Originally posted by: Tiptup
He would look the part. A good makeup job would then make him uglier and we'd have a perfect visual. The question is whether or not he could act the part. I always imagined Rorschach with a creepily calm voice the entire time I read Watchmen.
Originally posted by: Nanner Split
According to IMDb, there is a petition to get Doug Hutchison (from The Green Mile) to play Rorschach. Looking at his photo, I couldn't agree more:
According to IMDb, there is a petition to get Doug Hutchison (from The Green Mile) to play Rorschach. Looking at his photo, I couldn't agree more:

He would look the part. A good makeup job would then make him uglier and we'd have a perfect visual. The question is whether or not he could act the part. I always imagined Rorschach with a creepily calm voice the entire time I read Watchmen.
And that is probably why he'd never get the role - it would be a casting decision that actually made sense. Hollywood seems to make less and less of those decisions now.