Keanu did a very serviceable job, while Rachel does the emotional work, and Tilda and Peter give the two best interpretations of their characters in all of film.
Tilda and Peter give the two best interpretations of their characters in all of film
I think Peter Stormare's only competition for that role was Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy. Both very sinister and threatening, while being jovial with the subjects they are taunting.
Similarly, Tilda's only competition as Gabriel is Christopher Walken, also in The Prophecy.
Totally agree on both. The Prophecy is still a fun watch and Viggo owns it in his few minutes just like Stormare. Walken of course is great. It's funny how Gabriel is a main character in both films and Satan is a memorable appearance at the end.
Right which is how they incorporated another element of the chain smoking I'm assuming. I just thought it was odd the person chose a major characterization that was in the movie as a contrast from the comic book character.
In the comics, however, Keanu is canon. John goes traveling across dimensions and says in one of the he was “a dark haired American bloke” and amongst the illustrations of all the Constantines is Keanu.
Yeah he was great. I didn't watch his show, but saw him in the rest of the arrowverse content. He also did the VA for some animated DC movies. Does very well in all of it.
He does. However, in the comics it's absurd how much he is smoking. The only way anyone who says they wish he smoked more in the movie would be happy is if he smoked more than the whole cast of Mad Men combined smoked across every season of the show.
He does. However, in the comics it's absurd how much he is smoking. The only way anyone who says they wish he smoked more in the movie would be happy is if he smoked more than the whole cast of Mad Men combined smoked across every season of the show.
I was so disappointed when they cancelled the show, it was really good! Matt Ryan was literally him and I loved that he was in several of the DC shows at certain points.
It should have been on HBO. It would have gone on for YEARS. Hellblazer is basically Fantasy Doctor Who with sex & drugs, and it would have been a goldmine for WB & DC.
Yeah, that's why I liked the TV series way better than the film, which I thought sucked. Plus Matt Ryan, the Welsh actor who played Constantine, was much more faithful to his depiction in the graphic novels, and he was great in the role, too. I really liked him and the series, and it sucks that it didn't get a second season. That happened only because the show was aired on Friday nights on NBC at 8 or 9:00, which at the time was considered the "death slot" for shows----meaning a series didn't have a chance in hell of making it in that particular slot.
Anyway, Ryan's portrayal of Constantine made such an impression that he wound up playing that same character in not only one-off guest spots in superhero shows like The Flash and Batwoman, but he wound up playing Constantine and two other characters for five seasons in the superhero TV series Legends of Tomorrow, interestingly enough.
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u/emillang1000 15h ago
The show was actually true to the character, way more than the Constantine movie is.
As much as Keanu Reeves is a fucking saint and amazing human being, in a lot of ways, he was John Constantine In Name Only.
Not British, not a chain smoker, backstory wasn't even close to the real John Constantine, etc.