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- "Dredge" is getting a
live action film adaptation,

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and I'm gonna be giving
you my fan casting.

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But first, as a refresher,
what is "Dredge"?

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The 2023 indie horror game
is a little bit of an oddball

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for its mix of Lovecraftian
cosmic horror themes

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with Fishing Simulator.

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Okay, so we're gonna start
out with our main character,

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the Fisherman.

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My initial reaction is
to go with somebody like,

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I wanna go as an homage
to "The Lighthouse"

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and get Robert Pattinson as the Fisherman.

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I think that would be fun.

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And he's so...

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He's a weird-enough guy
that he'd do it, I think.

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Okay, next we have the Mayor.

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With the Mayor, I want to go
for something a little weird.

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You gotta cast, I think...

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The Mayor's a bit of a weird guy.

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He's obviously off when
you first meet him,

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but he doesn't seem outright villainous.

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I want to go John C. Reilly.

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You know, good comedic actor,

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but he's also got some dramatic range.

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And the character kind of
is giving me, you know,

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Amos from "Chicago" vibes
almost just on his look.

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But I do think John C.
Reilly could do a good job

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being an off-kilter kind
of dude as the Mayor is.

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Okay, next up, the Fishmonger.

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He is older guy with bald head,

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mustache, okay.

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I'm gonna go Ben Mendelsohn.

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He doesn't give the vibe of this guy,

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but I think he is like
a fun character actor

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who could do something
fun with the Fishmonger,

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you know, villain, weird range.

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I think he could bring that
like truly unsettling nature

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that the Fishmonger has to the character.

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Next up we have the Shipwright.

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Gina Torres.

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No explanation even needed,

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but I could give one.

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(crew laughing)

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When I think of Gina Torres,
especially in "Firefly,"

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I think, you know,
no-nonsense, kind of gruff,

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just down to work, and that
screams Shipwright to me.

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So, yeah.

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Okay, yes, the Lighthouse Keeper.

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This is the one I have on lock in my head.

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This is Jayne Houdyshell.

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In "Dredge," when you're playing it,

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the Lighthouse Keeper
kind of just shows up,

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accosts you, throws a bunch
of information at you,

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and just warns you

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without really giving
too much explanation.

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I think Jayne Houdyshell
has got that vibe.

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She could do a really good job

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at kind of just imposing
herself on the Fisherman.

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Okay, yeah, this is gonna be

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probably one of the
starring roles in the game.

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We have the Collector.

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He's gonna be the guy that I assume

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is gonna progress the plot forward.

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Really ominous.

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He's really the way you learn most

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about the like Lovecraftian
nature of "Dredge's" world.

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Now, kind of keeping with
my "Lighthouse" homage,

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we got Robert Pattinson as the Fisherman,

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I think you get Willem
Dafoe in as the Collector,

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and I know Willem Dafoe is a little older

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than what the Collector
looks like in the game.

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I mean, he's got that
ominous villain behavior.

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Obviously, I think about
just his role as Green Goblin

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in "Spider-Man" movies,

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but I think he could do it.

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And I know what people

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who have finished "Dredge" are gonna say

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because there's a thing
about the Collector

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that is a bit of a twist.

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I just think that having Willem Dafoe

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play off Robert Pattinson

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would actually really make that twist work

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in a way that a movie can't
do it same way as a game cam.

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So there is my fan casting
for the "Dredge" movie.

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We'd love to hear what you think

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about who should play
what roles in the movie.

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So let us know, and be sure to
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