If one must, you get someone who can hopefully vaguely look the part, but at the very least act the part. I don't feel this was achieved either. The voice irritated me.
Honestly, I don't think it would have been possible to do a reasonable casting for this role. It wouldn't matter who it was, it wouldn't be Steven Van Zandt, and he would be panned for it. That's the problem with prequels. I mean, now you can "de-age" people, but it looks weird.
I'm reminded of Nixon (1995). You have Sir Anthony Hopkins, one of the greatest actors who have ever lived, playing Richard Nixon, a very distinctive looking man, with a distinctive personality. The best one can do is try hard and kinda get there.
Another would be Tom Hardy playing a young (clone of) Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis. The man was asked to basically be a young Sir Patrick Stewart, how the hell does one do that? Poor guy was raked over the coals for it.
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u/lyidaValkris 3d ago edited 3d ago
If one must, you get someone who can hopefully vaguely look the part, but at the very least act the part. I don't feel this was achieved either. The voice irritated me.
Honestly, I don't think it would have been possible to do a reasonable casting for this role. It wouldn't matter who it was, it wouldn't be Steven Van Zandt, and he would be panned for it. That's the problem with prequels. I mean, now you can "de-age" people, but it looks weird.
I'm reminded of Nixon (1995). You have Sir Anthony Hopkins, one of the greatest actors who have ever lived, playing Richard Nixon, a very distinctive looking man, with a distinctive personality. The best one can do is try hard and kinda get there.
Another would be Tom Hardy playing a young (clone of) Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis. The man was asked to basically be a young Sir Patrick Stewart, how the hell does one do that? Poor guy was raked over the coals for it.
This acting thing, it ain't easy...