Games that become films haven't exactly had their reputation for being Oscar worthy, despite some being guilty pleasures to some of us (Street Fighter: The Movie anyone? ANYONE?)
Most would even say that the very notion of Mass Effect becoming a movie is ridiculous since the game is already overly cinematic and story driven.
Some of us among the community team were having a small discussion among us on "what if there were to be a movie" and started to think about which of the many Hollywood actors and actresses of past and present would be suited to playing some of the characters from the Mass Effect universe, hypothetically of course, since there are no plans for a movie production.
Now we want you in the community to tell us who you feel would play the parts of the key characters in an epic space film based on the series if it were to ever happen. The best cast chosen by us will then receive some great Mass Effect 3 prizes!
The Prizes
1 Mass Effect N7 Branded Hoodie Jacket
1 Replica
4 Mass Effect 3 T-Shirts
How to take part.
All you have to do is look at the characters below and put the name of the actor/actress underneath their character name. The fun part is that the protagonist Commander Shepard can literally be played by anyone you choose.
Commander Shepard
Played by:
David Anderson
Played by:
James Vega
Played by:
Kaidan Alenko
Played by:
Liara T'Soni
Played by:
Ashely Williams
Played by:
EDI
Played by:
Javik
Played by:
Competition Terms & Conditions
- The Mass Effect Casting promotion (the “Promotion”) is open to residents of UK & Ireland aged 16 years or over.
- To enter this Promotion, entrants must:
(i) Go to their local language forum at http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu (“the Forum”);
(ii) Click on the PlayStation®3 General Discussion board;
(iii) Sign in to their PlayStation®Network (PSN Account), or if they don’t already have one use their PlayStation®3 system, PlayStation® Vita handheld entertainment system or PlayStation®Portable (PSP®) system to create a one and then sign-in via the Forum;
(iv) Click on the Mass Effect Movie Casting Competition thread;
(v) Post the names of the actors or actresses that they would cast to play key parts in a Mass Effect film.
- Registration for PSN is subject to acceptance of the PSN Terms of Service and User Agreement and PSN Privacy Policy.
- The opening date is 2/05/2012 at 09:00a.m. (BST) and the closing date is 08/05/2012 at 11:00p.m. (BST).
- All entries must be original and the entrant’s own work (please click on the General Rules for further details). Entrants may enter the promotion only once and will only be eligible to win one prize.
- Entrants must adhere to the General Rules and in particular, to sections 7 and 8. In addition, entries must not contain any (i) pornography, nudity, or sexually explicit imagery, (ii) abusive, offensive or hateful imagery or language, (iii) harassing or defamatory content, (iv) content that compromises the privacy or safety of yourself or others, (v) content that demeans a particular gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ethnicity or nationality, (vi) violent or dangerous behaviour, and/or (vii) spam, advertising or other commercial activities.
- Following the closing date, the judge(s) will select 6 winners who they consider have submitted the most interesting answers.
- The prize for the winners are 1x N7 branded Hoodie jacket (Value of £39.99), 1x replica Normandy Ship (Value of £34.99) and 4x Mass Effect 3 branded T-Shirts (Value of £9.99 each).
- The winners will be notified by e-mail within 2 weeks of the closing date and will be given 4 weeks to claim their prize.
- The Promoter will use reasonable endeavours to dispatch the prize(s) within 30 days of receipt of the entrant’s claim but the Promoter does not accept any responsibility for prizes that are dispatched later than this period.
- Prizes shall be sent by registered post to the address associated with the winner’s PSN Account.
- If the prize is found to be defective or damaged on delivery, the Promoter must be notified in writing within 7 days of the delivery date, otherwise the prize will be deemed to be accepted as delivered. This does not affect your statutory rights (if any).
- The Promoter shall publish the winner’s PSN online ID and country of residence on the Website. Entries may remain on the competition thread within the Forum at the Promoter’s discretion.
- General Rules apply to this promotion. Please click here to view the General Rules.
