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Originally posted by John Maddox Roberts:
Does Gibson have a union card?

If his cameo in "Wild Palms" got him one, yes.

I also like Tim Roth as Case:

After my wife read Neuromancer, I asked her "the casting question," and she suggested Gina Gershon as Molly. I'm starting to agree.

It would be nice if young mr. Case was played by someone of appropriate years.

While Mr. G might work for Dixie, I somehow think he would really not like that idea.

Molly I first pictured as a tight little firecracking Chinese or Japanese girl with razor straight sheeny waving black hair. Like what they did with Milla Jovovich in Ultra Violet, but more compact and without the crap film. Someone who might star in something from Masamune Shirow. That image made less sense later, though it remains.

i wish dax shepard was a decade younger

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Originally posted by colin:
The only problem I have with WG as Dixie is that I can't imagine him sounding as genuinely pissed off as I always imagined Dixie being.

I got the idea after listening to an MP3 of WG reading Neuromancer. When he read Dix, he came off sounding calm, like some old burned out stoner who had already accepted what he was. When I first read Neuromancer, I always kinda thought Dix was somewhat jovial. You know, that laugh?

And tho Gary Oldman is now too old for Case, he could make a good Finn too. He has that ability to be both charming and sinister which is how I imagined him to be.

I'd also be willing to give that kid who plays Peter on Heroes a shot at Case. Might be a little too . . . "teen angst" tho.

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Sense we are at it again.

Finn: Steve Buscemi


or Iggy Pop


Molly: Eliza Dushku


Corto: Dolph Lundgren


Case: Matthew Ferguson


Hideo: John Lone


Rivera: Matthew Lillard

from what i recall, riviera was very pretty. i like matthew lillard, but he's more like little bird. i think someone along the lines of damon albarn needs to do riviera.

You know on one of my previous cast lists in the past I had Matthew Lillard listed as Little Bird.

Ideally I would put Edward Norton as Rivera, he would also not fall in the not pretty enough category.


Tobey Maguire could also make a good Rivera, but it could end up as spider man throwing holograms around. I used to have him as Bobby Zero but he in now to old for that part.


Elijah Wood also has the "pretty" factor but it would be Fordo throwing holograms around.


Currently for the most part when I make theses lists I try to go for lesser known actors so it does not become the new Actor(insert super star actor name here) movie. Much like how the Lord of the Rings where made where they had a large cast of pretty decent actors that people may have seen in the past but where for the most part still B/C list actors. Or actors that do not drag their former often iconic roles around with them like Elijah Wood/Fordo.

Whoa, supercide - good call with Eliza Dushku. She definitely has the voice for the role, too - and some martial art stuntwork to boot.



Shame to cover up those big beautiful eyes, however.

Eliza looks the part, but every role i've ever seen her play it's the same character just different names, and that character she plays is always annoying.

What about Jessica Beal? (Biel?)

Bill Bailey for Julie



Dylan Moran for Case




Jack Black for Finn.



Peter Serafinowitz for Riviera



And I used to think Natalie Portman for Molly, but since thinking about Dylan Moran, I'd be inclined to suggested Tamsin Greig.

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Originally posted by Kitsune:
Bill Bailey for Julie



Dylan Moran for Case




Jack Black for Finn.



Peter Serafinowitz for Riviera



And I used to think Natalie Portman for Molly, but since thinking about Dylan Moran, I'd be inclined to suggested Tamsin Greig.

Those aren't bad... apart from Jack Black. He'd pull one out of the film.

And I used to think Natalie Portman for Molly, but since thinking about Dylan Moran, I'd be inclined to suggested Tamsin Greig.




Not sure if I'd buy Tamsin Greig as Molly. I'd be waiting for her to walk into something and then start stammering out an apology...

Fran!?

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Originally posted by supercide:
Sense we are at it again.

Finn: Steve Buscemi


or Iggy Pop


Molly: Eliza Dushku


Corto: Dolph Lundgren


Case: Matthew Ferguson


Hideo: John Lone


Rivera: Matthew Lillard

I reckon this is the best Neuromancer cast I've come across.

I think Iggy Pop would be great as the Finn - he's got a suitably 'lived-in' look.

Eliza D is perfect for Molly. Look at that pic, you can just see her saying "Shit, I'm an avid cyclist...".

Dolph would be okay for a 'not quite a personality' like Armitage, and he has the ex-military look down pat.

Matthew Ferguson has one thing going for him as Case - he looks young. But in that pic he's too neat and well-groomed. Cute, even. Case is over the edge, twitchy, desperate. Matthew looks as though the strongest thing he'd put in his system is chamomile tea. Still he's an actor, so dirty him up a bit and I think he'd do the job well.

I don't know John Lone, but if he's calm, athletic and graceful he'd be fine for Hideo.

And I don't know Matthew Lillard either, but there's something about that picture that puts him fairly close to my mental image of Riviera. he'd have to get rid of the smile, though...

But that's a great job of casting!

riviera, for me, has always been Leonardo DiCaprio.


i think Cillian Murphy could do a very good job as Case.


and Harry Dean Stanton as the Finn is pure genius, boog.

i've never thought of Natalie Portman for Molly, but i think it would work.


Matthew Lilliard couldn't do Riviera for me AT ALL. too goofy.

I like your taste, Green!

And you picked very good pictures to make your case.

And yeah, I've only seen Lilliard be goofy.

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i've never thought of Natalie Portman for Molly, but i think it would work.

her face & physique are spot on, but i'm not sure whether she has the right energy. and yes i am thinking about v for vendetta when i say that.