User blog comment:Marcos12345/Who would play in the Mass Effect Movie?/@comment-1895174-20120417231249

Zaeed is practically written for Vinny Jones, Jason Statham, or Temuera Morrison.

Liam Neeson would be great as either Admiral Hackett or the Illusive Man. He doesn't look like Mr. Harper, but he's definitely physically imposing enough to fit the role.

A number of characters (pretty much everyone that isn't human or asari) can get away with his/her voice actor from the games. I can't hear anything but Steven Blum's voice coming out of Grunt's mouth.

The problem with Chris Pine as Shepard (which seems to be a fairly common response here) is twofold. 1) He's already the star of a science fiction franchise, and 2) Shepard doesn't have to be a male.

Ashley, whether or not she survives Virmire, is a typical Michelle Rodriguez character.

But that hits the central problem of a Mass Effect movie - the games are so built around our choices that canonizing one path in a film inherently makes all other playstyles inferior.