"William Shatner" Topic

He was born to play Napoleon, really, wasn't he?

NEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY!

Pudgy enough, but I shudder to think what his French accent would sound like. Or Corsican. Whatever.

Absolutely!

Ahhhhh No!

Sure…Canadian…French Canadian…yup he qualifies…

P.

Zsa Zsa Gabor as Josephine.

I much prefer Joaquin Phoenix, when not in rehab.
He looks soooo much like him.

Would he and Blucher be set down on a planet with the means to kill one another if they could only see it?

Well, Captain Kirk was certainly shagging everything that moved on each of the planets that he visited. So in that sense, he is sort of like Napoleon.

I'm sorry but Shatner as Napoleon won't do at all.

Now if they could find someone like Rod Steiger to play Napoleon then I'll go along with that,since I truely believe that Steiger was Napoleon as far as I'm concerned.

Captain Gideon

Charlie Sheen. Like Napoleon, he is a winner, and has never-ever lost a battle – in his own estimation.

Elton John

I remember a movie that Shatner did very early on,about some sort of demon,that was done in Italian(don't recall the title).There were subtitles,so there were none of Shatner's "methodical" voice at all.So,maybe something in French.

Beam me up Marshal davout…

Rod Steiger set the bar pretty high, could be tough to find a better actor for th epart.

I remember a movie that Shatner did very early on,about some sort of demon,that was done in Italian(don't recall the title).

The movie was Incubus, and it was in Esperanto, not Italian. One of his few undeniable talents is the ability to speak an artificial language used by a vanishingly small subsection of humanity. Also makes him a perfect choice if they ever film a Stainless Steel Rat movie.

Surely better than Rod Steiger!

"Charlie Sheen. Like Napoleon, he is a winner, and has never-ever lost a battle – in his own estimation."

Yes but the movie would be no good as he would blink for every battle and win.

"British Bas%$&^s killed my son" ??

Not sure it works for me?

No, no, no. Joe Peschi is Napoleon; really. Can't you just picture the high pitched voice now?! LOL

And whoever keeps saying a Frenchman should play Napoleon forgets that Napoleon was Corsican/Italian and his French was accented (he was not popular at the military school he attended)

Imagine it… a new movie… about… the most decisive… ONE HUNDRED DAYS!!!!… of the age…

"Fifth Regiment, you… recognize me. If…… any man would… shoot… his emperor, he may do so… now!"

- William Shatner as Napoleon, The… One… Hundred!!… Days…

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"General d'Erlon, the Emperor requests that you begin your attack now."

"Finally! What made him wait until now? The mud?"

"Actually, he started giving the order four hours ago and just finished."

Will Wheaton as the Aide-de-Camp and Bill Pullman as General d'Erlon, The… One… Hundred!!… Days…

Charlie Sheen. Like Napoleon, he is a winner, and has never-ever lost a battle – in his own estimation.

I have heard that Napoleon had tiger's blood.

Colin Firth

Humann are you trying to say that William Shatner is better than Rod Steiger,did I understand you right?

I don't know what you've been drinking but if you think that then you're wrong IMHO.

Captain Gideon

Danny Devito gets my vote.

I will accept William Shatner as Napoleon only if Christopher Walken is Wellington.

How's about Tom Cruise? He's the right size for it…

"Denny Crane" opps no I mean "Napoleon Bonaparte".

I could see it, his Denny Crane was great he would be a great Napoleon!

Ney: Seth Rogen
Blucher: Stephen Fry
Wellington: Rowan Atkinson
Soult: Keanu Reeves ("The Prussians are totally coming, sire")
Marie Walewska in flashbacks: Monica Bellucci
Marie Walewska in flashbacks even further back: Emily Blunt
The King of Rome: Justin Bieber
Roustam: Samuel L. Jackson
Uxbridge: Heather McCartney
Grouchy: Robin Askwith

Caldwells rangers, Elton John, great choice. Might I suggest David Furnish as Marshal Ney? Matt.

Stephen Fry did a good Wellington in Blackadder III.

He came from Corsica, he had a thirst for pillage
He studied war at Brienne College
That's where guns,
caught his eye

He told me that his piece was loaded
I said "in that case I'll have a whiff of grape shot"
He said "fire"
and in thirty seconds time he said,

I want to mow down the common people,
I want to turn the common people into goo
I want to mow down the common people,
like you

I could go on, but I'd better not!

Napoleon: Robert de Niro
Ney: William Shatner
Davout: Patrick Stewart
Soult: Ben Kingsley
Wellington: Liam Neilson
Blucher: Rutger Hauer

Why not do it propper, why know were most of these people are burried, so we can get DNA easy, just clone then, then 25-40 yeas later, we'll have an epic movie.

Or if thigs go wrong as they often do when medeling in evil science, we will have WW3, with France invading russia again.

Shatner! Shatner! Shatner!

@4th Cuirassier: If Heather McCartney plays Uxbridge then Sir Paul McC will have to be the Duchess of Richmond … "You shall go to the ball" with John Lennon as Cinderella.

Napoleon = Bruce Willis.
Ney = Will Ferrell
Grouchy = Morgan Freeman
D'Erlon = Ralph Macchio
Wellington = Daniel Craig
Picton = Tom Jones
Blucher = Max Von Sydow
Gneisenau = Dolf Lundgrun
Prince of Orange = That lad from Harry Potter.

Not the most authentic looking, but a much better movie. A sure fire ratings winner. I see this as a comback hit for macchio, and Von Sydows opus magnus. Ney will provide light comic relief in the manner of Gimli, and Tom Jones will ham up the Welshness of Picton by singing Men of Harlech with the 30th, who will be Welsh now. The Imperial Guard will march to its doom and die to a man, led by Gerard Depardieu. Who will scream the worst Anglo Saxon swear word ever as "merde" is far to mild for a modern audience. Highlanders will be unrelentingly bad ass, and will be seen mooning the French.. and possibly the English and be led by zwei hander carrying officers. In one scene a soldier (90% chance of being Highland) will throw his musket like a javelin and harpoon a curassier general, played by a WCW wrestler, killing him and his shire horse/bear/rhino. Every infantry vs infantry encounter seen will be decided by the bayonet. Wellington and Napoleon will duel during the massacre of the imperial guard, both will wound the other, but Wellington will be knocked down and as he is about to be killed by Napoleon, Blucher will throw a sword and wound Napoleon who will be dragged away by Ney.

I predict 6 to 8 nominations at the oscars, including best screen play and best script, and excpect to take 60 million in the first three days.

"ho ho ho. Now I have a nine pounder"

Will Ferrell as Ney, or Will Smith?

This topic is getting stupider by every post.

Captain Gideon

Khaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn!

Wellingtaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn!!!

And it continues.

Captain Gideon

ah funny, Shatner would be cool.

<<Napoleon = Bruce Willis>>.

Le yeepee Kuyeh, baiseur de mere!!!!

Vive L'Shatner

Captain Gideon, a topic that starts out saying the William Shatner was born to play Napoleon was doomed from the get go.

Wellington: Rowan Atkinson

"oohhh… look Teddy… er.. Uxbridge…. Cuirassiers!"

Morgan Freeman as Blucher?

It's Waterloo, Jim,but not as we know it.

"Il est mort, mon Empereur."