shikamaru317 said:
Blood_Tears said:
Nathan Fillion will be 51 next month and doesn't have the star power of Holland. If anyone has seen the recent episodes of The Rookie, the guy can barely run and looks like shit doing it.
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Did just fine in that Uncharted fan movie a few years ago, everyone loved that, people saying he nailed game Drake's personality and mannerisms perfectly, while also looking alot more like game Drake in face and build than Tom Holland. Yes he is a bit old now, I agree there which is precisely why Sony should have made this movie back in the late 2000's when Avi Arad first said he was exploring making an Uncharted movie, and when Nathan Fillion had more name recognition from being on Castle (a show with 10-12m viewers on most of it's seasons). Nathan Fillion expressed interest in playing the character way back in 2009 and he and his fans waged a Twitter campaign to be cast as Drake, but Sony delayed the movie constantly until Fillion aged past the character, one of Sony Pictures greatest failings imo.
I do think that Fillion is still convincing enough in his early 50's that they could have got at least 2 Uncharted movies with an older Drake out of him before needing to do a prequel series with a younger actor.
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You are further demonstrating what I said about you is right. You base this all on looks. Call this one of Sony Pictures biggest failing for not greenlighting the movie the moment it was first discussed, as if the "delays" couldn’t have been justified.
This movie is an origin story. It is absolutely normal for Nathan Drake to look young, because guess what? He is supposed to be young at this point in his life. He isn’t supposed to be as buff as he is during his 30s early 40s like he is in the game. That you fail to grasp this simple fact
And… Twitter campaign for Nathan Fillion? Really? Those are mostly filled with people like you. A self-entitled vocal minority. People wanted him because he looks like Drake. I can agree that he does. That being said, if Sony wants to kickstart a movie franchise, starting from an origin story so people get on board with a movie series that’s easy to follow, he is too old and was borderline at the time for a single movie. But then, what happens for the sequels? He becomes less and less capable to do the physical work required for the role and becomes more prone to injuries. That’s totally normal Sony would want to cast a younger actor.
This is a live action movie. What you wanted is a CG animated movie with the character looking the exact same as they do in the games, voiced by the same actors. That would have been cool, I admit, but audiences at large prefer live action movies, so it is what it is. In the end, you keep passing many of yours arguments as facts, yet only cherry pick the portion of anecdotes that aligns with your ideas. Stop doing that.
You really need to work on your narrow-mind and realize there are many more than looks to the world.
Last edited by Hynad - on 22 February 2022
