Miles Teller is reportedly returning to the large display as a U.S. Navy officer.
On June 14, 2024, Deadline introduced that Teller, who appeared as Rooster within the 2022 mega-hit “High Gun: Maverick,” will now star in an upcoming remake of the beloved 1982 romantic army drama “An Officer and a Gentleman.”
The unique movie depicted Richard Gere (“Fairly Girl”) as Zack Mayo, a troubled and rebellious loner who desires to complete Navy Aviation Officer Candidate College coaching whereas discovering love with a neighborhood lady, Paula, performed by Debra Winger (“Phrases of Endearment”). To get via the coaching, Mayo should earn the respect of his imposing Marine Corps drill teacher, Sgt. Emil Foley, performed by Louis Gossett Jr. (“Roots”). Gossett would win an Academy Award for Finest Supporting Actor for his efficiency, the primary Black man ever to win the class.
Teller is the one actor recognized to be connected to the challenge up to now, and it stands to motive he can be taking over the lead position. However since you may’t make “An Officer and a Gentleman” with out Sgt. Foley, it led us to invest who could be an excellent candidate to fill the footwear of a legend like Gossett. whereas standing taller than Miles Teller, who’s reportedly 6 ft, 1 inch tall.
Listed below are a few of our high picks.
1. Mahershala Ali
There’s in all probability nothing that Ali, the star of “Moonlight” and “Inexperienced E book,” cannot do. He is the recipient of two Academy Awards for Finest Supporting Actor and nominated for 5 Emmy Awards, profitable certainly one of them. He performed a army officer in “Hidden Figures,” a villain within the Netflix collection “Luke Cage” and even voiced a online game (“Madden NFL 18: Longshot”). At 6’2″, he stands taller than Miles Teller and has a resting face that any Marine Corps drill teacher would admire.
2. Sterling Okay. Brown
Sterling Okay. Brown is often the most effective a part of any movie or tv present he is in. Whilst you could not consider him as an intimidating drill teacher, look again at his film profession. He fought an AI military within the just lately launched “Atlas,” tried to guide an armed rebellion in “Black Panther” and even portrayed an enlisted Marine in Afghanistan in “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.” Whereas he is one inch shorter than Teller, he can nonetheless convey the intimidation. Within the 2018 movie “The Predator,” he obtained as near Samuel L. Jackson as somebody may get with out truly being Samuel L. Jackson (the one motive Jackson did not make this checklist is as a result of he is 75 years previous).
3. Idris Elba
At age 51, Idris Elba (“Beasts of No Nation”) might sound a bit previous to play a Marine Corps drill teacher, however take note Gossett was 47 when he grew to become Sgt. Foley. He additionally may appear to be a bit too British, however that did not cease him from turning into a West Baltimore gangster in “The Wire” or Nelson Mandela in “Lengthy Stroll to Freedom.” He is additionally 6’2″ and intimidating sufficient to be thought-about for the following James Bond.
4. Winston Duke
One other “Black Panther” alum, Duke might be probably the most intimidating actor on the checklist. He is a towering 6’5″ and weighed in at 230 kilos to play the position of M’Baku within the Marvel blockbuster. However he is extra than simply his dimension: He is an completed actor with roles in Jordan Peele’s 2019 horror thriller “Us” and the 2020 fantasy drama “9 Days,” together with a slew of tv collection credit. An actor together with his dimension and talent would little doubt play an excellent foil to Teller’s Zack Mayo.
5. Isaiah Mustafa
Sure, the Previous Spice man, also called “The Man Your Man May Scent Like.” On high of an extended resume of movie and tv roles (together with 2019’s “It Chapter Two” and 2023’s “Boy Kills World”), Mustafa is an intimidating 6’4″ and was a beginning vast receiver for the Arizona State Solar Devils, who went undefeated within the common season. On display, he would tower over Teller and possibly make him really feel like he smells unhealthy.
At this level, some readers could be pondering: “Why not have Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson play Foley? He is intimidating.” Yeah, he’s intimidating, however for many who by no means noticed “An Officer and a Gentleman” — spoiler alert — Mayo and Foley get right into a fistfight; this implies Teller must imagine he can take The Rock. Though Army.com didn’t attain out to Miles Teller and ask whether or not he thinks he may beat The Rock in a fistfight, it is not one thing the viewers would imagine, so our checklist takes that under consideration.
The upcoming remake of “An Officer and a Gentleman” remains to be in improvement and doesn’t but have a launch date.
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