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Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« on: August 25, 2006, 01:51:20 PM »
Hmmm....

  Sweet little Miho as Val Duval.  Interesting casting chioce.  I suppose she can pull it off... though I don't recall ever hearing her speak.

  Anone else have? ???
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2006, 03:03:43 PM »
Seriously? Hmmm she's not the first person I picture when I think Bauhaus. 
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2006, 04:00:02 AM »
Quote from: Gallagher_Standard_Barer on August 25, 2006, 03:03:43 PM
Seriously? Hmmm she's not the first person I picture when I think Bauhaus. 

  I agree, she is not for me either.  But thats what IMDB says
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2006, 05:20:31 AM »
She's good looking but would'nt be my choice for the role.
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2006, 04:20:03 PM »
hmmm...not sure I'm all with this move...she's a good actress, but as a Alsatian assassin?...

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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2006, 05:07:41 AM »
Quote from: Sylvas on August 26, 2006, 04:20:03 PM
hmmm...not sure I'm all with this move...she's a good actress, but as a Alsatian assassin?...

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Well they could have casted an Alsatian. :)

I don't know she's not like the art for Valerie Duval, but I am sure she'll look good in a tight form fitting Etoile Mortant outfit.
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2006, 08:08:55 AM »
Quote from: Coil on August 27, 2006, 05:07:41 AM

I don't know she's not like the art for Valerie Duval, but I am sure she'll look good in a tight form fitting Etoile Mortant outfit.

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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2006, 04:20:51 AM »
Well, I am rather disappointed about this choice. Why?

1) The less important reason: this is just my personal opinion, but Devon Aoki is ugly as a sin. Dont bash on me now, this is just my point of view and we all have different kinds of taste. But in my eyes she looks like an incarnate manga-nightmare.

2)  The more important reason: if I take a look on all the pictures that show Valerie Duval (sourcebooks, trading cards, comics, etc), than on none of them she looks asian or childlike. She always has a very european look, a longlish face (and not round like Devon), high cheek bones and a more prominent nose and chin. For me Valerie has a very graceful, noble and proud, but still feminine beauty like (the young) Claudia Cardinale or Catherine Zeta-Jones have - unfortunately Devon Aoki has none of this....

PS: Dont missunderstand me, I liked Aoki in Sin City, but I do think that she just dont match for the role of Valerie Duval.
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2006, 08:46:32 AM »
I always pictured Rena Sofer or Susan Parrish as Valerie... just my opinion.  I think they meet the physical descriptions perfectly--though I am not sure of how much an action star they are...
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2006, 11:10:12 AM »
Catherine Zeta-Jones is seriously hot but I can't see her as Valerie though.

Rena Sofer has a face that looks like some of the art for Valerie. I've never heard of her though and I haven't seen any of the stuff she's been in according to IMDB.

Wedge, who is Susan Parrish? There's no IMDB listing for her.
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2006, 12:03:41 PM »
Both (Zeta-Jones and Cardinale) were meant as examples and not as real possibilities. But I am quite happy that I am not the only one who sees it this way, that Valerie Duval should have a totally different way to look alike than Aoki.
Wedge, I agree with you, both actresses would definitely match better (although I would prefer Rena Sofer, Coil already stated why). But I suspect that you meant Claire Forlani instead of Susan Parrish, who is a character from the film Meeting Joe Black and whom Forlani played. Nevertheless, you are right, she would also be great as Valerie.
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2006, 12:21:52 PM »
I think a Darker Haired Kristanna Loken would make a great Val.  Especially the way she faught and looked in T3 and  Blood Rayne. What do you guys think?
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2006, 05:04:54 PM »
Mila Jovovich and Claudia Black would be awesome in the role.  They have the femme fatale look as well as the film experience to portray Duval.

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I think a Darker Haired Kristanna Loken would make a great Val.  Especially the way she faught and looked in T3 and  Blood Rayne. What do you guys think?

Loken could work out too.  However at this point, she looks a bit of a teenager.  In a couple of years, she could become a contender.
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2006, 12:50:40 PM »
you stole my thunder! milla jovovich IS valerie duvall! shes got the whole euro thing going with a rsume full of butt kicking action movies!!!! cant you all just see her whirling around those bladed knightsticks cracking necromutant skulls?!
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Re: Devon Aoki as Valerie?
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2006, 02:29:44 PM »
You got the point.  Jovovich would be great, although she doesnt have the real female look of Valerie Duval (once again: I really liked her in the Resident Evil-movies). But she wouldnt be my first choice. Anyway, she would be better than Devon Aoki. Like so many others.....
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