All these space movies and we still haven’t seen the power suit compact into the Morph ball on the big screen? An IO9 article earlier this year made a good point. Hollywood is full of parity. When something makes money everybody gets started on their rendition of that genre. We’ve been through vampires, zombies, apocalyptic, there’s even a recent surge of biblical movies. It would be nothing to bring space movies into the fray. 

everybody’s dying to see whether Marvel’s huge, ambitious bet [Guardians of the Galaxy] pays off. And if it does, here are a dozen other space heroes who could rock their own movies.

One of the Properties that was listed was Metroid Prime. If you are old enough to have played the original Nintendo then you remember how big of a fixture that it was for the console. The bad ass character jumped into the air doing flips and shooting missiles from one arm of the power suit shooting intergalactic creatures. *1986-SPOILER* Only to find out upon completing the game that you were playing with a female character all along. 

We’re nearing 30 years later and the character is still going. It could be interesting to cap off the 30th Anniversary in a couple years with Samus on screen. It should be noted that Samus Aran was said to be modeled after the character Ripley that Sigourney Weaver played in Aliens. Samus is a large woman standing at 6’3″ and 198 lbs. I got to thinking who could pull of a big blond brooding bounty hunter. That person would have to be tall but still active and able to draw people to the box office.   

I didn’t think for long. The woman that immediately came to mind is Gwendoline Christie. 

Yes that’s her. She’s quite capable of looking feminine.   You may of heard of a little show called Game of Thrones. She plays Brienne of Tarth. Often clad in full armor and wielding swords as well as the next man. Just as life is challenging for Brienne I imagine there aren’t a lot of roles specifically written for a 6’3” woman. 

So what do you think of my choice? If they were going to cast tomorrow for Metroid movie. What Actress would you put in the the role of Samus Aran and why?

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