UFO Movie casting

I Just saw the part of an episode of "Fringe" and I saw a lot of "Heroes" and I can finally say that IF the "UFO" movie ever gets done, I sincerely hope that Joshua Jackson and Ali Larter are otherwise occupied and not being able to take on the roles in it. Ali Larter could be imagined as Virginia Lake by a long, long stretch of imagination, but Jackson is 100% wrong choice as Paul Foster (if the characeter remains true to the personality we know in the least).

All the best,
Branko


   


   

     

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> but Jackson is 100% wrong choice as Paul Foster

Maybe Mike Billington Jr would make a good Foster?  :-)

Marc

Works for me Marc but who do we get for the rest of the cast as most save Wanda
Ventham son don't act or don't have children.
    Getting off topic for a second I no longer get the channel with The Saint on
it so no more seeing UFO people in it but but I did pick up a set of DVD of a
old British series called The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes and one episode called
The Absent Minded Coterie had Suzanne Neve as a henchwoman to the main villain
who manages to escape justice and then tells the hero she will be back each week
for the money he still owes her for the book he bought on credit.  She is quite
good in this.
James




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> but Jackson is 100% wrong choice as Paul Foster

Maybe Mike Billington Jr would make a good Foster? :-)

Marc



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I don't know who Ali Larter is, but I could see Jackson as Foster. I'd
rather Paul remain British, but if he must be 'North American', Joshua
Jackson would be okay. He is awfully cute, although nowhere near as
hairy as Billington.

:o)

Y


Branko Vekic wrote:
> I Just saw the part of an episode of "Fringe" and I saw a lot of "Heroes" and I can finally say that IF the "UFO" movie ever gets done, I sincerely hope that Joshua Jackson and Ali Larter are otherwise occupied and not being able to take on the roles in it. Ali Larter could be imagined as Virginia Lake by a long, long stretch of imagination, but Jackson is 100% wrong choice as Paul Foster (if the characeter remains true to the personality we know in the least).
>
> All the best,
> Branko


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The thought has ocured to me, but I haven't seen him acting (the picture alone isn't nowhere near enough to evaluate if someone is good for the part. I have seen Jackson, and he - isn't, from what I saw in "Fringe", he is even irritating).
Let's hope Michael Jr is a good actor.

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      > but Jackson is 100% wrong choice as Paul Foster



Maybe Mike Billington Jr would make a good Foster?  :-)



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> I have seen Jackson, and he - isn't, from what I saw in "Fringe", he is even irritating

Hmmm, my wife thinks Joshua Jackson is the best thing about "Fringe"... :-)

I think he could work playing Paul Foster, but I'm also sure that there
are better choices out there...

Marc
 

I think the casting choices are going to depend on how close the producers want to stay to the roles of the original characters.

Foster was a thirty something test pilot, recruited to become a command operative. I don't see that role changing. I think Joshua Jackson could have pulled it off. I don't know much about Mike Billington Jr., if he's a good actor, that would be cool!

Straker was originally cast as a desk jockey, but that role morphed into something more substantial. If they intend to keep that aspect of his character, then the actor playing him becomes much more important.

Lake was cast originally, as a scientist, then later as second in command a replacement/alternate for Freeman. Wanda Ventham was born in 1935 which put her in her mid thirties when the series was filmed. Ali Larter would have been around the same age. I think she could pull off Lake.

Of course writing and direction will make or break a film. Look at ST TMP, as compared to ST TWOK. Robert Wise tried to make TMP an epic where Nicholas Meyer, directed TWOK like an episode. We all know which formula worked. :)

Just my ten cents worth.

He is one of the best things about Fringe. Plus the character of Walter.
I'm patiently waiting for Peter to return, but if Walter were gone too,
I wouldn't bother watching anymore.

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing Daniel Craig as Paul Foster ...

:o)

Y



Marc Martin wrote:

>>I have seen Jackson, and he - isn't, from what I saw in "Fringe", he is even irritating
>
>
> Hmmm, my wife thinks Joshua Jackson is the best thing about "Fringe"... :-)
>
> I think he could work playing Paul Foster, but I'm also sure that there
> are better choices out there...
>
> Marc


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Hi Branko & all - I totally 100% agree withyou that Joshua Jackson and Ali Larter are NOT good casting choices for any UFO reboot. They just do not fit the original characters in any way! Pam the Canuck.


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  I Just saw the part of an episode of "Fringe" and I saw a lot of "Heroes" and I can finally say that IF the "UFO" movie ever gets done, I sincerely hope that Joshua Jackson and Ali Larter are otherwise occupied and not being able to take on the roles in it. Ali Larter could be imagined as Virginia Lake by a long, long stretch of imagination, but Jackson is 100% wrong choice as Paul Foster (if the characeter remains true to the personality we know in the least).

  All the best,
  Branko



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Hi Pam & all!

I have to wonder if anyone will be able to pull off a recognizable version of the characters.

Let's look at Straker. His age in 1980 is believed to be anywhere from 36 to 50, depending on what you consider to be canon. (There are huge differences of opinion here. *grin*) The movie is to be set in 2020 (so I've heard) which means that Straker would have grown up in a much different world than his original counterpart.

