'Power Rangers' Movie: Liam Hemsworth Not A Realistic Casting Choice, But Taylor Lautner Could Happen [VIDEO]
While the Power Rangers reboot movie begins to take shape with Zack Stenz, Ashley Miller and Roberto Orci working on the script, the dream list for the cast has listed some of the biggest and brightest in Hollywood being interested in the movie. While seeing Liam Neeson in a Red Ranger outfit sounds entertaining, some names don't seem to be plausible.
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The biggest rumor yet has been Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth attached to lead the franchise. While Hemsworth isn't a mega-star like his brother Chris Hemsworth yet, he has still found some success in the movies he has been in. The Hunger Games franchise has been his largest commodity with an appearance in The Expendables a close second.
But the Aussie star has not been able to lead his own movies to box office success, with the recent thriller Paranoia with Harrison Ford being a prime example. He could be interested in doing a Power Rangers movie, but unless he knows big bucks are going to come out of it, Hemsworth doesn't seem like a solid leading man just yet.
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Another name that has surfaced due to his connection with the studio, Lionsgate, is Twilight star Taylor Lautner. Lautner has not done much lately with an appearance in Grown Ups 2 as the most notable role as of late. A revival of sorts would be good for the actor who, much like Hemsworth, has been chained to the franchise that made him and has struggled outside the realm of Twilight in movies like Abduction.
Both Hemsworth and Lautner are actors who could use a franchise to make their own, but are also not actors who have shown they can do it on their own. They may get the chance, but the studio may also want someone more stable.
Chloe Grace Moretz has been attached to the film as well and seeing her in the movie would make sense. Moretz has shown she has action chops through the two Kick-Ass movies and seems to be heading to leading her own stuff with her next movie, If I Stay.
All of the actors have shown that they can live within the material, but the casting for the Power Rangers movie will be based on if the studio wants to take the risk on the actor, or find someone they know that can bring in money.
