Superhero Task

For this weeks Homework I have decided to to take on the recasting task. However for this task I thought instead of using a superhero film that already uses some amazing actors I would recast The Incredibles and make it Live-action. So for this the main characters I will be basing this around are Mr Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash, Violet, Frozone and from Incredibles one (as the documentary also talked about Super villains) Incrediboy also better known as Syndrone.

So the first character to recast would be the iconic superhero Mr Incredible. Mr Incredibles superpower is that he is very strong so my automatic choice while casting an actor would be someone who has a similar build and experience in a sport such as wresting. So my very obvious and in some ways a quite typical choice would be Dwayne Johnston as he was actually a former professional wrestler and football player before coming to acting. However, as an alternative choice I would say that seeing someone like Jason Momoa playing Mr Incredible would be very funny.

The next character is Elastigirl. Elastigirls superpower is that she is able to stretch, deform, expand and basically contract her body into any form imaginable. She is also however seen as quite short compared to Mr Incredible. For this wrole I have actaully been struggeling a bit because there are actually quite a few possible choices. One choice I thought of as she is in a film that I actually always find fun to watch and have watched very recently again is The Other Women and in this film one of the main actresses is Leslie Mann. I love how funny her character is in that film and how loving but how she also has a very strong side to her. However, the person I could really picture being Elastigirl is Scarlett Johansson. I have watched a lot of her films but the most recent film I have watched her in is Jo Jo Rabbit I really love how she takes on that wrole of being a very protective mother for her son in a very scary time and trying to keep the relationship as normal as possible no matter how scared she really was always trying to make him smile. She is obviously also very well known for being the Black Widow in the Marvel universe where she is a very kick-ass stronge women – just as she is in the real world too.

Next up is Violet. Straight away I know who I think would be perfect to play this character and that in Zendaya. The main reason I picked Zendaya is from her role in Spiderman Homecoming, Euphoria, The greatest showman and even throwing it back to a tv show I used to be obsessed with Shake it up. In each of these roles she plays a girl quite quiet but also when they come out of their shell its clear that they are one of kind and to me that is exactly like Violet as her character is someone that wants to hide away but at the same time wants to be doing something to help her parents and wants to be seen by her crush.

Next is the character Dash. The person I have chosen to play this character is Aidan Gallagher. I have only seen him in the Netflix series Umbrella Academy in which he plays a superhero type figure who’s ability is Space-time manipulation.

The last superhero is Frozone. One person that I think would be great to play Frozone is Kevin Hart. I love how well him and The Rock work together in Jumanji and I think their friendship is very much like Mr Incredibles and Frozone’s is in the films, however, obviously because they are both in Jumanji together I haven’t chosen him. I have chosen Will Smith as I think his funny personality is perfect for the wrole of Frozone.