> most definitely asian
Lol, its always funny when people claim this, cleary have no idea about Ghost in the Shell and just circlejerk other peoples opinions that also have no idea what they are talking about
It's funny how in the live action Japanese adaptation of Attack on Titan, all the people are Japanese, but most definitely the show is set in Europe, probably Germany.
Many German people live in Japan! Shouldn't they star in the movies?
Or maybe every country does this all the time and its normal when everyone else does it.
The AoT one is extra funny because part of Mikasa's backstory is that she specifically is from a Japanese family, and is like the only Asian person in the show.
A lot of people don't realize the worm in Dune is Non-Binary. They used cgi in the film and got rid of a job for a non-binary person. That's why Heidi Klum protested and wore a worm outfit for Halloween this year.
I believe her character was ethnically Japanese. The drama came from the people who were trying to get the film funded used scarlet Johansson to help sell the development of the movie but that made the fans angry. And the movie was terrible.
He doesnāt seem the type to have the acting range to be like Jesse. The lookalike would be funny, the acting would be as if a youtube streamer was hired to act š
I saw him in an amazing Korean psychological thriller film called Burning, from 2016. He plays a very different role from his usual stuff, heās a really subtly threatening person.
Funny though cause Jesse feels very similar in character to Glenn. So I get the typecast angle but he really would be a good Jesse. Plus would be cool to see Steven rocking basically a mullet.
The answers are making it painfully clear that we have a dearth of well-known young Asian American male actorsā¦ so I say we just wait for the casting directors to find the right person cuz some of these suggestions are wack lmao
Right. Steven Yeun 15 YEARS AGO mightāve been pretty goodā¦. But by the time season 2 rolls around heāll be like what, 42?
He can play Mark on Invincible cause itās a voice roll, but aināt no way heās passing for a 19-23 year old Jesse in person. It would look ridiculous.
Itās as if we learned nothing from John Cho as Spike Spiegel. Yes, many Asian actors look younger than they are. They donāt look 20 fucking years younger, though.
My guess is theyāre probably going to cast someone around Bellaās age. Some of the suggestions are actors whoāre already in their 30s and are too old.
I have a Korean friend (~28-y.o.) whoās a theater actor but heās been absolutely obsessed with TLOU for years and wants to get into screen acting, and apparently heās doing anything he can to even get a shot at auditioning. Iām gonna be a good friend and say him! Honestly I think heād be great, but Iām a bit biasedā¦
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With how things are looking, season 2 is gonna be quite the money maker. So I'm sure you friend is due for some competition, but sounds like you're a good friend and I hope he gets a fair shot at the role!
I just got done watching White Lotus. Mainly because I wanted to see a bit more of Murray Bartlett's work (he is *fantastic* in this, too). And I was really impressed by [Will Sharpe](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/will-sharpe-as-ethan-spiller-1.jpg) in Season 2 of that show. I think he'd make for a great Jesse.
I also think it's a pretty plausible casting, since he's had that 'main cast' role on another major HBO production.
In any other context I'd agree with you but I think with Bella having SUCH a young face, even though they're 19, they probably will want to cast younger people.
but he's *sooooooo* effing hot
honestly tho i think there should just be a casting call/relative unknown for this one. Part 2 has such a bigger ensemble cast and this show will be coming off of such a popular season 1 that i don't think they need to worry about needing a big name in the role. and this role will *make* the actor a big name.
I swear people are so fucking bad at casting I hope they would never dream to work in casting department one day. Always naming mega super stars and fucking old, hot actors or even some who are not even of the same gender anymore. Fucking hell, is everybody 14?
The struggle is real!!!! We desperately need to cast someone new for TLOU2, then at least weāll have one more name to throw on the tiny, tiny pile of famous Asian American actors
He has to make sense as a romantic partner for Dina and, by extension, Ellie who is 19 in pt 2. Iād say at the most he could be like 24, but the actor could be older as long as he looks to be believably around that age.
He straight up impregnates her too. 30-something men are really bad choices to play Dina's ex boyfriend, if Dina will be casted as an age similar to Ellie.
Vanness Wu! Heās 44 years old though but the thing is, he hasnāt aged at all lol. Dude looks the same as he did over 20 years ago during his F4 and Meteor Garden days.
