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So If Depp Is Tonto, Who Might Be THE LONE RANGER??
Merrick here...
Electric Dreams has been an AICN source for some time, and has provided some substantive/impressive material in the past.
He dropped us a line to follow-up on his report from yesterday's Disney pep rally at the Kodak theater in L.A. (find it HERE).
Following the reveal that Johnny Depp would play Tonto (THE LONE RANGER's faithful Native American cohort), it was natural to ask who might portray the titular masked rider against injustice in the Old West.
Here's what Electric Dreams had to say:
Word as of now is that George Clooney has shown a lot of interest in the role of the Lone Ranger, and the studio's been talking to him about it. Previously it was rumored that Nic Cage was up for the role, but that rumor died a long time ago. Clooney's name has come up quite a number of times since.
Electric Dreams
Keep in mind this means the matter's only in the talking stages at the moment & far from a "done deal". But a Clooney/Depp LONE RANGER movie...produced with Bruckheimer flair...could be pretty cool if you ask me (and no one has).
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Or Will Smith
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french stewart
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the invevitable line of "this is why zorro works alone".
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Clooney might be good at it although he is a little old...but that could still work.
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I just didn't want to shout 'First!'
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By the way: Who are the lone Ranger and Tonto? I'm German. I've never heard of them.
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He's got the look, and the comedic potential between Clooney and Depp might be freakin' great. They can both handle a bit of action pretty well, too. <br> <br> Just no nipples on the Lone Ranger's costume, please.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 2:35 p.m. CST
Seth Rogen and Kumar please (he is Indian right?)
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
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Google frakkin' exists. *wink*
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Let me get this straight, being part Indian is good enough to cast Johnny Depp as Tonto? Talk about disrespecting the character. Can we not find an actual Native American actor to play the role? Depp is about as much indian as I am , and I am 99% Irish German. Yes, I am 1% Indian. And Clooney as the Lone Ranger? Wow, just when you think the Lone Ranger film could be a great, kick ass western you get glamour casting that immediately screams "this is gonna really suck". I don't know about everyone else, but this type of casting makes me think we are gonna get a "Batman and Robin" instead of a "Batman Begins". Not good at all.
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Think about it a sec... I can totally see it.
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God, you guys are predictable. Everyone knows that Fillion is a lock for GREEN LANTERN...
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Bruce campbell as the (aging) Lone Ranger...<P>Matt Damon as the Bourne Ranger<P>Serously, I could see this as Brendan Fraser thing, except I couldn't see Depp playing second to him.
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He was BORN to play that role. He would knock that shite outta the park.
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But I don't like this casting at all. Suggests a campy, ironic, post modern approach. The Lone Ranger should be earnest, stopping just short of corn. And they should use the recent comic as the template.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 2:47 p.m. CST
Just how bad (or good) is THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER?
by Nosferatu Jones
I haven't seen it since, literally, 1982, when HBO ran it into the ground. I know I watched it every time it was on, but can barely remember anything about it (I was only 10 at the time). Anyone seen it recently? Is it really as bad as they said it was....?
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Nathan Fillion would be dope for the lone ranger and all, but if there was a chance...ANY FREAKIN CHANCE...that he could be cast as Hal Jordan like Nosferatu up there said...SCREW THE LONE RANGER.
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He should do like, every movie, ever. Nathan Fillion should be in every movie playing every part. WHEDON ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Predictable? Not really...When I think of the pissed off version of Mal in the Serenity movie, after finding all his friends killed by the Alliance ordering his crew to strap bodies to the ship and whoever doesn't can leave or get shot...THAT is the version of Fillion we need here. A vengeful prick out to right some severe wrongs. THAT is a film that i would pay to see...
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Johnny depp is wayyyyy overexposed right now. The guy needs to go away for awhile. Seems that since "Pirates", he has said yes to practically everything. what are the odds Tim Burton is lurking around this somewhere?
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The whole thing sounds like a terrible idea..
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Who Cares!!!!
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those two don't need to be in this film, unless it is to show up very briefly to be gunned down as the other rangers...and then only Campbell if he can play if perfectly straight with no mugging for the camera... Fillion really seems to be the best choice...I can't think of another that we have at least heard of that would make the part really good...and I did put some thought to it...
