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Post by cinemafan97 on Oct 14, 2017 19:20:30 GMT
Interesting fact. Jonathan Brandis auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the clones", but lost to Hayden Christensen. The reason being that they thought that Brandis looked too old to play Anakin. Sadly, Brandis committed suicide On November 12, 2003. Although there was no suicide note, friends of Brandis reported that he was depressed about his career. What if Brandis had gotten the part? Would he have done better than Hayden Christensen?
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Post by johnspartan on Oct 14, 2017 20:19:04 GMT
Interesting fact. Jonathan Brandis auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the clones", but lost to Hayden Christensen. The reason being that they thought that Brandis looked too old to play Anakin. Sadly, Brandis committed suicide On November 12, 2003. Although there was no suicide note, friends of Brandis reported that he was depressed about his career. What if Brandis had gotten the part? Would he have done better than Hayden Christensen? He was 5ft 9.5. Too short to be Vader. |
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Post by barkingbaphomet on Oct 14, 2017 20:53:45 GMT
hard to imagine him doing worse, but i'm not sure he had it in him to elevate the material the way McGregor or McDiarmid did.
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Post by Dayodead on Oct 14, 2017 23:37:57 GMT
The guy could act and would have done a better job than Christiansen...He felt a bit more natural...(At least Brandis wouldn't deliver the lines in such a stilted fashion...)..The only issue was him being 5 years older and two inches shorter than Hayden...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 0:09:53 GMT
At the very least, he couldn't possibly do worse.
He'd be just the right age to play Bill Denbrough grown up in It: Chapter Two if he were still with us.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 15, 2017 0:41:25 GMT
It'd have been interesting.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 15, 2017 0:44:18 GMT
At the very least, he couldn't possibly do worse. He'd be just the right age to play Bill Denbrough grown up in It: Chapter Two if he were still with us. Your Right! |
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Post by cinemafan97 on Nov 1, 2017 22:24:23 GMT
Would Brandis have still have killed himself if he had gotten the role? or would he still be with us today?
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Post by rateater on Nov 2, 2017 0:37:27 GMT
he'd look more like how young anakin looked and he must've already had some martial art training since he made the movie sidekicks. i could see it now. he was also in neverending story 2 and would bring some old time familiarity.
i'm sure i would have protested his casting to a point at the time though, being he was too well known and kind of dorky. little would i have know compared to who they got he probably would have been a better choice by far.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 2:30:34 GMT
I'd have gone with Brandis . True, if he'd been 5 years younger & 3 inches taller he'd have been better, but Ryan Phillipe was offered the role and he's even older, and only 5'9". MCasting directors talk about a 'gut feeling' they get when they find the right actor. That's what I got from Brandis - "That's Anakin". His voice was deep and could sound ominous; and of course the Skywalker blue eyes.
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Post by angel on Feb 15, 2018 9:54:47 GMT
No casting choices could have saved that movie.
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