Brad Pitt as Thor?

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Back a few days when the rumour hit that Matthew McConaughey was rumoured to be playing Captain America I made an observation that I thought he might be better suited for the character of Thor, also planned for release by Marvel Studios.

But then the rumour mill churned out a nice tidbit this morning as we find out that Brad Pitt is being considered for Thor instead!

MovieHole says:

Are Marvel trying to one up themselves by casting an even bigger name than Robert Downey Jr (“Iron Man”) for their next super-jaunt? Sounds like it.

According to Latino Review, Brad Pitt is the favourite to play the Thunder God “Thor” in the upcoming superhero flick of the same name.

I know it is still terribly early in the game to be calling this out yet and it could change at the drop of a hat.

But just like Brooke Sheild’s eyebrows, now that I see this character in my head with Brad Pitt (picture him as above) in the role, I just can’t see anything else.

Pitt is a wonderful actor and can play the cold and stoic noble Norse warrior god. He has the physique, he has the ability to do action, and he has the jaw.

What do you think about this casting rumour?

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  1. The guy would have to be good 6ft plus, and with beefy-vein-popping thick wrists for any/all of the close-up screen shots of him holding the “Mjollnir” [Thor’s hammer]. He would have to be blond and blue eyed to accurately reflect the chronicles of “Ruoskva” Proto-Germanic mythology of second kingdom. And, he better use some thick Asgard [Norwegian]dialect.

    Now, I am not sure who can play the role of the “goat” for Thor’s Chariot? May be Rob Schneider…just kidding Rob.

  2. I think that everybody is forgetting about THOR’s other eago Donald Blake. Now Brad Pitt would be perfect for that part but you need someone else to play THOR and who wver has seen HHH he would make a great THOR. Who ever says wrestlers can’t act is categorizing them with HULK HOGAN he couldn’t act and should of just stuck to wrestling.

    1. No, I am categorizing Triple H with well.. Triple H.

      He is NOT an actor. Wrestlers are not actors. Why give a massive potential tentpole for your studio to the likes of a non-actor?

      You name ONE blockbuster tentpole by any studio that has had a pro wrestler as the primary lead.

      Guess what? There are none. They play supporting roles or background guys that just need to be big guys.

      The ONLY movies where a wrestler is the lead are the fluff b-blist movies they bring direct to video or at best, filler movies they don’t bet the bank on.

      A wrestler as a Marvel Films lead? Never going to happen. I dont care what fanwank you are on about, but HHH will not be Thor.

  6. Thor should be played by a big Strong looking European..

    There’s really no need to have a “good” actor.. not really..

    Just an Extra big German…

  8. i think hes not perfect . think its a great idea. brad pitt is a great actor- i do see him playing captain america though

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    @Pman67
    youre right. he is too bigg, but he looks like he can pull it off hi s chest. i totally agree but the fact that he can play a role of someone from the B.C.s (achiles in troy) perfectly makes up for his lack of size. on the other hand- they can get a totally perfect actor to play thor but he might not be well known. id rather have bradd who was in troy. and im sure theyll vhjbvjbhbvgyuironman and brad pit is one of those few guys

  9. Rodney, after thinking about what you sayd about marvel characters not being played by the same actor: i remember that rey reynolds played a member of the nightwatchers or w.e. in blade AND hes going to be deadpol.
    i agree with the fact that they shouldnt use the same actors but- how come they let him do it?
    AND people were talking about him being flash (but thats DC and we all know they have thinking impediments)

    HHH has the perfect look but he cant act like thor or talk like thor. he also cant talk or act period.

  10. Sorry. TripleH might be a fine wrestler but he cannot act to save his life.

    I can deal with the character not being 8 feet tall or 400lbs of muscle. I think Brad is physically capable of pulling this off. Both looks and acting ability.

    But I cannot support the idea of a prowrestler meathead getting the role because he is built, has long hair and some fanboys want their favourite ring jockey in a movie.

  12. @ kristina

    lol- isnt ray stevenson going to be the next punisher?

    im sorry-i might be wrong but his name rings a bell!! if its the guy im talking about he would be perfect but- again, hes due to try and do what thomas jane did perfectly.

  14. I’m gonna have to side with the majority here, and say that Pitt is just not right to play Thor (I doubt he’ll do it anyways). They really need to focus on someone that’s at a minimum 6’2″, but I say go bigger 6’4″. He also needs to have the size that’s going to make him seem larger than most of the others around him, right? There’s only so much to make Pitt loom like that on the screen. This is saying nothing about his acting ability. The guy truly is one of the best actors around, no questions about that.

    Personally, I agree that Thor shouldn’t be an American actor, and quite possibly Ray Stevenson or Vinnie Jones would make good choices, IMHO. Both are large guys. The best way to look for an actor for this role is to go with someone that fit the role, the way Arnold did for Conan. I’d have given more thought about having Bill Goldberg, but he’d have a lot of acting classes to take before ever stepping foot in front of the movie camera.

