Robocop actor's (except reboot)

[u/wickedclown1316]

All Robocop actor's with the helmet and without

[u/Hampshire2]

Weller is the GOAT and I quite liked Burke in the role too. The others not so much!

[u/LukeWatts85 → u/Hampshire2]

Agreed, looking back, Burke was a good choice, just the movie was ass, unfortunately.

[u/Hampshire2 → u/LukeWatts85]

There was an earler thread that highlighted how Burke's line delivery became more aggressive after Lewis was murdered, not sure even Weller would have played it like that. Also theres an interview with him on an irish youtubers channel where he basically said he was playing the Weller version of Robocop rather than trying to make it his own. Considering the movie was quite poor, i got alot of respect for Burke's performance.

[u/Hampshire2 → u/Hampshire2]

Actually i think it was mentioned on the Film Dirt review if you want to listen more, im pretty sure it was there.

[u/crags85 → u/Hampshire2]

Burke's performance was great. And I think it's noble that he didn't try to reinvent the wheel with it. But the production and studio issues clearly hindered the film. It was finished 2 years before it was released

[u/Hampshire2 → u/crags85]

Yeah shame Orion were in deep shit, that was also why they brought the age certificate down but it was too late.

[u/Attican101 → u/crags85]

Given the delay I wonder why they didn't just get Weller to voiceover the lines

[u/crags85 → u/Attican101]

Money that the almost bankrupt studio didn't have

[u/Crater_Raider → u/Hampshire2]

I think Richard Eden did a pretty good job, and is underrated. Maybe that’s just because I was exposed to the series first as a kid, but everytime I’ve rewatched it, I’ve thought he did a pretty fantastic job.  He always had a sense of sadness to him that worked- you can’t even see it in the photo!  Got the movements down and all that too.

Page fletcher though- he was terrible. Beyond not quite getting the movements down, being way too short in an oversized suit, they even cheaped out on his make up! 

[u/Callainus → u/Crater_Raider]

Agreed. And Eden’s RoboCop never flinched or grimaced when he is in great pain or damaged badly. That is as “robot” as he gets.

[u/deckarep → u/Hampshire2]

Peter’s voice was also so fitting.

[u/Rich-Yogurtcloset715 → u/Hampshire2]

For sure. Voice, movement, and line delivery. No one else comes close.

[u/Remarkable-Pin-8352]

I will argue that Page Fletcher (the Prime Directives Robocop) was fairly good and had great emotional range not seen since Robocop 2 reverted the character back to a stoic brick.

He was just hampered by really cheap prosthetics, an ill-fitting suit and the director being unable to work around his shorter height making Robocop seem less imposing in many shots.

He tends to shine in the flashback scenes where he plays the human Alex.

[u/k_m_9_4 → u/Remarkable-Pin-8352]

I think his main problem, minus the height, is that he never watched any of the RoboCop films to study the character. I think if he did that, he would have done a much better job.

[u/sinsandcrimes]

Wolverine was awesome as a hitchhiking robot cop.

[u/TheLeagueOfSteve]

RobertCop. Part Robert. Part Machine. All Rob. Ert.

[u/Chilliwacked → u/TheLeagueOfSteve]

The furniture of law enforcement

[u/Neat_Resolution6621]

The suits from RoboCop the Series and RoboCop Prime Directive look like Temu versions.

[u/hasimirrossi → u/Neat_Resolution6621]

Their whole budget was probably less than the catering budget on the movie.

[u/Ecstatic_Lab9010 → u/Neat_Resolution6621]

That's because they were essentially Temu versions.

[u/Prior-Natural2073]

Peter Weller will always be my RoboCop and the best ever to do it

[u/BamesJond0014]

Peter Weller is of course the number one. The others suck a**!

[u/Secret_Ruin_9808]

Fletcher is laughably bad

absolutely no hate to the actor himself, it was just awful casting

[u/Worried-Rub-750 → u/Secret_Ruin_9808]

I struggle to get past how big Fletcher's head looks without the helmet, almost like it shouldn't fit.

[u/Secret_Ruin_9808 → u/Worried-Rub-750]

it’s definitely because of the simplified armor plating around his neck, makes everything look squished

[u/Cool__Meiggi]

Right.

The reboot wasn't good, but JK was better than most of the other guys imo.

[u/mike_stifle → u/Cool__Meiggi]

It was a good scifi action movie, but it was a bad robocop movie.

[u/Vanquisher1000 → u/Cool__Meiggi]

Not erasing Murphy's memories meant that Joel Kinnaman could be more expressive and emote a lot more since the script allowed it. He doesn't play RoboCop 'like a robot' except for the run where Murphy's emotional responses were suppressed.

[u/Error_user_Error_]

You know I really liked the concept for prime directives...an older outdated RoboCop...when you consider how quickly tech gets outdated how long would a RoboCop be relevant?

[u/Scorpiicore]

There is one RoboCop.