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Just sayin.
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He's not even close to being an action hero, let alone an old west action here.
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Have you seen the "bees in my ass!" gif file? It's epic to say the least.
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Seriously Johnny is playing the Mad Hatter in Burton's Alice and Wonderland. Another film I don't understand why they're doing, but at least it makes more sense than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake they made, why was that even needed? Gene Wilder is Wonka to my generation even my kid likes the original better.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 2:59 p.m. CST
Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart or Josh Holloway as Lone Ranger!
by RobertBaron
boo yah
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Dude, what are talking about? Did you see his performance in Batman & Robin? Earth shattering.
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Lets hope they play it relatively straight.
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Tonto...fa ten LONG years... I hid that badge... up my ASS. Oh, my god.
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gotta love walken, that crazy, crazy bastard
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Yet the teaming of Depp and Clooney would be box office gold.
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Oooh...I like the idea of Josh Holloway a lot. I was firmly in the Fillion camp but I could see Holloway using this to move away from the Sawyer type a bit and establish himself as a film actor. Nice job. And as long as we're playing the casting game: Jason Isaacs as Butch Cavendish.
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...since Depp stole Timothy Spall's shot at the Mad Hatter, then Spall as the Lone Ranger. Fat, Ugly, bad British teeth - I'd go see that. <p>Just for the idea of what they could do with scenes of the two of 'em riding into some shithole frontier town and heading straight for the local cathouse - The look on the mdam's face as these two stumble in through the front door - Spall's lumpen gargoyle vs Depp's pretty-boy exotique when the girls start sizin' up the clients - that'd be good for a few laughs. <p>It's only fair... <p>Okay, really - Clooney ain't bad. But I'd like to see some sort of brainy elitist-tinged smart aleck in the role - somebody like David Straithairn or....well....somebody LIKE Robert Downey Jr. Not ACTUALLY RDJr, but a too-smart-for-the-room wiseass LIKE Him....Get a sort of inverse Cleavon Little/Sheriff Black Bart kinda vibe goin'.... <p>Although, as long as I''m typing while I think, just the idea of watching Jack Black flop around in that pretty blue pantsuit might be fun for a couple of minutes... <p>Okay, seriously - So much depends on the intended feel of the movie - are they going for a santized, glossy POTC/FX shitfest, or a grimy Andrew Dominick/John Hillcoat modern Western/revisionist kinda thing? <p>Hell - Why not Russell Crowe? He likes doing taciturn men-of-honor stuff, he wouldn't be half bad....
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Making him a fair counterpart to the "Lone" Ranger? Depp just wants to ride horses for a few months and sleep-quirk his way through another box office gross percentage. And I'm all for it. The Lone Ranger has been waiting for a faithful and fun screen update. If Clooney won't do it, fuck it, go after Pitt. If not Pitt, I'm sure we can cast an unknown who looks the part and have Patrick Warburton dub him over. I mean, why wouldn't it work?
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What a steaming pile that will be. 2 and 3 were horrendous and bloated over-produced pieces of shit.
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Whenever I see him, all i do is stare at the hair anyway. I think it's ready to move on without him.
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Considering who's making it, you think this ISN'T going to have the same fingerprints as POTC all over it? I'm surprised Gore Verbinski hasn't been attached yet for another shot at BOX OFFICE BABY!
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Ok, Holloway would be a very good second choice...I still think Fillion would be the absolute perfect choice though... Tell you what Holloway could be outstanding for though..IF the beard ever dies or would allow Timothy Zahn Heir to the Empire trilogy to be filmed (which was what SHOULD have been made, not the shitty prequels), Holloway would be a perfect re-casting for Han Solo....
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I don't think this George Clooney thing is such a good idea...
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There is a tradition that Mr. Clooney needs to uphold!
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Sept. 25, 2008, 3:20 p.m. CST
The Lone Ranger & Green Hornet Are Great Uncle/Great Nephew!
by DrunkenBusboy
Cool piece of trivia I think! Hopefully both upcoming adaptations will tie them together in some cool subtle way besides the minority sidekicks they both share!
