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Have you watched The Congress?
Yes, it is fantastic.
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Excellent.
Warners doesn't think Theron can open the movie, and Miller, lol, has no artistic integrity.
There's also a level of sexism at play. If we were talking about a 45 year old Cruise or Keanu, nobody in Hollywood would think about de-aging tech.
Replacing Theron also means signing a young performer for multiple pictures.
Agree, and I'd go a little farther --- de-aging is an insult to the profession.
Just watched a few Captain Marvel clips. I think it might be marginally better but there's a racial element there. A lot of black people simply age differently with less wrinkles and Sam Jackson is one of them. Regardless, I think Miller is right that the de-aging doesn't work that well at this stage. I loved The Irishman in spite of the de-aging to be honest - I think the film was simply so good that it made me forget the effect.
It's a bold move to recast Furiosa, though. Theron absolutely owned that role.
Now that's a ridiculous thing to say. Miller might be one of the filmmakers with the most artistic integrity around.
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Dude, this might be obvious, but Cruise and Reeves just don't look their age. Brad Pitt actually does - he can't play someone in his early 30s anymore.
Last edited by Grouchy; 05-19-2020 at 12:58 AM.
Well, Keanu is a vampire, and Cruise has the power of planets behind him.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Re: Captain Marvel. As much as Jackson’s de-aging is good, Clark Gregg’s looks worse than anyone in The Irishman, so it’s still a wash pretty much.
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Keanu dyes his beard and Cruise has the power of top flight plastic surgeons behind him
And a healthy placenta-based diet.
I want to see Cruise's space movie now.
I'd be more curious in a true sequel anyway.
Considering how odd Miller has been about the order of these movies, I'm cool with just rando max adventures with no real timeline. Either. Whatever.
That too.
Bring back guitar guy though.
Gyro Captain > Doof Warrior
Maybe we'll actually get to see Furiosa interact face-to-face with Joe once this time around...
Than who?
For all the trouble they went though with the first one, it seems a small headache to do a solid recast, or even do a casting call for a new talent.
But if you really wanted Theron back then I'd understand. I really wanted Mel back in Fury Road. Still, methinks Theron was not the star in Fury Road, it was George Miller.
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Well, I do agree it looked a lot better in Captain Marvel, but such scenes did come in limited supplies.
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Jackson looked younger but he still talked and moved the same.
I really hope they find an amazing young Furiosa. Could be a career role for some kid.
It's been a rumour for a while that Anya Taylor-Joy is going to be the new Furiosa, no?
I'm for it.
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Oh man...
I'd take that all day
Hm, I don't know what stage of rumor is mine, but last I heard it's between her and Jodie Comer?
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Sounds like a pretty damn good idea to me.
Well shit! Thats a great casting too!
It would seem strange for them to rely so heavily on de-aging technology considering Fury Road became a cultural phenomenon precisely because it eschewed CGI in favor of practical effects wherever possible and knew the audience could appreciate the difference.
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