Casper Van Dien's Most Memorable 'Starship Troopers' Fan Experience

While chatting with TooFab about reprising his role as Johnny Rico in 'Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars,' Casper Van Dien talks about why the franchise is so important to fans.

[nicholascolace]

My older brother works in the film industry and had the opportunity to work on a independent film with Casper. I randomly got a video text one day of Casper and my brother drunk at a BBQ after filming was done, they both quoted the kill them all line from starship troopers drunk as skunks

[vagabond]

I liked as he got older his voice got very gruff.

[samluo]

He's got the commander voice now wow.

[DonCorleone]

the original Starship Troopers is so nostalgic for one of my all time favorite movies hands down. Hopefully Casper Van Dien can make another one

[Safebiscuit]

Huge part of my childhood, love this man.

[weightycarlos]

HE’S STILL SO HOT AND HE’S GOT A GREAT VOICE!

[IslandSauce]

You know, its really cool to see Casper Van Dien enjoy his role for Starship Troopers. Theres so many actors that make it in Hollywood cause of one major film and that film kinda goes with them for the rest of their career and it really annoys them, so much so as treating fans of that media like absolute shit because of it. Casper gets the ball of Starship Troopers and goes all the way, he is the perfect man for the role. Hope to meet him one day.

[jackallff]

The hero from my childhood... the only good insect is a dead insect

[marcellabrittl]

Casper so super handsome now & back in the 90s (since the movie starship troopers came to theaters, when i was a newborn baby in 1997), I really have a crush on him when I watch his 1st film of starship troopers on vhs while my old brother watched it when I like.... 3 or 4 yrs. old.

[ButtaMilkBiscuitsGaming]

Awesome stories! Would you like to know more?

[KyloRen]

Happy Birthday Casper Van Dien. Your handsome, man. Your a legend, also. I love Starship Troopers 1, 3 Marauder and Traitor of Mars. Those movies r badass, killing Bugs. Awesome. Kill of them all. I would love to blow them. I love blowing shit up in games, like Halo, Call of Duty, Fallout, Resident Evil 6. Explosion is my specialty. Sleepy Hollow and Alita Battle Angel is great... love Alita Battle Angel, it's fuckin' awesome. Love u Casper. May the Peace be with u Johnny Rico. From Harlingen Texas. December 18, 1968
December 18, 2022 through December 18, 3022

[stuartmcluvin]

Met him at Cardiff commicon, couldn't have been nicer. He was a lovely man with his new wife. Good guy.

[onedecimaleight]

When I play games with my friends our joke is you get me?!?
Then everyone says...WE GET YOU SIR!

[phoenixkepo]

"Johnny Rico, it's a one-way mission. Are you in?"

[psychogoreman]

He could’ve been an awesome BJ Blaskowicz, shame they never did a WOLFENSTEIN movie.

[zachfry]

Commenting this five years later, but if they ever rebooted starship troopers, to be like the book as casper mentioned, he would be a great actor for Johnnys father . It's would be great because he's basically in the beginning, then comes back in the middle, and then the very end. What great ending shot with his arm wrapped around Johnny like the end of the book.

Nerdy fan thought I guess.

[grimmer]

When I saw ST in 97 I thought I was going to see this actor much more in the future with action movies. But for some reason unknowm to me, it didnt happen.
I think hes a good action actor. ST is a true classic, I was stunned back then with the movie as a whole. And it has aged very well too.
Cool also when the actor himself is also a fan of the film :) he can be real proud of this one!

[MaximusDecimus]

I am so glad that Casper isn't on the hate train "don't make anymore.." or "The movie sucks don't drag it out." This film got way too much hate, and it didn't deserve it. It was an amazing experience from start to finish.

[jakebolger]

Casper Van Dien seems like such a lovely bloke! I really hope that if they reboot it he has at least some role in it!

[leszekhalama]

Officer in deck. Love Paul, Basil, Casper-Rico and fellows. Great Movie.