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The Kid Actors

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:16 pm
by human.
So there is a thread for the adults, and Ender, but what about the other kids?
Like Ender's Jeesh. Even though most who will be suggested will be too old by the time the movie rolls around, who do you think would fit their roles?

Since it's been said that Petra is blonde I was thinking about Annasophia Robb.. She's too old already so I think, but she seems to fit my description of Petra (besides the fact that I think I should be Petra).

Hmm, I wonder who would fit Crazy Tom.

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:56 pm
by luminousnerd
I like Annasophia Robb a lot. Just keep Dakota Fanning OUT OF THIS!!!!

Honestly, I don't think there should be any celebrities. Not that I have anything against celebrities as a general rule, but I think it's a lot more important to get people who fit the role than to search within the small group of child celebrities. Especially considering there are so few, and they will all be too old by then.

The adults are a different story. Celebrity adults could get some good publicity.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:07 pm
by mr_thebrain
dude, i'm beginning to think you have an irrational crush on dakota fanning. and you feel inapropriate about it because of her age... you sick monkey.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:23 pm
by eriador
I would agree with you Brain, but I understand irrational hatred of Dakota Fanning, so I'm okay with the nerd's motivations.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:13 pm
by luminousnerd
dude, i'm beginning to think you have an irrational crush on dakota fanning. and you feel inapropriate about it because of her age... you sick monkey.
You're a sick bastard.
I would agree with you Brain, but I understand irrational hatred of Dakota Fanning, so I'm okay with the nerd's motivations.
It is not irrational. It is very well-founded.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:15 pm
by eriador
Ohh, I agree with all your reasons, it just SEEMS irrational.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:02 pm
by hive_king
Well the thing about child actors is that you also want actors that can, well, act. Many of the child actors that can actually act worth a damn are already fairly well known because they've had good performances in the past. It is alot harder to find talented child actors than adult actors, so the pool of them is neccesarily smaller.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:11 pm
by mr_thebrain
gee dude, you need to kool it with the spamming links to your site bit.

here, does this help you:



VISIT LUMINOUSNERD'S DIGITAL MASTERBATION WEBSITE!

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:30 pm
by zeroguy
Come on, now that's uncalled for. People are now going to associate lum (or his blog, or whatever) with bad spelling. And nobody wants that.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:39 pm
by eriador
I agree. I think just about everybody is dying to tell you something:
Nobody cares about your @#%ing blog

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:35 pm
by Sibyl
Another problem is that with the story being centered on children, and running over a six-or-seven year period, they'll need at least two and possibly three children who resemble each other strongly for each child character, unless they want to _film_ over at least five years. Adults can be aged pretty easily with make-up, and more so now with special effects, but children grow and mature between age four and age twelve.

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:23 am
by luminousnerd
gee dude, you need to kool it with the spamming links to your site bit.
I link to my site because I don't want to explain things twice. I already put thought into doing it once.

When someone else posts a link, you don't pull this kind of s***. But just because my links happen to be to my own website, it's wrong and spam?
I agree. I think just about everybody is dying to tell you something:
Nobody cares about your @#%ing blog
First, some people do care. I've got about 50 daily readers, which may not be huge, but it's something.

Second, it's not like I'm trying to recruit visitors! I'm just trying to avoid the hassle of explaining my thoughts twice! Is that so wrong?



What's up with all the hostility towards me!?!

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:39 am
by hive_king
Because often, you come off as somewhat obnoxious.

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:56 am
by luminousnerd
Because often, you come off as somewhat obnoxious.
Sorry about that. Let me know when I do it and I'll try to avoid it.

!

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:42 pm
by peterlocke123
I agree. I think just about everybody is dying to tell you something:
Nobody cares about your @#%ing blog
Chill out Horace...I've finally found someone with the same views as me...yay!!!

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:16 pm
by Gravity Defier
Dmitry Martynov, from the Russian movies "Night Watch" and "Day Watch," impressed me with his take on ruthlessness. I'd like to see him (were he young enough for long enough) try Peter, who is more complex than ruthless.

