Anyone else concerned about the casting going on for the upcoming "G.I. Joe" movie? This week we learned Marlon Wayans has signed on to play team leader Ripcord. WHAA???!??!
Marlon Wayans?!?! The guy who has co-starred in "Norbit," "Little Man," "White Chicks" and the "Scary Movie" franchise? Why not add Jean Claude Van Damme to the team too? Or just lure Sgt. Slaughter out of retirement.
I was already worried about this project when I heard they cast a stunt man (Ray Park, AKA 'Darth Maul' from Star Wars: Episode One) as Snake Eyes.
But at least that role calls for a guy who doesn't say anything and wears a mask. So as long as the guy in the outfit can believably beat the crap out of Cobra guys, it's all good. And Park is a legitimately bad dude.
And please don't say, wait he was great in "Requiem For A Dream." Sure, he was. But that was eight years ago! What kind of serious work has he done since then? What about action movies?
I do like the news that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is also in talks to join the cast, and Sienna Miller as The Baroness is inspired casting. But any more questionable actor hirings will make 80s nostalgia-loving fanboys like myself remix the classic cartoon's catchphrase and say "NO, JOE!"
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