual Jackson is Nick Furry than a white men can play Luke Cage .
Just stop.
Brandon McKinnis
07-14-2011, 07:18 PM
Can he?
Yeah, he was good as Black Dynamite, but the whole point of that was acting badly. Everything else I've seen him in... not so much.
He's done a few Tyler Perry movies. He's decent. I don't think he's going to win any awards but he certainly isn't a bad actor.
Kasper Cole
07-14-2011, 07:25 PM
that last point is true. but Robert Downey jr was, arguably, a marketable actor. sure, he had been in the gutter for awhile. but he was on the rebound as of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Scanner Darkly. still, i don't remember anyone on here recommending him. i believe the popular choice was Johnny Depp (whowuddathunkit); then Collin Farrell (because he was at his peek). and a lot of people thought it was going to be tom cruise; the height arguments were big.
and need i remind anyone of the Triple H should be Thor trend?
but there HAVE been instances of fans getting casting picks correct. Henry Cavil, Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Patrick Stewart, and Ryan Reynolds (as Deadpool). There had been fan support for all of those actors before the casting for those films began.
So while fans aren't always right, they're not always wrong either.
Kasper Cole
07-14-2011, 07:27 PM
He's done a few Tyler Perry movies. He's decent. I don't think he's going to win any awards but he certainly isn't a bad actor.
I think his best acting performance is still Tyson.
White has a lot more range than your typical action movie star.
Brandon McKinnis
07-14-2011, 07:27 PM
but there HAVE been instances of fans getting casting picks correct. Henry Cavil, Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Patrick Stewart, and Ryan Reynolds (as Deadpool). There had been fan support for all of those actors before the casting for those films began.
So while fans aren't always right, they're not always wrong either.
Doesn't Nathan Fillion do the voice of GL in the cartoons? That's gotta count for something.
Kasper Cole
07-14-2011, 07:52 PM
Doesn't Nathan Fillion do the voice of GL in the cartoons? That's gotta count for something.
That doesn't count just because fans want FIllion to play EVERY character. He was bound to play at least one of them.
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