Due to theme of our opening title sequence being about crime organisations, we would intend to use old men, that look quite serious and important as well as old to show experience, also they should be well dressed to disassociate them from street criminal gangs, as well as dangerous due to the violent nature of the mafia/mob.
Who?
For our sequence we will have three characters, the victim who is killed, the bodyguard and the mafia boss.
Our first pick for each role is as follows:
Bodyguard
Mike Niland
I picked Mike because we could dress him accordingly to make him look like the character. He has a big build; this adds to the stereotype of bodyguards/henchmen being larger and looking as if they are extraordinarily strong and therefore a good fit for the role.
Jason
Dave Fonseka
In the photo above Dave looks younger than he looks now. As this character of Jason is both an Mi6 agent as well as a high-ranking mafia member he must have certain attributes attached to him to portray this in the short oping title sequence. Dave has a sense of authority attached to him, as well as having slight grey hair on his hair and face, this suggests authority through age as well as experience, when in costume and playing the role, we feel his is a perfect fit for the role.
Mob boss
James Baker
The original cast member for this role was ted Jackson, as seen by the image on the left. As a mafia boss the actor needs to not only portray power but also control as well as being old enough to be able to have got himself in that position. The facial hair/beard adds an element of power as it denotes a sense of an alpha male. Due to Ted being unavailable, we decided to use James baker as can be seen on the right. He also has these attributes, as with the glasses it adds an assumption of intelligence, this adds to the role as to run an organised crime organisation you need to be smart and cunning. Do not let the smile fool you when in character and costume we feel that James is a perfect fit for the role, moreover this scene is very brief and will only show the back of their head, therefore the casting for this role is not as important as the two other characters.
Ideal cast
In an ideal world, with an unlimited budget we would use professional actors, as we would have the funds for that level of above the line costs. Below are who my ideal cast would be and why if we had unlimited resources.
Bodyguard
Mads Mikkelsen
I would pick Mads because he has played similar roles in the past as well as having an intimidating ethos attached to him. In addition, to be the killer in this sequence as an actor you cannot be known as the good guy as the audience would find it hard to connect with the character, for example if Leonardo DiCaprio were playing this role and suddenly turned around and cold heartedly killed someone in the backseat of a car, the scene would not feel right, this could get in the way of the overall narrative of the sequence. Thus, I would pick Mads for this role.
Jason
Christian Bale
I would pick Christian Bale for the role of Jason as when in character and costume he could fit into the stereotype of old money upper-class Englishman. This is key as one of the main goals of the sequence is to display wealth and power. Moreover, he looks as though he could be a double- double agent and the audience would believe it as he has the facial features and body type to show a form of authors also his past roles fir into a type of personality type, we desire in our sequence, therefore it would be easier for the audience to gage the feel of the sequence.
Final Boss
Kevin Spacey
I would cast Kevin spacey in an ideal world as he has the face to portray the cunningness of calling in ‘hits’ from the safety of his home without any reflection or remorse. Furthermore, his previous performances show me that he is more than capable of playing this type of role. He is also of the correct age to be able to be running a mafia. All these factors add up to the overall ethos of the character, therefore I would cast him in a perfect world.
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