Five People that could play Drake (In The Uncharted Movie)

ExgamerLegends2 - 169 days 15 hours ago

But, seriously from that list I'd say Christian would be the best actor. As far as looks they all fail.

Actually that Fox guy might pull it off

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Raptor - 169 days 15 hours ago

Nolan does the voice of Drake, has the face of Drake, and even does the motion capture for Drake. (as well as Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia)

He is the perfect Drake because Drake is him.

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Bubbles - 169 days 14 hours ago

Matthew Fox is perfect.

Either him or Scrubs.

Ooo and Black Scrubs

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Tony Scarboni - 169 days 14 hours ago

My list:

1.Rob Schnieder
2.Clint Howard
3.Bill Murray
4.Joe Pesci
5.The guy from the free credit card report commercials

but honestly, Eric Bana is 100* better than Christian Bale.

And you people can rant about Nolan North all you want, but I highly doubt they are going to cast him as a lead in a multi-million dollar production.

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RememberThe357 - 169 days 13 hours ago

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Rent Firefly or Serenity to see what I'm talking about. Malcolm Reynolds is Drakes twin.

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cmrbe - 169 days 13 hours ago

You have mistaken Uncharted with halo. Odd list to play master chief.

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wUTTer - 169 days 11 hours ago

I have to agree. If Nolan North can perform as good as he does for games, then we would have a perfect VG movie transition.

I wish someone would start one of those petitions. Even if it doesn't affect the directors' choice, at least we'll know we tried.

;(

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x__JL__X - 169 days 11 hours ago

I don't know what all this talk is about Drake HAS to be played by some huge name actor. That's simply not true. Many times, studios will take this opportunity to shoot a lesser known up to superstardom. They typically invest alot of money into production on a movie like this, so it can help to get a lesser/no name who you can pay very little, to help with offsetting the production costs (they do work on a budget here), yet still make it someone who has good acting ability. The less they spend on the talent, the more they can spend on the budget and the crew (like these producers and whoever they get to direct). And with Hollywood advertising a movie like this doesn't need a name to sell, it can sell on the glitz and glamor or the production and action sequences alone. Case in point, I bet most people in the world couldn't tell me who Tobey Maguire was pre-Spiderman. And can most people even tell me a Shia LaBeouf movie before Transformers? Anybody know Radcliffe as anything other than Harry Potter? (and that was a big budget film, of course you could argue that that's different since it was a kid character and not many big name kids), Lord of the Rings? Not really a big name in there. The point being, these type of movies (big budget/high production movies) don't need names, they can be carried plenty well enough by just the great trailers they can put out showing off the action and production.

Though it is funny to hear people talk about "No he won't work, they'll want a name for this movie", then turn around and suggest this Fillion guy. I'd never even heard of him before (though I do recognize his face now that I look at him), but I'd hardly call that guy a big name. That being said, seems like he'd make a good Drake. I do like the idea of Nolan playing Drake too, but I don't see that happening at all since the only "acting" he's done is voice-acting on video games. Josh Duhamel would be a decent choice I think. Matthew Fox looks the part, but I don't think he could off the personality. Now if he had the personality of say...Josh Hartnett or Shia LeBeouf(neither of which have the look), that could definitely fly I think. If Ryan Gosling put on a lil weight and had a lil bit of a makeover I think he could do well with this (then again maybe he has a bit too much of a "menacing" edge to him). I think Chris Evans could pull this role off pretty well. Somebody I think could very well do this part (if they could manage to get him to fit the look) John Cusack. He's a good actor and can really deliver that sarcasm (eh, come to think of it, his mannerisms just wouldn't work out). Hmm, you know who else could make a good Drake I think....Colin Farrell. I could kinda see that. I could almost see Dicaprio doing the role if he had the image. Brendan Fraser could definitely pull the role off but I wouldn't want to see him do it for the fact of him being in The Mummy, but he would be perfect for a role like this (as evidenced in The Mummy). One I wouldn't mind seeing doing it would be Sean Patrick Flanery (think Boondock Saints). I bet he could actually make a pretty good Drake with a bit of a makeover.

Ok, I'm done just spitballing here.

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Cwalat - 169 days 10 hours ago

... Am i the only one who recognizes Joe Flanigan?
He is the only one i could think of that matches perfectly with Nathans personality...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm...

Pics:
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Cajun Chicken - 169 days 10 hours ago

Hey, thats the guy from Stargate Atlantis, right? That's a great match! Best one I've heard yet!

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delumine - 169 days 9 hours ago

what a great list !
(we must act kindly to mentally challanged people)

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Downtown boogey - 169 days 9 hours ago

I was thrown back when I see his picture but not sure whether his got the right character. Christian Bale? AGAIN? No freaking way! (Anyway he's nowhere near the character of the funny, easy-going, adrenaline junkie that's Drake)

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Beast_Master - 169 days 8 hours ago

Is short and Tubby. watch the videos of the original Uncharted with Nolan doing the motion capture in the suit.

Nathan Fillon would be my choice, watch Serenity or Firefly and you will agree. (I would rather see him do a sequel to Serenity before anything else though).

What about Joe Rogan...lol

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Brutallyhonest - 169 days 7 hours ago

your pick (Joe Flanigan http://www.imdb.com/name/nm... ) looks like Nathan Drake.
If I was in charge of casting this film he would be at the top of my short list.

