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RE: Around the World with Jackie Chan?

From: <Rfbagby~at~aol.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:31:41 -0400
To: jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il (Jules Verne Forum)

In a message dated Thu, 19 Sep 2002 2:35:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov> writes:

>Ironic, is it not, that in order to get proper casting of Nemo, it has
>required a film of a pastiche, rather than an original?  Which in turn
>argues for the importance of all these manifestations of Verne.
REPLY: Another irony is that such "correct" casting was not the graphic novelist's own thought for this project either -- he had suggested to the filmmakers that the video equivalent of his pastiche style would be casting actors who had played the roles in other versions ("Richard Chamberlain as Allan Quatermaine, Winona Ryder who was Mina Harker in Coppola's DRACULA . . . ") So his suggested Nemo was Michael Caine, because of that TV miniseries a few years back (at least it wasn't Ben Cross!)
RF Bagbyy
>
>On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Dennis Kytasaari wrote:
>
>> Brian et al,
>>
>> Nobody ever expressed a concern, most likely because it is not widely
>> known that Nemo was of Indian descent.  But, since we are on the
>> subject, that is going to change with the film adaptation of Alan Moore
>> and Kevin O'Neill's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic book
>> series slated for sometime in 2003.
>>
>> According to the current entry which features Sean Connery as Allan
>> Quatermain at http://www.imdb.com/Title?0311429
>>
>>   Naseeruddin Shah will be playing Captain Nemo  
>>
>> According to his screen credits, this looks to be his first appearance
>> in a non-Indian film.
>>
>>   http://www.imdb.com/Name?Shah,+Naseeruddin
>>
>> But note that the information at the IMDb is preliminary as: "Since this
>> project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to
>> change or could be removed completely."
>>
>> For those who aren't familiar with Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's "The
>> League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic book series, you can find out
>> some basic information here regarding the second volume of the series
>> which is currently coming out.
>>
>>   http://www.wildstorm.com/minisites/loeg/loeg.html
>>
>> You can see Kevin O'Neill's take on Captain Nemo on this page.
>>
>>   http://www.wildstorm.com/minisites/loeg/players.html
>>
>> There are also numerous fan sites dedicated to the work of Alan Moore
>> (author) and Kevin O'Neill (illustrator) if you merely place their names
>> into a search engine.
>>
>> -djk
>>  
>> Dennis Kytasaari  djk~at~epguides.com  http://epguides.com/
>>  Jules Verne-"Mobilis in Mobile"  http://epguides.com/djk/
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il
>> > [mailto:owner-jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il] On Behalf Of Brian Taves
>> > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:14 PM
>> > To: Jules Verne Forum
>> > Subject: Re: Around the World with Jackie Chan?
>> >
>> > Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 16:16:05 -0700                
>> > From: harryhayfield~at~btopenworld.com                  
>> > Subject: Around the World in Eighty...Kicks?        
>> >                                                      
>> > Besides, what is wrong with an a Chinese actor known for his
>> > stunt work playing the athletic Passepartout?  How many times
>> > has Passepartout been played by a French actor?  Certainly
>> > the best known, Cantinflas, was not.  
>> > Yet it scarcely damaged the 1956 film.  By comparison, I
>> > don't recall any concern that no Indian actor has ever played
>> > Captain Nemo.
>> >
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