by Jinzo Ningen » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:15 am
I've always thought Johnny Depp would make a good Strange, but he's so oversaturated anymore (and a LOT of what he's done recently has been tepid or downright crapola), so it would just come across as yet another eccentric oddball Depp performance.
I like the Ethan Hawke rumors and, as popular as it is to hate on him now, I still like the idea of Cumberbatch. Hopefully, they stick closer to the original origin than the "angst over the sister" shtick that I read about in the film's early stages. Doctor Strange is one of the few heroes I can think of who doesn't have any inner demons to overcome or an arch-villain who sets the hero's transformation in motion. Stephen just basically has to learn to think about others first and stop being a self-centered A-hole. The death of the Enlightened One also seemed to be a spurring moment and additionally, I recall that he was one of the first people Strange ever cared about other than himself, up until that point in his life.
I would have liked Mako as the Enlightened One but sadly that's no longer an option. I think Chow Yun Fat would be perfect in the role. Jackie Chan is sort out of movies now and he's too closely connected with comedy-ish roles. I know Joel Grey would do a terrific job since he was so amazingly awesome in Remo Williams, but the Chiun comparisons would be too obvious. Besides which, putting a white guy in oriental make-up would probably not go over very well with today's PC-obsessed Hollywood.