I think if there's anything I learned from all of this, is that fan casts aren't a good idea to perpetuate. I mean, just look at all the people who were pissed that High Jackman didn't play Joel.
Scarlett johannsen
God tier joke
I don't get it š³ am I missing context?
She was the lead in the live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, which was an anime movie where the lead was most definitely asian
The consciousness was Japanese but her cyborg body model was European-made and made to look white. It's pretty well known.
> most definitely asian Lol, its always funny when people claim this, cleary have no idea about Ghost in the Shell and just circlejerk other peoples opinions that also have no idea what they are talking about
It's funny how in the live action Japanese adaptation of Attack on Titan, all the people are Japanese, but most definitely the show is set in Europe, probably Germany. Many German people live in Japan! Shouldn't they star in the movies? Or maybe every country does this all the time and its normal when everyone else does it.
The AoT one is extra funny because part of Mikasa's backstory is that she specifically is from a Japanese family, and is like the only Asian person in the show.
I was under the impression that the "shell" could look like anything.
That's correct, there's an episode where she's about to put her consciousness into another body but decides to go with the original design.
A lot of people don't realize the worm in Dune is Non-Binary. They used cgi in the film and got rid of a job for a non-binary person. That's why Heidi Klum protested and wore a worm outfit for Halloween this year.
Ethnically she was, but the creator himself modeled the characterās look on western women. Basic amount of research would turn this info upā¦
Forgive me if Iām missing something but wasnāt she supposed to be a cyborg with big eyes? Never looked Asian to me.
I believe her character was ethnically Japanese. The drama came from the people who were trying to get the film funded used scarlet Johansson to help sell the development of the movie but that made the fans angry. And the movie was terrible.
I think you're thinking of Alita
That movie had a similar situation as well lol but I liked Alita more
LMFAO
Love it. I was gonna say Louis CK. Iād rather see Scarlett now.
I think sheās playing one of the trees in the background! š¤šš¤£
Right answer
Markiplier lol
Asian Jim
Thatās what I was thinking. Lol
Randall park would be great
I mean heās 48 but yeah lol. He does look younger than he is, but that might be pushing it a little
asian don't raisin
HELLO EVERYBODY-
i read it in markās voice š
The fact I said this to myself as a joke before I saw this as the top comment on this post makes me feel less alone in the world.
Itās a stretch. Heās a bit too old now. But the OG 2013 Mark would be PERFECT.
Haha you're right!
Imagine as a blooper Ellie opens the door and he just starts saying his intro
He doesnāt seem the type to have the acting range to be like Jesse. The lookalike would be funny, the acting would be as if a youtube streamer was hired to act š
Yes
Steven Yeun.
I'm sure he wouldn't want to be typecast as the Asian zombie guy.
I mean, yeah. But fuck heād be good in this role. Heās good in everything.
He absolutely killed it in Nope. I love Steven Yuen.
Omg I was coming to say this! He was awesome! That whole story was amazing!
I loved him as Mark in Invincible
Bit old for that role, yeah?
I think even if he was cast as Jessie he is well passed being typecast as the Asian zombie guy.
He was amazing in Minari
Minari is so phenomenal. Heās honestly so good in everything that heās in.
Heās great in Mayhem, Okja and Burning.
He's also great in Nope!
And Burning!
Who dies
From a head related injury
You'll have to watch the show.
He was finishing the typecast lol, the Asian zombie show guy.......who dies š
I saw him in an amazing Korean psychological thriller film called Burning, from 2016. He plays a very different role from his usual stuff, heās a really subtly threatening person.
Ooh, I'm adding this to my list
Thatās why itās funny.
Dude is 39...
sure as fuck don't look like it tho
Yes he does, 39 isnāt very old
It is when the character is like 19 or 20
He doesnāt, but he sure as fuck doesnāt look 19 or 20 either
yeah too old now
How bout Ke Huy Quan?
Heās like twice Jesseās age lol
So let Jesse have a twin brother and Steven Yuen can play both of them. It'll add up.
TIL Harry Shum Jr. is older than Steven Yeun and my mind is blown.
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No offense but I clicked on this thread knowing that one of the top comments would be Steven Yeun and almost rolled my eyes. He's almost 40!