    As for McConaughey, I think he’ll do fine as Captain America, as he’s already a larger build, and can be made to look 6’2″ easily (if I remember, that’s about what CA was). He’ll do well in that role, if they go that route and sign him on.

  16. ok so i didnt bother to read any of the other posts cause ill read em after but in my opinion when i first thought of the perfect person to play cpt america i actually thought Mattew McConaughy would be the perfect person….as for thor….pitt is awesome and if he buffed up like 40 -lbs (not gonna happen) then i would say hell ya….but personally my mind will always picture Vincent D’Onofrio (yes the guy from law & order) as thor from adventures in babysitting…..i still cant believe that was him lol

  17. Hopefully since it’s as of now my most looked forward to film and I really want it to succeed. Any news if anyone knows by the way if they were going to cast the previous actors from all of the franchises?

    I don’t know where I heard this first but I can’t seem to find it now. Anyways, i’ve loved Thor since I was a little kid and greatly hope this film does indeed turn out amazing

  18. People said the same thing when they announced the cast of Oceans 11.

    Repeatedly they have all taken paycuts just to be in it. It is likely another scenario like this will take place for Avengers.

  19. What I know is if anymore actors of this quality get involved then The Avengers film will lose all chance at even breaking even when it releases

  20. He can do the job – look at 12 monkeys – he’s a fine actor. Just have him borrow Juggy’s muscle suit from Xmen. NEXT!!…move along…move along

  21. i think hes perfect if he can pull off the accent. i think its a great idea. brad pitt is a great actor- i dont see him playing captain america though

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    @Pman67
    youre right. he is too small, but he looks like he can pull it off. i totally agree but the fact that he can play a role of someone from the B.C.s (achiles in troy) perfectly makes up for his lack of size. on the other hand- they can get a totally perfect actor to play thor but he might not be well known. id rather have bradd who was in troy. and im sure theyll get some big name for thor after what RDjr did with ironman and brad pit is one of those few guys

  22. When I think of who could play the real life equivalent of the Norse God of Thunder I can only picture Kevin McKidd. He may not have name recognition as of yet but neither did Hugh Jackman, when he did X-Men and look how that turned out. But he does have the look and the acting chops as well to play a great stoic warrior which would suit him perfectly to play Thor.

  23. Brad looks like Thor from the neck up, but that’s it. Thor should be larger than life, an imposing figure. Sorry but Brad’s just too small. What is he about 5′ 11”? Unlike Spiderman, Wolverine or Tony Stark, who are all characters with normal or smaller statures. Thor is usually depicted as the biggest or one of the biggest guys in the room. Casting him is going to be tougher than most of Marvel’s other headliners.

  24. I 2nd that. read it. especially the current run. awesome stuff. the guy is really cutting loose these days (almost frying Iron Man in his armor for cloning him) & i finally being the god he was meant to be.

  28. @ Kristina
    I dig the Daniel Cudmore (Colossus) as Thor idea. ;-)
    The guy is as youthful,big & chiseled as a Thunder God oughtta be.

    @Rodney
    sure Marvel has an overlapping policy. Marvel Studios maybe.
    there may be the loophole that Cudmore worked for Fox & not Marvel directly & also the fact that the guy was Underused in both X-films.

  29. *****
    If they do Ultimates Thor, this would be brilliant, we know he can pitt can play crazy (12 monkeys).
    So play thor as someone who comes off as crazy and no one believes he is the thunder god (at first)
    *****

  30. Thor, as with all mythological characters, should NOT be played by an American. Call me a purist, but THAT accent in anything other than a story that’s particular to America (the western, the gangster film, etc) loses its cred immediately. (No, I don’t like Shakespeare performed in English with anything other than Received Pronunciation. Snob? Yup. Sue me.)

    So what we’re looking for is a 6’2″, 230 pound Anglo-esque thespian who can handle the necessary dialogue AND wield Mjolnir with ease.

    NOT Brad Pitt.

  31. Nah, he won’t do it.
    Sure Marvel would want him, but he’s too big a star for a franchise like this.
    For one, that movie is probably already pretty expensive, even without an A-Lister like Brad Pitt. They would have to pay him 20 Million at least.

    Also, they would never get him to sign on for more than one film. The actor they are looking for has to be available for one sequel at least, not to mention their plans for an AVENGER movie. Pitt would never accept that obligation, even if he’s interested in the first one.

    This is nothing more than a rumor that started because Brad looked a bit like Thor in TROY. If SPIDERMAN and IRON MAN proofed one thing, it’s that you don’t need a big star for a franchise like this. Neither MacGuire nor Downey Jr. were big stars before and the films made crazy money. You just don’t need the A-List for this.

    I for one can only repeat myself:
    Kevin McKidd.

