So, after finishing the game, I started to wonder, "What would AAI be like as a live-action movie? And who would I cast?"

Here's where you guys come in: I want you to nominate and vote for people you want to be included. But, there are some rules.

RULES:
1. You can nominate as many people as you like for whatever character, but you can only vote ONCE per person.
2. The three labels are: *uncast*, *temporary*, and *PERMANENT*.
3. It requires seven votes to make a character permanent, whether it be the main nominee or one of the possible others.
4. Once a character is labeled *PERMANENT* you may no longer nominate anyone to replace that person. Neither can you contest the decision.
5. If an actor has already been chosen to play a part permanently, you are no longer allowed to nominate that actor for another part. If they are only in a temporary position, however, it is okay.
6. Restrictions: No double-noms, no repeat votes, and NO NOMINATING DEAD PEOPLE.

If you have any questions, kindly post them and I will be happy to answer.

Cast List:

Mains:
*temporary* Miles Edgeworth- Johnny Depp
Picture:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lKe2XK1kSnY/SwD_0lrwk4I/AAAAAAAAA10/puLFSzt0a88/s400/johnny-depp-short-hair.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5
Elliot Cowan
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Detective Dick Gumshoe- Brad Garrett (Because this guy just screams "incompetent detective" to me.)
Picture: http://www.foxnews.com/images/304309/0_ ... arrett.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6
Possible others: Martin Clunes (Votes to permanent: 7), Jack Black (Votes to permanent: 2)

*temporary* Kay Faraday - Selena Gomez (Can't think of many female teen actresses, so I went with the least annoying one...)
Picture: http://gossip.whyfame.com/files/2010/02 ... _gomez.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6

*temporary* Franziska von Karma- Natalya Rudakova ( A much better choice for me.)
Picture: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/events/PRN-031176.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5
Possible others: Anna Kendrick (Votes to permanent: 2)

*temporary* Shi Long Lang-Russell Wong (Okay, we finally found an Asian to play Lang!)
Picture: http://www.russellwongfan.com/rwpic/bs- ... _wong4.jpg
Votes to permanent: 4
Possible others: Sam Worthington (Votes to permanent: 2)

*temporary* Shih-Na - Lady Gaga (Umm... do I even have to explain this one?)
Picture: http://i38.tinypic.com/zx5tvq.png
Votes to permanent: 2
Possible replacement: Vera Farmiga
Votes to permanent: 7

Characters for Case 1:

*uncast* Buddy Faith- (No one yet. It's hard to cast dead people!)
Picture:
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Jacques Portman- Zachary Levi (He's really cheery and uppity, but as we've seen on Chuck he's pretty capable of acting SERIOUSLY pissed off. Plus, the resemblance between him and Portman isn't that bad.)
Picture: http://www.dailyheadlineblog.com/wp-con ... y-levi.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Maggey Byrde- Tina Fey (For some reason I got a really Tina Fey vibe from Maggey, so I'm not so sure about her, so other casting choices would be nice.)
Picture: http://blog.newsok.com/gossip/files/200 ... na-fey.jpg
Votes to permanent: 4

Characters for Case 2:

*temporary* Akbey Hicks- Jesse Spencer (If he wore glasses, he would be this man incarnate.)
Picture: http://www.nami.org/Images/house/web/Je ... 731560.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7
Possible others: Owen Wilson
Votes to permanent: 6

*temporary* Rhoda Teneiro- Zhang Ziyi (Yes, I voted for her too!)
Picture: http://sci-horrorchannel.cn/wp-content/ ... g-ziyi.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5
Possibilities: Renee Zellweger
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Zinc LeBlanc- Sacha Baron Cohen (Okay, I know he looks NOTHING like Zinc LeBlanc, but you've gotta admit, the guy has got playing bad-tempered foreigners down to a tee. He'd do this role justice and more.)
Picture: http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/ ... globes.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7
Possibilities: Robbie Coltrane (Votes to permanent: 6), John Goodman (Votes to permanent: 6)


*temporary* Cammy Meele- Carmen Electra (She totally looks like Cammy, their names are similar, and she wouldn't even have to act that much!)
Picture: http://images.mylot.com/userImages/imag ... 282075.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5
Possibilities: Scarlet Johansson
Votes to permanent: 7

Characters for Case 3: (This one is REALLY empty, so please nominate some actors for this!)

