Top 5: Anthropomorphic Comic Character Casting Choices That Just Make Sense

5. Ken Watanabe as Usagi Yojimbo

 

4. Elias Koteas as Rocket Raccoon

 

3. Chiwetel Ejiofor as Blacksad

 

2. Mandy Patinkin as Cerebus

 

1. James Corden as Owly

Comments

  1. Perfect. No further explanations required.

  2. stuclach stuclach says:

    My name is Inigo Montoya…

  3. OttoBott OttoBott says:

    5-2 are inspired (especially Patinkin as Cerebus). I…don’t know who James Corden is, but he looks the part at least.

    For all of these roles, instead of CG, I hope they dress them up in costumes and face paint, ala The Chronicles of Narnia when the BBC did it. 

  4. Hornhead Hornhead says:

    Lol so much at Smithy being Owly :D

  5. JMann says:

    You, sir, have an eye for casting.
    Howabout casting the ifanboy crew with cartoon/comic book characters?

  6. CatEyedFox CatEyedFox says:

    @OttoBot Yes! I was just trying to explain the beauty and simplicity of the BBC Chronicles of Narnia to someone yesterday and they could not understand why I almost prefer that to CGI.  Wasn’t even a kid!

  7. RazorEdge757 RazorEdge757 says:

    I loved Chiwetel Ejiofor  Serenity and Inside Man. And the  Elias Koteas  choice was absolutely inspired. 

  8. Dave Sim has often said that, in his head, Cerebus sounds like George C. Scott. He needs a grizzled, crackly voice, so Mandy Patinkin makes perfect sense. Good choices all round.

  9. Goaduk Goaduk says:

    You have James Corden in America, apoligies on behalf of all English people, he is the unfunniest sack of lard currently on the box.

  10. Ali Colluccio WonderAli (@WonderAli) says:

    Chiwetel Ejiofor should be in everything.

  11. How ’bout Gorilla Grodd?

  12. Paul Montgomery PaulMontgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:

    I don’t think he’d be very convincing in any of these roles, to be honest. 

  13. Heroville Heroville says:

    Really? I always saw Idris Elba as Blacksad

  14. ActualButt ActualButt says:

    Just watched TMNT last night. Elias Koteas should definitely be the voice of Rocket!

  15. Paul Montgomery PaulMontgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:

    @Heroville  Yes. Really. I have spoken. 

  16. Heroville Heroville says:

    @PaulMontgomery  I should’ve never gotten you that Galactus chair for your birthday.

  17. OttoBott OttoBott says:

    @CatEyedFox  I know, right? I’d prefer animatronics and face paint over CG in quite a few cases, honestly. I dunno if we’ll ever beat the uncanny valley.

  18. ShonenRafa77 ShonenRafa77 says:

    Ken Watanabe as Usagi YESSSSS!!!!! :D

  19. Kodaiji Kodaiji says:

    I came in here thinking there would be a few stretches, even without knowing which characters you had chosen, but I can’t argue with any of those choices. Hope you get work as a casting director to supplement your iFanboy income (if they even pay you!).

  20. Dumeer Dumeer says:

    I could see Jeffery Dean Morgan as Cerebus.

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