Casting Dracula Today

[hedrap]

We watched House of Frankenstein last night. I forgot how disappointing it is, but that's more because A&C nailed everything exact.

Carradine got me lamenting how great Lugosi would have been. Then I realized I couldn't think of a modern day equivalent of Bela.

So what would you do with Dracula, today? I'm thinking it would have to be like Bela, a theater actor with no heavy film background.

[PNGwynne]

Hopefully someone better than Richard Roxburgh, though admittedly the fault may largely be the production design and writing. I like Bram Stoker's Dracula, but I was never convinced by Oldman's young count--his features are entirely too weak.

Christoph Waltz? Too puckish?

[Brown Bear]

Weird timing as I literally asked my kids yesterday who could play Dracula today and we couldn’t think of any of today’s actors.

[hedrap]

I know! I think Armand Assante was the last name actor who could have pulled it off.

[Joshua the Atomic Robot]

Travis Fimmel, Nicolas Cage, Tom Hiddleston, Rami Malek, Aubrey Plaza, Idris Elba, and the always delightful Keanu Reeves. Oh, and Jeff Goldblum!

[sprytel]

I like the idea of Waltz. I also thought about maybe Cumberbatch or Mads Mikkelsen. Or... for a twist... Daniel Craig?

[Falstaff13]

I would be interested in what Waltz might do. I wonder about someone like Michael Fassbender (since I first saw him playing the fallen angel on Hex).

[thunderbolt]

I third or fourth Waltz. Hiddleston's not a bad idea either. Rami Malek might just make it interesting too.

[Klosterheim]

I say James Purefoy for the role.

[Hector]

I like the idea of Waltz. I also thought about maybe Cumberbatch or Mads Mikkelsen. Or... for a twist... Daniel Craig?

Cumberbatch...

[PNGwynne]

I could see Fassbender, Purefoy. Cumberbatch and Hiddleston, unsure.

Edit: From what is the Cumberbatch clip?

[Hector]

Christoph Waltz? Too puckish?

Too short as well, 5’ 7”, that would not be an imposing Dracula.

Great actor though...

[Hector]

I could see Fassbender, Purefoy. Cumberbatch and Hiddleston, unsure.

Did you see Cumberbatch’s GIF?

He nails the looks...

[PNGwynne]

^I did not see it as I posted, see my edit.

[Hector]

It’s a scene from his old British series Sherlock Holmes. He’s saying get out. Someone doctored the scene, placed effects on eyes/teeth...pretty nice custom GIF...

Cumberbatch has been offered to play Dracula since 2012, I don’t think he’s interested.