MARVEL AIMS FOR DIVERSITY WITH THE WARRIORS THREE CASTING
- By Renn Brown
- Published 11/18/2009
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Devin is the resident Thor expert, but today my ignorant ass will be bringing you the news that Marvel has locked the roles for the Warriors Three that have caused so much speculation. Ray "don't jump between buildings near me" Stevenson, Stuart "my old goes in a painting" Townsend, and Tadanobu "Mongol was aight" Asano will be playing the three gods of Asgard that join Thor on whatever adventure he encounters. Fandral, as wikipedia tells me, was Stan Lee's attempt to capture the public persona of Errol Flynn, will be played by Mr. Townsend, Volstagg The Valiant by Stevenson, and Hogun the Grim by Asano.
There is a multi-cultural flair to this casting (Devin remarked on this when I asked for his thoughts), that is quite striking. Asano is a Japanese man, known for playing a Mongolian, and Stevenson is best known for being a Roman. Townsend is Irish, hardly the quintessential Aryan of the comics. Just browsing pictures of the group makes it seem that this isn't a completely straightforward trio of Norse God allegories, and Marvel is obviously embracing that for the film.
Thor, which will hit May 20th 2011, is marching towards a January production start, so more news will be coming fast and heavy.
Source | Variety
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Comment #1 (Posted by Sean)
I'm sorry, in what way is Stuart Townsend german?
Comment #2 (Posted by Astrolupine)
Sooooo.... is De Niro suddenly out without a trace? Eh, whatever. Decent cast so far. Stan Lee should cameo as a mountain goblin, no makeup required.
Comment #3 (Posted by MikeyPants)
Words cannot adequately describe how excited I am about this film.
Comment #4 (Posted by Renn Brown)
Good call Sean, typo was left in.
Comment #5 (Posted by Frank)
Is Volstagg going to be not fat for the movie? Or can we expect to see Ray Stevenson in a body suit?
Comment #6 (Posted by jak)
So Ray goes from a Roman in the 13th. to Probably one of the best Punishers on screen to a warrior. Fighting alongside the lesser of two Vampire Lestat...
So is a 2nd punisher out of the picture for Stevenson?
Comment #7 (Posted by Max K.)
considering how very badly Punisher: War Zone tanked, I would assume that Mr. Stevenson is only too happy to have another franchise-ready series to hop aboard.
Any further Punisher reboot would likely come from Disney (goes with their image, don't it?), and even then years and years down the road. I don't see Lionsgate throwing good money after bad.
Comment #8 (Posted by gitmoguest)
You might want to consider changing the picture. The guy on the left dressed in purple is Balder, not Volstagg, who is this really fat dude.
Comment #9 (Posted by Blake)
Umm... there's only two of the Warriors Three above. For some reason, Baldur is hanging out with Hogun and Fandrall.
Comment #10 (Posted by dirkomatic)
I can't wait to see who's cast as Beta Ray Bill...
Comment #11 (Posted by Palmer)
Glad to see they're in the movie. I've said it before and I'll say it again: if the writers are smart, they'll model this after Dan Jurgens' epic run on Thor. That's a perfect movie trilogy right there.
