D-Rock wrote:Before the Ultimate universe, my vision of Nick Fury was typically Clint Eastwood. Now I've loved Samuel L. in many other films and I don't mind him as Fury, but there's that part of my brain that still wonders how different the character might be if he were played by someone like Clint. Now granted, nowadays Clint might be alittle too old to pull off an action role, but (to steal from the site) Riddle me this...
Based solely on the acting, would you rather keep Sam Jackson in the role or lean towards a "Dirty Harry" era Clint Eastwood (or someone else you might have pictured)
My issue with 616 (white) Fury as opposed to Ultimate (black) Fury is that they are almost like two different people (mostly because they are but you know what I mean...). I'd have a hard time seeing 616 Fury do this role since he tends to be something of a one note character, almost a caricature. He's an irritable old man who wants you of his lawn (read anything with Nick Fury in it and add "grrrrr..." at the end of whatever he says. It fits perfectly because he's always mad
). He's gruff personified (and I say all this as someone who really likes 616 Nick Fury). Anything outside of that seems odd and unusual. Even when he is playing mentor (Secret Warriors), he is still all gruff. Him acting like anything else would seem odd. I mention this because while they could make modifications to the character and have him embody some aspects of this and that and I'm sure it would be a really cool character, the end result would not be 616 white Nick Fury. Clint would make an excellent 616 Nick Fury but I can't really fathom that Nick Fury working well for the Avengers movie, given it's fun tone and so forth. The end result would be something similar to Ultimate Nick Fury, so the whole thing seems less jarring that they went with Jackson as Fury. I think Jackson did a good job as Ultimate Fury, the only kind of Fury I could really see working well for this kind of movie.
As a character by himself, he worked well. He balanced being all aspects of Fury well and doled out the the intimidating stares like a boss (Uncle Phil from
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air would be proud). In all seriousness, he did a decent job and truly became the character.
If I had to choose someone to play white Nick Fury, I'd go with...Dennis Quaid. If GI Joe taught us anything, among all the lessons of how to not make a movie, it was that Quaid can play the angry commander and fill the role with a lot of gruff, but not so much that you find yourself apologizing at the screen and feeling bad like you just broke someone's lawn ornament. In any case, I can't take the Hoff seriously so even if he was playing it straight, I would still feel like I am watching an episode of
Baywatch Nights and yet expect him to break into song and dance. I love Clint but he is too far over on the gruff meter. Not only would I get bored with it, I already have enough hair on my chest as it is. Him as Nick Fury would be approaching Prince Albert levels. Last thing I want to happen to me is to be shot because someone mistook me for a bear.
