Thursday, 02 October 2008
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Casting the Bible Movie: Angelina and Arnold
Hollywood's pretty notorious for churning out Bible story blockbusters. Sometimes they make pretty sound casting choices (Gregory Peck as King David - yowza!); othertimes, not so much (Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene?! It's true, check IMDB.)
So, say you're a casting director. What person in the Bible would you cast Arnold Schwarzenegger and Angelina Jolie to play?
Have fun! Over the weekend, we'll compile the answers to reveal Revelife's casting selections!
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in the same movie? easy: Samson and Delilah. Ah-nuld may be too old to play the part but Jolie definitely fits. seperately, maybe i'd cast Jolie as Queen Esther or something. Ah-nuld as Goliath, just so i get the chance to see him get pegged by a kid with a sling shot.
you would think that there would be more movies based on the Old Testament now that computer graphics have come a long way.
I'd cast Arnold as the Terminator again, sent back in time to save Jesus in Terminator 4.
Schwarzenegger could easily play Samson. He already did "Conan".
I don't know about Jolie yet.
HAAH seriously samson and delilah easy.
I was thinking of Samson and Delilah too! May be Jezebel for Jolie also.
I think Arnold is definitely an easy Samson.
Jolie- Delilah, or maybe Mary Magdalene, or Jezebel I do like the idea of Esther as well, though in my mind she's better as a "bad-girl".
Arnold would be a soldier of some sorts .... a centurian.
Jolie? I can see her playing a bad woman lol Jezebel, Delilah (like a few here) or maybe she can play Rahab ... I might actually cast her as Eve.
the Governator would make a great Goliath actually...
jolie would make a fine jezebel or Debra would be great for her
recast Tiffany DuPont as Esther or Rebecca or Rachel cuz man, she was foiiine... lol
Steven Carrel to play Balaam
Christian Bale to play Joshua
Orlando Bloom to play David
Brad Pitt to play Samson
George Clooney to play Jacob
Shia Lebouf to play Joseph
Mike Meyers to play King Herod
can't go wrong w/ James Caviezal as Jesus
Pilate would have to go to Jeff Bridges
Mel Gibson to play Saul
The Apostle Paul I'd say would be played by Patrick Dempsey
just some thoughts...
@leadworshipper82 - hahaha! oh man - i can imagine every single one of your suggestions. you had me floored on the steve carrel one - TOO brilliant!!!
anthony hopkins needs a role too i just can't figure out what...
I wouldn't be surprised if Delilah was as pretty as Jolie, but Jolie is tough like Deborah or Esther. I don't think Samson looked like Arnold. I think Samson looked more like your average Yosev. Everyone knew there was a a secret to Samson's strength, I think because he did not look like a body builder. I have no scriptural authority for this position, that's just what I think
Fun question!
but who would play satan? Jack Nicolson?
Arnold would be Goliath with an Austrian accent...
Goliath: "Am I a dahg, dat you come at me with dose sticks dere? Awhl be bahk and gib your flesh to dah birds of dah air and dah beasts of dah field"
David: I'm going to kill you with this sling and stone and hit you on that tumor on your head...
Goliath: Eets nawt ah toomah!
Jolie would be Sarah's maidservant Hagar, but instead of bearing Abraham sons, she'd just adopt them.
I guess you could get Brad Pitt to play Abraham and Jennifer Aniston to play Sarah.
jolie would be esther...schwartzenegger...Charlton Hesston, of course, no, wait...i meant sampson...
@pch_driver@xanga - perfect
Arnold would definitely be Samson
and i guess Angelina could be Delilah
@mrpine - LOL to the Jolie comment. I can see that happening.
Will Ferrell as Jesus.
@leadworshipper82 - anthony hopkins can be samuel
@Theophilus166@xanga - no, please no! lol
@Theophilus166@xanga - but I LIKE Jesus! lol
@Theophilus166@xanga - ok that'd be funny in a mockery sort of way... but then again... I don't know... Will playing the Biblical Jesus where it's not the image as we have made Him to be... that'd be cool... where Jesus comes off as sarcastic and harsh and hard in some points... and seeing Will Ferrell doing that... i would watch that version....
i'm sorry... but Jack Black needs a part...
John Cusack would make a good Apostle John
@GodlessLiberal@xanga - Hey I think that had a MADTV episode like that.....it was soooo funny!!! Check it out on youtube!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFrufPxjwX0
It was funny but then I also felt insulted.....
@QwiXilver@xanga - Yeah totally!!