How about Christian Bale? Great actor, and he can burn a hole through a brick wall with his stare.
Pitt is too facially insubstantial an actor to play Galt. I have always thought Liam Neeson would be perfect, but he has aged. Gary Cooper was far from ideal as Howard Roark in "The Fountainhead" film, because he lacked energy and passion as an actor. Who has both the physical presence and acting gravitas to play Galt?
What would you think of Hugh Jackman as Galt?
I was thinking DeNiro, but he doesn't have the face for it. Galt -- at least in my mind -- is kind of a "pretty boy," at least when he's young. But life chips away at him with a dull chisel, and every strike shows on his face. It doesn't change him INSIDE, but his visage is a register of "every blow that cut him down." That's why I suggested Scott Glenn. He's not a great actor, but that face ...
Galt has a kind of quiet virility, a cross between someone like Greg Kinnear and Bruce Willis. With pain etched across his brow ...
Most of the actors I can think of are now too old. Don't laugh but Russell Crow is the only age-correct actors that I can think of who might pull it off.
I thought he was pretty convincing, even in the big speech he made in court. I can't see Brad Pitt having the same screen presence as Gary Cooper.
Edward Norton surprised me in The Illusionist.
Rush Limbaugh ;-P
Cheers!
After what Hollywood did to a Tom Clancy novel, I am not optimistic about the film version.
How about Christian Bale? Great actor, and he can burn a hole through a brick wall with his stare.