*temporary* Oliver Deacon- Tim Robbins (We finally have a nominee. HOORAH!)
Picture: http://blog.reelloop.com/wp-content/upl ... _avon.jpeg
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Lance Amano- Jonah Hill (Quite a fitting replacement for Jack Black, actually...)
Picture: http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos ... xjI3lq.jpg
Votes to permanent: 4

*temporary* Ernest Amano- Michael Winner (Okay, this works for me!)
Picture: http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/arch ... _9546a.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6

*temporary* Lauren Paups- Alison Brie (She has the sort of meek, kind of shy demeanor needed for Lauren, and looks like her a bit as well.)
Picture: http://www.take180.com/image/rdl43
Votes to permanent: 6
Possibilities: Heidi Montag (Votes to permanent: 7)

*temporary* Mike Meekins- Jay Baruchel (He's exactly the right sort of dorky needed for Mike, and he really looks like how I imagined he'd be in real life. Not to mention that considering the sort of mild-mannered characters he usually plays, seeing him yell a lot would be utterly hilarious.)
Picture: http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGa ... ruchel.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7
Possibilities: MIke Myers (Votes to permanent: 7), Justin Long (Votes to permanent: 7)

*temporary* Wendy Oldbag- Jane Lynch (Considering how mean she acts on Glee as Sue, I figured she'd be perfect for this role. About the lovey-dovey stuff, however, I'm not so sure...)
Picture: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qzd9HIsRWeA/S ... +Lynch.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7
Possibilities: Catherine Tate (Votes to permanent: 6), Eartha Kitt (Votes to permanent: 7)

*temporary* Ema Skye- Emma Watson (Not bad, this one's pretty good!)
Picture:http://www.collegebound.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/emma-watson1g.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5

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Characters for Case 4: (This needs the most people. Please contribute characters!)

*uncast* Young Edgeworth- (No one yet. But finding somebody would be awesome!)
Picture:
Votes to permanent: 7

*uncast* Little Franziska- (Its pretty hard to cast little kids, but if you could find some one that would be really cool.)
Picture:
Votes to permanent: 7

*uncast* Little Kay- (Same with her)
Picture:
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Byrne Faraday- Tom Cruise (Oh my god yes. This has a vote from me.)
Picture: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/g ... 0crazy.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6

*uncast* Mack Rell- (Okay... who would you get to play a thug?)
Picture:
Votes to permanent: 7

*uncast* Deid Mann- (Yet another murder victim that I cannot cast. Gah, what is wrong with me?)
Picture:
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Manfred von Karma- Alan Rickman (This is an awesome suggestion.)
Picture: http://www.education.mcgill.ca/EDPT200- ... a/alan.jpg
Votes to permanent: 4
Possible others: Tommy Lee Jones (Votes to permanent: 7), Jeremy Irons (Votes to permanent: 7)

*temporary* Detective Badd- Clint Eastwood (Because I also voted for him to replace Hugh, ehehehe...)
Picture: http://www.topnews.in/files/clint-eastwood446.jpg
Votes to permanent: 4
Possible others: Robert Bingham
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* The Judge- Michael Gambon (Since the Judge is a Dumbledore-ish sort of guy, albeit a lot dumber, I think he'd fit the image nicely.)
Picture: http://pictures.directnews.co.uk/liveim ... 53_300.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6
Possibilities: Patrick Stewart (Votes to permanent: 6), Leslie Nielson (Votes to permanent: 6)

*temporary* Calisto Yew- Christina Aguilera (Alright, we're now splitting her and you-know-who into different actresses, so take your pick!)
Picture: http://www.realitytvscoop.com/files/chr ... uilera.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5
Possible replacement: Vera Farmiga (Votes to permanent: 7), Lucy Liu (Votes to permanent: 7)

Characters for Case 5

*temporary* Manny Coachen- Owen Wilson (We've finally sort of got someone. Now, vote him permanent!!!)
Picture: http://img.listal.com/image/335479/600f ... wilson.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7
Possible replacement: Andy Serkis (Votes to permanent: 7), Cillian Murphy (Votes to permanent: 7)

*temporary* Quercus Alba- Ian McKellen (Because Ian McKellen is the most suited to play an epic old guy like Alba.)
Picture: http://www.fussy.org/ian_mckellen.jpg
Votes to permanent: 2
Possible replacements: Serj Tankian
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Colias Palaeno- Will Arnett (I mean, I can totally see him acting like Palaeno, can't you?)
Picture: http://images.askmen.com/galleries/cele ... ture-3.jpg
Votes to permanent: 7
Possibilities: Robin William (Votes to permanent: 7), Jason Bateman (Votes to permanent: 7)


*temporary* Larry Butz- Seth Green (Alright, this guy is definitely a lot more like Larry, so his replacement is APPROVED! Now, make him permanent!)
Picture: http://www.myfavouritejew.com/clientima ... -green.jpg
Votes to permanent: 5
Possible others: Will Ferrell
Votes to permanent: 7

*temporary* Ka-Shi Nou- Lam Chi-Chung (The fat guy from Kung Fu Hustle. You know he would fit.)
Picture: http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/bk4376 ... hung_2.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6

Alright, now that you've read through all that, please, give your opinions, comments, suggestions, anything! So... three, two, one.... go!

