Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted May 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2016 Glenn Flesher is older than Andre was when he died, so is Jeff Garlin and both of them are like 6'. It's crazy to suggest a fat, middle aged, normal height guy as Andre the Giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 11, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2016 Â The only other option would be to have a regular bloke do it using camera trickery like they did with Robbie Coltrane in the Harry Potter films. A lot of the Hagrid scenes where he was seen 'in full' on screen wasn't camera trickery at all, instead they had a rugby player called Martin Bayfield in the get up and a truly wonderful model head. It's quite astounding if or when you see it. Â I love Bayfs. I don't really have a point to make other than that. Fine TV presenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted May 11, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2016 Glenn Flesher is older than Andre was when he died, so is Jeff Garlin and both of them are like 6'. It's crazy to suggest a fat, middle aged, normal height guy as Andre the Giant. Exactly! So, Gerrard Depardieu it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2016 I can't think he has the chops to pull something like this off. Big Show does - just needs to fight the urge to do the "Sssshhh" bit beforehand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Glenn Flesher is older than Andre was when he died, so is Jeff Garlin and both of them are like 6'. It's crazy to suggest a fat, middle aged, normal height guy as Andre the Giant. not if you use midgets  Finding a guy nearing 7 feet who is also a competent actor (Flesher is very good) isn't going to be easy. give him some lifts, make the rest of the cast under 5'5 it'll work out fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted May 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2016 That is now a film I have to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Ron Pearlman? or is that too much of a stretch? Got the French, could pull off the look. works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 What does age matter, Andre hardly looked like a young man, he looked, moved and acted like a guy in his 50's from Wrestlemania 1 until he died, which is where he made his mark nationally/certain parts of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 11, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2016 A CGIed to fuck Liev Schreiber. Mainly just because he's ace in everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted May 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2016 Seems people are confusing portraying a wrestler in a Hollywood movie with finding an Andre doppelgänger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 11, 2016 What does age matter, Andre hardly looked like a young man, he looked, moved and acted like a guy in his 50's from Wrestlemania 1 until he died, which is where he made his mark nationally/certain parts of the world. They're not just going to do it about his life in the WWF, though, are they? In his earlier years he was apparently disturbingly agile for a man his size. Â Ron Pearlman's not a bad shout, actually. Might be a bit too grizzled to play youbg Andre though. Maybe they'll get Fassbender to play Samuel Beckett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Boy Mendoza Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Jason Segel ??  He's done it before  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnNLkw5UUfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 As was pointed out by Bicurious Dad in the quirky photos thread - Adam Driver would be a good shout for Young Andre. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted May 13, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2016 For adult Andre.... Pearlman is the one for me, great actor, mental face, and like said previously, just make cam trickery like Robbie. C in Harry Potter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted May 14, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted May 14, 2016 I agree with Perlman. He's actually 66, twenty years older than Andre when he died, but you really wouldn't think it to look at them both. Andre looked old as fuck towards the end. With the right hair and make-up I reckon Ron would look brilliant in the role, he's got the giant face going for him. Â What I don't want to see is somebody that looks nothing like Andre covered in a ton of prosthetics or CGI. You can use all kinds of smoke and mirrors to make somebody look seven foot tall, but it's important that they cast somebody that can capture his expressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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