TheDoctor82 wrote:
my personal preference is for the Penguin; he's my all time favorite Bat villain.
That said....I think the best casting decision in the world would be Matt Frewer as the Riddler.
Hear me out on this:
I know a lot of people think Johnny Depp would be great for the role, but my problem with this is that Johnny Depp is what I refer to as a "failsafe" actor; basically, he's the actor you get when there's really no one else you can put in the role. Hell, throw a fat suit on him, you got the Penguin; that simple.
Thing is...I don't want someone who'd be "great for the role"; I want someone who's gonna nail the role. Heath Ledger spoiled us with the Joker, and he played it to a T( in fact, if you saw Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, he for all intents and purposes pretty much showed he just keeps playing the Joker after the Dark Knight...proving it was the one role he learned to really make an impact with...yet little else).
Well, the last guy to play the Riddler was Jim Carrey, and to be frank I think he did a very good job emulating Frank Gorshin. Now, a lot of people say that Jim Carrey ripped off a lot of his routine from Matt Frewer's "Max Headroom".
So...picture Matt Frewer doing a Max Headroom-style routine, but a lot darker. Tell me that right there wouldn't be the perfect Riddler.
No it wouldn't. Jim Carrey was the absolute worst Riddler we have ever got on screen. The Riddler is not a hyperactive buffoon he is a cold, calculating sociopath. So nobody that would be similar to Jim Carrey or Frank Gorshin should play Edward Nygma.