Let's cast neuromancer (again)

[André]

This is being done for ages on any William Gibson forum.
Lets do it again.

[Liz]

Last editied January of 2014. GoodReads calls this thread "new."

Well, on the off-chance anyone ever comes back to read it, here's my two cents.

Case and Molly are very unique in their backstories and motives, but in terms of personality, I think they're conventional enough that many mainstream actors and actresses could pull them off.

All the ones I used to "cast" in these fan castings are probably too old by now, though. So assuming we were to cast the movie today...

CASE:

Ryan Gosling would be my choice. After seeing him in "Gangster Squad," "The Nice Guys," and "Blade Runner," I've forgiven him for "the Notebook," and think he's a fantastic actor.

MOLLY:

Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) could pull off Molly fairly well. Anne Hathaway may still work too. (I used her for the photoshop Molly in my current avatar--actually, I made that image the same year you made this thread!) And of course, Charlize Theron can play anything; she'd make a great Molly.

But please, PLEASE, for the love of f*ck, NOT Scarlett Johanson. She used to be a fine actress, but now I'm sick and tired of seeing her in EVERYTHING. I can't see her characters as characters anymore; I just see Scarlett Johanson. If they cast her, both Molly and "Neuromancer" would be lost, and it would just be another Scarlett Johanson movie.

PETER RIVIERA:
David Bowie would've been perfect (sigh.) Gillian Murphy would be my next choice.

ARMITAGE:
I vote Rudger Hauer.

THE FINN:
I've changed my mind on this one a LOT. I used to "cast" him as Michael Keaton, then later as Steve Buscemi. Now I'm leaning towards Clint Howard, or Jackie Earl Hayley (as one artist on DeviantArt drew him). Arman Shimmerman (Quark from DS9) was also always an option for me.

LINDA LEE:

Kristen Stewart; joking aside, she could pull of a depressed druggie pretty decently. Don't judge her by "Twilight;" she was fine in "Snow White and the Huntsman," and my sister thought she was quite good in "Speak" (in which she also played a girl with a very sad story). She also played Joan Jett, and while I haven't seen that movie, my friend said she was very good in it, and just looking at pictures, I'm now convinced Stewart could at least pull of Linda Lee physically.

LADY 3JANE:

On the subject of "Twilight," Dakota Fanning might work for this messed up little entity of a character. Unless they want someone French. In which case.... maybe Astrid Berges Frisbe (the mermaid from the forth POTC movie). Post-"Black Swan" Natalie Portman could also plausibly pull of the deranged diva 3Jane.

MAELCUM (or however it's spelled)
This guy always bored me. He's a bland racial caricature of a Jamaican, and I'd say it's as good a time as any to toss in some goofy rapper for a cameo. Any rapper would work. Well, maybe not Eminem.

LOONEY ZONE:
This could also be a rapper, like Snoop Dogg. Otherwise, Pewee Herman might be ripe for a cameo here; a creepy stoner pervert would be right up his alley. (No offense to the actor as a person; I'm talking about his onscreen persona.)

RATZ:
Ron Jeremy. Because he'd be perfect. And it would be the perfect cameo.