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ASP3: This is John Galt

Posted by sdesapio 10 years, 11 months ago to Entertainment
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Ideally, the actor playing John Galt in Atlas Shrugged Part 3 will appear to have jumped right off of the pages of Atlas Shrugged. However, in our quest to find the perfect John Galt, some tough choices may have to be made. That's where you come in.

If you had to choose, which would you consider the number one priority in casting John Galt?

A. As long as the actor looks and acts like John Galt, I don't care what his personal beliefs are.
B. The actor needs to possess a deep understanding of, and passion for, Ayn Rand's ideas first and foremost.

Leave your answer in the comments below.

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  • Posted by $ Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So you're looking for a nutcase atheist instead of a nutcase Christian. Gotcha...
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I loved Taylor and Grant as Dagny and Hank... until I saw part 2. Then I thought Jason Beghe better fit the self-made steel magnate look, and Samantha Mathis' desperation as Dagny I thought perfect.

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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have to say... I listen to ASp1 and 2 at work a lot... and every time I get to the scream, I get this ornery little smile as everyone around stares at me...
    I wanted to make that my ringtone...
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He's put on weight since leaving Serenity.

    Adam Baldwin as Ragnar? I can see it...
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Okay then...

    Elijah Wood or Sean Astin as John Galt.
    Jon Favreau, maybe...
    McCaulay Culkin as Ragnar...
    Josh Hutcherson as Galt, with AnnaSophia Robb as Dagny.
    Viggo Mortensen as Ragnar? (can't recall.... but "...sen" is Norwegian, and "...son" is Swedish... or vice versa. Anyway, it's a Scandinavian thing.)

    If we're going to "go back in time" to get actors when they were appropriate age, there's only one choice.... Mel Gibson.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOuNMFXb...

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  • Posted by rlewellen 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Kurt Russel, I like that. I can see him working on a machine or on a railroad. I can hear him giving John Galts speech a lot of realism.
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  • Posted by rlewellen 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't see Cage. It is not a matter of looks it's is a man that is in control one that walks in the room and heads turn not because of his hot body and good looks but because he exudes confidence, and strength.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    " 'Profit', ma'am depends on what it is you're after." - Jeff Allen, Atlas Shrugged
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hugh Jackman = Ragnar. (wonder how he'd look as a strawberry blond?...)
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Anti-Catholic propaganda? (and I say that as a protestant).

    Hm... What about Nicolas Cage? He's great in most everything he's done, but especially National Treasure.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZK2CF3m...

    And if they have to replace Dagny, I could live with Diane Kruger in the role.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hank DID do that. IIRC, Hank also started out "working class" (a term I deplore).
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And we has a winner!

    (I gave you a point for this)

    This is why I still want D.B. Sweeney for Galt.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, let's not go there.
    Throughout the story Dagny has been shown to have character, and y'all want to portray her as a faithless whore on the hunt for the most alpha male. Well, what the hell. That's what Rand did in the book, so why not?

    Maybe we can add on to the story, so that Galt gets cancer from exposure to radiation or something, and as he's getting sicker and weaker, she runs and finds herself *another* alpha male to give herself to.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    D.B. Sweeney.

    They took Jason Beghe away, they'll probably take Kim Rhodes and Samantha Mathis away... I want D.B. Sweeney as Galt.
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  • Posted by rlewellen 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Mr Walsh that wasn't flamboyance in Francisco that was sensuality. I thought of Fransisco as working class able to fit in. I agree with some of what you said about working class. I don't see Toby Mac Guire.
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