Comments on: Hey Hollywood! WATCHMEN/300 crossover available!

By: Kate Willaert

Kate Willaert — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:37:17 +0000

I’ll second Gina Torres. ^_^

By: Tommy Raiko

Tommy Raiko — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:23:28 +0000

Actually, continuing to mine the American Idol wagon train, if not Jennifer Hudson, there’s also Fantasia Barrino, whose hardscabble life story (which was even made into a TV-movie…starring Fantasia Barrino) might inform the Martha Washington role. Not that I saw the thing (or will get to see her in the Broadway musical she’s apparently in now,) so I have no idea what her acting chops are really like…

By: Bill Cunningham

Bill Cunningham — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:03:23 +0000

Yeah, but I’d like to see HARD BOILED or BIG GUY & RUSTY THE ROBOT before I saw GIVE ME LIBERTY.

Both CGI heavy movies like 300…

By: Scott Bieser

Scott Bieser — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:17:21 +0000

Oh, come on. The obvious actress for Martha is Gina Torres.

By: Tag

Tag — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:05:45 +0000

There’s the rub, innit? What constitutes a “so-so looking black woman”? I think what we really mean here is a black woman who looks, well, black. Rosario Dawson is beautiful, no doubt, but do we favor her because she’s lighter-skinned and looks more caucasian (or, in her case, Latina)? When I wrote my comments above I was watching “A View To A Kill” on TV and was wondering who the statuesque, ebony amazons like Grace Jones of today are. (Mind, if we’re staying true to the book she ought to be of average height, if not shorter, but you take my meaning.) Jennifer Hudson aside, who would be good if she were slightly less soft, can anyone name me a young black starlet who doesn’t look like just a darker-complected white girl? Hell, I’d cast Missy Elliot in her present shape if she were 10 years younger.

By: Jamie Coville

Jamie Coville — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:09:54 +0000

Rosario could hit the gym for the role, lots of actors do that. When I first heard Will Smith was going to play Muhammad Ali I was really unsure about him pulling it off physically, but he did what was required to look the part and it’s probably his greatest work to date.

I’m not sure if Hollywood would be willing to cast an so-so looking black woman for the lead role.

By: Tommy Raiko

Tommy Raiko — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:48:38 +0000

Let’s cast Jennifer Hudson and see if she can act when the part doesn’t require singing! (I’m not joking. OK. I am a little bit, but less than you might think!)

By: Tag

Tag — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:30:52 +0000

I was just wondering within the last couple days how long it’d be until we see GIVE ME LIBERTY on the screen. I think the president figure of an inept patsy is particularly topical.

Rosario Dawson seems a touch too “pretty” and slight to play Martha, imho. Not that she should be unattractive, just a little more “hard” and muscular. The first person who springs to mind is one of the Williams sisters (frankly I can never tell Venus from Serena), though who can say whether their acting chops match their tennis prowess.

By: Jamie Coville

Jamie Coville — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:03:17 +0000

So who would you cast?

Rosario Dawson?

By: Erik Scott

Erik Scott — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:05:28 +0000

Bravo Heidi!