Honestly, I think he does look like Light...as long as he's not making a stupid face (and it seems majority of the pictures I see of him have stupid faces). But can he act? Can he act CRAZY? 'cause Light's freakin' crazy, and that's what makes him awesome. I honestly didn't really pay attention the one time I "watched" High School Musical, so I don't know how this guy is as an actor.
So who would they get to play L? Sam Jackson? Nah, I think he'd make a better Ryuk, though since Ryuk would probably be CG, it'd be better to get the English anime guy to do him.
Also, Shia Labeouf as Matsuda, plz. :P
And some weaboos would say that an American Death Note movie is stupid and shouldn't happen. I disagree. I'd love to see an American Death Note movie. It couldn't be any worse than the Japanese one, which wasn't terrible, but was no work of art either.
This is how the movie should end up being:
I always wanted an excuse to use this.
I always wanted an excuse to use this.