Is it just me or the actor of Eric in Zero Hour is very similar to him?

It seems to me like Ben Johnson's voice sounds exetremly similar,along his face features look much alike too.
As an actor,I couldn't find anyone else that would look so much identical. Guess this is why they chosed him for the role.

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Absolutely, I thought both actors did a good job but the guy who played Eric was almost spot on. The music in the show was very good too seems like a few Columbine shows have really hit the spot with the background music. Zero Hour and The Columbine Killers are my favorites.

dereknocturnal wrote:

Absolutely, I thought both actors did a good job but the guy who played Eric was almost spot on. The music in the show was very good too seems like a few Columbine shows have really hit the spot with the background music. Zero Hour and The Columbine Killers are my favorites.

The Eric actor in Zero Hour really was very impressive. Dylan's actor? Just wasn't believable enough. To be honest  I don't blame them. Dylan is a very difficult individual to try and duplicate or if not be very similar too.

If you heard Dylan's voice on the 911 tape he is laughing and having the time of his life. The guy you hear yelling "Woooooooooooooooooooooo!"  "Woohooooooooooooooo!" That's all Dylan. Sounds just like him. None of that was Eric. Not to mention his chilling explosive anger. "EVEEERRYBODY GET UP...NOW!"

I thought it was Eric when they first entered the library. "Get up" sounded like Eric so did the "Get up right now!" the only thing I heard that I thought was Dylan was "Hey boy" idk though.

dereknocturnal wrote:

I thought it was Eric when they first entered the library.  "Get up" sounded like Eric so did the "Get up right now!" the only thing I heard that I thought was Dylan was "Hey boy" idk though.

Eric and Dylan sound completely different. You hear Eric say "GET UP!"

And then 10 seconds later you hear a chilling deeper voice with just explosive anger:

"EVEEERRRYBODY GET UP! ...NOW!" That was Dylan.

"Hey Boyd" was not Eric or Dylan.

The same actor played Timothy McVeigh in a Zero Hour episode about the OK bombing. To me he looks more like McVeigh than he does Harris.

I rewatched it recently and I think the actor who played Dylan did an excellent job during the shooting scene, his eyes are so scary.

Though did they edit out what Dylan said to Isaiah from the documentary or did they not film that scene? I thought there was a scene where he says the line to Eric.

Screamingophelia wrote:

I rewatched it recently and I think the actor who played Dylan did an excellent job during the shooting scene, his eyes are so scary.

Though did they edit out what Dylan said to Isaiah  from the documentary or did they not film that scene? I thought there was a scene where he says the line to Eric.

The actor from Zero Hour was certainly way better than the actor from I'm Not Ashamed.

hvernon wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I rewatched it recently and I think the actor who played Dylan did an excellent job during the shooting scene, his eyes are so scary.

Though did they edit out what Dylan said to Isaiah  from the documentary or did they not film that scene? I thought there was a scene where he says the line to Eric.

The actor from Zero Hour was certainly way better than the actor from I'm Not Ashamed.

On the Zero hour I have they do have that line, If it's the "Reb there's an N over here" and Eric goes over shoots him and says "I cant believe I just did that....cool."

dereknocturnal wrote:

hvernon wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I rewatched it recently and I think the actor who played Dylan did an excellent job during the shooting scene, his eyes are so scary.

Though did they edit out what Dylan said to Isaiah  from the documentary or did they not film that scene? I thought there was a scene where he says the line to Eric.

The actor from Zero Hour was certainly way better than the actor from I'm Not Ashamed.

On the Zero hour I have they do have that line, If it's the "Reb there's an N over here" and Eric goes over shoots him and says "I cant believe I just did that....cool."

Thank you! I knew I saw a version with that line.

Y/w and John Savage also said the actual line as well. Although, how did you feel about Eric's next line? That line was a miss for me I just cant imagine Eric saying that in the surprised tone..Even Brooks said Eric was very stoic, I feel it was edited in since I read the actual thing that Eric said after shooting I.S was "I cant believe N brains could fly that far." which obvious Zero hour probably thought that would be too far. Also, was it Dylan who said "This is what we've always wanted to do, this is awesome."? Cause even though Eric was probably filled with energy and excitement once he started firing at Richard and Rachel, I would expect Eric was shooting in a most pissed off mood since the bombs failed, and not a this is awesome feeling at that time?

dereknocturnal wrote:

Y/w and John Savage also said the actual line as well. Although, how did you feel about Eric's next line? That line was a miss for me I just cant imagine Eric saying that in the surprised tone..Even Brooks said Eric was very stoic, I feel it was edited in since I read the actual thing that Eric said after shooting I.S was "I cant believe N brains could fly that far." which obvious Zero hour probably thought that would be too far. Also, was it Dylan who said "This is what we've always wanted to do, this is awesome."? Cause even though Eric was probably filled with energy and excitement once he started firing at Richard and Rachel, I would expect Eric was shooting in a most pissed off mood since the bombs failed, and not a this is awesome feeling at that time?

