Casting poll for John Carter of Mars film reveals fans don’t know much about Hollywood

Now that we know Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch will play the role of John Carter and American actress Lynn Collins will play the role of Dejah Thoris in the long-awaited Disney/Pixar film John Carter of Mars (2012), we can take a closer look at a cool casting poll conducted by the Unofficial Fansite of the John Carter of Mars Movie over the past several months.

Although the poll covered several major characters from the science fictional Mars of pulp author Edgar Rice Burroughs and generated 2,137 votes, I’m only interested in the results for John Carter and Dejah Thoris. Fans made a few spelling errors when they cast their votes and my math is probably not perfect, but it is clear that most of us (including myself) don't know much about Hollywood casting.

As to which actor should play the role of John Carter, here’s how some of 1,954 fans voted:

1. Hugh Jackman (received 476 votes or 24% of the total)
2. Tom Welling (338)
3. Matthew McConaughey (169)
4. Viggo Mortensen (128)
5. Eric Bana (98)
6. Christian Bale (78)
7. Brandon Routh (66)
8. Bruce Campbell (41)
9. Brad Johnson (ii) (39)
10. Paul Telfer (37)
25. Taylor Kitsch (received 8 votes or less than 1% of the total)

As to which actress should play the role of Dejah Thoris, here’s how some of 1,809 fans voted:

1. Monica Bellucci (received 222 votes or 12% of the total)
2. Salma Hayek (159)
3. Morena Baccarin (149)
4. Josie Maran (144)
5. Jessica Alba (124)
6. Dina Meyer (104)
7. Kate Beckinsale (96)
8. Aishwarya Rai (95)
9. Malaika Arora (69)
10. Angelina Jolie (55)
81. Lynn Collins (received 1 vote or less than 1% of the total)

Thanks to the Unofficial Fansite of the John Carter of Mars Movie!