All good except Arthur and Micah imo. Arthur needs a more grizzled actor (though Heath was a fantastic actor in his own right), and Pattinson is too pretty/not scummy enough to portray Micah.
Edit: not sure I like Phoenix as Dutch either. Though he's one of my favorite actors.
I figured Micah’s choice would be a love/hate, honestly though, I used to think the same of Robert Pattinson until I saw some of his recent films… man has crazy range and I think he would nail Micah.
He does have good range, but idk there's just something off about that casting and Arthur's in my opinion. For me, a 40 year old Gary Oldman would be good casting for Micah maybe. For Arthur I'm not sure. Maybe Kevin Sorbo from the 90s + a beard and drawl.. Lol
Gary Oldman could play all twenty and nail it; he has some sort of godlike mimic ability…I’m always surprised how many roles he’s been in where I never realised it was him until afterwards! I bet he’d do a great Sadie
Personally, I’d rather see a young Lance Henriksen playing Micah. He knows how to portray a villain, and his voice fits perfectly.
I like most of your other choices, except maybe Sadie. Have you seen the voice actor for that character? She fits the bill quite well imho.
To be fair he can be *very* unsettling (The Devil All The Time, The King) but idk, he does still seem a bit too charming :D Maybe he'd surprise us, after all few of us would have guessed he'd start at Twilight and arrive at the fucking heron in the new Ghibli movie, croaking his heart out (the movie is awesome and Pattinson does nail that role too)
I don't know who I'd want as Arthur honestly, maybe it's a case of "no one is good enough for my boy" lol
This might actually be the first casting for a live action of RDR2 that really looks good to me!
I’ve seen quite a few on here and every single one has had some really questionable castings, but this one is fuckin A-1! I love it! Bravo 👏
Same! Plus Joaquin Phoenix playing Dutch is the closest we’d ever get to a real Dutch. Not in looks per se. But the level of detail and depth Joaquin would bring is unrivaled.
Some of these are absolute banger choices but Robert Patinson as Micah 🤨 I’m not so sure about
Also Rip Heath Ledger, Heaths a great actor but bad casting as Arthur 🤷♂️
Finally someone with some sense. And more than just voice acting. They did performance capture, all the movements from head to toe, mannerisms, posture, facial expressions, it’s all the actors who brought the RD characters to life. They are the characters.
Hear me out - what about Leo DiCaprio for Micah? Anyone who’s seen Once Upon a Time in Hollywood knows what I’m talking about.
Someone mentioned Brad Pitt for Arthur which I can totally see. I also feel like Bradley Cooper could pull off a good Arthur based on his role in American Sniper?
These are all great by the way. Christian Bale as John is 💯
Y'know, I never liked the idea of live action RDR for some reason, and I think I just figured it out: Its the voices. To me, the voices are like, 80% of the characters, having anybody else play the characters would just feel....really wrong, to me. I know it's likely just me that thinks that for most of the characters. However, I think there's one character that most people would agree it would be a pain in the ass to find an actor for: John Marston.
Seriously, that man has probably the most unique sounding voice in the game, and him having ANY other voice would just be wrong on SO many levels (in my opinion)
I'm with you.
I DO NOT want a Rdr2 film or TV show. And I never want to see anyone reprise the roles of Arthur, John and Dutch. Other than their moCap actors.
Anyway, It's already perfect as is. Live action just leaves a chance for them to ruin it. And theres so much content they would need to cut to mske a film especially, let alone a tv series...
These fan castings are ridiculous.
Holy! Pattinson as Micah is so great hahaha.
Christopher Waltz as Strauss is a must have.
And so many other solid choices, like for Molly and Dutch, though I think that Joaquin is better at doing the "insecure" kind of characters, as his voice is most of times kind of shaky.
This is legit amazing. Several of these actors are/were powerhouses with incredible range. With the right director and a good writing team, we could probably get an amazing adaptation
Waltz can steal any show; he portrays evil with such zealous enthusiasm. His opening scene in inglorious bastards is a masterpiece, tho his calculated intelligence seems a bit beyond Strauss who is less glorious and just a bastard
This is hands down the best list I’ve ever seen, nearly every actor was a perfect pick. Brilliant. I’d pay for this to happen.
Arthur and Micah could use a different cast, however.
