David Bowie could have played Rorschach in Terry Gilliam's "Watchmen" adaptation

[Shuck]

@Grey_Devil

It definitely would’ve had its own spin and deviated from the source material. Could’ve good or bad, but even bad Terry Gilliam movies are interesting which i can’t say the same for Snyder movies.

Yeah, it would have at least been something new and interesting - it would have added something to the cultural conversation, which is something that can’t be said about Snyder’s movie.

[euansmith]

Yeay, Zach Snyder doesn’t add to the cultural conversation; he only adds to the cultural teeth sucking, eye rolling and head shaking.

[smulder]

@Grey_Devil

Rorschach is supposed to be a visually ugly, almost repulsive looking guy

Rather than Bowie (wrong) or De Niro (too expensive) Gilliam could have taken the role himself

[euansmith]

I’ve always thought of Gilliam as being rather handsome, in that Klaus Kinski, Willem Dafoe, or Steve Buscemi sort of way.

[smulder]

I was thinking maybe Buscemi, but nobody had heard of him in the '80s