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Channing Tatum to play Riley in ‘Eclipse’
April 27th, 2009 | Author: Christopher Mc
“There’s a very big battle at the end with Riley, and I think Channing would do that so well,” Twilight and New Moon screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who is currently writing the Eclipse script, told us this weekend at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival benefit for the Writers Guild Foundation.
“And there are some complexities to that character,” she adds. “He really is tragic. He’s a puppet for Victoria [bad-girl vampire played by Rachelle Lefevre]. So he has to break your heart a little bit at the end when he realizes that she doesn’t want him. Channing could do that beautifully.”
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hmmm. he seems lik a pretty good riley. he doesnt have the BIGGEST part. so i think he will do.
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I sure as hell hope they don’t have this guy play Riley. He doesn’t fit the description at all. Bella describes him as a boy that looked around her age. Channing Tatum looks like he’s in his 30’s.
I agree. I thought riley was suppose to be younger. He looks too old.
I LOVE Channing Tatum!
channing is cool buuuut….. idk not a riley… good thing she’s not casting lol
Agreed.
Riley is described a lot more younger than what Channing looks like on screen. Sorry buddy.
But yeah, that will be an interesting casting role, once they start looking.
He’s alright. But yeah I agree… They should get someone younger cuz he looks a little too old to play Riley.
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! Channing would be exellent! he pulls off the younger look in all his films and is the Riley I pictured! Literally, I thought Channing while reading Eclipse! Good choice!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! He looks older in that picture but he could look pretty young.
Ehhh… I love Channing Tatum to pieces but read Eclipse once more. Riley is still a teenager. 18 tops. I always pictured him as maybe 15/16. But definitely NOT Channing Tatum. Not only is he too old looking, he’s also too big (tall and buff). I swear to it that Riley is like 15-ish looking…
But I definitely disagree. Not Tatum. Not for that role at least.
um… YES! lol I love Channing!!
i thought he would have been good as felix
ok heres the part from the book when Bella first sees Riley
“–Yes, he was just a boy, though he was muscular and tall, maybe my age when he was changed. His eyes — a more vivid red then I had ever seen before — could not hold mine.”
just so no one has to run to their books. hehe.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!???????????? omg….like….NO! I pictured Riley as like 16, blonde….skinny and tall, and like…really innocent looking (even if he isnt innocent)
grr!
YES YES YES!!! He is so hot!! I kind of pictured Riley a little smaller but Channing would be amazing!!!
Holy shit if Channing is in Twilight too i might just die and go to heaven my two hunky hunky FAVS! would be in the same movie together and I would have a drool feast lol Rob and Channing in the same movie holy smokes *DROOL*
i love him in SHES THE MAN , he would have made a great emmett.
ahhhh!!! *screaming*. I love him! I dont know if he fits the character description except that he has to fight. But seriously with the way they do makeup and everything he could seriously pull it off! ah…I love him!!!!! Georgous!
YES he could play the role of riley I think it would be an excellent fight scene and to watch him in the same movie with robert I would deffinatley go to the movies twice to see that
FUCK YES
PLEASE YES
GOD YES
HELL YES
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
i can soooo see that, please do it!
YES!
I think he looks too old 4 this part.He’s an awsome actor but he just doesn’t fit the part.I pictured someone that looked 16/17 but he looks just a wee bit too old.
i have to agree, he looks a lil old. but then again, the beuties of make-up can make him look young. but i imagined riley just a lil smaller than channing.
Ugh, no, Channing Tatum cannot act. He’s okay in certain movies but there is no way he can handle playing a crazy vampire
no!no!!a thousand times no!! Rileys suposed to be like 16/17!!!!!!tantum does not fit the part at all!!!read ur books for crying out loud!!i mean get real!!nooooo!!!!
NO NO NO NO!!HES UGLY AND WAY TO OLD!!
OMG..NOOOOOOO, I love this guy he’s freaking hot. He can’t be Riley, I don’t want to see him get ripped to pieces…lol.
haha.
What the f Riley is a young teen not that buff man that is not the part for him wake up
Yeah he is likely too old and way too brawn to play Riley. Otherwise he looks lovely.
I think that he would be a great Riley. But Eclipse is still a long time away, and this probably wont last!
He could totally pull it off but I do think he might be too old. If they could make him look younger that would be great.
Okay, I am absolutely against any Disney stars in any of the Twilight saga films but I think Zac Effron would be PERFECT for this role!!!
