>>>Please remember how foolish the actors were in The Fountainhead.

The ACTORS weren't foolish; the DIALOGUE was.

That's what happens when a novelist tries to write for the screen. Ayn Rand should never had done the adaptation of her own work.

>>>Ideally, the actor playing John Galt in Atlas Shrugged Part 3 will appear to have jumped right off of the pages of Atlas Shrugged.

The first description of Galt in the novel was something like, "He had a face without fear, or pain, or guilt." Not much to go on in terms of concrete details that a camera can actually photograph.

>>>However, in our quest to find the perfect John Galt, some tough choices may have to be made.

The "tough choices" are called CASTING. Instead of crowd-sourcing for suggestions, can't Aglialoro and Kaslow hire a good casting director? Hollywood has many of them.

>>>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.

You need to find someone who can ACT. You need to find someone who can DIRECT. You need to find someone who can WRITE a compellingly dramatic screenplay.

The idea that the actor must himself be an Objectivist, or have the "sense of life" of one, is stupid and absurd.

I can see by this very question that the Atlas Shrugged production team is continuing its fine tradition of doing everything in as unprofessional a way as possible.

Among other things, the question tells me that the team hasn't a clue as to how to make Galt convincing and interesting on the screen, especially when it comes time for the Big Speech. The question itself makes me highly doubtful that the screenwriting is coming along as smoothly as some claim.