Nathan Fillion Wants You to Stop Pestering the Uncharted Director

[De Ronneman]

Is Nathan Fillion petting a wooden fish?

Off course not.

It's golden

I don't think I'd like Fillion as Drake, he's a little bit old for it, imho...

 

[UberMore]

Why not have Nathan Drake's voice, model and mo-cap actor play him?
Y'know, Nolan North. The guy that IS Nathan Drake.

 

[Ubermetalhed]

If Fillion doesn't get it you know the film won't be good enough and that the director doesn't know the character or the games.

So, you're suggesting that Nathan Fillion is the only actor in the world who is capable of playing the part of Nathan Drake? That's ridiculous.

No that's not what I'm saying. The last director wanted Mark Wahlberg to play him and that didn't fill most people with hopes for a faithful adaptation. Wahlberg is a well known face chosen for marketability and if Worthington gets it it will be for similar reasons and not in the interest of choosing someone who would suit the material best.

If the fans of the series and the main audience for the film think Fillion is the best choice then a director in touch with the series and its fans would follow suit and therefore we could expect a great adaptation.

So if a director doesn't know the source material well and its fanbase then how can the film ever live up to fan expectations?

 

[goliath6711]

I think a lot of people are missing the point of the article here. I find it funny (i.e.: sad and pathetic) that all of these obsessively loyal, psychotically dedicated, mega-super fans of Uncharted have been screaming about Nathan Fillion so bad and making complete fools of themselves, that their hero, their messiah, finally had to come out and say, "Hey, cut it out. You're making me look bad."

Also everyone seems to be against Sam Worthington solely because of Avatar (which I didn't think was that bad). Then what about Terminator: Salvation?

 

[goliath6711]

Why not have Nathan Drake's voice, model and mo-cap actor play him?
Y'know, Nolan North. The guy that IS Nathan Drake.

Just because he does the voice and model for the game does NOT mean he is required to do anything beyond that. And that's a fact a lot of people are going to have to come to terms with. You can't make a video game movie that pleases just the fanbase and no one else. Like it or not, it is going to fail.

 

[Therumancer]

Looking at Nathan in Castle recently, the dude is developing some MAJOR bags under his eyes, you can even see it in the above picture though it conceals it a lot better. While that in of itself doesn't prove anything, it definatly seems like the guy might be showing the effects of some heavy drug use. It might be that he has lame makeup people, but I think it's more of a sign that the problem is pronounced enough where they can't cover it up any more than they are.

Ya don't think the bags might have more to do with working epically long days on 'Castle' than with a "serious drug problem that apparently no one has noticed"?

OT: I also think The Fillion is right for the role. Respect to the man for keeping his fans in check though. I think the directors might not be interested is because he has no real big screen experience. Its sad because he would be great for Nathan Drake.

No, what I'm saying is that it might be a drug problem that people in the industry HAVE noticed (hence why they aren't jumping to give him this role). While you didn't push it as far as some, I will point out that saying the guy might have a notable habit and it might influance things does not mean that I am saying he is some kind of monster who alienates everyone around him or anything of the sort.

I also never said anything about this being a certainy, just a possibility, it's one of the thoughts that crossed my mind a while ago while watching Castle, and it could explain things like this, and why a director isn't jumping to grab him given the installed fan base he comes with, and so on.

 

[electric_warrior]

No dice, Fillion, the pestering will continue unabated.

 

[ckam]

Got it Nathan Fillion. I'll go get a team together and the next flight Neil Burger has, we'll be there.

 

[scnj]

If Fillion doesn't get it you know the film won't be good enough and that the director doesn't know the character or the games.

So, you're suggesting that Nathan Fillion is the only actor in the world who is capable of playing the part of Nathan Drake? That's ridiculous.

No that's not what I'm saying. The last director wanted Mark Wahlberg to play him and that didn't fill most people with hopes for a faithful adaptation. Wahlberg is a well known face chosen for marketability and if Worthington gets it it will be for similar reasons and not in the interest of choosing someone who would suit the material best.

If the fans of the series and the main audience for the film think Fillion is the best choice then a director in touch with the series and its fans would follow suit and therefore we could expect a great adaptation.

So if a director doesn't know the source material well and its fanbase then how can the film ever live up to fan expectations?

Because the film won't be designed to live up to fan expectations. The name Uncharted all but guarantees that Uncharted fans will buy a ticket regardless of who's in it. The money they're interested in pursuing is the money of people who aren't fans of the game, hence why they will never cast a name as small as Nathan Fillion.

 

[benvorbeck]

i had to comment on this... i hate uncharted and all this blabla crap about it... it really makes me sick, honestly its bullshit

 

[Mandalore_15]

Am I the only one that think Nathan Fillion is perhaps a little, well... old to play Nate Drake?

 

[Nomanslander]

Is no one else sick and tired of playing games where you're a white American gunning down people of opposite ethnicities?

OMG, I must be a racist bigoted asshole because I most certainly am not. Hmmmm?

I feel sad and despicable now...

 

[OutforEC]

If that's a list of shooters, I will have to repeat the question: WTF is Fallout New Vegas doing on that list? And Fallout 3 for that matter? Maybe you hadn't heard, but they're RPGs, not shooters.

lul wut?


They may have RPG elements, but they're shooters man. You're in the first person perspective. And the main way you interact with the game is by shooting at things.

They're shooters.

Maybe RPG shooters. Or FPSRPG.

But they're still shooters.

You can be in third person and you can complete the whole game without using a gun. That's why they have a multitude of non-combat skills.

Edit: OT, I think Bradley Cooper would be a better choice, even though I like Fillion and he definitely looks the part.

 

[UnravThreads]

There's obviously no racist undertone.

I didn't say there was a racist undertone, only that RDR has the typical White American killing non-"White Americans".

 

[Shoelip]

Kind of off topic, but all this makes me wonder if anyone would care if Kristen Bell didn't get cast as Lucy Stilwell in the seemingly impending Assassin's Creed movie considering she has experience in lead roles in TV, movies, and stage performance, and is both the VA and physical model for the character.

If that's a list of shooters, I will have to repeat the question: WTF is Fallout New Vegas doing on that list? And Fallout 3 for that matter? Maybe you hadn't heard, but they're RPGs, not shooters.

lul wut?


They may have RPG elements, but they're shooters man. You're in the first person perspective. And the main way you interact with the game is by shooting at things.

They're shooters.

Maybe RPG shooters. Or FPSRPG.

But they're still shooters.

You can be in third person and you can complete the whole game without using a gun. That's why they have a multitude of non-combat skills.

Edit: OT, I think Bradley Cooper would be a better choice, even though I like Fillion and he definitely looks the part.

Hm, I just have to cut in here and point out that the non-combat skills in the game are completely non-essential and you can easily finish the game without using them. You cannot however finish the game without killing stuff. The game is all about killing stuff. It's a Bethesda game for crying out loud. Oh yeah, and saying it's not an FPS because you can go to a third person perspective is about as sane as saying Rainbow Six Vegas isn't an FPS because you can go to a third person perspective.

 

[Raykuza]

Am I the only Fillion fan that thinks he's just too old and huge to play Drake? Why would anyone cast a buff 40 year old to play the part of a nimble man in his late 20's? Fillion is just too sexy for the part.

 

[OutforEC]

Kind of off topic, but all this makes me wonder if anyone would care if Kristen Bell didn't get cast as Lucy Stilwell in the seemingly impending Assassin's Creed movie considering she has experience in lead roles in TV, movies, and stage performance, and is both the VA and physical model for the character.

If that's a list of shooters, I will have to repeat the question: WTF is Fallout New Vegas doing on that list? And Fallout 3 for that matter? Maybe you hadn't heard, but they're RPGs, not shooters.

lul wut?


They may have RPG elements, but they're shooters man. You're in the first person perspective. And the main way you interact with the game is by shooting at things.

They're shooters.

Maybe RPG shooters. Or FPSRPG.

But they're still shooters.

You can be in third person and you can complete the whole game without using a gun. That's why they have a multitude of non-combat skills.

Edit: OT, I think Bradley Cooper would be a better choice, even though I like Fillion and he definitely looks the part.

Hm, I just have to cut in here and point out that the non-combat skills in the game are completely non-essential and you can easily finish the game without using them. You cannot however finish the game without killing stuff. The game is all about killing stuff. It's a Bethesda game for crying out loud. Oh yeah, and saying it's not an FPS because you can go to a third person perspective is about as sane as saying Rainbow Six Vegas isn't an FPS because you can go to a third person perspective.

It's been confirmed that a player can complete Fallout 3 while only being required to kill a single creature (a Radroach during the tutorial), and New Vegas can be completed without killing anything. So I sumbit that combat skills in the game are just as non-essential as non-combat skills depending upon your build and know-how.