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No remake/remix/modernizing. This is a piece of classical music that lives forever. One of the only two memories I have of my grandmother is being at her house eating Pop Tarts for breakfast, and watching The Lone Ranger.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 3:21 p.m. CST
I'd like to pose a serious question at this juncture.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
The Lone Ranger?! Seriously. The Lone FUCKING Ranger?!?!
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....Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of, too.....which pretty much rules out somebody politically touchy like Clooney. <p>But ain't Verbinski tied up with the Bioshock crapfloat right now? (I really see no reason to expect anything even vaguely respectable about this entire "Lone Ranger" thing, anyway....Disney will probably wind up handing it to Ratner anyway..)
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Sept. 25, 2008, 3:22 p.m. CST
And it looks like BlackCrippler (aka BraneRobot - AnimalStructur
by Mr. Nice Gaius
...has crawled out from under his rock with one of his more infamous claims.
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This sounds sooooo crappy.
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...I'd really like to see Depp go on the talkshow circuit to pimp this and wind up splitting Jimmy Kimmels balls with a tomahawk.
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...it ain't like Sarah Silverman needs 'em anymore.
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Karl Urban anyone?
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I'd like my 10% cut in advance, thanks.
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If THE MASK OF ZORRO could be a big hit 10 years ago, then I say a LONE RANGER film done right is long overdue and can do just as well.
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Which is supposedly where the story comes from. For example: a 'Lozen' character, who was the *real* Xena. A woman: Geronimo's top tracker, and one of his best fighters. He got caught when Lozen was too sick to fight. Julie Newmar played her type as Hesh-ke in 'MacKenna's Gold' (1969).
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...if it stars someone younger than Clooney.
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Pitt for the Lone Ranger. These two need to do their poor-man's Redford/Newman bit before they're too old and we get something like Righteous Kill.
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What is it with the idiots in these talkbalks? Did you little-brains learn nothing after you all chastised Chris Nolan for casting a "gay cowboy" as the Joker? How many times do you have humiliate yourselves on these talkbalks before you realize that you all have the judgment of shitforbrains fanboys (i swear, if I see one more asshat propose Patrick Warburton for the leading role in ANYTHING bigger than Tick cartoon, that person is branded shitbrain of the century). Seriously... idiots.
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Pitt? C'mon. He doesn't have any inner fire... unless the ranger winds up being stone cold nuts and puts a "12 monkeys" spin on it...and even that would probably be too damn strange of a film... One thing also..."Hiyo Silver, Awwwway"... that line really needs to NOT be in the film, no matter how much people might want it...please disney, resist the urge....
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Brett Matthews and John Cassaday are doing some amazing stuff with this series.
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He'll have the same hair he had in Things to do in Denver When Your Dead. "One day you're saving the rain forest, the next, you're chuggin' cock"
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...I thought this site was just a fun way to recruit for MENSA. <p>For the fucking record, I had no problems with the casting of Ledger.....You DO realize we're just fucking around in here, don't you?
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Obvious.
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...really stupid. Since nobody asked beaks and nobody will ask me, that's all i'm gonna say on the subject. oh, and johnny depp would be a great mad hatter if it weren't for us being so upset about it. but, still, i think it's silly casting.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TOW_4TXJ2Q
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haw haw!!
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I vote for Patrick Warburton for RobotDevil007
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Patrick Warburton. Yay! Or maybe Jack Black.
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I would cast Adam Beach from "Flags of our Fathers" as Tonto and Viggo Mortensen as the Lone Ranger. Seriously, people... then you would have an awsome and gritty Lone Ranger. It's a gritty story about revenge, racism and the capacity for evil. We need some excellent actors to do justice to it.
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He's a versatile guy...
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*sigh*
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Gotta be Walken.
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But get someone besides Depp as Tonto please. But Nathan Fillion should definitely play Hal Jordan!
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Sept. 25, 2008, 3:57 p.m. CST
Thought Will Smith had a lock on Green Lantern...
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder
...or as Elizabeth the 1st, in Disney's all-new 2014 re-make!
