Adrien Brody Is a Sexual Tyrannosaurus, Apparently

?From Variety:

In a surprise development, Adrien Brody has been set by 20th Century
Fox to play the heroic mercenary who battles alien hunters in
“Predators,” a reboot of the “Predator” franchise that is being
creatively spearheaded by Robert Rodriguez.

Brody will star with Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walt Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, and Louiz Ozawa.
…
Brody and his
Paradigm reps lobbied hard for the role. Fox has high hopes to spring a
new franchise, and Brody has signed options to return for future
installments, sources said.

Really? Adrien Brody? Now, I think he’s a good actor, but I thought there was some kind of rule that you’re not allowed to star in any franchise that once starred Arnold Schwarzenegger if you’ve ever been in a film called The Pianist. If you check out the Variety story, there’s a pic of Brody with a beard and shaved head, which is a good start, but hardly quells my concerns (although, admittedly, I didn’t just have to look through pages and pages of pictures of Adrien Brody looking totally intimidating). Still, I guess it’s better to have someone who can act versus some bodybuilder who can’t. Probably.

More troubling — /Film says that Topher Grace might also be getting a role. Again, good actor — don’t let That ’70s Show fool you — but action star? No. If it weren’t for Danny Trejo having already been cast, I’d think they were trying to make a Predators Vs. Skinny White Boys. Hell, go ahead and throw Ashton Kutcher and Jesse Eisenberg in there, too. Why not?