David Kaufman‘s not going ghost on the dialog about who ought to play Danny Phantom within the live-action film … telling TMZ he is obtained some clear casting concepts.
The actor — who voiced the titular character in all 53 episodes of the tv present and reprised his position in subsequent motion pictures and video video games … instructed us he is all for Tom Holland enjoying DP although he thinks Spider-Man is likely to be all executed with superheroes for some time.
Here is the deal … Butch Hartman, creator of a complete bunch of well-known animated exhibits for Nickelodeon within the 2000s, just lately spoke at MegaCon in Orlando and stated if there ever was a “Danny Phantom” live-action film, he’d solely need Tom Holland within the position.
For many who do not know, “Danny Phantom” adopted a youngster named Danny Fenton who gained ghost-like talents after a portal to a different world exploded and turned him into half-human, half-ghost.
An enormous if in fact … nothing like this has gone into manufacturing and even been introduced so far as we will inform — nevertheless it’s nonetheless one thing Kaufman actually put his thoughts to, and he determined TH is okay by him if he desires to do it.
DK identified Tom’s headed to the West Finish for a manufacturing of “Romeo & Juliet” … a truth David thinks is nice for him since it is a departure from the superhero roles Holland has nailed thus far in his profession.
Fairly frankly, it isn’t tough to think about Tom desirous to pursue completely different sorts of roles transferring ahead both because the dude’s a expertise tour de drive.
Kaufman wasn’t simply countering Butch’s concept although … he additionally got here up with a pair casting calls of his personal — “Stranger Things” actor Noah Schnapp as Danny and Billie freakin’ Eilish as his friend-turned-love-interest Sam.
David complimented Noah on his comedic timing, saying he thinks that is an enormous a part of Danny’s character — so any actor enjoying him must know their means round a joke. And, simply search for some pics of the characters … fairly good casting, at the least appearance-wise.
Billie does not have a lot appearing expertise, however that is by no means stopped Hollywood earlier than … and she or he’s up for her second Finest Unique Track Oscar, so possibly she’ll be impressed to provide appearing a attempt.
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Somebody from Nickelodeon higher begin making calls … they would not need a possibility like this to come back again and hang-out them!
