Casting Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie
Hey Mannics! Tobias here with my weekly update, and this week I’m going to find my inner-psychic and make a prediction! Ohh aaah!
We are edging closer to the cinematic release of TENET, Christopher Nolan’s eleventh movie, and despite the fact we don’t really know much about that movie, I’ve decided to try and predict the cast for Nolan’s twelfth movie…
The fact is, Nolan has shown a tendency to bring back actors that he enjoys working with. The most notable of these has to be Michael Caine, who has appeared in every film Nolan has helmed since BATMAN BEGINS.
I have seen articles in the past, citing the likes or Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman as his ‘frequent collaborators’, and to be fair, they’ve both appeared in three of his movies, but those movies are THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy, and you’d expect those actors to appear in all. It’s more telling who Nolan likes working with when he casts them in different movies that aren’t related.
Of course, just because he may ask an actor back for another film, doesn’t mean that actor will return for a third… it might just be they’re right for a particular part, and then you have to factor in scheduling.
But I’ll ignore those little technicalities, and enjoy a little bit casting predictions… care to come along on this very, very short ride? Sure you do.
Behold - the cast for Nolan’s 12th movie! Well, 7 actors I reckon might show up, anyway:
Well, obviously. He’s Nolan’s “lucky charm”, and I think it’s pretty safe to assume - as long as Caine’s in good health - he’ll pop up somewhere, whether it’s a main part or just a cameo.
Next to Caine, Murphy seems to Nolan’s next go-to guy. The Scarecrow didn’t necessarily have to appear in all three parts of the Batman trilogy, but he did, plus Murphy appeared in INCEPTION and DUNKIRK. He doesn’t appear in all Nolan’s films, but he keeps coming back. He doesn’t appear to be in TENET, and I think that mean’s he’s more likely to be in the next one. Maybe?
I’m literally just basing this on the fact Branagh appeared in DUNKIRK and features in TENET. That’s the two most recent films from Nolan, so I’m running with that.
So far, Hardy has appeared in 3 Nolan films. INCEPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and DUNKIRK. Like Murphy, Hardy’s not appearing in everything Nolan doesn’t (skipping INTERSTELLAR and TENET for example) but they clearly are happy work-mates. Plus, if Murphy does appear, as I suspect, it’s cool to keep the two PEAKY BLINDERS actors together.
Okay, so this is me taking a bigger punt, because Debicki is in TENET and that’s it so far, but I’m working on the theory that Nolan *sometimes* roles his actresses from one film to the next. Marion Cotillard went from INCEPTION into THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, with Anne Hathaway going from THE DARK KNIGHT RISES to INTERSTELLAR. Debicki seems to be the most prominent actress in TENET so it’s worth a shot.
This is where I start taking bigger risks with my predictions, because you might recall Cumberbatch has not appeared in a Nolan film thus far. So why put him in the list? Well, I just think BC would fit well with Nolan’s style and the two would compliment each other.
I’ll be honest, I had a few options here including Taron Egerton, James McAvoy and Tom Hiddleston, but I decided to go with Benedict as he was my gut instinct for this list.
Don’t ask me why, I just felt like she’ll pop in a Nolan film soon. I’m running with it.
Honestly I could have put a load of actors names in this list, but wanted to keep the number down. I wanted to include the likes of Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Letitia Wright, Emma Thompson, Brad Pitt even Tom Hanks. As yet, Nolan hasn’t really had a female lead, I was potentially going to suggest a return from Scarlett Johansson (from THE PRESTIGE) or Hayley Atwell, and there were rumbles that Nolan could even take on Bond, but said he’d want to shake it up. I’d love to see a Nolan bond film, and frankly, if that ended up being his next film (he could do Bond 26, although I should image that’ll be a way off seeing as 25 has been released yet) I wouldn’t mind taking a stab at who he might cast as Bond, M, Q etc..
But for now, Caine, Murphy, Branagh, Hardy, Debicki, Cumberbatch and Mirren are my prediction. Check back in a couple of years to see how right I was. Let’s be honest, you won’t. I’ll probably forget I’ve made these predictions myself!
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