Filmstalker: Enter the Dragon remake casting rumours (we hope)

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Enter the Dragon remake casting rumours (we hope)

Filmstalker recently brought you the news that plans were afoot to remake the Bruce Lee classic Enter the Dragon. Kurt Sutter is the man who's taken up this challenge. Well now there are some casting rumours out there, I say rumours because surely they can't be true. Please no...Here's the list:

Lee will be played by Tony Jaa
Roper will be played by Tom Cruise
Williams will be played by 50 Cent
Ohara will be played by "WWE Superstar" John Cena

The rumour comes from CO-ED magazine through Rope of Silicon and has been attributed to an intern working at Warner Bros. The list is supposedly of people who have been putting their names forward via their agent. Let's hope that for some of these it's far as it goes. I mean Tom Cruise? John Cena? Can we come up with any better alternatives if this film has to be made? I reckon we can....

Written by Louise McGregor on August 17, 2007 | Permalink

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Damn it, I was just writing that up too...I think this is is going to turn out to be false, I cannot believe Cruise in this role, and muscle bound Cent and Cena couldn't pull off the stretching moves of martial arts...oh, nor do they have acting talent!

Jaa maybe a good replacement for Lee, but the questions will arise about the differing martial arts styles. Would Stephen Chow be better?

Posted by: Richard Brunton | August 17, 2007 9:46 PM

Stephen Chow is a good one, how about Jet Li?

John Cena does have a lot of acting experience. Acting like he's hit someone, acting like he's been hit, acting like he's been hurt and acting like someone has thrown him out of the ring....Problem is he sucks at it!

Posted by: Louise | August 17, 2007 11:31 PM

Is Jet Li too old now? I could have seen him playing the role when he looked younger, he certainly has the prowess and ability.

Heehee. I saw the Cena comment and thought you were going to get all defensive about your new found love for wrestling!

Posted by: Richard Brunton | August 18, 2007 7:32 PM

I think Jet Li is a year younger than Stephen Chow. Unless I'm thinking of the wrong one...It would be good to have someone younger but I'm struggling to come up with someone....

No defending necessary. WWE rocks but for all the wrong reasons!

Posted by: Louise | August 18, 2007 7:59 PM

Ah, I didn't know his age, I was just thinking on looks alone, Li looks aged compared to Chow.

Posted by: Richard Brunton | August 19, 2007 12:52 PM