Magnum Mania!

I hate to say this, but I saw an interview with Ben Affleck this morning where he was in some foreign country, talking about a charitable cause, and he looked like he hadn't shaved in a while and he really looked like he could pull off the "Magnum look" quite easily. Now whether he has the acting chops or not I don't know...I'm not really a big Affleck fan, although I did enjoy him in that movie where he played a superhero (can't remember the name of that movie, dang it!). Anyway, what I'm trying to say is...that I think if they HAD to go with someone other than TS, I think Affleck could pull it off in the looks department! That's my story and I'm sticking to it LOL

Ben Affleck is the right physical type to play Magnum. He is 6'4" and has that dark wavy hair. He isn't a bad actor, although he has been in some really bad films. First saw him in Good Will Hunting where he was pretty good. Enjoyed seeing him in Dogma, where he played a bad angel, which was interesting. He was most Magnum-like in The Sum of All Fears. Not in the laid back way we all see TSM, but as a take-charge kinda guy. He was more the Magnum we see in the Viet Nam flashback scenes.

As for Matthew M....... He probably wouldn't have to act to play the laid-back Magnum. For years, the only stories about him or pictures that were shown had MM on the beach in Malibu, without a shirt, hanging out with Lance Armstrong and working out. This is our beloved TSM in between cases. As long as no one asks MM to do any acting at all, he could work


Trying to look at the positives, if Tom Selleck and the guys have truly been written off for the movie.

Uuugh!!! Maybe it was the whole "Ben-iffer" thing a couple of years ago, but the guys acting has always been like nails on a chalkboard to me. Everytime I see him I have the scene from "Pearl Harbor" in my mind when he is shouting, "Danny get me to a damn Plane!".....Terrible!!!!! I say if not our beloved Tom Selleck, and since Colin Farrell already portrayed (IMHO) a great Sonny Crocket, my pick is still George Clooney. He seems to have that certain something that Tom had back in the eighties where he is loved by womwn and liked by men as well........

Steve wrote:

Terrible!!!!! I say if not our beloved Tom Selleck, and since Colin Farrell already portrayed (IMHO) a great Sonny Crocket, my pick is still George Clooney.

Even though I don't really care for Clooney, I'd have to say I agree with you. He has the looks and the acting chops to pull it off.

Here's a picture of my son with his grandmother. I'd say my son would make a pretty decent Thomas Magnum...OK, probably not, but a mother can dream can't she????? LOL

For the record, I strongly oppose any movie that does not feature the original cast. BUT, if Hollywood insists on making a Magnum film, I think Clooney, Affleck, and McConaughey are all wrong. They are too well known and would not be believable as Magnum.

My choice would be Gerard Butler. He's handsome, well built, athletic, dark hair, tough, charming, correct age 38, and a darn good actor. Having said that, I am officially back to TS or NO MOVIE mode. :mrgreen:

There is only one Magnum, and if TS cant do the film, then it should be left.

Lily wrote:There is only one Magnum, and if TS cant do the film, then it should be left.

Yep. There is only one Thomas Magnum, and his name is Tom Selleck.

Anything else is sacrilege.