Those of you who tuned in to “Burn Notice” because of Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell hopefully took notice of the lead actor, Jeffrey Donovan, as one-man wrecking crew and super-suave spy Michael Westen. Dillahunt has done all of those things already on television, I’m pretty sure. Michael is somehow natural in a ski parka robbing a Fargo-like betting bunker with an assault rifle, playing tennis in the ritzy suburbs, or infiltrating a military facility and stealing biological weapons. What’s more, Dillahunt has the versatility required to play the most stylistically fluid of the three protagonists. Now, brilliant character actor and all-around hardass Garret Dillahunt is believable as both the family man he was on “Raising Hope” for four seasons and the unstoppable violence machine he’s been continually called for by “Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles” and “Deadwood,” among others. Blonde hasn’t exactly aged like Bruce Willis, and it’s a pretty tall order to ask him to pull on a wetsuit and get into fistfights with men half his age (which is pushing 60). Sure, in a perfect world, Michael would be played by Michael Madsen… circa 1995 or so.
Well, just so we have a view from both angles, here’s who Hollywood would cast and who really should be cast according to my brain. While GTA has the latter in spades, what kind of cast would make the GTA V story pop on the big screen? But ask a Hollywood executive, and you’ll be told the hard truth that no film is greenlit without a bankable cast and a built-in fanbase. The motion capture and voice acting was great, and the actors who portrayed our despicable avatars pulled off a huge win for the gaming community by bringing a spectacle that rivaled any crime film cast of 2013. Now, it’s obvious to gamers and those of us who hold a fondness for actors at heart: the best way to cast a film out of GTA V is to simply leave it as is.
And in terms of characters, Grand Theft Auto V was an embarrassment of riches regarding the three playable protagonists and their supporting ensemble rolling around Los Santos and the surrounding area. And while there have been big studio-financed adaptations of triple-A games in recent memory, somehow none have touched the level of polish and awareness that goes with a Grand Theft Auto title. Rockstar has a habit of pilfering Hollywood style and pizzazz - along with Hollywood performers - for their gigantic sandbox games that mimic genre fare along the lines of Scarface, Chinatown, and Heat. Feel free to unilaterally agree with all our picks voice your opinion in the comments! In this series, we speculate on what actors would be the perfect choice to play an upcoming character, or what type of character a particular actor is best suited for.
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