The Rock to play Fenix in Gears film? Comments by Robert Purchese

No Rock, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, DON'T TOUCH IT.

I hope he doesn't get the role, if only because I'll be shouting his wrestling quotes every time he stomps a locust.

Oh no! I was hoping they choose Mickey Rourke.

I thought Fenix was more of a redneck.

bad Chris Morgan, think about what youre saying, no more casting control for you

Damn. He sucks.

Mickey Rourke would be much better!

The Rock = Generic Action FIlm 54

i always thought marcus fenix was white?

Yeah, and I'm the genuine pope, shitting in the genuine woods.

We're all DOOOOOOMED!

;_;

The only guy for Marcus is 1980's Berenger.

Surely if you are going to go by the wrestler motive - wouldnt Batista be better? He actually looks like Marcus Fenix

I think The Rock is actually a pretty good actor when he gets the right part, he was great in The Rundown and Southland Tales. Don't like him in generic action roles though.

Yup

Southland Tales was bollocks.

I like the Rock, I think he's quite charismatic.

What about someone like Ron Perlman as Fenix?

He could be one of the actors. Not Fenix though. Batista would be perfect. He isnt an actor though.

Ffs, Rock isn't an actor either.

I thought the Doom film was pretty good!

Neither's the guy who voiced Fenix in the game, as far as I can tell...

You've all forgot the inverted commas around "The Rock"... and also the ones around "actor".

Getting pretty tired of them doing sh*tty film versions of games. Was hopeful this one would be different.

The Rock was good in Southland Tales.

That is all.

"Batista would be perfect. He isnt an actor though."

erm.. all american wrestlers are actors!
You don't actually think the crazy shit they do is real do you?

Edit: but I should add that they aren't particularly good actors, not even the rock.

Hey the Rock rocks. Everyone knows he's the new Arnie.

I thought The Rock was excellent in Be Cool. He really surprised me.

oh i found this after my last post:

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/gears_...

He's even got the goatee and sideburns! :P

Seems i'm not the only one to think of Perlman :)

Just to let you know, Marcus Fenix is also Bender from Futurama.

Massive pile of rancid shit.

Both Gears games have an 18 certificate. I'll bet both of my sizable balls that the film ends up with a 12 certificate.

Anyone at all interested in this is a cunt, 13 years of age or both.

"erm.. all american wrestlers are actors!
You don't actually think the crazy shit they do is real do you? "

Yes and no :). They are actors, patently. They do put on a choreographed, exaggerated show (it's not like you can repeatedly stamp on someone's throat and they'll be fine afterwards). On the other hand, people get seriously hurt doing it although it's not part of the script.

The Rock?... Problem with that is... he's TOO good for Marcus Fenix. The Rock has charisma. Fenix has no Charisma. They need someone who is way more deadpan.

As much as I like the Rock, he's no Marcus Fenix. It's all about Dominic Purcell!

Jack Dee?

thats Gears of War movie crossed off my list to see

@asphaltcowboy

With CGI muscles then? No thanks.

The rock is fucking awesome! When he has good roles, he plays them very well, when he has bad roles, he plays them shite. But that's even better as I like B-films a lot more than all the big budget crap.

CAN U SMELL wat the rock shouldn't be doing

"I thought the Doom film was pretty good!"

And dirt cheap as well

Eric Bana?

Shit I'll just fortget about it, something remotely resembling a proper movie is wishfull thinking, as it would fail miserably at the box office (thinks about Ang Lee's Hulk).

Ang Lee's Hulk var horrible, no matter how you look at it.

I think the rock could be good as Dom but Marcus Fenix? NO WAY! Purcell would be a better choice for the role i guess...

'Geniune actor'? I guess my definition of a geniune actor is a little different than the screenwriter's.

While I understand Hollywood's fear of casting unknown actors because of a possible loss of ticket sales, I'm surprised The Rock is considered any kind of guarantee of extra sales. If you think of some of the best movies ever made, or some of your favourites, they often feature many unknown actors, or who are now big stars in their first roles. Beyond the script, the biggest influence in a movie being half decent is the director. This film, as with all movies needs an excellent director. One who can steer this in a better direction than we've seen from past game movies. It's hard to imagine, but there's no reason why Star Wars, The Godfather, Alien, whatever movie you consider excellent, could have been based on a game. Sadly with Hollywood cashing in, rather than attempting to treat a game movie with any respect or care, we've always ended up with generally bad, or average at best, action films.

Whether the director is a relatively unknown as was the case with Ridley Scott taking on Alien, or Spielburg doing Jaws, or is an already proven director, this will ultimately decide the final state of what appears on screen. A good director won't be afraid to find unknown actors, assuming whoever's producing this doesn't get in the way. While I admit I've never played or have any interest in the Gears games, I'm sick of seeing games turned into second rate movies. For the fans of this game I hope Gears of War is treated better than past attempts to cash in on your love for the game. If comic book character films can attract some decent talent and end up good, there's no excuse for game-based movies not reaching the same standards. It's time game based movies stopped being the lowest of the low, forget the past and become half decent films in their own right.

Let's just hope the screenwriter's better at writing than he is advising on actors, for a start. Every good movie starts with a good script!

@ Olemak: I did it with my eyes, and I liked it a lot. No..., really, I understand it was never meant to be everybody's cup of tea, you have to be looking/hoping for something more "humanized" when you dig a movie about a super hero which features *no vilain*, I thought it was a pretty bold move, and just loved the cinematography.
No patronizing here, I also liked Sam Raimi's Spidey's which is a total diferent aproach - so no trying to play the smart dude, I just thought it worked, it is a good movie. IMO.

The Rock was beyond awful in the equally bad Doom movie and was merely passable in the Scorpion King so it seems to be that the producers want him for his "star attraction" (ahem) rather than his acting *talents*. Hopefully the movie will be so action-packed like the games that no-one will notice the lack of decent acting. Still, he's a poor choice IMO since he looks absolutely NOTHING like Marcus Fenix as depicted in the games.

As others have said Purcell from Prison Break would be a far better choice. At least he CAN act and looks reasonably like Fenix. With Prison Break ending soon he'd definitely be free.

Definately Dominic Purcell.

Familiar enough to catch on....

Not too famous to make you think of the actor playing Marcus, rather than Marcus himself.

And looks A LOT like him.

/yay!

lol at that pic of Dom Purcell. I didn't recognise him with hair.

Shame he is no longer with us

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/imag...

Born to play Marcus Fenix.

Chuck Wagner would suit the role down to a tee.

"Shame he is no longer with us

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/imag...

Born to play Marcus Fenix. "


Oooh I say! LOCUSTS! Awful creatures. Bloody well slice them up wit' me chainsaw!