
KManX89
MemberMothra LarvaeAug-10-2014 1:00 PMThis is a creative thread for fellow fans to express their ideas for the sequel. Feel free to share your ideas for new characters for the Godzilla sequel here, actors to play those characters and which characters you would have returning from the first movie, if any. And no, these new characters don't necessarily have to have names, just a casting choice and mini-bio/description of them would be nice.
Here's mine (*=new character), I believe I've put together a nice group with interesting story archs for each and actors to play them and I've already worked out names and bios for each of them a long time ago as a lot of you may already know:
-Lt. John Reaver* (Chris Hemsworth): Ex-Delta Force Lt. Col., ex-fiance of Cap. Orlovsky, working on a "top secret project" (**SPOILER ALERT: revealed to be MechaGodzilla in the 3rd film) at an engineering company, called back into action following an explosion on Monster Island, where he once owned a resort with his Dad as a child, who detained several kaiju there (revealed in flashbacks). Very imposing, enigmatic and charismatic, like his Thor character or Captain Kirk from Star Trek.
-Cpt. Natalia Orlovsky* (Emily Blunt): A no-BS ex-Delta Colonel and new female Navy Captain after Cap. Hamilton is presumed KIA after the first film. She may be a chick, but she don't take no crap from no one.
*-Com. Jay Voort* (Idris Elba): Cocky, brute Commander in the Navy, his split personalities with his fellow military colleagues and taking Reaver's old spot as Orlovsky's highest-ranking officer causes the two to butt heads in a battle for leadership.
-Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe): Reprises his role as Monarch scientist and defender of Godzilla while explaining the new wave of monster attacks, including the scattered bodies of dead MUTOs along the Caribbean at the beginning of the film.
-Dr. Kraven Novak* (Cillian Murphy): Husband of Cap Orlovsky, part of an expanded branch of Monarch, crucial to the team as his knowledge surpasses even Serizawa's, locating the sonar transmitter that sent Ghidorah's meteor back to earth and creating a genetically-engineered MUTO with super advancements: Mothra.
-Ex-Lt. Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson): Retires from the Navy following the events from the first film due to PTSS, gets a new job aboard the new "top secret project" revealed at the beginning of the film, which allows him to spend more time with his family and introduces him to the male lead, an ex-soldier like himself (giving him someone he can easily relate to and build strong characterizations around).
-Elle Brody (Elizabeth Olsen): Reprises her role from the first film as a nurse, tries to get her son out of the city in the wake of monster destruction. She also co-sponsors a victim relief fund, reaching out to families devastated by the attacks from the MUTOs and Godzilla in the first film.
-USSOD Chad Kristoferson* (Laurence Fishburne): As stated a few pages back, SoD for the military, defender of Godzilla in the media and at Senate hearings, reveals he lobbied against the warhead in SF, butts heads with Admiral Stenz.
-FBI Special Agent Matt Strauss* (Frank Grillo): A brash, hotheaded FBI S.A. (like Jon Hamm's character from The Town), sent to investigate the leakage of a Ghidorah video gone viral in the media causing mass panic (basically a "M.U.T.O. Research" found footage vid of Ghidorah turning Venus into a geyser) and makes several arrests in the film.
-Rear Admiral William Stenz (David Strathairn): Rear admiral of the US navy from the first film.
-Vivienne Graham (Sally Hawkins): Reprises her role as Serizawa's Monarch aid/assistant.
-Elise Romanna* (Eva Green): Satanistic leader of a cult performing a demonic ritual in downtown Sacramento hyping the eventual arrival of King Ghidorah
And yes, I think the duo of Thor/Captain Kirk and Rita Vrataski would kick butt together (no pun intended) as the new armed forces leads in this. Heck, Godzilla actually fought the Avengers in the comics once and they were going to make a Godzilla vs. The Wolfman movie at one point, so it'd be an interesting dynamic having the actor for one of the Avengers and the female lead from The Wolfman in this, respectively. BTW, I decided to swap Wahlberg for Hemsworth after giving it some thought, I think he'd be more authentic there.