Real quick, who’s the most fan-casted guy in the universe?
When we reported last week that David O. Russell would be directing the Uncharted adaptation, frenzied Nathan Drake fan casting began instantly. For a quick sampling of who’s “tracking” well for the role, feel free to read the comments section in that article. Even you-know-who is getting into the act, as revealed by a recent tweet from Captain Mal himself:
“If there ever was a Twitter campaign, let this be it. Rise, ye Browncoats. Rise, ye Castillions. RISE!”
This is not nearly as inspired as the Donald Glover for Spider Man campaign. In fact, Fillion’s the most obvious choice out of a list of obvious choices – if you’ve played through either of the Uncharted games, you probably got the sense that Naughty Dog was channeling Fillion for Drake from the start. But why not? Fillion may not be a surprising choice, but Nathan Drake isn’t a very surprising character. It’s not like he can bring any harm the entirely derivative Uncharted universe, so Fillion gets my vote, if only by default. It’ll still probably go to Wahlberg, though.
For now, it’s all just chatter, but watching a guy lobby for a role that was likely modeled after him seems hilariously recursive. Hopefully Fillion knows what he’s getting into. Expect whoever plays Nathan Drake to [Spoiler!] fight monsters borrowed from The Descent in 2013.
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No. He seems like a genuinely nice guy, but I don't want him leading a picture like this, as I find him kind of irritating.
Gotta love all the Uncharted digs. Guessing that's because it's not on the 360 where gaming is so original? On the topic at hand, I'd go with Fillion or Jeffrey Donovan from Burn Notice…hell, anyone that isn't Wahlberg please.
Yeah, I could see why a fun, charming, un-conceited guy like Fillion would be Rash-Kryptonite to #1.
We want Nathan Fillion to be cast as Nathan Drake!
Yes! NATHAN FILLION is the BEST choice to play Nathan Drake! He's got action hero written all over him, with the biceps to prove it. He's extremely bright, clever, funny, sexy, young, hot, and devilishly handsome. And he wants this role as much as we want it for him!
It's his turn to be the next powerful leading man on the big screen. He's an up-and-coming A-List movie star with moxie and heat and he's a-comin' to take over feature films! I feel it! Grab him while you can for the Uncharted franchise. Because he'll also make the best Indiana Jones when they re-boot those movies!!
In his campaign to be Nathan Drake, we Browncoats and Castillions firmly support our Captain Nathan Fillion!
I remember playing Drakes Fortune for the first time and thinking to myself, "No way, how come nobody told me Nathan Fillion worked on this game?!". IMDb proved to me otherwise but still, the resemblance is BAFFLING! All the more reason that Nathan Fillion should play Nathan Drake in the Drakes Fortune movie!
Nathan Fillion for Nathan Drake 2010!! The ONLY choice!!!
Fillion for Drake!!!
For Hire on film Uncharted: Drake's Fortune: Nathan Fillion, Journeyman actor. Previous experience in action film and television as leading man; Firefly, Serenity as Mal Reynolds. Sheriff Bill Pardy in the film Slither. Richard Castle on Castle. In short, the fans want Nathan Fillion as Nathan Drake!!
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