Have you ever read a book and the resulting film's actor is wrong?

ali-t

starrystarry wrote: »

If there's one thing guaranteed to make me not watch a film, it's his appearance in it.

Aaw, that's a bit harsh. I am watching transporter 2 to get my hottie fix and Jason Statham has the moves, the body, is a man of few words etc. He would have been perfect. One of the books describes reachers face as being carved from stone when the sculptor is having a bad day and Jason S definitely fits that description.

barbiedoll

hock79 wrote: »

Has anyone read Kate Atkinson's books? The lead character is Jackson Brodie and I always imagined him to be a bit like Ray Winstone, although he's probably too old, but Jason Issacs as cast in the Case Histories tv series didn't really work for me.

Oh, Jason Isaacs definitely worked for me in Case Histories!

Ames

I enjoyed Jason Isaacs in Case Histories, but I hadn't read the books then. He's great in Awake at the moment.

Mrs Arcanum, you're spot on about MacKenzie Crook, he'd make a fantastic Rincewind. Tall, gangly, geeky and about the right age.

Pollycat

ali-t wrote: »

Aaw, that's a bit harsh. I am watching transporter 2 to get my hottie fix and Jason Statham has the moves, the body, is a man of few words etc. He would have been perfect. One of the books describes reachers face as being carved from stone when the sculptor is having a bad day and Jason S definitely fits that description.

Jason Statham is only 2 inches taller than Tom Cruise. :cool:

If he were anywhere near Jack Reacher's height (i.e. another 8 inches taller), I'd agree with you.

Kiboko

Just thought, Ray Stevenson as Reacher would have been a good choice
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Chaos_Monkey

I haven't read the Reacher books, but since reading this thread, I think I'm going to track them down and add to my 'to read' list.

But in the mean-time, here's my nomination:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Manganiello

He's HUUUGE, possibly even bigger than Alexander Skarsgard.....oh dear, I may have to go and have a lie down.....

wayne

having read the reacher books and hearing tom cruise was to play him i thought ' yep thats another film adaptation i wont be watching'.i,m a robert ludlum fan and looked forward to watching the bourne identity when it came out.walked out after half hour of film.practicaly naff all to do with the book.
on another note..count me in for a book club forum.tess gerritson is good,ian rankin,patrick linwood.patrick robinson,harlen coben.hell i,ll read anything.guilty pleasures include the lensman series by e.e.doc smith and the 'sudden' western books by oliver strange.:T

Pollycat

wayne wrote: »

i,m a robert ludlum fan and looked forward to watching the bourne identity when it came out.walked out after half hour of film.practicaly naff all to do with the book.

Me too.

I read the Bourne books years ago and Matt Damon was the absolute opposite of the Jason Bourne I had in my mind.

Pthree

Chaos_Monkey wrote: »

I haven't read the Reacher books, but since reading this thread, I think I'm going to track them down and add to my 'to read' list.

But in the mean-time, here's my nomination:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Manganiello

He's HUUUGE, possibly even bigger than Alexander Skarsgard.....oh dear, I may have to go and have a lie down.....

I lurve him (really cant wait for Magic Mike to come out and it sure as hell isn't for the story line!) but alas he is no Reacher, far too pretty.

Actually thinking about it Matthew McConaughey could work I'm pretty sure he's tall enough, sort of handsom but not too pretty.

When and where is this book club starting?? The book I am reading at the mo is only one step up from a Mills& Boon its really just not good enough :eek:

P3

Cullumpster

i'm just reading "Gone Girl" had really good write ups but i'm struggling a bit, it isn't moving very quickly at all, all the reviews say I won't tell you anything about it as it has massive twists in it and it will spoil it, but i'm still waiting for them to happen!

has the book club started yet?