On Watchmen Cast Revealed! It's Mostly Crap! at 02/14 6:31pm

holybrady,

Firstly, calling the author an idiot based on his article above is, quite frankly, incredibly stupid. It also seems that you have not read the article. Anthony makes little to no comment on the film having to have A-List stars.

In my opinion he is right. In keeping with your view on artistic integrity, yes, I would prefer the film to have less known actors, but from reading the graphic novel I can say that I find it incredibly difficult to strike any comparison between cast and characters. Don't forget that the characters are retired masked vigilantes, for the most part, and would be early forties or late thirties. Ozymandias, especially, seems far too young for the role.

But to be perfectly honest, the actors look very little like the characters. It not just keeps artistic integrity to hire lesser known actors; hiring actors and actresses that looked like the characters they are meant to be portraying also helps.

I won't give my opinion on Akerman, as I feel the author has summarised my opinion perfectly.