Did the walk through and autopsy show that Isaiah was not shot in the head?

According to Amanda's video, and this may be another conversation between e and d but they mentioned something about Isaiah's death erection.

It may have been someone in the library who heard the brains comment by Eric but misremembered, I can't remember if it was on the full 911 transcript. I do remember something about them shooting someones dick off or commenting about that as well, I always thought Eric shot I.S from a different side of the table, then Dylan shot Matt from the other side but if they were all crouched down together faced forward it doesn't make too much sense Eric would shoot I.S in the head if Dylan shot Matt in the chest/stomach from the other side. Hard to say with all the different reports of what kids actually heard. There is a good thread on here of what almost every kid who survived heard and it seems like none are exactly the same, strange though.

dereknocturnal wrote:

There is a good thread on here of what almost every kid who survived heard and it seems like none are exactly the same, strange though.

Trauma can most definitely warp your perception and memory of events that happened. We will never really know what was/wasn't said by Eric and Dylan in the library. I have watched Amanda's videos and she does make the "death erection" comment in her video.

They did a fantastic job with the casting!

hvernon wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I rewatched it recently and I think the actor who played Dylan did an excellent job during the shooting scene, his eyes are so scary.

Though did they edit out what Dylan said to Isaiah  from the documentary or did they not film that scene? I thought there was a scene where he says the line to Eric.

The actor from Zero Hour was certainly way better than the actor from I'm Not Ashamed.

In all honesty, even that shitty basement tape visual recreation is better than the H&K actors hired for IMNA

Subdomine wrote:

hvernon wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I rewatched it recently and I think the actor who played Dylan did an excellent job during the shooting scene, his eyes are so scary.

Though did they edit out what Dylan said to Isaiah  from the documentary or did they not film that scene? I thought there was a scene where he says the line to Eric.

The actor from Zero Hour was certainly way better than the actor from I'm Not Ashamed.

In all honesty, even that shitty basement tape visual recreation is better than the H&K actors hired for IMNA

I disagree. The Dylan in the recreation was awful to be

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I disagree. The Dylan in the recreation was awful to be

I second this.

dereknocturnal wrote:

Y/w and John Savage also said the actual line as well. Although, how did you feel about Eric's next line? That line was a miss for me I just cant imagine Eric saying that in the surprised tone..Even Brooks said Eric was very stoic, I feel it was edited in since I read the actual thing that Eric said after shooting I.S was "I cant believe N brains could fly that far." which obvious Zero hour probably thought that would be too far. Also, was it Dylan who said "This is what we've always wanted to do, this is awesome."? Cause even though Eric was probably filled with energy and excitement once he started firing at Richard and Rachel, I would expect Eric was shooting in a most pissed off mood since the bombs failed, and not a this is awesome feeling at that time?

It's Dylan who supposedly said that, not Eric. And yes, Isaiah was not shot in the head.  And fwiw the "n word" was apparently before that, as it's usually reported as "black brains" (if it happened).

Also, I can't hear much with that library call. Even the "get up" I feel like could just be the power of suggestion. For one, all the witnesses say Dylan entered first, so you wouldn't think Eric spoke first. They don't even have them say get up first thing as I recall.  Craig Scott said Dylan said he always wanted to do this upon entering, and Bree said Dylan walked between the tables after shooting Kyle and said every get up, we're gonna blow the library up.

And I imagined it was Dylan saying it's what we always wanted to do after they're about to cut off the escape up the cafeteria stairs, but obviously could have been Eric.

Also, not a big fan of either actor, but Eric's was better than Dylan.

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He was a good choice, I think that he gives the impression of Eric pretty good and was a fantastic choice. He is however a lot more built than Eric, his chest is more defined and he has bigger arms. I also think Eric's face protruded out a bit more and while not 100 percent, I do think that they both have a similar voice, Eric had a bit more of a country flavor to it though. As for Dylan, the guy didn't look or sound really much like him at all. The guy was too short, didn't have that gangly body tone or the unique face shape (mostly nose and chin). He was also wearing a wig. He did a good job with the acting though and represented Dylan's actions well, just didn't look or sound much like him. Some of the shots of him in the coat in the distant were like a short version of Dylan.