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By Zane Grey is the basis for the Lone Ranger story, and is the story of a young man, who happens to be the fastest draw in Texas, which leads him to have to kill a man and go on the run. Finally, after a foray across the border to a dangerous hole in the wall filled with villains he turns himself into the Texas Ranger hunting him, and rather than hanged the ranger enlists the boy to become a secret agent for the Texas Rangers, undercover in the old west. Now, that's awesome. Johnny Depp and George Clooney simply could not be those characters. Bale couldn't be that character. Matt Damon couldn't be that character. It has to be a kid.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 4:03 p.m. CST
Billy Zane as The Lone Ranger. Kathy Bates as Tonto.
by Stuntcock Mike
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..."ear sticky." That's my Lone Ranger and Tonto debate contribution.
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No one invoked the name of Crispin Glover on a AICN casting talkback yet?
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Except that it has nothing to do with the Lone Ranger as presented for the last 65 years. The Ranger is introduced as a young man, but not that young. He is old enough actually to be a Texas Ranger and, depending upon the version of the story, is either a Ranger or an auxiliary drafted by his brother, the Captain of the local Rangers.
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...I mean really...
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Bad typo. Please replace mentally.
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Give it to James McAvoy.
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So the lone ranger and Tonto are riding through the mountains and they stop for a bathroom brake. The Lone Ranger gets off his horse, drops his pants and begins to squat, when a rattler pops out of the bushes and bites the Lone Ranger square on the ass.<br> <br>feeling weak the Lone Ranger looks towards Tonto, and asks him to find a doctor in the closest nearby town. Tonto agrees, and rides off. After a few hours, Tonto reaches the closest town and finds the local doctor. Tonto tells the doctor that the Lone Ranger was bit on the ass by a rattler.<br> <br>The doctor tells Tonto that the only way to remove the poison is to physically suck out the poison from the Lone Rangers ass.<br> Tonto nods, and recognizes what he must do, and rides off. Tonto finally reaches the Lone Ranger:<br> <br>"Tonto, my friend...what did the doctor say," the Lone Ranger asks.<br> <br>Tonto looks at the lone Ranger:"The doctor says you're fucked!"
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Madonna, O'J Simson, Hellen Mirren
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not Tonto. I'd pay to see that movie!
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the Lone Ranger was disguised as a tree, so Tonto stomped his root. Meanwhile back at the ranch the Lone Ranger was disguised as a pool table, so Tonto racked his balls.
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Feed The Bates!!!
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Depp and Grammer and Sarah Jessica Parker as Silver!
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She makes Sarah Jessica Parker look like Charlize Theron
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Matthew Fox would be fine too
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This has GOT to be a comedy! The only thing even more retarded than the notion of Depp as the Lone Ranger is Depp as Tonto! They have GOT to be kidding! This is going to suck big-time. I'm sure this'll royally piss off the Native American actors who would love such a plum role.
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A movie that wont star 22 year olds.
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My current catch-all casting suggestion: Jon Hamm from Mad Men
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Best movie ever.
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He could pull it off. But I'd rather see Nathan Fillion or Aaron Eckhart get it. Eckhart is in a really good place right now after TDK, if he got this he'd easily become a 'name' actor.
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My first impression was definitely Aaron Eckhart as the best actor available. Matthew Fox wouldn't be totally awful. If you wanted to come from left field then Robert Sean Leonard is still Hollywood's most underestimated talent.
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Casting a 21 Jump St. alum with the star of 90210 might be a stroke of genius!
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Tonto cleverly disgused as a pool table was getting his balls racked. Heidi Montag for Silver!
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So he can call it...wait for it... The Lone Rangers!
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You know he would make an awesome Lone Ranger.
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Old West Batman vs Superman. Which might actually be entertaining.
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How about Russell Crowe???
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jump the shark jump the fridge jump the nuke now jump the horse!?
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casting Robert DeNiro as the Lone Ranger and Al Pacino as Tonto. That would be hilarious.
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or Viggo Mortensen.
