Back in my comic reading days, “Jonah Hex” was always one of my favorite titles. I probably only came across the comic once every blue moon, but I did enjoy it for some reason. I was also a big fan of Clint Eastwood movies and westerns in general. Maybe that’s why. I dunno. I always thought Hex was a bad-ass. Maybe that’s it.
The good news is that it looks like they are finally going to make a movie out of the comic. The bad news is that Hex will apparently be played by Thomas Jane, he of “Punisher” fame. I didn’t mind Jane as The Punisher but…I don’t see him as Hex. Too pretty, I think. Also, the Punisher movie pretty much sucked.
Whenever new hero movies come out, I’m always tempted to cast the movie in my head. Two people I see as better Hex material: Viggo Mortensen and Sean Bean. They are a little more ruggedly unkempt than Jane and both have the acting chops to do the job.
Any comic book fans out there care to debate?
Sylvene says:
I thought Jane was too pretty be be Punisher and don’t think his looks are ideal for Jonah Hex either. I do agree with you actually. Mortensen or Bean would be the better choice. Hex is bad-ass and if given my druthers, I’d cast Bean over Mortensen.
21 June 2008, 1:36 amBigwig says:
Adam Baldwin
I could pretty much count on the wife agreeing to see it at that point.
23 June 2008, 9:16 am