Ground rules: So the idea here is we're going to cast a film adaptation of the GTA V story mode. For the sake of organization, I'm going to ask that people sign up to participate, and we can establish an order in which we can make casting choices. I included pretty much all the characters involved in the main storyline of the game, for a total of 40 characters. That's plenty of characters. So I'm hoping to get at least 5 people involved, but no more than 8. We can just cycle down the list, taking turns casting people, in any order we want. So say you're first in the order... you don't have to cast Michael. You can cast any character you want. I included some descriptions under the character to give everyone a rough guideline on what kind of person we're looking for. Some characters, their races and such aren't actually relevant to the character, but in most cases, the character's race, age and sometimes physique are relevant, so just try to be mindful of that. If anyone wants to participate and isn't familiar with the game characters, you can always do some research and look at their depictions in the game, or even watch their scenes in the game to get an idea.
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The Plot
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The Characters
Main Cast
Michael is a master bank robber from the midwest who loves Vinewood films and drinking, but struggles with life choices that have resulted in his family being divided and living under the thumb of the FIB.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, well kempt, white collar
Steven Ogg as Trevor Philips
Trevor is a Canadian who has lived a tumultuous life. Though he is reckless, depraved, temperamental and hooked on drugs, he is a loyal friend and very ambitious.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, bad hygiene and fashion sense
O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Franklin ClintonFranklin is a small scale gangster who is disenchanted with the street life. He is very level headed and logical, and a great driver, determined to make something of his life.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, black, urban, solid stature
Joel McKinnon Miller as Lester Crest
Lester is a master hacker who is great at organization. He hates the government and corporations, and takes any chance to get over on them. He is easily agitated. His motor skills and health have deteriorated due to a wasting disease.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, nerdy, poor physique
Donnie Wahlberg as Dave Norton
Dave is an FIB agent tied to Michael since the jewel heist in the midwest went south. He has a relaxed demeanour despite dealing with incredible pressure from his occupation. He is a good guy for the most part, but seems at his wit's end.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, a bit run down, poor shape
Ed Westwick as Steve Haines
Steve Haines is the ultimate corrupt FIB agent. He is loud and brash and will put anyone in harm's way to advance his own career.
Characteristics: 30s, white, clean cut
Kevin Spacey as Devin Weston
Devin is a brilliant investor billionaire who is all about living the high life. He is a high level shareholder in Merryweather Security. His personality is very over the top, narcissistic and abusive.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, clean cut
Supporting Cast
Sandra Bullock as Amanda De Santa
Amanda is Michael's wife. She has fallen out of love with Michael due to his crass nature but she enjoys the life that he affords her. She is materialistic and dismissive, but passionate about self-improvement, perhaps in a superficial way though.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, pampered
Ted Nugent as Ammu-Nation ClerkMans the counter at Ammu-Nation. He openly promotes gun violence, hates the government, and seems to be from the South.
Characteristics: Middle aged, stereotypical "gun nut" look
Wilmer Valderrama as Andreas Sanchez
Andreas is Steve Haines' right hand man. He's very reserved and subservient, though it is revealed later on that he is actually working to expose Steve and Dave's corrupt activities.
Characteristics: 30s, Hispanic, clean cut
Jake Busey as Brad SniderBrad was the third member of Trevor and Michael's team in the early 2000s who died when the heist went south. He seems to be a questionable character at best, displaying traits of emotional detachment and degeneracy.
Characteristics: 30s, white, a bit of a slob
Chris Meloni as Chef
Chef is the man who does Trevor's meth cooking. He is also a skilled gunman, and more than happy to commit any crime Trevor enlists him for.
Characteristics: 30s, decent physique
Aubrey Plaza as Debra
Debra is Cousin Floyd's fiancee. She is a lawyer who dominates Floyd. She is very demanding and shrewd.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, uppity
Wanda Sykes as Denise Clinton
Denise is Franklin's aunt who sees him as a deadbeat. She is a part of a warped feminist group, hates men, and is quite overbearing.
Characteristics: Middle aged, black
Kyle Mooney as Elwood O'Neil
Elwood is the figurehead of the O'Neil family. They are an inbred family of hillbillies who cook meth and compete with Trevor for business. He isn't intelligent, but he is vengeful.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, white, hillbilly
Martin Starr as Fabien LaRouche
Fabien is the French, sex-obsessed yoga instructor of Amanda. He sees himself as superior to others and tries to court Amanda away from Michael, unsuccessfully.
Characteristics: 30s, fit, snobby, hipster look
John Francis Daley as Floyd Hebert
Floyd is the cousin of Wade Hebert. Unlike Wade, he walks a very straight and narrow path, prefers to avoid conflict, is subservient to his wife and totally non-confrontational.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, white
Forest Whitaker as Harold Joseph a.k.a. Stretch
Stretch is an "old head" from the hood. Lamar and other people in the hood look up to him. Though, after returning from prison, Stretch proves to be unreliable, frequently setting up Lamar and Franklin, seemingly having defected to a rival gang while in jail.
Characteristics: Middle aged, black
Jeff Goldblum as Isiah Friedlander
Dr. Friedlander is the therapist of the De Santa/Townley family. He is more or less a parody of a therapist, taking little interests in his client's problems, and having a very lax attitude towards their troublesome behavior.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, eccentric looking
Jesse Eisenberg as Jay Norris
Jay is a rich kid who founded LifeInvader, the largest social media platform in the world, which openly sells the personal information of its users.
Characteristics: 20s/30s, rich, clean cut
Jonah Hill as Jimmy De Santa
Jimmy is Michael's lazy, ungrateful, weed smoking, video gaming son. He seems to struggle with his identity, and has a poor relationship with Michael, blaming him for making him a burnout due to his dysfunctional parenting.
