r/SnyderCut • u/starshipandcoffee • 1d ago
Discussion Who would you like to see star in Zack Snyder’s upcoming UFC film ‘Brawler’?
Forbes makes quite a few good suggestions in their article.
In terms of lead actor, I wonder whether Snyder would go with a fresh face, or re-team with Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon).
Perhaps he could even throw Ray Fisher a deserved bone of a lead role. Fisher was secularly strong in Malcom Washington’s The Piano Lesson (play and film) last year, and it is high time he gets his time to shine.
In the wider cast, Joe Manganiello would be fun to see.
Disclaimer: I know diddly squat about wrestling - so my real interest in this project comes from it being from Snyder as a filmmaker, especially as an original story drawing upon real life.
What are your thoughts?
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u/macky_ev 18h ago
While I almost always look forward to a Snyder film, I have almost zero interest in this. If it gets decent reviews I’ll make my way to it
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u/aidanhardcastle 1d ago
I’d like to see him cast unknown again tbh , he’s got a pretty underrated eye for that
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u/WatermelonCandy5nsfw 1d ago
Saudi Arabia and Dana white. He’s got some vile bedfellows there. You couldn’t pay me to work with fascists.
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u/Minimum_Ebb_7907 10h ago
Yeah, im a big fan of snyders work but this definitely sourd my opinion on him a bit.
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u/ClassroomMother8062 20h ago
Yep. Disappointed personally but I can't expect people in Hollywood to make the most moral choices
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u/OfficeDue3971 1d ago
Some actress with big breasts and ass
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u/Horror_Campaign9418 15h ago
I wont remove your comment so others can see the comment thread. But i’m locking it and making a note here that you’ve broken a rule of this subreddit.
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u/starshipandcoffee 21h ago
Please, have some class.
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u/OfficeDue3971 18h ago
If I say an actor with big muscles and phat arms?
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u/starshipandcoffee 18h ago
Well, that would make more sense at least - after all, we are talking about a wrestling film here.
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u/OfficeDue3971 18h ago
Sydney Sweeney is doing a wrestling movie so my original comment makes sense
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u/starshipandcoffee 18h ago
If Sweeney was who you had in mind though, you could have just mentioned her.
Even if you did not intend it as such, saying “Some actress with big breasts and ass” is needlessly reductive and offensive - also rather vague as a response to the question.
Sweeney would be a great choice though.
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u/BasedSmalls 1d ago
Not Sofia Boutella, I liked her in the mummy but the rebel moon series she was stale
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u/New_Faithlessness980 1d ago
Ray Fisher or Katy O’Brian
Ray is his Cyborg in JUSTICE LEAGUE and was Darrian Bloodaxe in REBEL MOON. Also, he’s a legit good actor
Katy O’Brian because Zack Snyder is a HUGE fan of LOVE LIES BLEEDING
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u/AnonWriter1995 1d ago
Ray Fisher, also I believe the lead is confirmed to be a male right?
I wonder if he’ll re-visit that female bodybuilder idea he had with Amy Adams?
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u/FuckGunn 1d ago
Isabela Merced
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
What inspired that choice?
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u/FuckGunn 1d ago
She's my fav actor rn.
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u/starshipandcoffee 23h ago
What is your favourite role of Merced’s so far, and what upcoming project are you looking forward to seeing her in?
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u/Available_Thanks3210 1d ago
Please no Rebel Moon writers (God curse them), no Rebel Moon actors, no Rebel Moon nothing except for maybe VFX team because that was decent. It is time to move on from that awful franchise.
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
I can agree with you on most of your sentiment, but as for “no Rebel Moon actors” - that film’s cast was not really the problem.
Ray Fisher. Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein and Bae Doona are just a handful of the great actors who were part of that film.
That is not to say that any of them would necessarily be a fit for Brawler (though as noted, it could work for Fisher).
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u/Available_Thanks3210 1d ago
You're right you're right that shit was just Snyder fans' 9/11 ngl the whole thing gives me PTSD
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
Hopefully this film (and any other projects in the pipeline) helps aids the fandom’s road to recovery.
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u/KevinDurantSnakey 1d ago
Please no on Sofia
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
Why not? She is a solid actress, even if you may not have enjoyed her performances in Rebel Moon.
She was great in Star Trek Beyond as the warrior alien Jaylah, for example.
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u/Available_Thanks3210 1d ago
Sofia was awful in Rebel Moon, she was the worst possible choice for a lead and lacked the charisma needed for such a franchise to take off. I'm saying this as an Arab myself.
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
I cannot say I particularly disagree.
Who would be your preference for a lead (if you have one)?
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u/Available_Thanks3210 1d ago
Some new guy honestly, star-studded supporting cast with an up-and-comer as the lead would be cool kind of the way Snyder did with Cavill in Man of Steel.
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
That is a great idea.
More cynically, it might be more appealing to executives from a budgetary perspective, which does not hurt.
Although I wonder what stars they could stud the supporting cast with.
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u/hehehaJokerFace 1d ago
Cavill, definitely. Would be great to see them reunite again, could speed up talks about possibly asking WB to create the Snyderverse again as an elseworlds project.
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u/AnonWriter1995 1d ago
The Snyderverse is finished bro, even Snyder had movies on and making new films.
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
Would you prefer Cavill as the protagonist, antagonist or in a different role?
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u/hehehaJokerFace 1d ago
Would be interesting to see him in an antagonist role
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u/starshipandcoffee 1d ago
Likewise - it would play to his strengths, as demonstrated in his performance as Walker in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (probably my favourite film in the franchise).
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u/BaburShah214 18h ago
Mia khalifa