Following a post I made a while ago, asking the same thing about “Madlax”, I thought it’s time to do the same comparison for what is now one of my favorite Animes, “El Cazador de la Bruja” (The Witch Hunter).
So… who should star in this anime adaption, if it were ever made? Well, like before, casting a girls-with-guns movie adaption is not easy. I tried my very best, so cut me some slack. Let’s get to it then!
Nadie is a bounty hunter and good at what she does. She is eventually approached by Jody Hayward and hired to protect Ellis. Having had a bit of trouble herself in the past, Lindsay Lohan is a near-perfect match for the role of Nadie. Natural red hair, and it’s long. Besides, she looks closest to Nadie, and I have a feeling she would portray our kind-hearted bounty hunter pretty well on the big screen. I wonder if she likes Tacos like Nadie does. Imagine her in Nadie’s cape and with a gun. Fits eh?
It is believed that she killed Dr. Heinz Schneider, which is why she is wanted – dead or alive – with quite a high bounty on her head. However the rabbit hole goes far deeper than that – Ellis seems to have supernatural powers, in terms of manipulation of molecules or elements of nature. Anna-Sophia Rob (one of her recent appearances was the movie “Race To Witch Mountain”) would portray this somewhat troubled girl perfectly I believe. Driven by a strange urge to travel south and reach a place named Winay Marka, Nadie accompanies her on the journey to unlock the answers to her past.
Having successfully infiltrated the accounting department of the CIA, Jody Hayward’s true goal seems to be to uncover the truth about project “Leviathan”. Once she finds out, she breaks her cover and calls herself only “Blue-Eyes”. If Jennifer Aniston dyes her hair a bit darker, she would portray this mysterious person pretty well. She is the one who approached Nadie and hired her to protect Ellis – but to what end? Fact is that she has an agenda. And seems to be involved in something else, which she values a lot, or so it seems. Jennifer looks very close to her, plus she already has beautiful blue eyes.
Leading the project “Leviathan” from a lab room labeled R-338 is Dr. Douglas Rosenberg. He seems to have a calm personality and follows his own plans and agenda. What those are… no one really knows for sure. It is clear however that he tries to capture Ellis at all costs for some reason. Robin Williams would make the perfect match for our bad guy in this instance. They look pretty similar, and I believe his performance here would be pretty awesome. Rosenberg has a lot of connections and for some reason is always one step ahead. He also hired Ricardo to observe Nadie and Ellis, and to slow down L.A. when he drifts out of control.
Little is known about Ricardo. He is a retired mercenary and now a taciturn bounty hunter, speaking barely. However in time he grows attached to Ellis and Nadie and decides to ally with them in order to thwart Rosenberg’s plans. I don’t think I have to say much else than to look at the picture above. So Harrison Ford, you only have to get out your world-famous Indiana Jones costume, and you’d be ready to be Ricardo! It would match. Aside from the fact that he is a retired mercenary, it is assumed that he lived and/or worked in Australia somewhere earlier in his life, as he teaches Lirio, the girl that follows him around everywhere he goes, how to use and catch a boomerang.
Now the thing with L.A. is kinda complicated. He seems to be madly in love with Ellis and gets super-jealous whenever he sees Nadie and Ellis together, or when someone else approaches “his” Ellis. Also, he harbors a deep hatred for humans. Whether or not he is insane, or just really deeply in love, or if there’s more to him than that, I can’t say if you haven’t seen the show. Nevertheless I believe that Haley Joel Osment would be the best actor to portray him on the screen. He is best known for his role as Cole in “The Sixth Sense” (I see dead people!). The only deal is that he’d have to learn how to use metal threads as a weapon, and that in one scene Ellis will set his crotch on fire.
And that’s it… I believe to have done okay on this assemble of actors. Although a movie of El Cazador will most likely never be made, it’s still okay to think about it. I’d go and see that movie anyways if it came out.
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