shooby wrote:My opinion is Sage Northcutt was better for the role than Florian Munteanu, but we escaped the worst with Brock Lesnar lol
He remind me the MMA fighter who plaid in 2 of the expendables
Northcutt certainly looks more like Dolph, especially when spiking his hair (maybe even too much of a clone?), but seems also a bit young or boyish (or too nice)? And more important we don't know how is his acting, and attitude on camera. The auditions were not just based on the physique and it's not a silent role, the candidates also had to perform dialogues from scenes in the script.
Apparently both Munteanu and Northcutt are represented by the same talent agency as Dolph, Adkins, Jai White, Tony Jaa, Randy Couture, and a other actors we know. In any case, there was something that took Northcutt "out of the competition" for the role.
Remember it took 6 months to cast Drago Sr., and in the final audition, Dolph won over the part because of details, and his "strong silent type" attitude that set him appart from the two remaining contestants (who according to him looked better and bigger)...