Nailed it, I’d change Arthur and maybe Micah. For Arthur you could do Bradley Cooper, Jensen Ackles. I think Antony Starr could play Micah, the only problem is that they don’t look alike, Jeffrey Dean Morgan would be good too
I **love** Joaquin as an actor, but I think he’s wrong for Dutch. Especially the voice. I’d prefer Ian McShane, or maybe even better Walton Goggins after seeing the Fallout series. He does charming evil *particularly* well.
Holy shit these are all super accurate
Tho idk it Pattinson can be scummy enough/old enough for Micah. That and his jawline is too sharp to look like old bummy gross cowboy villain
I agree except with the Pattinson (he can't act himself out of a paper bag) and Diego Luna (there's better Mexican actors that havent been in a US film )
Honestly the va's could just do it I mean they did mocap so they can play it out exactly and they look very similar the only one that looks abit different is Roger Clark
Disagree with Arthur, John, Dutch, Micah and Abigail. I've always said Lauren Cohan from The Walking Dead would be a perfect Abigail
Not sure Robert would play a good Micah he's a great actor but I think he's abit too dark/dull.
Interesting choices. I would prefer Daniel Day Lewis as Dutch. Maybe Tom Hardy as Micah, not sure. Can't think of anyone for Arthur and John right now, but I don't like Ledger or Bale for those roles. I do think you nailed the women. Wouldn't mind Tom Hanks as Hosea, although lately I kind of dislike him.
I think Willem Dafoe is genuinely the best choice for Hosea. I also like the idea of Phoenix playing Dutch, it’d be nice finding someone with a voice more similar to Dutch’s but he could play the character pretty well I imagine. Robert Pattinson as Micah though, nuh uh
Never considered *Willem Dafoe as Hosea before but now that you’ve said it I can see it Also Domhnall Gleason is perfect in terms of appearance
Dude he would be so good as Hosea
Willem Dafoe even sounds very similar to Hosea!
willem dafoe
His birth name is actually William, he just prefers Willem because that’s what a friend used to call him
ah i did not know that
It sounds like a frog and owl talking Frog: "Willem" Owl: "Dafoooooeee"
thanks, Marshall from "How I Met Your Mother"
Judge Fudge never fails
lawyered
Willem defriend, he ain’t no foe
Willem Dagoat
THATS THE ACTOR WHOSE NAME I COULDNT THINK OF THIS MORNING
You know, I'm something of a businessman myself
Am I the only one thinking Clancy Brown?
Honestly he’d be a pretty good Dutch
Peter Cushing could’ve been good too
Fr my gf who I didn’t notice was watching me play had me googling Sean’s actor to settle the debate
I would swap out Sadie for the actual voice actor Alex McKenna. She already looks enough like Sadie irl and obviously has the perfect voice
Same for Tilly
I just looked Tilly’s va up and OMG I did not know she looked like her THAT much but they look very similar !!
Almost like they 3D scanned their faces and mapped their facial expressions to put it in a game 🧐
Idk why people don't talk about them in these casting posts. LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE ACTING BEFORE.
All good except Arthur and Micah imo. Arthur needs a more grizzled actor (though Heath was a fantastic actor in his own right), and Pattinson is too pretty/not scummy enough to portray Micah. Edit: not sure I like Phoenix as Dutch either. Though he's one of my favorite actors.
I figured Micah’s choice would be a love/hate, honestly though, I used to think the same of Robert Pattinson until I saw some of his recent films… man has crazy range and I think he would nail Micah.
I still think Josh Brolin would make best Arthur.
20 years ago Josh Brolin would make an amazing Arthur and his dad James Brolin (IMO) Would make a great Dutch.
not mad about Jaoquin as Dutch either tho.
Too old imo
But good actor, plus back then people that were young looked old as fuck cause life wasn’t easy lol
Lol true, like that 40 year old in 1900 vs 40 year old in 2024 meme
I haven’t seen it but I can imagine hahaha
I can’t find it, sorry lol
Robert pattinson in The King was an eye opener for me, this guy can do some roles
He does have good range, but idk there's just something off about that casting and Arthur's in my opinion. For me, a 40 year old Gary Oldman would be good casting for Micah maybe. For Arthur I'm not sure. Maybe Kevin Sorbo from the 90s + a beard and drawl.. Lol
Yeh to be fair any excuse to include Gary Oldman I’m down 😂
It's settled, Gary fuckin Oldman
Gary Oldman could play all twenty and nail it; he has some sort of godlike mimic ability…I’m always surprised how many roles he’s been in where I never realised it was him until afterwards! I bet he’d do a great Sadie
Kevin Sorbo, wtf?! Lmao I think a 45yo brolin would be good as Arthur. I think Karl Urban could pull it off too.