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i agree. viggo already played a "ranger". bring him in.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 7:22 p.m. CST
Aren't Tonto and the Ranger close in age? Clooney? Nah!
by Monkey_King
How about an amalgamation of that young Lone Ranger mini-series and that Lone Ranger film from the 80's(the one with the poorly casted Ranger and bad dubbing). The Ranger "did" Tonto's sister, heh heh! Caviezel would be awesome, or Ben Browder.
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But the Clooney/Depp duo could be awesome, too.
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and Hugh Jackman was who I came up with. However, I had also considered Nic Cage if they could find the right hair. Also Nic Cage and Johnny Depp were roommates a million years ago I think, so that'd even be cute. But yeah, my actual choice is Hugh Jackman. I also like the Eckhart and Fillion suggestions. The problem is all day when I was thinking about it, I never really felt like there was a perfect choice. It seemed to me that there is no true Lone Ranger type out there right now.
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This will be the talkback where everyone says "I'm part native american." or "I'm 1/128 Indian".
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...as long as they can work out some deal where The Green Hornet gets to keep his ancestral connection to The Lone Ranger.
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...as the Moustache-Twirling Villain. It could work. <p>(Naturally I'd prefer Ian MacShane, but this IS Disney...)
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Otherwise it will be TLRINO!!!
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We don't need no bobble head Lone Ranger. How about Todd Palin?
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Sorry.
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Perfect as he won't steal any thunder from Depp but will totally own the movie. Really, go with Fillion, look at Firefly for proof. This would have me geek out over the movie.
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unless they sprang from the fucking soil.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 8:59 p.m. CST
I think Vigo Mortensen would make a great Lone Ranger.
by Orbots Commander
I'd love ii if they shot it in an old fashioned John Ford style; every frame should look like those old billboard Marlboro ads. For a taste of that, check out Lawrence Kasdan's great Silverado.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 9:03 p.m. CST
With the Clooney cast they're going for post modern irony.
by Orbots Commander
How lame. Give us a classic action packed western.
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That would be terrible casting...
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bobbing his head down and looking up with his eyes mumbling like he's got day-old oatmeal in his mouth.
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I agree... Don Draper IS the Lone Ranger.
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To the dump to the dump to the dump dump dump. Ha, I kill me. Thank you,you've been a lovely audience, good night.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 9:27 p.m. CST
I must concur that Nathan Fillion is the best choice.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
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Sept. 25, 2008, 9:35 p.m. CST
Look, Fillion is cool but Bruckheimer will never cast him.
by Orbots Commander
He'll want to pick a 'name' actor, or someone on the verge of being a star. That's the MO for all Bruckheimer movies. Actually the Eckhart idea wouldn't be bad either. He's got 'heat', as they say, after Dark Knight.
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I’d love to see an unhinged Lone Ranger almost consumed with revenge for what Butch Cavendish did to him, his brother and the rest of the Texas Rangers who were tracking them down. Tonto would be the force that keeps him rooted in his own sanity – a touch base to the real world. Oh yeah… good stuff. I’m there opening night, no doubt. I hope that it happens.
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Oh yes.
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Sept. 25, 2008, 10:11 p.m. CST
Clooney as Butch Cavendish, but not the masked man.
by TheRealRatigan
Let George subvert all that smirky charm and enjoy the freedom to play a true bastard.<br>I like the idea of Tom Jane playing the Ranger, but they must be aiming A-list for the part if they've already hired Depp as his sidekick -- Depp's marquee appeal will rule the hype; they can't let Tonto steal the movie.<br>...Personally, I'd like nothing more than to see Josh Brolin as the silver bullet slinger.
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You're welcome, Disney.
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That's not bad: Brolin is on the cusp, one good role away from stardom, and Clooney as Cavendish would be friggin' awesome.
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There. Someone had to say it.
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Depp doesn't have to be in fucking everything. I don't think his wearing a bandana in Pirates makes him qualified to play an "injun". Hollywood dumbasses.
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Adam Beach as Tonto, and Aaron Eckhart as the Ranger. You guys who said this above are fucking geniuses.
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The last time I heard that joke I was 6 years old.
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The fact that George Clooney let you suck his dick doesn't mean *he's* gay. It means *you're* gay.