Characteristics: Young adult, white, out of shape, nerdy
Theo Rossi as Johnny Klebitz
Johnny leads The Lost, a motorcycle gang that is odds with Trevor, especially when he finds out Trevor is having sex with his girl. He is deliberate in his actions, but can easily be triggered
Characteristics: 30s, white, tough looking
John Cena as Kyle Chavis
Kyle is a tennis coach, who is a known sexual deviant, using his tennis coaching to sleep with rich housewives, including Michael's wife Amanda. He is a bit shameless and very cowardly.
Characteristics: Middle aged
Bow Wow as Lamar Davis
Lamar is Franklin's oldest friend from the hood. They have been running together, doing small time crimes for most of their life. He is way more oblivious, and content to live a gang-banging lifestyle than Franklin, until Franklin is able to open his eyes to the perils of the hood. He is also brash and self-assured.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, black, slender
Lazlow Jones as Lazlow Jones
Lazlow is Los Santos' most famous radio and TV personality. Though he is bold in front of the camera, he is actually a coward in real life. He is defined by his sleeziness, insecurity, and willingness to stoop to any level for a small bit of fame.
Characteristics: 40s, white, slimeball
Javier Bardem ad Martin Madrazo
Madrazo is the high class leader of a crime family. He is very well spoken and respectful, however he is a ruthless fearmonger when dealing with his enemies, and has a misogynistic side.
Characteristics: Middle aged, hispanic, clean cut and professional
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Molly Schultz
Molly is Devin Weston's assistant. She will do anything for Devin, and does handle most of his business relations. She is incredibly high strung and punctual.
Characteristics: 30s, white, professional
Cathy Bates as Mrs. Philips
Mrs. Philips is Trevor's mother. Trevor has always seeked her approval, but she seems to demean Trevor in order to hold power over him, and is likely a big part of why Trevor is so deranged. She is a callous and cruel woman.
Characteristics: 60s, white, trailer park trash look
Danny Trejo as Ortega
Ortega is the figurehead of Los Aztecas, a Mexican gang in Blaine County who are competitors to Trevor in the black market trade of guns and drugs. Not much is known of his personality, other than that he is sordid and happy to participate in criminal activity.
Characteristics: 30s/40s, Mexican, gangster
Salma Hayek as Patricia Madrazo
Patricia is the wife of Martin Madrazo. She is very delicate and caring, but is mistreated by Martin. She is kidnapped by Trevor, after seeing how Martin treats her. She doesn't resent Trevor for what he does, instead trying to uplift Trevor, proving her compassion, though she believes it is her duty to return to her husband.
Characteristics: Middle aged, Mexican, housewife look
Justin Timberlake as Rickie Lukens
Rickie is a young man who works in the tech field, originally for LifeInvader, and later as a hacker for Michael, Trevor and Franklin. He is a sort of parody of a millenial, being very childish and carefree.
Characteristics: Young adult, nerdy, hipster-ish
Brendan Fraser as Ron Jakowski
Ron is a meth head who lives in Blaine County. He is hooked on drugs, obsessed with conspiracy theories, and is very jumpy. Despite his downfalls, he is loyal to Trevor to the bitter end.
Characteristics: Middle aged, white, run down drug addict
Eric Bogosian as Simeon Yetarian
Simeon is an Armenian car dealer who is notorious for scamming people on deals. He employs Franklin and Lamar as repo men until they find greener pastures. He is known for his dishonesty and scheming.
Characteristics: 60s, Armenian, sleazy businessman look
Mark Margolis as Solomon Richards
Solomon is a celebrated Vinewood producer at the tail end of his career. He is a proud man, who is passionate about what he's made, and is very happy when he meets Michael to have someone who appreciates his work. He helps Michael to realize his dreams when he attaches him as a producer for his final movie: Meltdown.
Characteristics: 70s, Jewish
Monique StaTeena as Tanisha Jackson
Tanisha is Franklin's old girlfriend, who he still has some feelings for, despite her moving on and getting out of the hood, becoming engaged to a doctor. She is somewhat scornful towards Franklin, mainly because of his criminal activity, though she also criticizes him for trying to move up in life and leave the hood behind.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, black
Steven Yeun as Tao Chang
Tao is the son of Wei Chang, the leader of the Los Santos Triads. He doesn't speak English, and seems more content to just spend his father's money to party nonstop.
Characteristics: Young adult, Chinese
Kiersey Clemons as Tonya Wiggins
Tonya is a crackhead from the hood, who has known Franklin since they were young. She often uses Franklin for tasks to help her and her boyfriend JB out of financial troubles. She is fun-loving but is a lost cause at this point in her life.
Characteristics: 20s/early 30s, black, crack whore look
Emma Roberts as Tracey De Santa
Tracey is Michael's vapid daughter. She loves her dad, but disapproves of the way he handles business. Her main goal in life is to become famous, though she has no obvious talents.
Characteristics: Young adult, white, valley girl
Chris Pratt as Wade Hebert
Wade is a misguided young man, who is a bit slow for someone his age, possessing an almost childlike sense of carelessness and optimism. He is a close associate of Trevor, willing to do anything for Trevor, clearly oblivious to the evils he commits.
Characteristics: Young adult, Juggalo parody
Hiroyuki Sanada as Wei Chang
Wei Chang is the leader of the Los Santos Triad. He is a ruthless and calculating businessman and one of the most feared men in the state, if not country.
Characteristics: 60s, Chinese, grizzled crime lord
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The Fans
- @Doom
- @Professor Booty
- @Mr. Peanutbutter
- @Che Blazara
- @Karl Smarx
- @TeaDrinkingLimey
- @Nikita Chrischev
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