Why He’s Perfect: With director Tony Gilroy keen to distinguish between his lead and Jason Bourne, it might be that he opts to focus on a significantly younger character this time around. Perhaps we’ll see the Treadstone recruitment process in its early stages, rather than in woozy flashback?
If so, Chris Pine’s cocky, fresh-faced persona might provide a good template by which to show the gradual de-humanising process imposed by the Treadstone bigwigs on their super-soldiers. Watching him go from bluff wisecracks to neck-snapping assassinations would be interesting. However, the fact that he’s already playing Jack Ryan in upcoming thriller Moscow, means it’s sadly unlikely to happen. Unless they go for an inter-franchise tie-up…
Essential Scene: We want to see the precise moment that Treadstone enter his life. Do they have talent scouts, or what?
But if Pine can’t do it…
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Hadouken76
Nov 17th 2010, 10:15
If Bourne isnt returning why would you cast him?
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koolerking
Nov 18th 2010, 0:28
Seriously, f**ing Wahlberg?? How couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag!
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gonzoBen
Nov 18th 2010, 10:10
There is a massive Hardy bandwagon at the moment... and in his case, it's fully justified. You could liken him to Bale, pre-Salvation. Stay in the thickets Tom. Franchise gonna get ya else.
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Angeline
Nov 18th 2010, 13:02
I don't get the Hardy craze. I like the idea of Pine taking over the franchise, he'd have been a natural fit but he's been nabbed elsewhere. Pity. James Franco as the lead in the Bourne franchise? Hopefully not. He's cool but he's not that cool. But someone who is cool, if a little young-ish, is Joseph Gordon Levitt. After his performance in Inception, is there anyone who doesn't think he would be mega wicked in an action franchise? He could kick a*s and still bring the measure of depth and complexity required to flesh out any Bourne replacement. He'd be gold.
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Twincapersred
Nov 19th 2010, 1:07
Personally I think there should be a major twist- I would pick Franco out of the rogues listed-mostly because I think he could really go insane-totally loose it I'd go complete left-field for his chick sidekick wing I'd say Christina Hendricks, she's done a little action and as of yet the girls in these movies aren't required to do much of any fighting anyway, she's got something cold and lonely to her acting a perfect match for a spy gone off the rails. For the twist and to insure a second film the movie end with her and Franco walking into a house-cut to treadstone underling saying to the boss,"we have confirmation the sleeper is with (insert name)" I mean why no girl spies? Not as physically strong yes, But what if him having to kill her in the next movie makes him go on a rampage? Or maybe he has to torture her into telling him info?
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