Welcome to The Live Action That Can Never Be (long name, I know, nothing shorter had the right ring to it), where I'll take various books/anime/etc, and attempt to cast characters. Insanity might ensue, but it will be fun insanity. My first series to be dream cast shall be the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa.
Any of you who are unfamiliar with the series should probably familiarize yourself with it, as it is awesome. To get to the basics, in Fullmetal Alchemist, alchemy both works and is incredibly badass. In fact, it is humanity's most advanced science, and from it, we are able to have neat things like carbon fiber reinforcement in the middle of the 1920's. So go read the manga, or watch the anime series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, because it will change your life.
And now for casting: Note: I will often have only one actor listed, due to the fact that casting these people is HARD. Second note: I honestly can't think of how to cast Alphonse, so I'm just going to have to leave him off.
Edward Elric: Our fifteen year-old protagonist who has a prosthetic arm and leg, and can perform alchemy without a circle. He is quite short, standing at around 5-foot-nothing, and is quite sensitive about it.
Jack Gleeson: Also known as the "Little Boy" from Batman Begins (that's actually the character's official name). As seen in this picture, he is also performing in an upcoming HBO series called Game Of Thrones.From what I have seen of Jack in Game of Thrones, this kid can definitely act. Just have him grow out his hair, and he would be the spitting image of Ed. One tiny hiccup is that this kid is actually quite tall, so heavy uses of perspective would have to be used. But hey, if they could make 5'10 Elijah Wood look 4 feet tall, they can do anything.
Hohenheim/Father: Talk about evil twins. Hohenheim is Edward's father, and Father is the creator of the homunculi, and looks just like him, due to using Hohenheim's body as a template for his own. Creepy, right?
Anthony Hopkins: Has been in everything, so if you don't recognize him, then shame on you.Okay, true, he doesn't have golden hair like Hohenheim is supposed to, but come on. He was Elena's father in Mask of Zorro, so we know he can pull off a father-figure, he was Abraham Van Helsing, so we know he can be a monster-fighting badass, and he was Hannibal freaking Lecter, so he can most definitely pull off Father. Honestly, I think he's more suited for Father than Hohenheim, but he could do both of them.
Liam Neeson: Again, if you don't know him, you're living under a rock.Now, Liam Neeson can probably do the golden hair, and the awesome beard. Other than Batman Begins, I really haven't seen him as a bad guy. I think that he's more suited for Hohenheim than Father. *sigh* If only we could have LIam Neeson as Hohenheim and Anthony Hopkins as Father, but they need to be the same actor. However, I do think that Neeson could do Father, and he could definitely be an extremely badass Hohenheim.
So next post, I'll do Roy and some of the military, which will likely be split into several posts. And, yes, I know, I tend to use the word badass with occasionally annoying frequency, for which I apologize in advance.