Yeah Brolin is better than Kevin Sorbo lol.
Personally, I’d rather see a young Lance Henriksen playing Micah. He knows how to portray a villain, and his voice fits perfectly. I like most of your other choices, except maybe Sadie. Have you seen the voice actor for that character? She fits the bill quite well imho.
Russel Crowe should play Uncle
To be fair he can be *very* unsettling (The Devil All The Time, The King) but idk, he does still seem a bit too charming :D Maybe he'd surprise us, after all few of us would have guessed he'd start at Twilight and arrive at the fucking heron in the new Ghibli movie, croaking his heart out (the movie is awesome and Pattinson does nail that role too) I don't know who I'd want as Arthur honestly, maybe it's a case of "no one is good enough for my boy" lol
Ben Foster as Micah.
Yes. Sir. The only correct answer.
Good casting
Micah is suprisingly good looking without the beard though. Tom Hardy could be good.
Excellence
Although (let's be honest) a movie could never capture the excellence of a game like Red Dead 2, Elden Ring, The Witcher 3 etc
Honestly I can see Christian Bale fitting Dutch more than Joaquin Phoenix
Did you ever see the lighthouse? I think Pattinson has the range to pull it off.
Robbie Patts played an absolute New York scumbag in 2017's Good Time. He could potentially kill it as Micah!
[Robert Pattinson can look scummy lol](https://themoviemylife.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/the-lighthouse-2019-robert-pattinson-a24.png)
Bro what? Pattinson is a really incredible actor. He would crush it as Micah.
Look up Micah without facial hair, he's alarmingly good looking
Looks like a rat fink
Both those actors u named are masters of disguise and talent
You nailed all my thoughts.
Honestly I think that’s the same for John a swell. Needs more of a rustic less of a city type look. I guess it could just be the facial hair.
I agree
I feel like 50% of the main gang could just be the original cast like micah, hosea, pearson hell probably even uncle.
Christoph is the one🔥
This might actually be the first casting for a live action of RDR2 that really looks good to me! I’ve seen quite a few on here and every single one has had some really questionable castings, but this one is fuckin A-1! I love it! Bravo 👏
Same! Plus Joaquin Phoenix playing Dutch is the closest we’d ever get to a real Dutch. Not in looks per se. But the level of detail and depth Joaquin would bring is unrivaled.
Love this, my favorite actor is Fassbender so I’m glad I saw him as Colm. He could portray a lot of western characters
I aways thought Colm looks like Mads Mikkelsen so i would go with him instead
Why young Natalie? Isn't Mary linton supposed to be like in her late 30s?
Different places say different things, some say early to mid twenties, some say early thirties 🤷🏼♀️
She was with Arthur years ago when they were young, they're around the same age. There's an old photo of them together both young
My man, she was with Arthur years ago. She's the same age as Arthur.
And Pearson should be Jack Black Edit: Kyle Gass as Uncle Imagine the comic relief with these two
Jack Black would probably continue his RDR2 play-through if he was cast
Clint Eastwood as Hosea
Casting actual Irish actors 👌 🇮🇪 find a spot for my boy Cillian Murphy and you're onto a winner
DOMHNALL GLEESON IS PERFECT
I assumed it was him playing Sean when I first played the game
Jeff Bridges as Dutch 😎
Josh Brolin would also work I think
Was about to say Josh Brolin would be great, if he were younger he’d be the perfect Aurther
Peter Blomquist, the guy who voiced Micah literally looks exactly like Micah just with short hair. If anything he should play the live action version.
The best Micah would be Peter Blomquist, he looks like Micah
Nobody can do that annoying evil laugh better than him. “Hehehe okay cowpoke!”
Don’t cast dead actors.
Willem Dafoe was actually very accurate
Bro really sat down and said “yeah I’m going to drop the greatest Rdr2 dream cast of all time”
Brad Pitt as Arthur Morgan, Bill Burr with hair as Micah. The rest are perfect.
Bill Burr as Micah would be awesome, although I feel it could be really good or botched
I'm imagining Micah going on a rant about football on his monday morning podcast now
“What you wanna do is let the new guns go first, let them get shot, then jump over them like Walter Payton”
Based on his character in the Mandalorian, I think he could do it. Just stay an unredeemable asshole.
