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Who do you think should play Ender?

Postby Jebus » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:12 pm

What about that kid from that movie? You know the one I mean.

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Postby wizzard » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:21 pm

it's totally gonna be that kid who sees dead people. That would r0x0r!!1!

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Postby Vasslia Cora » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:43 pm

Actually I think it is Roxas... :D

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Postby Young Val » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:53 pm

<3 kingom hearts.


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Postby mr_thebrain » Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:25 pm

god, i hope it's not that kid from star wars episode 1! hehehe :lol:
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Postby vendor » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:14 pm

he's what, 18 years old now?

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Postby Eaquae Legit » Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:42 pm

No, that kid from the Sixth Sense!
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Postby Blitz » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:47 pm

Come on, everyone: Jake Lloyd! Jake Lloyd!

Honestly? I have no idea. :|
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Postby canvasch » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:16 pm

i think most of the movie should take place when ender is about 8....

those kids you mentioned are much too old now... :(

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Postby EAGLE » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:43 pm

well that's what makes the casting so hard.

you have to find good actors who have never done a role like this before but would play it perfectly like the kid in "The Sixth Sense"

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Postby Hegemon » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:25 am

By the time the movie gets made, I think that Lloyd and Osment will be old enough to play Mazer

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Postby mr_thebrain » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:00 am

there are plenty of child actors out there with enough talent to pull this off. the problem is that when you find them, you have to get the movie made in time to actually use that child for the part.
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Postby Mich » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:09 am

i think most of the movie should take place when ender is about 8....

those kids you mentioned are much too old now... :(
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Postby peterlocke123 » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:03 pm

there are plenty of child actors out there with enough talent to pull this off. the problem is that when you find them, you have to get the movie made in time to actually use that child for the part.
Exactly, and that's kinda hard to do. They need to look for kids now who are too young, but can grow into the part. But that's hard too because child actors of that age don't have a particular style they use and they don't have major parts in the movies they've done.

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Postby mr_thebrain » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:20 pm

ok, here's what we do:

watch all current movies with children actors of the correct age.
make a list of them.
find the perfect one out of our choices.
kidnap him.
do a walt disney on him. (some reason this sounds dirty)
wait 10-15 years.
thaw him out when they start casting the movie.

see, nothing to it.
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Postby Mich » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:59 am

Didn't Walt Disney crack? I'm pretty sure he cracked when he was frozen.
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Postby hive_king » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:08 pm

dude, teh kid from Star wars wuld be awesome!!!!
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Postby Mich » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:32 am

Awesome avatar, btw, Kingy.
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Postby pooka » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:38 am

That's why the movie should be an Anime Miniseries ;)

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Postby vendor » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:58 pm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005157/ Jake Lloyd born 1989 makes him 17 yrs old. Go younger.

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Postby Qing_Jao » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:33 pm

No, what ya need to do, seeing as it's hollywood, is keep an eye on these child actors, and by the time they're ready to make the movie, their kids'll be of age. Bingo, problem solved :roll:
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Postby dmm01 » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:55 pm

I personally think that they need to hire an unknown so that people going into the movie don't have a pre-determined idea of what the kid's character should be, and so that the fans will be less judgemental becuase it is his first film.

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Postby wigginboy » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:10 pm

Thats an excellent way to look at the situation. I agree that actors we already know will spoil the movie for us, due to our preconceptions as to how the character will be played. We have all read the books(unless some havent) so we all know how Ender, Bean, Petra, Dink, Peter and the rest of them SHOULD act like, and so does Card, who is like, the chief consultant for the movie. So I think, if the main child roles are played by unknowns, it will make it easier on us. Now for the adults, thats a different story, and a different thread.

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Postby eriador » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:53 pm

The problem with casting kids young is that you have no idea how they will turn out. For example, Harry Potter.

'nuff said.

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Postby peterlocke123 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:29 pm

What's wrong with Harry Potter?
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Postby eriador » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:02 pm

Daniel Radcliffe (?) SUCKS. I hate him. I really hope that the same thing doesn't happen for EG.

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Postby peterlocke123 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:59 pm

I don't know, I mean, I haven't really noticed him being especially bad or especially good...
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Postby eriador » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:48 am

Really. It always bugs me how bad all the actors are. Complete hams. Or retards...

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Postby Mich » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:13 am

Good thing people can say their opinions without any easily understandable reasoning to back them up, or the Internet would be a very boring place.
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Postby eriador » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:14 am

That's why they're opinions...

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Postby Mich » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:45 am

But, really, you could put forth a reason you think they're bad actors. I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you; I believe there is a large amount of overacting in the movies. I enjoy them nonetheless, but I was inclined to agree with you on some parts.

However.

Just stating that they are "complete hams. Or retards..." does not support your position. You have had three posts to do so. Good day, sir.
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Postby Locke_ » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:21 pm

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Postby turidoth » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:18 pm

No, what ya need to do, seeing as it's hollywood, is keep an eye on these child actors, and by the time they're ready to make the movie, their kids'll be of age. Bingo, problem solved :roll:
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:01 pm

If they'd made the movie ten years ago, they could have used Carl Snell, who just about broke my heart as Glas, the Druid Father.
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Postby vendor » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:30 am

dwarfs! I would accept dwarfs over an animated mini-series.
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