Best picture I could find.

Image

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:21 am
by puppets
That looks more like an Achilles to me, and as far as I can guess, Achilles probably won't even be in the movie since the movie is supposed to largely cover Ender, and scarcely Bean.

But that kid is definitly an Achilles.

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:25 am
by puppets
Also as for Bean, me being a major Bean fan obviously...

Sequoyah Adams-Rice

I think if you cut his hair (right now he has some mushroom dou going on) cut ti reall thin adn short, maybe darken his features, I've seen this kid act, adn by the tiemthe movie comes to fruition, if it does, he should be maybe aroudn the right age.

The kid needs a bit of makeover to fit Bean, but I can see him as Bean.

Then again I can see alot of Beans, Peters, Petras, Alais, Shens, Dinks.

It all just depends where you look.

Gotta love IMDB

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:01 am
by stroganoff
Also as for Bean, me being a major Bean fan obviously...

Sequoyah Adams-Rice ...

...
I've seen this kid act, adn by the tiemthe movie comes to fruition, if it does, he should be maybe aroudn the right age.

Gotta love IMDB
Out of curiosity, in what production have you seen him act? I think that he's a phenomenal actor, but so far his exposure is rather limited!

Thanks!

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:00 am
by Darth Petra
I like Annasophia Robb a lot. Just keep Dakota Fanning OUT OF THIS!!!!
I'll have to ditto that bit about Dakota Fanning. I should be Petra. 8)

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:15 pm
by fairygreen
Since it's been said that Petra is blonde I was thinking about Annasophia Robb.. She's too old already so I think, but she seems to fit my description of Petra
I always thought of Petra with dark hair. I think Annasophia would be great as Valentine.

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:47 am
by stroganoff
Here's more Sequoyah, they spelled his name a bit wrong:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =119442416

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:44 pm
by Wigginfodder
I like Annasophia Robb a lot.
The first time I read Ender's Game, when I read about Petra, I thought of AnnaSophia Robb as playing Petra. I'd probably have to re-read it, but when you mentioned her as Petra I remembered thinking that. She usually performs outcast roles so well.

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:57 pm
by Valentine
Has anyone seen Little Manhattan? I could totally see the lead female, Charlie Ray, as Petra...
Cute movie, btw. :)

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:21 pm
by locke
http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/ ... ightonein/

the girl who stars in this film would make a killer petra, methinks. :) too bad she's already too old.

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:40 pm
by human.
She does have a very good face for Petra. I think I'd have to see her moving and hear her voice to completely agree, though. She has to carry herself correctly!

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:45 pm
by mazer
Wow that was a creepy clip....

I could see her playing petra but she is probably to old now and she will be even older when the movie begins casting actors....

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:18 pm
by Purity Control
Alex Pettyfer would be a good Dink in my opinion. The only movie I ever saw him in was the film adaptation of the Alex Rider: Stormbreaker book. I know Dink wasn't from England, but whatever.
Rubina Ali, who played the yongest virsion of Latika from Slumdog Millionaire, could play a young Virlomi.

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:18 pm
by Peterlover14
I'll have to ditto that bit about Dakota Fanning. I should be Petra. 8)[/quote]

Nope. I'm Petra. :)

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:32 pm
by PetraArkanianDelphiki
I think that diversity in the Battle School needs to be recognized, so Ender will be American and Petra Armenian/Polish/etc., so that race plays a factor. I don't mean to sound racist, but that's how you make a good movie. I'm sure casting won't be a problem, since there are probably plenty of Japanese and Slavs in the US.

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:42 am
by gursikh11
I like Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake as kid characters.

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:04 am
by Yoda
Heads up, all the actors have already been cast

Yoda

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:15 am
by Mich
Heads up, all the actors have already been cast

Yoda
Pretty sure he was joking. :)

Re: The Kid Actors

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:38 pm
by Yoda
Heads up, all the actors have already been cast

Yoda
Pretty sure he was joking. :)

Never know these days....


Yoda