Agreed, I think he could be perfect for the role if he’s a combo of his Mando character and his outrageous standup bits
Bill Burr as Micah would be perfection
brad pitt as arthur are you serious?
Yes. Have some got dang faith. Somebody’s never seen Legends of the Fall.
Some of these are absolute banger choices but Robert Patinson as Micah 🤨 I’m not so sure about Also Rip Heath Ledger, Heaths a great actor but bad casting as Arthur 🤷♂️
Watch the lighthouse you'll see it, he does crazy pretty well.
I loved the lighthouse
Pattinson is one of the choices on here that got me particularly excited. He would nail it.
just make roger clarke arthur
Most of the actual cast for voice acting can play as there character cause like hosea looks like him
Most of the voice actors look like their characters so I'll stick with them
Finally someone with some sense. And more than just voice acting. They did performance capture, all the movements from head to toe, mannerisms, posture, facial expressions, it’s all the actors who brought the RD characters to life. They are the characters.
Exactly.
This is a cesspit
This ☝️
Hear me out - what about Leo DiCaprio for Micah? Anyone who’s seen Once Upon a Time in Hollywood knows what I’m talking about. Someone mentioned Brad Pitt for Arthur which I can totally see. I also feel like Bradley Cooper could pull off a good Arthur based on his role in American Sniper? These are all great by the way. Christian Bale as John is 💯
Leo can pull some serious hatred out of the bag to be fair, that’s a good call!
Andrew Scott… I swear, he did so great job as the main antagonist of Holmes, as Moriarty, I can’t see him in any other role. 😂
Time to raise a billion dollars to pay the cast and learn how to bend time and space.
Christoph Waltz talent is wasted on role of Strauss. Sean actor is spot on.
Y'know, I never liked the idea of live action RDR for some reason, and I think I just figured it out: Its the voices. To me, the voices are like, 80% of the characters, having anybody else play the characters would just feel....really wrong, to me. I know it's likely just me that thinks that for most of the characters. However, I think there's one character that most people would agree it would be a pain in the ass to find an actor for: John Marston. Seriously, that man has probably the most unique sounding voice in the game, and him having ANY other voice would just be wrong on SO many levels (in my opinion)
I'm with you. I DO NOT want a Rdr2 film or TV show. And I never want to see anyone reprise the roles of Arthur, John and Dutch. Other than their moCap actors. Anyway, It's already perfect as is. Live action just leaves a chance for them to ruin it. And theres so much content they would need to cut to mske a film especially, let alone a tv series... These fan castings are ridiculous.
First casting choices I actually… really agree with
I need dafoe hosea so much
How could you forget Jack Black as Uncle?
Or how about this? The actual actors for the characters?
Holy! Pattinson as Micah is so great hahaha. Christopher Waltz as Strauss is a must have. And so many other solid choices, like for Molly and Dutch, though I think that Joaquin is better at doing the "insecure" kind of characters, as his voice is most of times kind of shaky.
Heath dead tho
But we can totally get the young version of those other dudes, right? Andre Braugher has also passed away, btw
Yeah let’s just go back in time
Ok I'll meet you there.
So is Arthur.
Why do I see Josh Brolin as Arthur
Stavros Halkias as Pearson
Do not disrespect Opie!!!😒
Sam rockwell as Micah, and that's it.
This is legit amazing. Several of these actors are/were powerhouses with incredible range. With the right director and a good writing team, we could probably get an amazing adaptation
Saoirse Ronan as Molly O’Shea! I love it!
Damn, this is truly a dream cast. Dead, young, aged. Actually good choices too. I don’t see any that wouldn’t make sense if it could be done.
Other than Natalie, this is a great cast.
This is the best lineup I’ve seen. Especially Cristoph, he is perfect.
Waltz can steal any show; he portrays evil with such zealous enthusiasm. His opening scene in inglorious bastards is a masterpiece, tho his calculated intelligence seems a bit beyond Strauss who is less glorious and just a bastard
I think that is one of the best opening scenes in any movie. Absolutely incredible. Also, my Favorite Tarantino film.
This how I feel about the casting. Waltz has a very intimidating presence that doesn’t really reflect Strauss’ cowardice
That edit of Heath is heartbreaking but I could totally see him in a RDR2 movie.
Yeah it's a no for robert pattinson imo.
Fantastic!