- The Promoter is: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited, 10 Great Marlborough Street London W1F 7LP, United Kingdom
Level 6
Commander Shepard
Played by: Bruce Willis
David Anderson
Played by: Lawrence Fishburne
James Vega
Played by: Jason Statham
Kaidan Alenko
Played by: Wes Bentley
Liara T'Soni
Played by: Carrie-Anne Moss
Ashely Williams
Played by: Jennifer Lawrence
EDI
Played by: Sandra Bullock
Javik
Played by: Ahmed Best (aka Jar Jar Bings lol)
Ok here's my take on this.
Commander Shepard
Played by: Bruce Willis :BigGrin
David Anderson
Played by: Samuel Jackson
James Vega
Played by: Sam Worthington
Kaidan Alenko
Played by: Shia LaBeouf
Liara T'Soni
Played by: Cate Blanchett
Ashely Williams
Played by: Famke Janssen
EDI
Played by: Michelle Rodriguez
Javik
Played by: Liev Schreiber
EDIT Doh another one for Brucie 
Great minds 
Level 3
so the compo is not open yet?,oh well i hope this still counts
Commander Shepard
Played by: Matthew Fox(Jack from Lost)
David Anderson
Played by: Don Cheadle (I last saw him in Iron Man II)
James Vega
Played by: Eric Bana(Hulk and Munich)
Kaidan Alenko
Played by: James Marsden(Cyclops/Scott Summers from X-Men movies)
Liara T'Soni
Played by: Natalie Portman(Thor and Star Wars Prequels)
Ashely Williams
Played by: Neve Campbell(Scream movies)
EDI
Played by: Miranda Otto(She Played Eowyn in The Two Towers and Return of the King)
Javik
Played by: Ron Pearlman(HellBoy)
Level 6
Commander Shepard
Played by: James Franco ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290556/ )
I think he has the maturity and credibility to pull off a veteran cmdr and still retain that element of youth to attract a younger audience.
David Anderson
Played by: Keith David ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202966/ )
Why change a good thing 
He's a great actor and suits the role perfectly great casting by Bioware.
James Vega
Played by: Sam Worthington ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941777/ )
Sam looks the part and can easily pull of the flippant attitude of J Vega as well as being buff for the role... and the ladies
Kaidan Alenko
Played by: Nestor Carbonell ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004801/ )
A seriously underrated actor. He certainly looks the part.
Liara T'Soni
Played by: Ali Hillis ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385029/ )
Covered up in blue paint and a wholoe head of makeup etc I dont see any issue with using the origional here again. Liara's soft voice and demeanor is what make the character so good
Ashely Williams
Played by: Summer Glau ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132359/ )
A little nod to the scifi universe here and her resume proves she suits the role.
EDI
Played by: CGI and Voiced By Tricia Helfer ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065454/ )
Whilst I am not keen on CGI characters EDI would be hard to pull off the perfection of her curves and the overall look and feel of an artificial lifeform. I Robot managed an AI quite well and effects have moved on alot since then. Also no reason to change from the game her once again as the character would be CGI
Javik
Played by: David Hyde Pierce ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001383/ )
Another underrated actor and all the character roles he has played have been great. He was the voice to Abe Sapien in the first Hellboy. I never played Javik in the game but costumed actors need not be portrayed by the household names.
Level 4
Commander Shepard
Played by: Milla Jovovich
David Anderson
Played by: Danny 'Getting too old for this sh*t' Glover
James Vega
Played by: Tom Hardy
Kaidan Alenko
Played by: Mark 'Marky Mark' Wahlberg
Liara T'Soni
Played by: Mila Kunis
Ashely Williams
Played by: Eliza Dushku
EDI
Played by: Tilda Swinton
Javik
Played by: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (he's Mr Eko from TV's 'Lost' fact fans!)
Level 4
Commander Shepard
Played by: Annie Wersching
David Anderson
Played by: Keith David
James Vega
Played by: Logan Marshall-Green
Kaidan Alenko
Played by: Jeremy Renner
Liara T'Soni
Played by: Cobie Smulders
Ashely Williams
Played by: Rose Byrne
EDI
Played by: Tricia Helfer
Javik
Played by: Djimon Hounsou
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