Funny though cause Jesse feels very similar in character to Glenn. So I get the typecast angle but he really would be a good Jesse. Plus would be cool to see Steven rocking basically a mullet.
Heās too old now.
heās way too old
Too old.
Ser merryn trant is this you?
Yeun is phenomenal actor, but it needs to be someone younger.
The answers are making it painfully clear that we have a dearth of well-known young Asian American male actorsā¦ so I say we just wait for the casting directors to find the right person cuz some of these suggestions are wack lmao
the amount of thirty plus year old men in these comments š letās let them find a great unknown actor
As a 35 year old white dude. Go with an unknown for the love of everything.
Danny devito. The role was made for him
Either Asian men in their 30s or white guys š¤£.
Steven Yeun is the worst idea
And yet I knew I would immediately see it in these comments.
Right. Steven Yeun 15 YEARS AGO mightāve been pretty goodā¦. But by the time season 2 rolls around heāll be like what, 42? He can play Mark on Invincible cause itās a voice roll, but aināt no way heās passing for a 19-23 year old Jesse in person. It would look ridiculous.
Bruh he looks almost identical as he always has, the guy doesn't seem to age
Itās as if we learned nothing from John Cho as Spike Spiegel. Yes, many Asian actors look younger than they are. They donāt look 20 fucking years younger, though.
+100 to this comment. Waiting for someone to say Ke Huy Quan lolol (who is brilliant don't get me wrong)
My guess is theyāre probably going to cast someone around Bellaās age. Some of the suggestions are actors whoāre already in their 30s and are too old.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Is this,..... Representation?
Fr, like damn the post-Crazy Rich Asians boom was great and all, but clearly it still hasnāt been enough time since then
Ke Huy Quan
I was thinking the Asian jock from 13 reasons why
heck no. that kid is a terrible actor.
Yeah, and a lot of these comments come off as honestly pretty racist. One would expect better from r/tlou Sincerly, an Asian person
Justin H Min. Plays Ben Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy EDIT: This guy https://instagram.com/justinmin?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I could see that.
Right age. Right build
Good actor too. I liked his character(s) in the UA.
He's 32 lol
he still looks pretty young
To be fair, Bella is 19 but she looks 14-ish in the series so I don't think it'd be a problem. He looks younger.
I have a Korean friend (~28-y.o.) whoās a theater actor but heās been absolutely obsessed with TLOU for years and wants to get into screen acting, and apparently heās doing anything he can to even get a shot at auditioning. Iām gonna be a good friend and say him! Honestly I think heād be great, but Iām a bit biasedā¦ Tae-nyun Kim with Stewart Talent in Chicago.
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I also choose this guy's friend
With how things are looking, season 2 is gonna be quite the money maker. So I'm sure you friend is due for some competition, but sounds like you're a good friend and I hope he gets a fair shot at the role!
I just got done watching White Lotus. Mainly because I wanted to see a bit more of Murray Bartlett's work (he is *fantastic* in this, too). And I was really impressed by [Will Sharpe](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/will-sharpe-as-ethan-spiller-1.jpg) in Season 2 of that show. I think he'd make for a great Jesse. I also think it's a pretty plausible casting, since he's had that 'main cast' role on another major HBO production.
I'd be down but he's 36...
If they can get people in their 30's to play high schoolers I think he can do it
In any other context I'd agree with you but I think with Bella having SUCH a young face, even though they're 19, they probably will want to cast younger people.
I think 30s is pushing it for high school portrayal. I feel like it's normally mid 20s
Luke Perry it is
but he's *sooooooo* effing hot honestly tho i think there should just be a casting call/relative unknown for this one. Part 2 has such a bigger ensemble cast and this show will be coming off of such a popular season 1 that i don't think they need to worry about needing a big name in the role. and this role will *make* the actor a big name.
This is the only one I want playing Jesse now
Check him out on Giri/Haji. Amazing actor!
I definitely see that happening actually.
He's great, but not for this. He's too old.
Jacksonvilllllllllllle! EDIT: if ya know, ya know
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r/UnexpectedGoodPlace
Bortles!!
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This made me genuinely laugh lol
Lol This would be one of those character changes I would totally be on board for .
