Despite Twitter campaigns for other actors, Mark Wahlberg has announced that he has been confirmed for the role of Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film. Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci have also been rumored, but not confirmed, for supporting roles as Drake’s father and uncle, respectively.
“Hopefully we’ll be making that movie this summer,” actor Mark Wahlberg told MTV.
Sorry, but after seeing how he acted in Max Payne, I am just going to expect fail. Seriously, how could you not cast Nathan Fillion, hell he already shares the same first name, and he kinda looks like Nathan Drake. Also, Fillion has a similar personality as Drake. This is just horrible news, and another reason why Hollywood adaptations of games, manga, and anime just suck; they can’t cast the right people and mess with the story so they change locations (see Akira news; horrible it is as they are messing with the plot beyond belief).
Wahlberg is a huge miss… he doesn’t have close to the ammount of charisma needed to pull off Nathan Drake. I like Mark, but this is terrible casting.
I agree that Nathan Fillion fit the role perfectly. Damn shame.