Bradley Cooper is Rocket Raccoon

Braders is a good looking guy. No doubt, but he got nothing on Hugh Jackman. That guy is a hunk, and a triple threat. Wolvie wins again!

@soloz: Yeah so? Just because they are Oscar winning actors doesn't mean they're household names. I would say that Bradley Cooper is much more well known than Benicio Del Toro who's last big flick was that awful Wolfman movie. Glenn Close is the closest to Coopers fame but she will likely only have a bit part anyway.

Bradley Cooper is going to be a great voice actor for Rocket Raccoon.

Glenn Close and Benicio del Toro are Oscar winning A-list actors, donno what rock you been living under :P

i will reserve judgement until i hear him in a trailer. i did like the voices that disney pick for guardians of the galaxy in animation so i really have no reason to worry, just not a cooper fan

I've been waiting for Bradley Cooper to be in a super movie and I love Gotg so great news!!!!!!!

However Warner bros get your act together he would have made a good flash or even green lantern

I think a lot of people could be at least passable if they went with the Bane voice route but yes his voice on TDK Rises can be a solid Doom voice.

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I think Rocket Raccoon is cheesy but I like Bradley Cooper so this actually make me okay with the Raccoon.

Cooper rocks and I trust him to work well with the movie

You know I just had a thought....don't you think RR would have some serious muscle under his fur from lugging around weapons that are x2, x3 times his size?

it seems that people who aren't very interested in this film are the only ones bashing it.

The only problem here is Cooper isn't suited for voice work. It's not that he has a bad voice but his best foot forward is always his face.

Cool. I hope he can do the voice right.

Bro this could not get any better

All the superhero casting choices as of late have been perfect

My fanboy thirst has been satisfied

I mean... I guess it's cool.

this movie is going to be a gigantic stink-bomb.

I like this choice.

I don't get this whole fascination with guardians of the galaxy.

No problem with him but what the hell is that concept art ? why so not fluffy ?

You left out Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou, and Lee Pace.

Its funny that BY FAR the best known actor in the film is going to play a talking Raccoon. I honestly will not be very surprised if this movie is a flop. I would feel bad for the fans but this has the makings of a flop all over it. Heavy use of CG, pretty much no A list actors, relatively unknown source material and whats sure to be a pretty large budget. This is starting to sound exactly like John Carter.

@yung_ancient_one:

Do you think that tom hardy could play doctor doom. I think he would be at least passable if they went the whole bane voice route.

Yeah have some doubts too, although his physical appearance helps a lot. I hope he will be ok.

I'm scared of the budget of this movie:P Will it reach it's goal or will it bomb at the box office ? They better marked this movie the right way , so far Marvel hasn't failed yet.

Damn you can never please everybody especially comicbook fans when it comes to comicbook movies.

Not my first choice for Rocket Raccoon. That being said, I'm still very hyped for this movie.

well it is a good cast and i will see it,but i will never refer to this team as guadians of the galaxy. that right is reserved for the original 31st century team.

A pretty good choice in my opinion...

this makes me feel a little better about this... :(

they should use greg ellis.

I'm just going to say it....I love G-man's voice for rocket raccoon! recast him now plzzz

just wow.

@nappystr8: exactly the could easily use the earths mightiest heros voice actors for Groot and Rocket Raccoon.

I know that is the mindset the big studios have, but I can't help but find that reasoning faulty. When people go to see a Bradley Cooper movie, they go to see Bradley Cooper, they go to see his face, his mannerisms, his acting ability and his charisma. They generally do not go for the actor's voice, nor simply because they recognize their name on a poster. Nobody is going to consider GOTG to be a Bradley Cooper movie just because he is voicing a Raccoon, it's just not how people think. The animated film Rise of the Guardians wasn't a Hugh Jackman movie, because he played the Easter Bunny in it, nobody hears about the movie Turbo and thinks of Ryan Reynolds. Unless they are famous for having an incredibly distinct voice in addition to their live action work; like Ed Asner, Keith David, Eddy Murphy, etc, then it doesn't matter. Especially if the actor is not even the star of the film.

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@nappystr8 said:

B/c voice actors don't have box office power. The general public isn't going to head to the movies because Nolan North is voicing a character - Bradley Cooper and (unofficially) Vin Diesel? Yea, they will.

That's the gist of it. Marvel is a business. If they could cast "no-name" voice actors for these characters and expect the same box office performance that they could with Cooper and Diesel, they would.

That looks nothing like a Racoon.

Rocket Raccoon is one of my favorite comic book characters and Bradley Cooper wouldn't have been my first choice for this role. In fact, I don't think I would've even considered him at all. But I really don't see a problem with this. Reaction to this announcement thus far has been largely negative, but like Affleck-Batman, I think Cooper will surprise everyone and do this role justice.

@thetimestreamer: I don't know how long you've been around but there were plenty of people saying Avengers won't work because the cast was to big. Also I wasn't saying it was the third best super hero movie, I was taking about box office.

What's wrong with a talking Raccoon with BFGs? That is just awesome! If you think rabies are bad...well Rocket has something to say!

Interesting choice, i'm sure he can pull it off, be nice to see him do something a bit different, Rocket Raccoon is one character who's voice i would not be able to place so I'm sure Bradley Cooper will do as good a job as anyone else and hopefully own it. My only concern is that I haven't witnessed Cooper play quite a gruff and hard arsed role, definitely will be interesting.

@the_vein said:

He does look a bit raccoon-ish with his blue eyes and that signature smirk! His voice will be perfect for RR imho. Though it would have been super funny if they hired Sam Humphries (yes, the comic writer we all know) to be the voice of Rocket.

The only casting I'm doubting right now in Guardians is Bautista. I've only seen him say 5 words in previews for Riddick and it already doesn't look good IMO.

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