Comments on: Fantasy Cast: Who Should Play The Duke in the ‘Escape From New York’ Remake?

By: Warhero

Warhero — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:34:26 +0000

Hands down, I think that Ving Rhames should play "The Duke of New York" Although Samuel Jackson is awesome in his own right and as black as black can get when it comes to performing, Rhames has the physical presence needed to be a believable Duke. He looks mean and that's what you need.

As far as this movie if it ever gets made who should play Snake Plissken? My answer? Josh Holloway of Lost. Holloway already looks and acts just like Snake, he is the only guy on earth that can do the character justice if he's not played by Kurt Russell who sorry to say, is a bit old now to play Snake.

With Holloway and Rhames butting heads, this should make for a great movie. But you need a director with the vision and talent to pull this off. Who should direct Escape you ask? Rob Zombie has my vote. He is much like John Carpenter in his early days.He has his own stable of veteran actors and Zombie can revamp the franchise and inject the blood that it needs to spawn better sequels, unlike the dissapointing Escape from L.A. So there are my choices if you want to see more visit my site: thenamesplissken.webs.com and get all the answers…

Call me Snake.

By: The_Kid

The_Kid — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:32:48 +0000

I'm thinking Common as well he can be badass but cool calm and collective at the same time, I think he could pull it off pretty well, so he's my choice.

By: tyrone

tyrone — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:15:35 +0000

Hell no to kimble slice, The baddest badass out there now is Ving Rhames or Chris long of the Rams.

By: KentWAMG

KentWAMG — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:57:48 +0000

I like Samuel L Jackson, but where's the proof that either of the other two guys can act at all. The Duke needs to be cool and charismatic. I'd prefer to see some one who has acting chops. Right off the bat I'd have to say some one like Michael Clark Duncan or Ving Rhames… But I agree with Gavin that Common would be a good choice. Some one with a little bit of acting experience.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:47:17 +0000

How about Common?

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:41:04 +0000

I'd have to go with Samuel L. Unless you want to make him just a thug who punches things and throws out the occasional one liner, I'd stay away from UFC fighters. Wrestlers and fighters tend to not make good movies as they are always cast as, and the script is written for, wrestlers and fighters. Did the Scorpion King need to give the people's eyebrow in The Mummy Returns? No, but he did anyways because it wasn't the Scorpion King, it was The Rock as The Scorpion King. How long did it take for him to go from The Rock to Dwayne Johnson? Unless you get someone really good in there to write it, I would stay far away from wrestlers.