Let's play casting agent ... for Y: The Last Man

[fembuck]

They've got a little mention of the Y: The Last Man movie in development over at afterellen where they were talking about possible casting. And since I think Y: The Last Man, and speculating about casting I decided to throw my hat in.

This is what I came up with:

Yorrick = Ryan Reynolds, whenever I picture a live action version of the character the image that always comes to mind is Reynolds.

Some other people suggested John Kraskinski and Ryan Gosling which I think would be two pretty good choices as well. Kraskinski I think speaks for itself, and I remember Gosling in his smartass Breaker High days and if he could channel that (which I'm sure he could cause he's awesome) with his new manly hotness I think he'd be a great Yorrick.

Agent 355 = Traci Thoms, my conviction that Traci Thoms would make a wonderful, totally badass 355 has only been strengthen since Grindhouse: Death Proof, which she pwned. I'm gonna mention some other names here, but if anyone but Traci Thoms is cast I'm gonna be disappointed.

Another "Death Proof" alum suggested was Rosario Dawson, and while she's kind of a go to black actress (kind of like the African American Lucy Liu: see below), I can't really see it.

A suggestion was also made for Rose Rollins, which is alright I think, if a bit obscure. Again, she's a bit more of a straight up hottie than I pictured 355, but she's pretty bad ass from what I've seen (which admittedly isn't a lot since I cannot watch an entire episode of TLW).

Dr. Mann = Maggie Q, yeah okay that's mostly because I like looking at Maggie Q and I'd get to look at her for a long time in a Y: The Last Man movie, but I think she'd also be pretty good in the role. Also, let's be honest, Maggie Q is young and hot, and one of the new "it" girls which means that her chances are like a bajillion times higher than anyone else I could think to suggest.

Sandra Oh, is also an inspired choice. Sandra delivering "Y"ish dialogue would be a thing of beauty, also we already know that she can play a doctor, lol

Actually the casting of this character just reminded me how very few mainstream Asian American actresses there are out there. I defy you to tell me that your first reaction wasn't just to think "Lucy Liu". You know it was! And then after that you were probably like ... ah, Ming Na, um, Margart Cho, Sandra Oh, ah, Michelle Yeoh ...um, Boomer, or Sun from lost ... ooh, or that chick from Relic Hunter. Then if you got really desperate, you were maybe like, ah Kristi Yamaguchi, Connie Chung?

Or if you're me you mourned that you couldn't throw Gong Li's name into the hat because her English isn't quite there yet (*dreamy sigh* Oh, Gong).

Also, because I just finished watching "Skinwalkers" I'll just say it's a shame that Natassia Malthe is such an incredibly bad actress, like painfully, horribly, I wonder how she keeps getting jobs shit actress, because she is absolutely stunning and kind of reminds me of some pictures of Dr. Mann. But she's so horrible, that I really only brought her up cause she pretty and you might want to look at some pictures of her or something.

Hero = Jennifer Carpenter, I think she's practically perfect for it. Check out an episode of Dexter and tell me if you couldn't see her in the role. Also, I think she looks remarkably like comic Hero.

Someone also suggested Piper Perabo, and while having Piper in the movie would automatically increase the les!yay but a gajillion times and make the idea of Hero being straight (which I already kind of don't believe, lol) completely unbelievable, I'm not sure how sold I am on the idea.

I'll admit that I'm a bit of a tough sell on casting Hero though because I like the idea of Jennifer Carpenter so much (see comments of Traci Thoms)

So if you are at all familiar with the series, what do you think?

Comments

[satyrnfive.livejournal.com]

Ryan Reynolds would definitely be a good Yorrick. I don't think the looks are 100% but Gina Torres as 355 could work. As far as Dr Mann I'll throw out Linda Park from Enterprise. Of course these are just off the top of my head.

[amluv.livejournal.com]

ha!...i saw your post on after ellen...i was reading some of the post and thinking to myself..."these are some of the dumbest goddamn people i've ever seen..."...and then i see the names ryan reynolds, tracie thoms,...and i'm like "hey here's a smart one..." and guess whose username i see...*grins*...we've had this convo before...but since you asked...

in my mind tracie thoms and ryan reynolds are already in the movie...dr mann is the tricky one...(kristie and connie, j?? shame on you...*booty swat*...)...lucy and sandy are a bit too old i think...but i think kelly hu is just about the right age...she's the right level of hotness and she's a decent enough actress...and you sold me on jcar as hero...

[oneiric22.livejournal.com]

If you want to see Rose Rollins being bad ass, check out "Girltrash". (http://www.ourchart.com/girltrash) It's a fun little webisode series from Angela Robinson of D.E.B.S. fame. I'm surprised you aren't watching it, actually. Girltrash is one of the few things that make me look forward to Sundays. :)

I'm not familiar with Y: The Last Man, but anything that can get Traci Thoms a chance to play a bad ass again has to be quality. I give her credit for making "Death Proof" so entertaining.

[mneiai.livejournal.com]

I would get behind Ryan Reynolds being Yorrick like whoa. He totally fits. And the others aren't bad, either. Jennifer Carpenter would be pretty cool for Hero (gotta love Dexter), too! I think there are a lot more female Asian actresses out there then people think, they just never hit it big. So you see them on bad, canceled tv series and stuff.