  32. @Adam – Why would you want a “down to earth” guy to play a god? If you read Thor at all you would see that he has a very superior air to his presence which is anything BUT a down to earth guy. He is often quick to remind people that he is a god.

    @Kristina – Marvel has a policy about overlapping actors for different roles. Colosuss cannot play Thor by that reasoning alone.

  36. Neither of the two rumored Thor actors strike any chords with me. To me, Thor can be both a cheesy and bad ass character. The classic Thor costume is pretty laughable when translated into live action. Imagining either of these actors in it makes fall on the floor laughing. On the other hand, Mjolnir is just about the coolest weapon next to a Lightsaber.

    In the end, I think it’s really up to how “cool” they can make Thor look while staying true to the character. If I had to pick, I’d say Matthew McConaughey over Brad Pitt, because Matthew comes off as a more down-to earth guy on the screen. That feeling could bring the lofty God Of Thunder back to the masses.

  37. I love it when the casting is so perfect you don’t need any convincing that the actor IS the character. Robert Downy Jr. was just so perfect. One of the reasons I totally bought him as Stark was that I hadn’t seen Downy Jr in many roles before this, and even then not for a very long time. So it’s kind of a Hugh Jackman/Wolverine situation. I bought him as Wolverine because he looked perfect AND that was the first role i’d seen him in.

    Pitt as Thor of course would look near perfect in the role. But honestly it would be a much tougher sell than Stark or Wolverine just because I’ve seen him in sooo many other roles.

    Pitt seems more suited as Thor than Matt McConeghy as Cap. But I’d prefer a lesser known actor for both.

  39. Aye Dan, verily the Pitt did sucketh ass in ‘Troy’, forsooth.

    Anyway, with Pitt on board, it’s definately a ‘go’ picture and nothing can stop Thor coming to the big screen and i’m excited as hell.

    I just hope Pitt likes the script enough to not hold it up by asking for changes and rewrites (as A-listers can tend to do).

  41. Brad Pitt could play a fucking melting brick of butter and make it look cool. But honestly I just think he is way too handsome to be Thor. Let’s get someone in there who looks like he’s been punched in the face by a mountain a couple times and who can drink an entire ocean.

    MM could suit that.
    Or Eric Bana.

  42. Yeah he’s a good actor – but his “patriclous” speech in troy and his weepy face was bad acting, also when he gives the speech to eric bana about “all the dead will know” – just before he fights him was also corny.

    I would personally like to see Vladimir Kulich as Thor

  43. I like Pitt, but him as Thor is a relatively a weak choice. He has the ‘looks’ facial wise, but the upper body just doesn’t cut it not matter how much he beefs up.

    1. BRAD PITT AS THOR?!??!!??!?

      Are you people freakking insane????!?!!?!

      Ok…thor…….Not a midget.He is a NORSE god.BIGGER than life.Able to throw a Hammer and fly around.Brad would be able to lift it let alone spin the damned thing.

      If your looking for someone to PLay the god thor I personally would look into WWE.they are already able to act…True badly.They are huge…for example Edge is something like 6’10”.Stature….Compare Brad Pitt to Dave Batista…..

      Casting brad pitt in this role would be a horrible IDEA!

    2. Chris, not insane. And do you even KNOW what a midget is? That kind of talk is insane. Brad Pitt is FAR from a midget.

      He is a hair shy of 6 foot. (The required height according to the recent casting call) The right shoes would tip him over by a couple inches.

      And the Hammer would be CGI so this silliness thinking Pitt (who is freaking buff) couldn’t “lift it let alone spin the damned thing” is just retarded as well. They made Brandon Routh lift up an island, and I am sure they didnt consider his physique when making Superman.

      Not saying they SHOULD do Brad Pitt, but I would be completely comfortable with that choice.

    3. I disagree with both Chris and Rodney. Brad Pitt would be a good choice to play Thor, the norse god of thunder. He’s got the correct facial structure as well as physique, and is a very experienced actor. But his voice and stature is what is in question from my opinion. Brad has neither the towering height or commanding voice required to be the God of Thunder as I remember reading about in comics as a boy. Now, casting a wrestler would be a horrible idea as well. Lets face it how many wrestlers actually make descent actors. None that I can think of in my own opinion. John Cena….good wrestler…horrible actor. Along with Cane and Hulk Hogan…and so forth…. wrong type of mentality. If I had to set the requirements for the suggested actors to play Thor, at least 6’2″ or taller, an athletic yet muscular frame, blonde hair, blue eyes, and the signature scandinavian angular facial features….similar to Pitt’s face. That’s how I remember the Thor of the comic books.

    4. If Vladimir Kulich was about 10 to 15 years younger….perfect choice for Thor…he’s got the the voice, the stature, the build, the flippin hair and eyes…..when I saw him in the 13th Warrior…..I was like damn…..he kind of looks that Thor guy from the comic books…no joking….

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