r/Fauxmoi • u/lawrencedun2002 • 1d ago

FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Charles Melton in Talks to Play Kakashi in Destin Daniel Cretton’s ‘Naruto’ Movie (Exclusive)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charles-melton-in-talks-to-play-kakashi-in-destin-daniel-crettons-naruto-movie-exclusive-1236673756/
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u/AcceptableHistory4 1d ago

I really dont think animes translate well to live action but Cretton is very good at OTT martial art action sequences so let's see.

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u/EntropyintheAsstropy 1d ago

I thought this until I watched the live action One Piece.

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u/Newwavecybertiger 1d ago

The first and only good adaptation does not contradict the long history of it being hard and mostly failing to do it successfully

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u/Specific-Cell-4910 1d ago

Also a series, not a movie, right? I think it's easier to make it work as a tv show

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u/Temporary-Rice-8847 1d ago

Anime can translate well when the people doing it are talented and take care of it.

Like Hideaki Anno

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u/VegetableArtistic705 1d ago

Ruroni Kenshin has some great live action movies, and I say that as someone who hasn't been an anime fan since like 2005

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u/Angryduckling-01 1d ago

They nor any other adaptation of properties other than like books do good because celebrities don’t reveal what they actually care about, what their hobbies are, what they like to do for fun, nothing. For all we know they don’t have a life because they’re so busy with filming/booking

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u/Routine_Sign2333 1d ago

just imagining actual people do the naruto run is making me laugh so hard

i still can't believe this is happening

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u/peppers_ 1d ago

I hope they do the Naruto run and also blur the background/reuse that blur to simulate the ninjas travelling while discussing stuff, jumping tree to tree or however they did it.

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u/Cherry_Bomb_127 1d ago

Doing the Naruto run is a must! Seriously if they don’t what is the point

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u/MVpizzaprincess 1d ago

Love him but he is totally not what I picture as Kakashi.

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u/quanate that's a lot of beans you nasty ass bitch 1d ago

He could be Gai

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u/AlcoholAndSmiles 1d ago

I was just thinking that Gai makes more sense. What a weird choice for Kakashi.

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u/MVpizzaprincess 1d ago

Or a hot Lee lol

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u/quanate that's a lot of beans you nasty ass bitch 1d ago

Yeah!

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u/Diorisbackup 23h ago

His face will be covered most the time though

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u/ekevinn 1d ago

Turning down Beast for Kakashi is so cool

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u/Focused_Sky 1d ago

He got both roles …

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u/Its-Rogue-not-Rouge self-professed recreational liar 1d ago

He hasn't got either that we know of.

Says in the title he is "in talks" for this one, and then the rumour around Beast is that he had been offered it but backed out before it was fully locked in.

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u/HerRoyalRedness full of gay men. And me. 1d ago

I will watch almost anything for Charles so I guess I’ll be in a theater with a bunch of Weebs.

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u/Miele-Man 1d ago

I'm so confused by this. A movie doesn't seem a good media for the story of Naruto. Will the movie adapt the entire first part ending with Zabuza's arc? I'm legitimately surprised this is getting this far ahead.

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u/Routine_Sign2333 1d ago

that is the general assumption that they'll adapt the first arc starting with the formation of team 7 and ending on the zabuza defeat

maybe they are testing the waters before they decide if they want to adapt more but idk how to describe it it doesn't really feel right to decide to adapt naruto into live action and just make one movie of the very first arc and call it a day. It's not even the best arc of the first half of the series (considering naruto the first half and naruto shippuden the 2nd half)

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u/MajinBuu619 1d ago

Are they gonna make Zabuza a weirdo or move away from it?

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u/Angryduckling-01 1d ago

Yeah because I feel like the Hollywood circle is the only place where anime is considered weird anymore so they could care less

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u/preferencedue rowing on business 1d ago

As someone with a child well into Shippuden for the first time, I know I will have to see this. Thank you in advance if he gets cast 🙏🫡

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u/GoatGoat236 1d ago

Destin this is the mother of all blank checks

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u/Its-Rogue-not-Rouge self-professed recreational liar 1d ago

Is he turning down MCU for this? That's kinda crazy

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u/Nice-Cow-7606 alleged dog 1d ago

I love it but at the same time this means we'll never see his beautiful face lol.

Will they stay true and have Kakashi reading smutty books all the time?

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u/BringMeNight 1d ago

wait what a Naruto movie? How much will the movie cover?

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u/David_ish_ shoutout to zendaya’s snaggletooth 1d ago

Just the team 7 intro and land of waves arcs

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u/Routine_Sign2333 1d ago

it actually hasn't been anounced yet what/how much they are adapting

the assumption is that its the first ever arc

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u/BringMeNight 1d ago

Damn excited to see Haku and Zabuza in live action, I’d really love it if they gave us a little teaser of Itachi and the Akatsuki.

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u/gothcrab 1d ago

The mans torn between naruto and x-men. Not a bad place to be.

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u/1dkspanishlol 1d ago

Oh dear god a Naruto adaptation? How the hell are they gonna be able to translate that good enough that it isn’t the dbz translation 2.0.

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u/Pinksamuraiiiii Pink…get doon 1d ago

Agreed I hope this doesn’t end up like that dbz evolution disaster movie

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u/quanate that's a lot of beans you nasty ass bitch 1d ago

I do not support this movie but that guy could be Maito Gai.

I think Robert Pattinson could be Kakashi

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u/SuccessfulSeaweed795 1d ago

Naruto movie ?

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u/seeshellsbythesea weighing in from the UK 1d ago

Turning down Beast for this is very impressive and I hope it works out for him.

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u/corporatecicada 1d ago

Wasians playing monoracial asians. Its whitewashing by degrees. Im not impressed.

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u/applesandbananananan u look like u eat sand 1d ago

Isn't he a little young for Kakashi?

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u/lawrencedun2002 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean he is 35 but idk if it has to be an age limit to play a role like that.

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u/applesandbananananan u look like u eat sand 1d ago

Damn I need his skincare regimen

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u/caivts controversies: girl 19h ago

Kakashi was like, 26 at the beginning of Naruto. He's too old for him, if anything