Paul Walker's brother Cody may take over his role in 'Fast 7'
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[QUOTE]A report on Dec. 13 claimed that Cody Walker was in talks to fill in for his fallen brother in the latest ‘Fast & Furious’ sequel. It’s a decision that no one wants to make, but not only is Cody the best choice as a replacement — he’s the only choice[/QUOTE]
[url]http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/12/14/paul-walker-brother-replacing-him-cody-walker-fast-and-furious-7/[/url]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8W7NBMq.png[/img]
ehhhh i dunno..
I rather not ...
The question is, can he act?
Well I guess this makes sense.
Play Brian off as being killed or something and then bring his brother into the mix for revenge. Or something.
But to have Cody play Brian? Yea no...That won't work at all.
[QUOTE=PonceDeLeon;43181613][img]http://i.imgur.com/8W7NBMq.png[/img]
ehhhh i dunno..[/QUOTE]
They can definitely make it work.
Question is whenever or not they can make it work great.
Atleast he can be used to write out Paul's character properly.
I like Cody Walker
Don't like Justin bieber
Cody planned the "accident" of his brother to get into the movie industry.
A little make up, some dye, and they'd be able to do a fast-moving death scene for Paul's character sure. I don't know about the whole movie though.
Still sucks that he's gone. Damn.
"hey i know your brother just died but can you please get over it and take over for him right now as the lead character of this movie even though you have no acting experience okay thanks"
lol right, this is totally fake. Besides, if they were just gonna recast him with someone that looks similar they wouldn't be trying to re-write the whole movie right now.
They're casting him to properly write the character out of the movie, instead of just doing the regular off-screen death.
[QUOTE=O Cheerios O;43181704]They can definitely make it work.
Question is whenever or not they can make it work great.
Atleast he can be used to write out Paul's character properly.[/QUOTE]
Cody needs a puppy, that's what he is missing there.
[QUOTE=BCell;43181674]The question is, can he act?[/QUOTE]
[quote]His lookalike sibling Cody, who has worked as a movie stuntman in the past, was offered the part since the film-makers “realised they needed someone who looked like Paul to finish the movie.” A source told dailymail.co.uk, “Producers had a string of meetings right after Paul’s death… They can shoot Cody from behind and at a distance and if it’s a shot they need Paul’s face in close up, they can CGI it later on.”[/quote]
[url]http://tribune.com.pk/story/645538/paul-walkers-brother-offered-his-fast-and-furious-7-role/[/url]
So it looks like they might use him as more of a body double than have him actually act the role. But who knows at this point. They were also talking about starting over completely from scratch.
[QUOTE=postal;43181782]"hey i know your brother just died but can you please get over it and take over for him right now as the lead character of this movie even though you have no acting experience okay thanks"
lol right, this is totally fake. Besides, if they were just gonna recast him with someone that looks similar they wouldn't be trying to re-write the whole movie right now.[/QUOTE]
They can't go back and re-shoot everything they already have without a massive budget spike and script changes, and they can't suddenly have Brian not be in the rest of the movie halfway through.
Whether anyone likes it or not, they're going to find a lookalike and write in a death/farewell scene. It just can't work without it.
[QUOTE=postal;43181782]"hey i know your brother just died but can you please get over it and take over for him right now as the lead character of this movie even though you have no acting experience okay thanks"
lol right, this is totally fake. Besides, if they were just gonna recast him with someone that looks similar they wouldn't be trying to re-write the whole movie right now.[/QUOTE]
Actors get replaced by siblings fairly frequently. They probably won't replace Paul Walker's character, they'll just make up his brother into looking like him/use him for voice work. For instance [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238546/"]Queen of the Damned[/URL] where an actress was replaced by her brother in at least voice parts.
[editline]15th December 2013[/editline]
Actually, I'm pretty sure one of Paul Walker's brothers has stood in for him before, as part of some fancy slow mo scene or something. I want to say it was in Running Scared, but I might be wrong.
don't want to sound heartless but how they're dealing with it, movie-wise is pretty interesting.
Considering it has tens of millions of dollars sunk into it already, they can't just abandon it. Very clever people they are.
Why not let Paul Walker's character die, and let his brother play his brother in Fast 7?
Heres the 3 brothers side by side for reference:
[img]http://dailyentertainmentnews.com/wpgo/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cody-paul-and-caleb-pic1.jpg[/img]
lmao it must be shit that your brothers got the ruggedly handsome genes and you got the leftovers with baby cheeks
[editline]15th December 2013[/editline]
actually this is a better pic, he was a lot younger in the previous one
[img]http://www.promicabana.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Paul-Walker-Bruder-Cody-Caleb-Walker-Fast-Furious-Premiere-2009.jpg[/img]
HAHAHA WOW. One of the main characters dies IRL and they're still so desperate to make a sequel they recruit his brother.
Have some fucking dignity and let the series die already.
What's gonna happen if the brother dies too, are you gonna get his mom next?
I'm sorry but this seems absurdly disrespectful to me, the guy's corpse is barely cold.
[QUOTE=Whiplash~;43191867]HAHAHA WOW. One of the main characters dies IRL and they're still so desperate to make a sequel they recruit his brother.
Have some fucking dignity and let the series die already.
[b]What's gonna happen if the brother dies too, are you gonna get his mom next?[/b]
I'm sorry but this seems absurdly disrespectful to me, the guy's corpse is barely cold.[/QUOTE]
they still have the other brother
[QUOTE=Whiplash~;43191867]HAHAHA WOW. One of the main characters dies IRL and they're still so desperate to make a sequel they recruit his brother.
Have some fucking dignity and let the series die already.
What's gonna happen if the brother dies too, are you gonna get his mom next?
I'm sorry but this seems absurdly disrespectful to me, the guy's corpse is barely cold.[/QUOTE]
You realize the movie is many millions of dollars and 2 months in, right?
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