#like ideally id pick a nonwhite actor just because xig reads so strongly as east asian to some degree to me

[catboygirljoker]

I've recently remembered, how I joked the other day, that, were my fics adapted into movies, I'd love to have Keanu Reeves play Xigbar and it got me thinking: if you were to make a movie (based on your fics or not) with Xigbar in it, which actor would you choose for him?

sdhflsdf its funny because i was just telling my partner about how xigbar has (or i believe is meant to have) a lot of features that Reeves has—hooded eyes, widow's peak, similar facial structure, etc. in terms of face id say he's pretty close!

however, to me it'd be way more important for the performance to be right. reeves is a fine actor but i don't know that he's a good fit. reeves exudes too much warmth, even when he's trying to be an asshole (that's a lot of why i ended up attaching so hard to johnny silverhand lol.) xigbar needs to be someone you dont expect warmth from, but who's still capable of it, in ways that make you wonder whether it's genuine.

id need xigbar to be played by someone middle-aged, looks like a guy you could run into at walmart, able to be charming in a sleazy, used-car-salesman kinda way, but also able to communicate a kind of dangerous gravity. ideally aggressively californian, but not necessary, any actor could speak that way with some training.

you know unironically. unironically. unironically. christian bale. it sounds like a meme answer but i legitimately think he'd do a great job with the character. laid back charismatic but empty on the inside. seems like a harmless coward but is much more dangerous than he appears but is also still fundamentally a coward. they wouldnt need to do much to style him as Dilfy In A Gas Station Kinda Way. thats my pick.

oh uhhh. assuming this is based on the games, not my fic. its possible hed do a good job as a romantic lead but i havent seen him in enough stuff to know whether he could be the specific interpretation/angle/idea of xigbar that's in my fic. like he voiced howl and howl is like the same genus of love interest as xigbar is in my fic, but not the same species. so idk. much too think about.