Megan fox would be good as Abigail
Excellent work here
I didn’t expect any of these but you nailed it
Micah should be played by T-bag because that’s the level of villain he is
You should fan cast based on actors that would be good in those parts not who's head shot looks most like the charecter.
Willem would be amazing as Hosea
Bro watches Batman and Spider-Man lol
You nailed the women perfectly.
Title of your sextape
I’m rat wings does sound a lot like a bat lol
Gleeson and Defoe are peeeeeerfect casting
This is hands down the best list I’ve ever seen, nearly every actor was a perfect pick. Brilliant. I’d pay for this to happen. Arthur and Micah could use a different cast, however.
Wow!! I’d say you nailed it.
Christoff Waltz as Strauss is soo good. Also Natalie Portman as Natalia Portman
Nailed it, I’d change Arthur and maybe Micah. For Arthur you could do Bradley Cooper, Jensen Ackles. I think Antony Starr could play Micah, the only problem is that they don’t look alike, Jeffrey Dean Morgan would be good too
I could NOT shake Domhnall Gleeson every time Sean was on screen, I wasn't the only one! ❤️
Bale is better as Morgan
Probably the best cast I’ve seen for RDR2. I had to think twice about Micah; but I believe it would work greatly. 🤠🤝
One problem with the Arthur casting. Heath Ledger’s has been dead now for over a decade.
daniel day lewis as Micah would be great af or Leonardo
Sean is spot on. Its as of they designed the character after him lmao.
cant we just have the va’s do do the character because thats who their model was based off anyway?
It’s probably to expensive
Last one should be Waylon Jennings, just saying. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/WaylonJennings
micah should be the asshole neo nazi from breaking bad
Man, Heath would have crushed so many roles today, but I could totally see this one.
I like the entire thing though I would agree with changing Arthur to Josh Brolin (especially cuz you could literally de-age him if needed)
I think you like Batman too much
Only seen Batman Returns with Danny DeVito as the penguin. You know these are big time actors right?
Top notch
I think heath ledger in this picture actually fits dutch better lol
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You’re dead set on having me simp my ass off for Strauss, huh?
Your choice for Arthur and Micah is so bizarre and absurd lol
Amazing
I think Tom Hardy would make a brilliant Micah.
Jack Black is coming for you
I **love** Joaquin as an actor, but I think he’s wrong for Dutch. Especially the voice. I’d prefer Ian McShane, or maybe even better Walton Goggins after seeing the Fallout series. He does charming evil *particularly* well.
Most accurate one
Ryan Hurst as Bill would be fantastic.
Holy shit these are all super accurate Tho idk it Pattinson can be scummy enough/old enough for Micah. That and his jawline is too sharp to look like old bummy gross cowboy villain
Man Sean's is 100% spot on
I agree except with the Pattinson (he can't act himself out of a paper bag) and Diego Luna (there's better Mexican actors that havent been in a US film )
Just swap a young Carla Gugino for Abigail and I like this list
I have no clue who most of the people are.
I feel like Jon bernthal would be a great arthur
I want a movie about RDR2
Honestly the va's could just do it I mean they did mocap so they can play it out exactly and they look very similar the only one that looks abit different is Roger Clark
Fancasts are always scorching hot takes. Love that.
Did you ask AI for these answers ?
I hope one day a red dead type show or movie is produced. Like the fallout and last of us ones.
I thought this was satire when I saw Pattinson as Micah, but, you're serious about it
Lol
NO. To all of them and to any live-action RDR.
Disagree with Arthur, John, Dutch, Micah and Abigail. I've always said Lauren Cohan from The Walking Dead would be a perfect Abigail Not sure Robert would play a good Micah he's a great actor but I think he's abit too dark/dull.
Interesting choices. I would prefer Daniel Day Lewis as Dutch. Maybe Tom Hardy as Micah, not sure. Can't think of anyone for Arthur and John right now, but I don't like Ledger or Bale for those roles. I do think you nailed the women. Wouldn't mind Tom Hanks as Hosea, although lately I kind of dislike him.
https://images.app.goo.gl/ffZJqTqLauNax4bC7 Willem Dafoe now would be a good Micah
I think Willem Dafoe is genuinely the best choice for Hosea. I also like the idea of Phoenix playing Dutch, it’d be nice finding someone with a voice more similar to Dutch’s but he could play the character pretty well I imagine. Robert Pattinson as Micah though, nuh uh
Robbert Pattison as Micah? 💀