**thinking out loud** Hmmmm, lets see...our boy or Russell Crowe??? He may be a good actor, but Russell Crowe is butt ugly, even when compared to Sean on a bad day. But I can see the two of them playing off each other. Bale is good, but Sean can blow him away with just a look, like he did in Equilibrium. For the short time that Sean was onscreen in that, all eyes were on him, not Bale. Well, if he was to jump into the role, Sean would be on location with serial co-star shagger Sienna. So...I'm not sure if this would be a good thing or a bad thing...another dark character role...