RUMOR: Sandler and Carrey up for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Role
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 at 12:28 pm Category: Movies, Rumors, TopYes, you read that headline correctly.
According to Latino Review, Marvel is courting some big time “comedy” actors for Guardians of the Galaxy, and they have reached out to inquire about Jim Carrey’s and Adam Sandler’s availability. For which character they may be inquiring for, no one knows, but I would place my money (with the rest of those speculating right now as well) on one of the CG characters, Rocket Raccoon or Groot – and I would even lean more towards Rocket Raccoon.
That all said, I would take this with a grain of salt. My head just can’t wrap around Adam Sandler having anything to do with a Marvel movie, and even Jim Carrey would be a stretch; however they are both very animated actors who may lend a great voice-over to one of these characters. I like to think all of us geeks out there learned a lesson with the casting of Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight, but still, Carrey and Sandler? In any case, if these sources prove to be correct it sounds like Marvel is just putting some feelers out there. There hasn’t been any offers, any discussions, just rumored inquiries lending themselves to some interesting speculation.
Guardians of the Galaxyis set to start filming this Summer, and slated for an August 2014 release – and I am quite anxious to see the casting lineup we get for this film.
What are your thoughts on the rumored possibility of Sander or Carrey voicing/playing a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy? Sound off in the comments below!
Responses to “RUMOR: Sandler and Carrey up for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Role”
I’m guessing it’s Rocket Raccoon AND Groot – Sandler for Rocket Raccoon and Carrey for Groot.
It makes sense when you think about it. I mean, it doesn’t add up to a good movie, but it makes sense.
This is terrible. Marvel, look what you did with The Avengers. Jackson is the exception, but you had no huge name actors, at least none that were huge before you made them so. And you made how many billions? Don’t add two low-rent comedians just because you think it will generate revenue. You don’t need them and they won’t help. Remember Carrey as the Riddler? He sucked. Remember Sandler in anything? He sucks. He’s not even a good voice actor. He has his own voice and the retarded kid with a speech impediment voice. Neither are good for these characters.