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Wow, that is a great call! I read that name and instantly saw it and just--wow. That is a perfect combo. I can see Brolin depicting a tense bitter vengeful Ranger and Depp counter-balancing with a wise spiritual somewhat enlightened Tonto. They would really look good together on screen. Nice call, TheRealRatigan!
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Good one! But, I wonder how many get that joke? And, actually Spilbury's voice was dubbed by, I believe, Stacy Keach!
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Sept. 26, 2008, 12:29 a.m. CST
Harvey Fierstein as Lone Ranger, Ty Pennington as Tonto...
by RandySavage
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nic cage sucks
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Why not? Who says he has to be white?
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Yes I know it's LONE, but hey...who says he has to be white?
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Who says he has to be tall?
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Who says he can't have big titties?
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Tonto's native American. Tonto's Native American, Kingpin's white, Othello's black and it seems someone in Hollywood forgot the rules of nature. Even the old Lone Ranger shows got that right and that was during the height of television racism.
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Both George Clooney and Johnny Depp are originally from Owensboro, KY.
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He'd be great working with Depp. I like Clooney, but he's too old. Whoever first said Nathan Fillion - very good call!
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Sept. 26, 2008, 3:05 a.m. CST
the first problem the writers will have to deal with
by the podosphere
is how to excuse the very politically incorrect problem of a white dude calling another white dude playing an Indian (feather) "Tonto", which, after all, is a slur.
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Heheheh.
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Now all they need is a really good director (no Verbinski, you can sit down)
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Perhaps, just perhaps, Adam Beach is sick of always playing the American Indian. Let him be an Italian LR.
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Sheesh... I thought we got over this sort of racist "minstrel"-type casting of whites as minorities several years ago. Heck, they even make sure VOICE ACTORS are the same race as their characters nowadays!<p>Just based on the fact that they're screwing over some talented Indian actor out there, who would otherwise be getting this plum role, this film is a wash for me. It's like Jessica Alba's Sue Storm all over again! >:(<p>NEXT time, just hire a damn Native American!!! You already took their lands... you have to take one of the few famous roles made for them, too??? Idiots.
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I posted my suggestion of Adam Beach on the announcement feedback but Eckhart's a great call. If they made Lone Ranger with them then i'd go see it. Have Depp as the villian. He's good at the whole bad-ass thing. Unless he's saving it for Batman 3.
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Sept. 26, 2008, 5:53 a.m. CST
"He played a Space Cowboy, so now he can be a Masked Cowboy!"
by kiddae
Imaginative, folks. And now I'll be a hypocrite and say Josh Brolin is a great idea. "He was in an anti-Western, so now he can be in a PULP-western!" And while we're being ethnically absurd, get Javier Bardem for Tonto.
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Is that what they want this movie to be? A kinda Maverick, family friendly western/action movie?
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Patrick Stewart once had an idea of playing Othello. He would be the lead, Othello would be white, and everyone else would be black. If anyone else suggested it I would have said dumb, but if anyone could have pulled it off it would have been him. I don't know if it was ever actually produced or not.
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You know, I get it. This sounds great. But yet, this is just soo00OO wrong, 'cause Tonto should be American-Indian.
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completely CGI. It worked so well in 'The Incredible Hulk", right?
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Brandon Routh as the Lone Ranger, Kal Penn as Tonto and Kevin Spacey as the land-grabbing villain. Directed by any in-house hack that can squeeze in the shoot between "Hannah Montana" videotapings.... <p>THAT'S about the level of creativity I'm expecting from the Louse House....
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Will he be wearing powder blue tights? <p> Clooney and Depp work as stunt casting if this is a campy homage to the original. <p> IF they plan to take this in a more "realistic" direction (period costumes rather than tights and such), then the cast needs to change.. <p> My vote is for Fillion AND.... Wes Studi...
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I think Depp can play anything convincingly. Lone Ranger...Vigo, maybe? Or if looking for someone younger, Milo whatever his name is from Heroes.
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I have no interest in the Lone Ranger. It's bad enough that an Indian is called Tonto which is your typical Hollywood racist bullshit.
