FF8 movie...

[Breine]

I saw a thread like this in the FF7 forum, and I wanted to make on like it in here... so here goes:

If FF8 was going to the Big-screen who would you cast to play the characters?


Squall Jared Leto, maybe?
Rinoa I'm not sure, but Winona Ryder looks a little like Rinoa. Or maybe Matsu... Rinoa is actually based on her...
Quistis Sarah Michelle Gellar...
Zell Don't know, help!
Irvine Colin Farrell (with long and blond/red hair)
Selphie Natasha Gregson Wagner...
Seifer Jude Law.
Laguna Don't know, help!
Kiros Don't know, help!
Ward Don't know, help!
Edea Courteny Cox has the looks.
Cid Don't know, help!
Raijin Don't know, help!
Fujin Ling Bai (with silver hair)
Ellone Don't know, help!



If there is an actor/actress you don't know then just look him/her up on www.imdb.com OR you can go to www.google.com and search for their picture...

[~*Crystal*~]

Squall : Gakt (although I don't like him)
Rinoa : Yeah, that's a good choice (the 2nd one)
Quistis: Rebecca Demornay younger, or Tara Reid
Zell: Sean William Scott blond
Irvine: Leonardo DiCaprio in a ponytail Hehe, just kiddin'...
Selphie: Good 1!
Seifer: Keifer Sutherland younger
Laguna: -
Kiros: -
Ward: Michael Clarke Duncan white!
Cid: Robin Williams
Edea: Angelina Jolie. Before you stone me (!) , think: The long black hair, the eyes, the lips, the demented look...
Raijin: -
Fujin: Yeah, maybe...
Ellone: Rachel Leigh Cook

[ShivaBlizzard8]

Personally, I think that if FF8 were made into an actual movie, it would be better with newer, unknown actors rather than a cast of established stars, wouldn't you? But just for laughs, here goes, look-alike pics and all:

Squall: A young Johnny Depp
http://www.tookaa.com/lovey/johnny_depp.jpg

Rinoa: Jacqueline Kim
http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/grf/kim.jpg

Quistis: Julia Stiles
http://www.vegecelebrites.com/images...s/jstiles2.jpg

Seifer: A younger Robert Duncan McNeil
http://greatdayamerica.com/chefharry...s/mcneil06.jpg

Irvine: "Thelma and Louise" - aged Brad Pitt
http://www.posterplanet.net/pictures/images/Bp1c3.jpg

Selphie: Ashley Judd
http://www.visual-makeover.com/images/celebs/judd.jpg

Cid Kramer: Robin Williams
http://www.russiannation.com/channel...1035299334.jpg

Edea Kramer: Liv Tyler
http://cinezone.com/zone/2/1998/1607..._tyler_liv.jpg

Ellone: Danica McKellar
(see attachment below)

Fujin: Selma Blair
http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/...nscecille1.jpg

Zell: Seann Willam Scott
http://www.all-male-stars.i12.com/Wi...cott/Seann.jpg

[Mr. Graves]

It would have to have all Japanese actors.

[Doomgaze]

Why? No one said that it would be a Japanese movie, and only a few characters in FF8 look even remotely Japanese.

[ShivaBlizzard8]

*agrees*
Considering Square has pretty much bailed on the movie-making business, it could very easily sell the rights of the game's story to an American production company.

[Mr. Graves]

Well, yes, they could sell the storyline. But, it would probably come off just like the Mortal Kombat movies; special effects will probably be sub-par. Not saying that a movie adaptation would be terrible, just that for hollywood to be at the helm, It wouldn't be the best. I think most FF adaptations would be best as anime series, feel free to disagree though.

I think that cast is pretty bad, no offense. Ashley Judd is waaay to old to play a teenage girl. Seann Scott is too skinny for Zell, and someone tall and thin would be best for Irvine. But, I'm thinking it as the movie being as true to the game as possible, so...yeah. And the character facild designs look a bit japanese, hence the comment about the movie featuring all japanese actors. But like I said, a movie adaptation should strive to be as true to the source material as possible.

[Doomgaze]

"But like I said, a movie adaptation should strive to be as true to the source material as possible."

No, that would make an AWFUL movie. It's called "adaption" for a reason.

[ShivaBlizzard8]

I think that cast is pretty bad, no offense. Ashley Judd is waaay to old to play a teenage girl. Seann Scott is too skinny for Zell, and someone tall and thin would be best for Irvine. But, I'm thinking it as the movie being as true to the game as possible, so...yeah.

None taken - in fact, I agree with you. As I mentioned in my earlier post, if a live-action movie was actually made of FF8 (or any FF for that matter), I think it would be most successful with a cast of mostly young, unknown actors rather than an established Hollywood-ized cast. The original Star Wars is a good example - no one in that film was cast for their box-office draw, and as a result audiences went to see the characters rather than the actors who played them.
That said, however, I believe the point of this thread was more for fun than for a serious casting call, so I named stars most people would recognize who look somewhat like the FF8 characters, so that someone might get a kick out of imagining them in that role, not because I'd necesscarily reccomend them for the part, although that pic of Brad Pitt actually does scream Irvine at me. Also, I recommended that most of these stars should be the "younger" versions of themselves because they are too old now to play teens (Ashley Judd being one of them), but they were young enough at the start of their careers.

[Ryethe]

LOL at the Robin Williams suggestion.

When I first saw Cid I was like "Holy mother of god, that's Robin Williams!"

[Leia]

Originally posted by ShivaBlizzard8
Cid Kramer: Robin Williams
http://www.russiannation.com/channel...1035299334.jpg

lol! Robin Williams as Cid Kramer is just brilliant! He'd be good at it I reckon and there is a certain similarity between the two! Just think of him in Cid's headmaster clothes!

[final_azure]

Actually it should be done like the Spirits within movie instead of it being a real life one...because if you think about it... you have the Gardens, the GF's, the monsters[dragons, and other weird stuff] and you have these really high tech Galbadia stuff...and you have Esthar and their barrier...your talking about like more than $100 million worth of lights, props, and the actors to play it...so if we made it like the animated one it would be cheaper and have a better see to it. What i think they should do for the movie biz on FF is to make different movies than sequels like the game...It would make it more interesting and make the people want more...but then make sequels to cover up for the loose ends like LOTR-or like Star Wars...so if ya think about it it would be a better idea...Just IM me on AIM---coronazure.................................the audience is watching........................................................................... : : :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2

[plastikkat]

Zell should be mike tyson, you know thats why he got that tattoo

[final_azure]

well like i said...instead of real people we could make it an animated...so mike tyson could put moves for Zell like make them look really cool...or Jet Li because...well he can do a lot of good shiz...!!!!

[IamTidus]

I think that Squall could be played but Ryder Strong He's the guy who played Shawn Hunter on Boy meets world That's all that I got.