ZAC EFRON ?! are you kidding me?!
fuck off.
yes yes. Not exactly what I imagined but hey he’s hott! More eye candy. Too bad he’d die. Me and my friend want to go see his new fighting movie again, hot.
ahem, sorry but in eclipse, yes, it bella does say he looked around her age, but she also said “he was muscular and tall” and with makeup, Channing will look young and he’s already got the muscular and tall. so yeah.
He looks too old to play Riley, I agree. LOL…why don’t they just get Kristen’s boyfriend to do it. That would be funny.
All my favorite celebrities are coming together in the Twilight Saga movies! I think he’ll be great for Riley. Too bad he’ll be ripped into pieces and burned.
i think he would be good as da part. to make him young you just have to put makeup and a shave
he’s perfect!!!
yes!!
omg i love channing tantum. he’s such a good actor. thow i agree with you guys he does seem a lil bit too old. i pictured him as this guys from a movie called odd girl out. idk wat yuh guys make of that but i think that guys would be great. have to fin out his name? on the other hand make up can do wonders for yur age so they could make him younger if they wanted too. i dont really care i mean riley doesnt have a relal big part anyways. as long as they dont change my baby im good. I LOVE YOU ROBERT PATTINSON!!! FOREVER BABY!!!
funny to consider angarano for riley…..hahaha….but WOW….channing tatum….he’s soooo hot!!!i love him in the step up movies…but i agree with the majority….as much as i love channing i think he’s too buff to be riley…yes riley is tall and muscular but i huess not THAT muscular…i picture him as a “swimmer-type” body at least…love you channing….
sorry…that’s *arangano*…
He would do awesome in acting! but yea for looks I agree he looks to old. Bella describes him looking like her age and if not younger. And hes too muscular. But I can kinda see him plaing Riley its just the age thing. I still think your hot!
NO. WAY. he is in no way the right actor to play riley! riley needs to be around 17, blonde and not too buff. he does not have the right face, or the right body for that matter, to play riley! this is ridiculous!
i dont think he suits the role very well. I imagine Riley to be really fair skinned with very blonde hair. i also imagined him quite short and quite young and níave. I think that Haley-Joel Osment fits the role perfectly. He is an excelent actor and fits perfectly into the role of a newborn who is confused and níave. I also think Halye plays the role of David in AI perfectly showing his human side well, portraying him as a tortured soul and also his role in 6th Sense is fantastic. Overall he fits the bill perfectly for me! If you agree please state that you agree with me
Love All The Twilight Fans Out There <3
For all of you who claim that Riley is meant to be short, i would say your wrong. He is meant to be as tall as Emmett/Edward maybe taller, they mention his height for a reason. But on the topic of Channing playing Riley i do agree that he is a lil old to be playing someone at the age of 17/16.
Hey guys,
Love the first movie Katherine Hardwicke did a fantastic job, she executed the characters amazingly. Since she resigned we’re hearing all this nonsense about casting established actors and actresses. Sorry Summit entertainment, You are starting to lose credibility. Casting actors in minor roles who are already well established and well known throughout the Hollywood community is a risky strategy. Screen writers need to remember that the story line is about Edward and Bella. And not about casting as many soap actresses and movie stars as you can. With all this mismanagement of casting, fans are now becoming skeptical of whether they will sustain their fan base, to justify the fourth installment. C’mon guys get it right, we wanna see it.
i do NOT think he would be good for riley!! ive heard about this guy Ross Gill. he would be way better for the part and actually looks bellas age! and is way hotter!! http://www.myspace.com/131478589
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Channing Tatum can so not pull Riley off sure hes muscly but lets face it he’s getting old and is so not HOT or blonde and handsome He will totally ruin eclipse and yea he sucks at acting
fuck off.
oh, hell no! Channing is waaaaaaay to old and a horrible pick for Riley! if these people were smart, they would cast Craig Deering! LOGIC!!!! Not everyone who loves Craig loves Twilight. All Twilight fans will see Eclipse, plus add a couple thousand Craig fans and you got a blockbuster! LOGIC!
CRAIG DEERING!!!!!!!
he deserved the part! channing is wayy to old and doesnt even look how i imagined him to. riley is supposed to be a young vampire, about early 20’s or so… Craig Deering is perfect for the part… but, no of course not, he only has more than 100,000 fans and blond hair and is in his early 20’s… he is perfect for the part
I guess hez a little old looking but he fitz the desciption okey i guess.
OMG YESSS PLEASE!!!!!
he is so not hot, infact he’s ugly
way to old
and not hot at all
summit is not making a good choice
OMG, yes please!
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