In a recent conversation with Coming Soon, PREDATORS director Nimrod Antal defended his choice of Adrien Brody for the role of the leader of a tough group of mercenaries. 

Antal states, "Again, it was a challenge in finding a balance. I think when we cast Adrian, there were a lot of people going, 'What?' but at the same time, if we cast a Vin Diesel in that role or if we cast anyone who is Arnold-esque, we would have been attacked for doing that. So we decided early on to go in a very different direction as far as the casting process, but it turned out fantastic. He plays a mercenary in the film and if you look at the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan today, they're not 'yolked-out' Schwarzenegger-looking guys. They're all very wiry and thin guys, and I think it's going to play well."

Antal states that he's going with practical effects over CGI, which I applaud.  But I couldn't agree less with his decision not to go "yolked-out."  The original PREDATOR is a manly man movie from start to finish, in which a bunch of brawny men fight an even brawnier monster.  This made it one of the coolest sci-fi/horror movies of all time.  Sure Brody's a great actor, but when was a PREDATOR movie ever about the acting?  Give me bulging biceps attached to huge torsos, carrying guns that can wipe out an entire forest.

I could speak more on this, but I'd rather let the original speak for itself:

Read the article at Coming Soon here.

--Phil Fasso