Films with the most surreal cast

[ultimo the great]

This new Street Fighter film is......something

• Andrew Koji as Ryu
• Noah Centineo as Ken Masters
• Cody Rhodes as Guile
• Jason Momoa as Blanka
• Roman Reigns as Akuma
• Callina Liang as Chun-Li
• 50 Cent as Balrog
• Orville Peck as Vega
• Andrew Schulz as Dan
• David Dastmalchian as M. Bison

and now

 

Edited July 11, 2025 by ultimo the great

[Carbomb]

Ugh. Andrew Schultz shouldn't be in anything, the fucking edgelord cockend. 

Roman Reigns as Akuma is a choice. Seems a bit too young to play him. Would've gone for someone like Sanada, Fishburne or Ejiofor.

[Onyx2]

On 7/7/2025 at 1:42 AM, ultimo the great said:

Billy Boyd

On 7/7/2025 at 1:42 AM, ultimo the great said:

Christopher Lloyd

You've gotta have a system.

[Merzbow]

It's 100% stunt casting with no real deep thought, all done for social media clicks rather than actually crafting a good film.

Edited July 11, 2025 by Merzbow

[Jazzy G]

They're going to struggle to top the Street Fighter 2 Anime movie which inexplicably had Korn and Stone Temple Pilots on the western soundtrack. 

The Alpha movie is worth a mention because Dan turns up in it, but it's not as good. The anime they released alongside Street Fighter 4 was decent. 

[organizedkaos]

Always glad to see Andrew Koji in (i think?) leading roles after watching the very under appreciated Warrior 

Although Im assuming Noah Centineo is the real lead so watch as Rya dies in the cold open to setup stakes

[Devon Malcolm]

Callina Liang was really good in Presence.

I will still not watch this movie.

[Statto]

6 hours ago, Merzbow said:

It's 100% stunt casting with no real deep thought, all done for social media clicks rather than actually crafting a good film.

Several of the castings seem to be on that basis that people always fancast stuff on social media, i.e. just pick the celebrity I think most resembles the way the character looks in the source material, regardless of whether they are in any other way suited for the role.

[SuperBacon]

Not sure it's the most surreal, but that's quite the 3 names on the poster. Rose Byrne, Conan O'Brien and ASAP Rocky.

[Devon Malcolm]

 

[SuperBacon]

Sounds absolutely awful. I'm in!

[Jazzy G]

I'm watching this episode of Colombo right now where Robert Vaughan is the killer Patrick McNee is the captain of the cruise ship upon which the murder takes place that Mrs Colombo (not Kate Mulgrew) had won a prize in, and Dean Stockwell (Al Calavicci from off of out of Quantum Leap) as the victim's lover. He's got a cracking moustache going on as well to try and look different from the first series episode where he's the killer. Colombo obviously knows it's Robert Vaughan before he even meets him. 

[davertfnewman]

There's a great Whicker's World episode on iPlayer about racial unrest at the time of the 93rd annual Kentucky Derby in 1967 and it has this amazing sequence of cameos that make perfect sense but are surprising nonetheless for being iconic. Here's CASSIUS CLAY! A visit from a tired-looking but triumphant Dr. Martin Luther King. Colonel Harland Sanders showing up to eat some burgoo.

[gmoney]

Crazy Six (1998)

Rob Lowe 

Mario Van Peebles 

Ice-T 

Burt Reynolds (or just "Burt" on the poster which really made me laugh)

I've heard from a reliable source that this is really shit, but I think I might have to seek it out anyway. 

EDIT: actually the rest of their names are in dark red (pointed out to my by my missus). Horrible poster design. 

Edited February 27 by gmoney

[Carbomb]

2 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Crazy Six (1998)

Rob Lowe 

Mario Van Peebles 

Ice-T 

Burt Reynolds (or just "Burt" on the poster which really made me laugh)

I've heard from a reliable source that this is really shit, but I think I might have to seek it out anyway. 

It says "Reynolds" under "Burt", it's just not easily visible.