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Last edited by CrimsonBlaze on Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:08 am, edited 11 times in total.

Hmm.... this is a huge toughy....

HGGRRRRRGRGUUH... I had a brainfart... Um... I don't know at the moment, but when I do, I'll be sure to say :3

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Hm, this topic seems quite interesting.

Lady Gaga would be perfect for Shi-na. Just a little problem:

Other than that, I'll thumbs up anyway.

Alba and Ian McKellen, that's a good one. Thumbs up on this one.

Lam Chi-Chung for Ka-Shi-Nou, they got quite a resemblence. I never knew there was someone else that knew this actor. Thumbs up for me.

I'd be interested in seeing this for other games, kicks in a little bit of creativity.

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Oooh nice idea. I'm really bad at thinking of actors though... But I have to say that you casted Gumshoe perfectly. I can totally picture Brad Garett playing the role!

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I always like Seth Green as Larry and Justin Long as Meekins.

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Hmm...
Jack Black as Lance Amano?
Well, he's older, but... he sure can portray douches.

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Miles Edgeworth - Johnny Depp
Dick Gumshoe - Martin Clunes
Franziska Von Karma - Megan Fox
Kay Faraday - Selena Gomez/Hilary Duff
Jaques Portsman - Tom Cruise even though he's oldish.
Buddy Faith -
Maggey Bryde - Tina Fey
Rhoda Teneiro - Renée Zellweger
Zinc Leblanc - Robbie Coltrane
Abkey Hicks -
Cammy Meele - Scarlett Johansson
Shi-Long Lang -
Shih-na - Lady Gaga
Earnest Amano - Micheal Winner
Lance Amano -
Oliver Deacon - John Cleese
Lauren Paups - Heidi Montag
Bryne Faraday - Tom Cruise
Died Mann -
Mack Rell -
Castillo Yew - Christina Aguilera
Tyrell Badd - Clint Eastwood
Manny Coachen -
Colias Palaeno - Robin Williams
Quercus Alba - Ian Mckellen
Ka-Shi Nou -
Ema Skye - Emma Watson
Mike Meekings - Mike Myers
Wendy Oldbag - Catherine Tate
Manfred Von Karma - Alan Rickman
The Judge - Pactrick Stewart
Larry Butz - Seth Green
I think of some of the others later.

Last edited by Chloe on Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:06 pm, edited 3 times in total.

These definately.

...this topic should probably be spoiler-marked.

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Haha, it's nice to know that you guys are enjoying thinking of people for this. Also, yes, if this is successful enough I'll probably do one for each of the games, carrying over the people who gained permanent from each position, of course.

So, the list has been updated, and I'm so happy that people are contributing! So please, keep sending people in!

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Despite really liking Johnny Depp and all, I think he's way too old to play Edgeworth. Miles is only 27, Depp is 47, twenty years older. He'd do pretty well, but still, I'd like someone who is younger.

I'm not really good at this, but maybe Elliot Cowan, who played Darcy in an adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http ... 29,r:2,s:0

Only with long hair though. He's around 34 now, I guess. Though I would like Johnny Depp in some role.

Franziska Von Karma: Natalya Rudakova, because in the movie "transporter 3" she called her father "papa"
http://thumbnails.hulu.com/487/50032487 ... erated.jpg


I don't like Carmen Electra as cammy, (too old) but that's my opinion, and i don't have any suggestions.

I don't really like Will Arnett for the role of Colias, I could kind of see more of a Jason Bateman portraying it better, though I DO like DiCaprio as Lang.

Lady Gaga is a silly choice for Shih-na, for Calisto and Shih-na... I'd say Vera Farmiga (of Up in the Air fame)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VeraFarmiga09TIFF.jpg

And Megan Fox is a terrible actress, so perhaps... Anna Kendrick? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ropped.jpg (Also from UITA but that's beside the point).