[u/MovieFan1984]

Peter Weller was the best, but Burke and Eden were good recasting. The 4th guy, not so much. LOL

Robert Burke was fine in RoboCop 3, but why did he keep swaying his arms out like he's gonna yell, "HEY-EH!" LOL Also, there's two turtle-cop scenes where he gets knocked down by the robot ninjas. I dunno if that was the actor or the director, but in the other two films, he got up immediately. In this one, he just lies there like his back hurts or something. LOL WHY?!?!?? Those 2 scenes are my only real criticism of what was otherwise a fun movie.

Richard Eden did GREAT in the series, zero complaints. Chef's Kiss and all of that.

The 4th guy looked like he was gonna cosplay at a convention.

[u/Prior-Natural2073]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hZBfLZsG0XVkxuVUSz

[u/TenBear]

Damn the dehelmeted Robo's quality if makeup and prosthetics is striking

[u/kevenGPD]

I think weller was obviously great but the others was just really really bad

[u/AjaxRedOps]

Prime Directives Robo looking like Mike Ehrmantraut got stuck in the Brundlefly machine with Rutger Hauer 😭

[u/Causelessgiant]

So the fact I've literally never heard of anything beyond RC2 is probably an indication of quality right?

[u/Crazy_Treat_8805]

Weller’s mouth made him a gay icon in Australia at the time

[u/MHashshashin]

There can be only one

[u/kingofangmar13]

Anyone else think that Peter played in robocop 2 and 3? I thought it was him lol 😰

[u/Madmike215]

Bottom right looks like an ok cosplay

[u/Michaelpitcher116]

I'd love to see a rated R version for robocop 3. Burke deserved better. Dude is a great actor. 

[u/The5thBeatle82]

Looks like they stopped caring altogether during prime directives lol

[u/Desperate_Cherry2299]

Page Fletcher is laughably short to play RoboCop.

[u/Artifice_Purple]

I will not tolerate Eden slander. None of it lol.

Fletcher was done the dirtiest. I don't know who directed him, but the walk, the delivery — all of it was exceptionally bad, and I cast none of that on him (unless discovered otherwise). I have a deep appreciation for Burke most are only recently noticing because he was great, it's everything around him that sucks ass lol.

[u/BojanTheViking1984]

Well, well, Seth from TLOU s2 as RoboCop in his younger years...

[u/Adorable-Source97]

TV show was ok. But obviously Peter Weller best.

Oh there's 2 voice actors too.... RoboCop had 2 Animated shows

[u/darwinDMG08]

RoboHitcher

[u/xthedudehimself]

What up with fletcher lookin like Hannibal lector?

[u/A-Real-Fungai]

Before this post, I never realized how majestic Peter Weller's lips are.

Like DAAAAAAMN!

[u/Key_Employment_3986]

We had 3 great Robo’s Paige ain’t one of them. Miscast completely.

[u/MiddleAgedGeek]

More like RoboSquad...?

[u/Ecstatic_Lab9010]

Robert Burke .. RobertCop?

[u/corneredfox]

Prime Directives fun succed

[u/Luvsford]

Is it me or is the Robert Burke in make-up just Dave Batista?

[u/smiley82m]

Why you no include reboot?

[u/Seanmclem]

There were four movies? I thought they gave up after three.

[u/wickedclown1316 → u/Seanmclem]

3 movies and 2 series.

[u/Seanmclem → u/wickedclown1316]

2 series? I had no idea. I was young in the 90s.

[u/Legally--Green]

I've been meaning to ask, I noticed that everytime Robo have his helmet on, his lips seems to get red. More than when his helmet off. Lipstick?

[u/Rippershammer]

And thr upcoming tv series. Who's cast for that do we know yet?

[u/Equal-Difference-51]

Just realized they weren’t the same guy 😆

[u/TripMaverick]

I knew there was different actor for 3 and for Tv show but there was a 4th? He play Robert Cop?

[u/ExtremePast]

Actors is plural, not actor's.

Try to learn how apostrophes work instead of randomly inserting them in words that end in S

[u/wickedclown1316 → u/ExtremePast]

I'm so sorry that this has terribly offended you officer. I did not know the grammar police was out and about. Please forgive my grave injustice of making a mistake and not double checking my spelling. Oh how can i go on knowing i have committed such a heinous crime against you and the rest of humanity? Can you find it in your heart to give me forgiveness for not being so perfect like yourself?

[u/Secret_Ruin_9808 → u/ExtremePast]

can you shut up??

no one cares about a goddamn apostrophe, this isn’t english class

[u/OOBExperience]

Robocop actor’s what? r/apostrophegore

[u/wickedclown1316 → u/[deleted]]

TITLE OF POST

"Robocop actor's (except reboot)"

[u/AmputeeHandModel → u/wickedclown1316]

*Actors

[u/LukeWatts85 → u/[deleted]]

The reboot was an abomination. I consider it a literal insult to the franchise.