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mistajeff - 169 days 6 hours ago

Coleman FTW!

Oh, and @bubbles, totally got your family guy joke there

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Dude420 - 169 days 5 hours ago

I think this will be interesting to some of you.

http://www.gamespot.com/use...

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iamtehpwn - 169 days 4 hours ago

get in SERIOUS shape before playing Drake though

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SaberEdge - 169 days ago

What are you talking about? Nathand Fillion already is in good shape, at least at the time Serenity came out in 2005. He would be perfect for Drake. This Joe Flanigan guy doesn't look that similar in my opinion and his personality in Stargate isn't that similar either. He just doesn't give me the same feeling as Nathan Drake, but Nathan Fillion does.

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Motion - 168 days 23 hours ago

I always thought of Breckin Meyer (had to look up the name) when i saw Drake's Fortune. (The guy from Road Trip)

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Darth_Apathicus - 169 days 16 hours ago

totally agree

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Soda Popinsky - 169 days 13 hours ago

Why not Peter North?

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Raptor - 169 days 11 hours ago

I have to agree. Look up Nolan's interview for Uncharted 2. He is funny, witty and charming exactly like Drake.

So what he is not the typical sculpted hero figure everyone is used to.

He is the everyman. With a little work he could get in shape and look 5 years younger. Perfect for Drake.

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Tony Scarboni - 169 days 10 hours ago

He doesn't have the charisma. The man is a voice actor. It just wouldn't be right.

I think if they can't get Nathan Fillion as Drake, they should get Eric Bana.

Then they could introduce Shia Leduche as his long lost son...wait a minute, I'm thinking of something else.

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Qui-Gon Jim - 169 days 10 hours ago

...is that he doesn't look much like Drake. He obviously has the voice (not so important tbh) and the mannerisms, and i feel bad wishing for someone else to take the role from him, but i'm a big Nathan Fillion fan and i think he is just TOO perfect for this role.

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Downtown boogey - 169 days 9 hours ago

He's too old. :(

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mistajeff - 169 days 6 hours ago

lulz!

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Monkey521 - 169 days 4 hours ago

um... you do know that they based Nathan Drake's facial structure around that of Nolan North. Same with most of the main characters (having the structure of their voice actors).

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kurochi - 169 days 3 hours ago

@2.2

um... cause his "ssslong" would get in the way of all the "action"....... LOL

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 169 days 14 hours ago

Too sexy.

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wUTTer - 169 days 11 hours ago

^^^^ LOL

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tonsoffun - 169 days 14 hours ago

Totally agree bud, he was great in Slither too..... made the movie watchable...

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Qui-Gon Jim - 169 days 10 hours ago

I really like Jason Bateman, I think he is awesome for roles like the one he had in Arrested Development, but his comedic delivery is just a little too DRY to play Drake.

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Campy da Camper - 169 days 6 hours ago

Dude, JAson Bateman would actualy be a good pick! He looks like him, has the same smile (sort of). Nice call! Bubbles.

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Information Minister - 169 days 10 hours ago

Nathan Fillion would totally nail Drakes's witty personality. Either him or Ryan Reynolds would be great choices. Gerard Butler could work too.

I just don't know what on earth possessed them to put Ben Affleck on that list.

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Qui-Gon Jim - 169 days 10 hours ago

The first time i played the Uncharted DEMO, before i was impressed with the graphics, before i was impressed with the gameplay, i watched the cutscene and thought "If they ever make a movie of this, they have to get Nathan Fillion to play this guy."

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CobraKai - 169 days 3 hours ago

Nathan Fillion was always my choice. He's got that "every man" thing that Nathan Drake has. Having Nolan North would be good, but ultimately seems like fan service.

I think if they want it a little younger. Josh Duhamel would be great too. If you don't know, Josh played Lennox in Transformers.

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Qui-Gon Jim - 169 days 10 hours ago

Hilarious.
Quote (not verbatim, from the top of my head):
Dr. Horrible to his roommate: "Hey, How'd your double-date with Bait and Switch go?"
roommate: "Meh, I thought I was gonna end up with Bait, but..."
Dr. Horrible (sympathetically): "oh, yeah. I know how that goes."

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II Necroplasm II - 169 days 14 hours ago

Agree with you 100%. But I would have to add Ben Affleck to your last sentence

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II Necroplasm II - 169 days 8 hours ago

Got some Ben Affleck fans? huh? yeah that wouldn't surprise me. virgins seem to like him

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Tony Scarboni - 168 days 21 hours ago

I think if anyone has the potential to make the first great game-film adaptation, it has to be Sony, a lot of their games are almost to movie quality w/ their cinematic quality. It's no coincidence that Sony has their own film studio.

Just look at Shadow of the Colossus, another PS game being dev. into a movie. That game has a cult following w/ a lot of people in the film industry, it was featured in an Adam Sandler movie and Gullermo Del Toro is constantly praising it.

As far as actors for Nathan Drake go, I personally like Eric Bana. I don't think Drake has to resemble his videogame persona, I mean, he was always pretty generic, that's why they got one of the most popular voice actors working in videogames today to voice him.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm...

I also like Jeremy Renner. He is not well heard of, but let me tell you, I thought the Hurt Locker was one of the best movies I've seen all summer. He plays a bomb defuser fighting in Iraq. I liked the way he kept his cool and came up with these breif moments of levity while he was defusing bombs in the middle of a warzone.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm...

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