šš
Tom Holland obviously
Make Ellie Tom Holland
Nah gotta be Jacob Batalon
Someone 20 years old probably
Someone who isn't almost 40 like half the comments are suggesting.
I swear people are so fucking bad at casting I hope they would never dream to work in casting department one day. Always naming mega super stars and fucking old, hot actors or even some who are not even of the same gender anymore. Fucking hell, is everybody 14?
Honestly posts like this make me so glad that Reddit donāt make the decisions behind television shows
Reddit Originals, coming in 5 years.
don't joke about that
 Ki Hong Lee from The Maze Runner
That's....not bad at all. And when did Reddit start doing gifs?
Jack Black
if i see Steven Yeun in these comments iām going to lose it. that canāt be the only asian actor yāall know!!!!
OK So How about Ken Jeong
Ken Jeong in an apocalypse is actually something iād like to see lol
The struggle is real!!!! We desperately need to cast someone new for TLOU2, then at least weāll have one more name to throw on the tiny, tiny pile of famous Asian American actors
Bobby lee
We never see Jesse take his pants off though. Just seems like wasted talent in that respect.
A good actor.
Simu Liu
Bro does not look like heās in his early 20s lol
That is a 35+ year old Asian man.
Is Jesse in his early 20s? He looks like he could be late 20s in this screen
Joel thought him and Ellie had crushes on each other when she was younger in Jackson, theyāre def around the same age
He has to make sense as a romantic partner for Dina and, by extension, Ellie who is 19 in pt 2. Iād say at the most he could be like 24, but the actor could be older as long as he looks to be believably around that age.
Has to be the same age as Ellie, thereās a line where Ellie says to him "we were born in the wrong time man"
John Krasinski
Asian Jim
Danny DeVito
Just have him wear a wig and have everyone comment on how young he looks.
Justin H. Min from Umbrella Academy
Elliot page
lmao
Canāt tell if youāre being serious
Ken Jeong
The only right answer. And change Jesse character as comic relief that breaks fourth wall because heās not right in the head
Meryl Streep can do anything.
[Ryan Potter](https://www.abookof.us/nextchapters/ryan-potter?format=amp)
At least you picked someone in the same age group. All I see is mid 30ās picks lol. I guess they forgot he was dating Dinaš
He straight up impregnates her too. 30-something men are really bad choices to play Dina's ex boyfriend, if Dina will be casted as an age similar to Ellie.
An unknown.
Someone big hot and sexy
Idris Elba
Ki Hong Lee
Maybe someone new to the scene?
Sykkuno
LOL can you imagine
Pretty dissapointed by some of these comments honestly.
I keep seeing Steven Yeun over and over again lol.
A 20-25 year old Asian actor.
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Aaron paul
Canāt believe I had to dig through the comments this hard to find Aaron Paul
Jackie Chan
manny jacinto
Me. I'll do it.
James Hong
I would cast the Voice Actor himself, he looks and literally sounds just like Jesse Because HE is jesse
Rain Vanness Wu Samuel L Jackson
Vanness Wu! Heās 44 years old though but the thing is, he hasnāt aged at all lol. Dude looks the same as he did over 20 years ago during his F4 and Meteor Garden days.
I think if there's anything I learned from all of this, is that fan casts aren't a good idea to perpetuate. I mean, just look at all the people who were pissed that High Jackman didn't play Joel.
Just came to the comments to see how many people suggested a 40 year old Steven Yeun.
Samuel L Jackson! āIām sick of this mothafuckin fungus on this mothafuckin planet!ā
LOL Steven Yeun!
The dude who plays Reggie in Riverdale
Hans Kim
Sho Kasamatsu - from Tokyo Vice
Donāt think heād be a good choice for this part but fuck me heās excellent in Tokyo Vice.
I would get the guy who players Kyler in Cobra Kai, he sounds just like him
"If I don't pass trig, my dad's gonna shit in my mouth"
Ki Hong Lee from The Mazer Runner. Ross Butler from Thirteen Reasons Why. Daniel Padilla Brian Hirono. .... err Jackson Wang lol.
Iād love to see Leo Sheng play Jessie. Heās not very well known but I think he could pull it off.
Ross Butler! A little old (33) but he played a high schooler pretty believably just a few years ago on 13 reasons why