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Warbird Kid
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Sorry if it’s a repost, but it was a curious question I had.

What actor out there would be able to portray the famed aviator? Say for instance you would make a movie completely about the life of Doolittle. (Kinda like The Aviator, but with actual aircraft) :wink:

Who out there in Hollywood land would be able to play him? Or who would you get for his early life version, and his older self?

I was thinking of Bob Hoskins from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "Enemy at the Gates".


Any ideas out there?
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I forget his name, but the actor who plays on The Shield and Thing in Fantastic 4.
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CH2Tdriver wrote:
I forget his name, but the actor who plays on The Shield and Thing in Fantastic 4.


That would be Michael Chiklis.

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Tom Cruise! :twisted: :snakeman:
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Mike wrote:
Tom Cruise! :twisted: :snakeman:


Since you mentioned, looks like he has a new WW2 movie coming out about the assasination plot on Hitler.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sto ... 674&page=1
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CH2Tdriver wrote:
Mike wrote:
Tom Cruise! :twisted: :snakeman:


Since you mentioned, looks like he has a new WW2 movie coming out about the assasination plot on Hitler.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sto ... 674&page=1


Not if the German Govt has its way! They are against Scientologists now. I guess they can't get that hate thing out of their blood



http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/0 ... _film.html
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Ed harris would be a great choice man. Good call.

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Yeah Ed Harris by far he has the look and the range. He was who I suggested last time this came up. Why his biography is not a movie I will never know.
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You know it eventually will. Hopefully by then there will be enough money in the budget to put 4 or 5 early version B-25's in the air at once, instead of J models.

Y.A.M.'s B-25D "Yankee Warrior"
T.F.C.'s B-25D
A.A.M's B-25 "MissHap"
Aero Trader B-25B "Halloween" (Maybe could be restored by then.)

Any other potential early version flyers?
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And the title has a great ring to it:

"I could never be so lucky again...."
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Bruce Willis was my first choice but since y'all threw Ed Harris into the mix, I have changed my mind. Ed Harris has my vote.
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If Hollywood casts it like they cast most of the WWII movies, it will probably be Samuel L. Jackson or maybe Jet Li. :roll:

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EDowning wrote:
If Hollywood casts it like they cast most of the WWII movies, it will probably be Samuel L. Jackson or maybe Jet Li. :roll:


Yeah, that or Alec Baldwin may reprise his role as General Doolittle in "Pearl Harbor". (I sincerely hope not!)

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