Casting Lake and the other ladies from the show, becomes even more problematic. Having women in leadership roles was a groundbreaking concept back then, where today it is commonplace, I have to think that the Virginia Lake of 2020 is going to be a considerably different person than her 1980's counterpart. Virginia was believed to be between 30 to 35 in 1980.

In my opinion, (and in my writing) Straker is 42, Lake is 34, and Foster is 30, in the begining of the series. Their mindsets, based on when they grew up would have to be different from their modern day counterparts, at least from my point of view.

I guess the question is, how close will the writers and actors be able to come to the portraying the original characters, considering 40 plus years of cultural evolution?



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> Hi Branko & all - I totally 100% agree withyou that Joshua Jackson and Ali Larter are NOT good casting choices for any UFO reboot. They just do not fit the original characters in any way! Pam the Canuck.
>
>

  Hi Matt and all - have to agree totally with Matt on the issue of casting. One of the things that comes to mind about the characters in TOUFO (like TOS designation) is that Straker et al were raised in the Cold War period. Any reboot of the characters in the year 2020 will mean the lifetime influences on the characters will be radically different I think. Also in the original, some of the characters were old enough to recall the end of WWII - not so in 2020. I tend to be like Matt and place Straker's age closer to 35-40, Lake a bit younger, and Foster younger still. As I write fanfic that takes place all over the time frames between 1980 and 2011, I have to age them accordingly; by the time I'm writing about Straker in 2011 I have him in his 60's but still in good health and able to run SHADO well.

  I don't want to see the Straker character reduced to a "sit behind the desk" situation in any reboot, as Straker was definitely fully involved in many eps of the original. Yes, I know Foster was often cast as "action man" in the original, but Straker was able to hold his own with Foster any time (think of Kill Straker). It's true that female leadership is commonplace now, as is racial integration (thanks heavens!) so these issues won't be necessary to raise in any reboot, but the ethicality of what the aliens are doing to us (i.e. using us as cattle, taking our organs for themselves, perhaps even taking some of our natural resources, etc), can obviously be an issue because in the original, the aliens don't want to communication with us for the most part (except for AQOP). We never do find out if there is a rogue element in the aliens or not - which could be a good point to make in the reboot.

  Cheers, Pam the Canuck


   

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Hi Pam, and everyone else too,
    what we are most like to get from this new version of UFO is just that a New
version.  It will be inspired by the original but it will not be the same.  The
cast will be different and that will be the first thing that we fans of the
original will notice and probably dislike.  The next will be it will be done by
different writers from the original and that might not be a bad thing but
neither will it be good for those wanting a continuation of the original.  And
the director will be different so those who loved or hated what Gerry Anderson
did will love or hate it or both.
    If we want to know what will happen in the best case senario of doing a
movie of UFO look at the remake of any classic movie say King Kong, True Grit,
The Prisoner of Zenda, or The Three Musketeers.  The later being a particularly
good example to use as it has been remade
27 times from the first time the story was filmed and everyone one of the
remakes has been 100 percent different from the original in some way shape or
form.  If you want a UFO movie that captures what was in the series you are out
of luck.  Just pray that they do not turn it into a spoof.
James K.(fingers crossed)



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Sent: Mon, October 17, 2011 3:46:27 PM
Subject: [SHADO] Re: UFO Movie casting

 

Hi Matt and all - have to agree totally with Matt on the issue of casting. One
of the things that comes to mind about the characters in TOUFO (like TOS
designation) is that Straker et al were raised in the Cold War period. Any
reboot of the characters in the year 2020 will mean the lifetime influences on
the characters will be radically different I think. Also in the original, some
of the characters were old enough to recall the end of WWII - not so in 2020. I
tend to be like Matt and place Straker's age closer to 35-40, Lake a bit
younger, and Foster younger still. As I write fanfic that takes place all over
the time frames between 1980 and 2011, I have to age them accordingly; by the
time I'm writing about Straker in 2011 I have him in his 60's but still in good
health and able to run SHADO well.

I don't want to see the Straker character reduced to a "sit behind the desk"
situation in any reboot, as Straker was definitely fully involved in many eps of
the original. Yes, I know Foster was often cast as "action man" in the original,
but Straker was able to hold his own with Foster any time (think of Kill
Straker). It's true that female leadership is commonplace now, as is racial
integration (thanks heavens!) so these issues won't be necessary to raise in any
reboot, but the ethicality of what the aliens are doing to us (i.e. using us as
cattle, taking our organs for themselves, perhaps even taking some of our
natural resources, etc), can obviously be an issue because in the original, the
aliens don't want to communication with us for the most part (except for AQOP).
We never do find out if there is a rogue element in the aliens or not - which
could be a good point to make in the reboot.

Cheers, Pam the Canuck

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I agree, Pam.  There's just been too much time passed since the show was done to expect the characters to be the same -- unless their plan is to set the movie in the same time frame as the original show.  Does anyone know for certain when the movie is set to take place?  Or is that (like nearly everything else) still in limbo?  Maybe our real question should be: is the movie ever going to get made?
Yours,
Denise

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