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The list has been updated to include the latest noms and votes (along with my votes for people I didn't nominate). Please keep your votes and noms coming for everyone, and thank you for contributing!

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I have some other suggestions :D
Shi-Long-Lang: Sam Worthington
http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/image ... 909-lg.jpg

Zinc LeBlanc: John Goodman (just look at that face, then look at Zinc's profile.)
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/files/2009 ... -actor.jpg

Lance Amano: Jonah Hill
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/379 ... bc2bf3.jpg

Ackbey Hicks or Manny Coachen: Owen Wilson.
http://www.saidaonline.com/en/newsgfx/owen_wilson.jpg

Manfred von Karma: Tommy Lee Jones

Alright, I've updated this. Please, please, please vote for your favorites and give in noms!!!

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Shouldn't Lang be Asian? But we need a guy who can be tough, wolfish, and badass yet young enough.... :T

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I know that he's supposed to be Asian, but I don't know very many, so instead I thought of a Western actor who I felt could invoke the same sort of aura...

Anyways, people, please vote and nominate! But especially vote! I wanna see some one become permanent soon (*cough*Ian Mckellen*cough*)!

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Okay, I vote for Ian McKellan, Natalya Rudakova, Jonah Hill, Carmen Electra, Alison Brie, and.... Lady Gaga.

I'm serious about Lady Gaga. It would probably be good for her to act... she doesn't seem like she'd be too bad at it. And you could load on a bunch of makeup and a wig on her and she'll look completely different.

Edit: Well, I was trying to find an Asian actor that fits Lang, but a lot of the best candidates were too old. :/ Oh well, everyone in Ace Attorney is too young anyway. XD So, I decided on Russel Wong. He's not young, but he's tall, imposing, and kicks lots of ass.
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/photo/russell_wong.jpg

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Thanks for the votes!!! And please, people, keep sending noms and votes in!

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Hey, that one isn't so bad actually. Just give him a Lang wig and everything, it could work.

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I wish I could help out with some nominations, but the characters left are very hard to cast!
Can I please vote for Ian McKellen, Emma Watson, Tina Fey, Alan Rickman and Michael Gambon please.

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Alrighty then. The list has been updated, and it looks like we're getting close to having a couple of permanent cast members on our hands! Thank you for giving in votes and nominations, and thanks for the interest in this list!

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Ohhhh I forgot to vote for Clint Eastwood!

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I vote Owen Wilson, Russell Wong, Tina Fey, Catherine Tate and Carmen Electra :3

For Rhoda Teneiro, I suggest Zhang Ziyi, instead of Olivia Wilde~

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I think that as far as body shape goes, Megan Fox is wrong for Franziska. I vote for Natalya Rudakova to replace her. And one vote for Lady Gaga to play Shih-Na.

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Yeah, for me Megan Fox is a no go. She just, doesn't seem like a Franny. Then again, it'll be hard to find a Franziska.

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I vote for Zhang Ziyi

Alright, I've updated with the latest votes and nominations. Thanks for sending votes and noms in, guys!

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The Judge:Leslie Nielsen

Quercus Alba:Serj Tankian

Dick Gumshoe:Jack Black(Ron Pearlman COULD work...)

Manfred von Karma:Jeremy Irons

Larry Butz:Will Ferell

Manny Coachen:Andy Serkis

Shih-Na:Lady Gaga

Tyrell Badd:Robert Bingham

Wendy Oldbag:Eartha Kitt
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Last edited by SpirtualCrystos on Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Atmey? But he isn't in AAI...

Cillian Murphy as Manny Coachen, maybe?

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Alright, I've updated with noms and votes. Please keep sending stuff in!!!

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Gosh, I wish I didn't have to do this, but...

Bump for noms and votes?

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I would suggest instead of "votes for replacement" every nom gets the same chance "votes for permanent"

Thanks for the suggestion, Auraion! It's implemented and finito, and I counted those votes for people who were replaced into the new votes to permanent. Come on everyone, get to voting!!!!

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Too pretty. XD

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Uwaah! It' another bump!

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*temporary* The Judge- Michael Gambon (Since the Judge is a Dumbledore-ish sort of guy, albeit a lot dumber, I think he'd fit the image nicely.)
Picture: http://pictures.directnews.co.uk/liveim ... 53_300.jpg
Votes to permanent: 6
Possibilities: Patrick Stewart (Votes to permanent: 6), Leslie Nielsen (Votes to permanent: 6)

Oh, whoops! Sorry about that! Anyways, I've corrected that now. All of your votes and noms would be mucho appreciated!!!

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