On previous installments of Casting Couch, we took a look at some personal casting choices for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li and Gears of War: The Movie. On this edition, Chris Iaquinta and I will be highlighting Left 4 Dead, the feel good game of the year that royally screws a quartet of survivors (Francis, Zoey, Louis, and Bill) by forcing them to survive against the junior varsity track zombie horde from 28 Days Later; minus Cillian Murphy’s junk.
Survivors:
Bill - Sam Elliot
Louis - Mos Def
Francis - Chuck Liddell
Zoey - Rose Byrne
Infected:
Boomer - Nick Frost
Smoker - Steve Buscemi
Tank - Andy Serkis (CGI)
Witch - Mageina Tovah
Hunter - Phil “The Unabomber” Laak
Now that you’ve seen the list, who would you like to see for these roles?
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 am
Maybe if I imagined Zoey as Rose Byrne, I would try harder to keep her alive.
This is a great article; a lot of good choices, Clare!
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 am
Wow, some excellent choices! I don’t think there’s one there that I would change.
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 am
Dredging through my old Pro Wrasslin’ watching days, here’s a wrasslin’ themed list:
Survivors:
Bill - the modern day, white haired Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage (there’s a pic at tmz.com)
Louis - Jonathan ‘Coach’ Coachman
Francis - ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin
Zoey - Victoria
Infected:
Boomer - King Kong Bundy
Smoker - Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts
Tank - the Barbarian (that was one big ass ‘roided up dude)
Witch - Elizabeth ‘Miss Elizabeth’ Hewlette ’cause…well…she’s dead and thus is perfect for the role!
Hunter - Vampiro
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 am
What a great idea for a casting couch, can’t believe someone at IGN didn’t think this one up already. Way to go Cappo!
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:05 am
I like this casting, but maybe Broc Lesner instead of Andy Serkis for the Tank. I know Andy’s good at CG acting, but that means you could cast him for just about any movie. Stop being lazy, Clare.. quite frankly, I’m surprised.
Also I think Gwyneth Paltrow would make a good witch too, that chick is always blubbering on about some sh*t or another.
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I don’t know… I think Witch kinda looks like one of the Olsen Twins…
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
I would have gone with Christian Bale from a la The Machinist for the Hunter.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Perfect choices! I agree with all of them!
March 10th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Lol! Nice pics, but how hard was it to pick some old dude, a black guy, a lady friend, and a biker? ;D
October 20th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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