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For me Depp never looks like a grown-up. He always looks like a kid actor.<BR><BR> It they did put Pam Grier in it somewhere I would be a lot more interested. A skin tight powder blue body suit would real good on her. Powder blue body suit with a mask..... I'm going to be thinking about that for a while now....
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they really should have cast an American Indian for the part. They could have gotten the guy from Flags of Our Fathers, he's pretty good. Unless they change the race of the character, I just don't really dig Depp playing and Indian, and even if they do change the race of the character (a white man raised by Indians or something like that) it's still stealing a role from an American Indian actor.
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Seriously, I can imagine this material being interpreted in any number of ways. Will it be "TOMBSTONE", with more laughs and less blood? Will it be "THE VILLAIN" and "BLAZING SADDLES" rolled into one? Will it be "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST" but with more action and humorous dialog? I really want to know! And this flick is (now) permanently on my radar.
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"This just shows Hollywood's blatant disregard for Native Americans - not even paying regard to the correct tribe of the actor. Do you think Choctaw spoke the same language as Algonquins? That the Tuscarora shared anything but the vaguest cultural similarities with the Mandan? Its the 500 nations, biatch! Its insulting - its bigoted - fuck it - its RACIST!!!"
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Let's offer up the usual Bruce Campbell, Nathan Fillion, Patrick Warburton suggestions yet again.<p>That old chestnut never gets old.
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And the budget for your movie will be ... what ... 450,000 dollars? Cuz exactly which banker, at the present moment, sees the name "Nathan Fillion" and "profit" in the same sentence?
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He's a handsome squaw!
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Johnny Depp can classify himself however he wants, but I'll forgive people for identifying someone with a Cherokee GREAT-GRANDMOTHER as White. If you genuinely think casting Johnny Depp is the same as casting a Native American actor, then fair enough. Personally I think it's disingenuous to yell "he's half Cherokee!" whenever it comes up.
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Oh please, not again.
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Clooney and Depp are totally wrong for TLR and Tonto. The 1982 movie stank because the script was crap. Clooney and Depp will screw it up because the'll give it some kind of post modern twist that doesn't fit with the Lone Ranger mythos. Clayton Moore, who played the orgiginal LR back in the '50s-'60s, was about as perfect a LR as you could get. Find an actor like that and you have a winner.
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Ever wonder why The Lone ranger never sticks around for 'thank yous'...Watch this classic Lenny Bruce piece for the hilarious answer. <p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZMTPGc0Z6A <p> Ya know what The Lone Ranger found when he finally looked up "Kemo Sabi" in the Am. Indian to English dictionary? It means HORSE FUCKER!
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...to ruinthe Lone Ranger.
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I've seen several talkbackers tget upset over the very name "Tonto," but why? The name means "Wild One". It's not an insulting name. Calm down, already.
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C'mon, he was robbed when it came to being The Joker.
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He could inject some humor into the movie with that engaging personality of his.
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Shane Meadows directs - it's set in the Midlands and is about two western obssessed unemployed guys who go against a local flamboyantly gay drug dealer called Tommy 'Butch' Cavendish.
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C'mon, you've seen him in Washington, now see him in the Old West. Comedy takeoff, like Zorro the Gay Blade.
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Now THAT sounds like a cool idea. Stewart is bad as hell and reversing things racially is a cooler idea than just casting wrong.
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On paper it looks like perfect casting. Johnny Depp will kick ass as Tonto. Depp is a true genius, and he could play anyone. If he wants to play Native American Indian, he will literally become one. Clooney, however, is sooooooooo overrated as an actor. He did not deserve his Oscar; Depp should have been given the Oscar years ago. I will see the film for Depp, and he will be the star of the Lone Ranger, not Clooney.
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...every character ever created in the history of man and cinema. Dude needs a vacation.
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Depp is part Cherokee.
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Sept. 25, 2009, 6:15 p.m. CST
"How dare they cast a Cherokee for an Apache!!!" by JackRabbitSl
by GalactusZ
Don't be silly. Americans play Germans in WWII movies...and vice-versa. Why not Cherokees playing Apaches?
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None of the leading actors were really Mayan in that movie either...no big deal.
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