While on one hand I'm loath to return to one of those "Who'd play who" e-mail discussions, and without yet seeing Pirates, I think I'd have to veto Depp as a choice for Vlad. While Jonny Depp is actually one of my favorite actors (he was excellent in "The Ninth Gate") I think his normal style of acting is far too passive to be an effect Vlad, especially in his recent movies. I mean he always does cool things, but he doesn't exude that air of the competent badass that I've always associated with Vlad. Instead he always seems to play that unassuming character, good at what he does, but then thrust into something far beyond his means and far over his head. I just can't see Depp as playing a non-wuss character. I however, do think that guy from the new Count of Monté Crisco would be a decent choice. Oh, and Bruce Campell needs to be in the movie. Akodo Bob -who's expecting to be pelted with insane amounts of "Depp can do no wrong" e-mails. ps. forgive me this was meant to be posted about 8 hours ago, but I'm lazy. On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 01:58 PM, Johne Cook wrote: > I can see that. I think of Vlad as an edgy, brilliant guy, and one of > the first actors to come to mind presently to fit that description is > Johnny Depp. He's introspective enough and yet can be baddass > enough. He also has that "hidden depths" thing going for him, and > could pull off the kind of "adventure angst" feel that enclouds (heh) > Vlad. > > One caveat - he'd have to lose the effiminate flair of his Capt. Jack > Sparrow character - I don't get that vibe from Vlad at *all*. > > johne (phy) cook > wisconsin, usa > > personal blog: http://breezeway.blogspot.com > aerie blog: http://aeriepress.blogspot.com/ > stormfort list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stormfort/ > >> From: Ryan Grove <ryan at wonko.com> > >> If we could go back in time to about 1990 or so, then I can easily see >> Vlad being played by Timothy Dalton. He's got the build, the mustache, >> the skill with rapiers, and the general air of stupendous badassery. >> Sadly, he's too old now. >> >> -- >> Ryan Grove >> ryan at wonko.com >> http://wonko.com/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > <b>Get MSN 8</b> and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus >