Thanks to Justin , Sissi and Sparky for the heads up.
Ra's al Ghul will first appear in #Arrow Season 3, Episode 4 — titled "The Magician"
Please welcome Matt Nable to Arrow. You know who he's playing. pic.twitter.com/f0I7tmujiD
— Stephen Amell (@amellywood) September 4, 2014
uh yeah that sounds like a bad move but I guess we'll have to see.
ReplyDeleteHe will also make his first appearance in "The Magician". https://twitter.com/JarettSays/status/507597813975232512
ReplyDeleteNever seen this guy. Some one tell me is he good?
ReplyDeleteNever heard of this guy before but I think it's better they chose someone unknown. Also he is 42 and looks that age. I wonder if they are going to include the Lazarus Pit.
ReplyDeletehe was in the movie Riddick
ReplyDeletehe was in Riddick you need to ask around
ReplyDeleteKind of bummed that our fantasy casting of Oded Fehr didn't happen, but let's see what this guy can do. Hadn't heard of him until now. It is certainly a challenging role and hopefully they put in the effort to find someone with the necessary gravitas.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of him. Lot of pressure on him. Hope he delivers.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't think Neeson was ever on the table, no matter what he said. An A-list movie actor isn't going to do a CW show, not to mention the issue of his salary.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're absolutely right. I think the main issue was the writers probably couldn't afford him so they had to go with someone else.
ReplyDeleteI will try to see the movie. Or may be not. It might be best to approach with not much expectations.
ReplyDeleteThere was more chance of me playing the role than Neeson. Arrow would blow their entire budget on one episode's salary for him.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion it's for the best, though. If RAG was played by the same actor from the Nolan trilogy, we'd never hear the end of the whole "Arrow IS the same universe as the Nolan movies!" thing. It has to be clear that this show is its own universe and doesn't share continuity with any other DC property (except the upcoming Flash).
ReplyDeleteI´m sorry but this is a bad move. I´ve lost every faith in it. I see that they were looking for a bane look-alike, which is okay and for a new character - perfect.
ReplyDeleteBut as Ra´s al Ghul? Where´s the nobility? Where´s the charm?
I´m sorry but I´m heavily disappointed.
Yeah, I saw him and that what disappoints me.
ReplyDeletejust wait and see.........hard to judge without any footage
ReplyDeleteHe looks a lot like that GoT guy, forgot his name! I never doubt the Arrow casting choice so neither will I now. I HOPE HE WON'T PROVE ME WRONG!
ReplyDeleteNever heard of him but who knows what he's up to. Maybe he might be better than Oded Fehr or Naveen Andews. Or maye not. I'll wait till I see some footage.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't even seen photos and videos of him as Ra's al Ghul. At least give the poor guy a chance before knocking him.
ReplyDeleteMe too, I would have at least been ok with an Arab/Israeli actor who would look the part (sorry Liam Neeson), I don't know this guy, he'd have to really wow me to get over my disappointment.
ReplyDeletehow popular was Manu Benett before he was casted in arrow?
ReplyDeletehis filmography doesen't have too many credits
ReplyDeleteI was hoping for Pedro Pascal or Olivier Martinez but I can't to see how this guy will fit. I'm sure he will be great
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, I'm sure you would have made a great Ra's ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo do I, but they didn't even ask me.
ReplyDeleteUm...he was in Spartacus, and The Hobbit.
ReplyDeleteI don't think he was that popular I didn't know of him until Arrow all I know was he was in some Spartacus episodes.
ReplyDelete:/ bastards.
ReplyDeleteYeah I have to be honest, that's where I am right now. I want to try and keep an open mind but this just doens't feel right. However, only time will tell.
ReplyDeleteI was ready to grow out my beard damnit!
ReplyDeleteYeah he was pretty well known...not a huge A List Actor but definitly huge within the genre
ReplyDeletePedro Pascal or Alex Seddig
ReplyDeleteHe played Boss Johns in Riddick.
ReplyDeleteeh...he was in EVERY Spartacus episode. Second lead actually. Also he was in 30 Days of Night.
ReplyDeleteor in the Reddick trailer
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj867geLuOA
or here
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCcL4bTxHmU
People remember: this being a decoy casting is still in the cards.
ReplyDeleteHe could show up in present day as "Ra's Al Guhl" until he meets Malcolm or Sara who reveal that he's just an imposter and suddenly the real Ra's makes his presence known by offing the decoy.
Looking at Nables filmography really doesen't look impressive at all.
Stephen Amell, John Barrowman, Katie Cassidy, Willa Holland, Caity Lotz and even David Nykl have a more impressive filmography.
Not to bash Nable but Arrows writers casting someone with a filmography that 'light' seems pretty unlikely given the significance of the character, the actors he would have to act against and the WORTH that DC connects to that character!
Remember: they had to convince DC to let them use that character, DC being fine with a more than unknown actor would surprise me given all the effort they had to go through to even GET the character.
Sad thing is: I've seen Riddick and can't remember him :I
If he actually got that part he has some shoes to fill, I know that Amell and Barrowman are easy to work with but...well...
Thanks *A*
ReplyDeleteWish they went with Pascal or Fehr. But they haven't screwed up casting main villains in the past so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and go in open minded.
ReplyDeleteNp O,D.A
ReplyDeleteI feel for you man.
ReplyDeleteor here
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Bi9EGK_6I
I know. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Its really peculiar they cast someone we hardly heard about as Ra's. After JB and Manu I expected a TV big wig.
ReplyDeleteOh well. Next time, maybe.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't seen him in anything, but I'd heard of him. Never heard of this guy. But Arrow does have a good record of casting the non-well known actors and succeeding.
ReplyDeleteI'M SOLD - WE HAVE OUR RA'S AL GHUL FOLKS !!!
ReplyDelete[ this is from his newest movie "FELL" ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWbxuUzW1M
i have no idea who he is but well lets see
ReplyDeleteI saw Riddick but I don't remember him but the movie was so boring and forgettable lol.
ReplyDeleteDid Sara ever meet Ra's? Malcolm seems to know him but I always thought Sara had trained with the League and Nyssa, not Ra's.
not sure, I just assume that she knows him
ReplyDeleteMhhm, i liked him in Rideck. He hat the old warrior air to him. Hope he can convince me. I would have thought they would go more with a leaner type, More finess and assasine.
ReplyDeleteThis. I'm gld they went with someone that no one was expecting. They like to create their own versions of those characters, and not the versions we expect. Just see the Flash casting, before anyone saw the guy as Barry, was absolute hate, and then.... Everyone fell for the guy.
ReplyDeleteSee the casting of "the guy from Glee" as Barry Allen/The Flash that everyone hated... And after people saw the Pilot.
ReplyDeletestill hate it
ReplyDeleteI agree. I hate Glee and I thought he was going to be atrocious but I ended up loving him.
ReplyDeleteHe might have been "the guy from Glee" but like Colton Haynes, Grant Gustin was really popular among the target audience. Matt Nable is really unknown. He can be compared to Michael Rowe aka Deadshot who was completely unknown before his debut in Arrow. Hell even the guy who played Bronze Tiger, Michael Jai White is pretty popular.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I think Stephen Amell was the best example. Not very well known, cast as the lead and has done magnificently well.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess in the end Liam Neeson was to expensive...
ReplyDeletehe actually would be suitable for Wildcat/Ted Grant
ReplyDeleteNot at all what I was expecting but I'm glad that I have never heard of him - now I won't have any preconceived notions about how he will portray the character.
ReplyDeleteHAH! "Never heard of him." "Never heard of him." "Never heard of him."
ReplyDelete...unless you're Australian. He is pretty well known with his television work here in Australia - not a long list of credits, but credentials that are known. All you should begin getting used to seeing the Aussies (or Kiwis) in CW shows.
You know, I'm kind of surprised they told us this soon who Ra's is. I thought given that he's such a big character and the main baddy this season they would have kept it under rapes ie kept quite tell the show started as well as casted someone a bit more well known. I mean there was such a big build up to it, a lot of hype and then an actor that very very few have ever heard of,(less then Menu and Bowmen anyway and they were big bads as well) seems odd to me. But oh well, we'll see how it goes.
ReplyDeleteOh hey that dude next to Matt in the screen cap is Felicity's MIT bf.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope I´m wrong.
ReplyDeleteI didn´t mock the actor in one sentence. But given his outer appearence plus the casting call discribing him as "a Bane-like" character gives me a bad feeling. I mean, why discribing Ra´s al Ghul like Bane and not for who he is?
ReplyDeleteI didn't say you were mocking the actor, I said you were knocking him! For example, you said "But as Ra's al Ghul? Where's the nobility? Where's the charm?". You haven't even seen photos and footage of him as Ra's al Ghul yet and you're already declaring he's a bad choice for the role.
ReplyDeleteSince you know him... Is he good? Have you watched his work before other than Riddick?
ReplyDeleteBeing used to it has nothing to do with knowing who people are?!!?!
ReplyDeletewill we see Ubu? Ral al ghul bodyguard/servant? he appear in batman tas and young justice
ReplyDeleteI have no problem with the actor and I will give him a chance as I´m going to watch season 3. I just think it´s a bad sign, especially considering Marc Guggenheim saying in a Hollywood reporter interview that Ra´s will have an origin true to the comic book, but how is an Australian going to be a convincible middle eastern nomad without stretching the suspension of disbelief to an unbearable amount?
ReplyDeleteand when he was briefly on The Vampire Diaries as Werewolf Brady he honestly was very unnoticeable and I'd never think he was going to be the lead in his own amazing super hero series.
ReplyDeleteHe was very ordinary in TVD wasn't he? Such a change.
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