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Perfect Casting, part 2
Treacle Tart:
Having read the entire thread, I have come to the conclusion that it is really hard to cast the DF book characters because you have to find actors and actresses who look the parts, and can act! I honestly think that for some of the Sidhe characters, they'd have to be CGI creations, a la Avatar.
For Harry, I definitely agree with the Timothy Olyphant suggestion, especially if he were to grow his hair longer. I can also see Lee Pace as Harry. He certainly has the right height. Also, he's used to working with a doggy co-star.
Murphy: I have no frickin' idea! I always picture Murphy as someone built like Hayden Panettiere - petite, muscular, gymnast body. But she's too young and I don't like her anyway. I cannot see Sarah Michelle Gellar in the role as she is way too skinny. There were times on Buffy when I honestly thought she was going to break her stick-like arms when she pretended to pound on the baddies, or even the heavy bag during workouts.
Michael: Definitely agree with the Viggo Mortensen suggestion.
Charity: I like Samantha Ferris, but she is only 5'5". Elizabeth Mitchell from Lost and V would be my second choice although she isn't as solidly built as I would prefer.
Molly: Deborah Ann Woll. Yes, she's 25 but she plays teen vamp Jessica on True Blood, and she's 5'10". Someone suggested Dakota Fanning but she is way too skinny and only 5'2". Molly is supposed to be built like her mother, i.e. like a brick house. Dakota Fanning is built more like a short light house.
Sanya: Boris Kodjoe
Ivy: That creepy girl from the movie The Orphan.
Kincaid: Alexander Skarsgard or Josh Holloway from Lost.
Carlos Ramirez: Gael Garcia Bernal or Diego Luna
Luccio: If Jennifer Garner is too obvious, how about Carey Mulligan?
Marcone: Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes or Guy Pearce.
Nic: Bill Nighy
Lara Raith: Can't beat the obvious choice, Angelina Jolie
Madeline Raith: Megan Fox
Lord Raith: has to be more handsome than Thomas, so no one comes to my mind.
And lastly...Thomas. I have to admit that I thought of Matt Bomer as well. I can also see Michael Fassbender, who has been mentioned.
I suggest Henry Cavill from The Tudors. See him with long hair, and shirtless, dirty and fighting.
My personal pick is someone probably no one has heard of! English ballet dancer/actor Will Kemp. Dubbed the "James Dean of Ballet," he may be best known for this Gap commercial from some years back. Will as the Swan in the all-male version of Swan Lake. He's who I picture as Thomas when I read the books.
Also, this poster for Dorian Gray made me think that Ben Barnes (aka Prince Caspian) might be a possible Thomas.
Chuck Chuck Razool:
This thought hit me last night, and he might be a bit young but David Mitchell as Wizard Peabody...Just picture him saying "You're an untidy person."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
MoSeS:
@ Treacle Tart
I wish my poll were still up here,
but unfortunately my thread hasn't been reopened since McAnally's (The Community Pub) renovation.
Anywho Timothy Olyphant didn't do so well in the poll. Personally I was for Lee Pace, but Nathan Fillion was winning before the poll dissappeared. Hugh Jackman, Zachary Quinto and Chris Evans also had more votes than Olyphant as well. But there were only about 23 votes when it closed.
The poll was a rather large selection due to suggestions:
Zachary Quinto
Lee Pace
Ryan Reynolds
Hugh Jackman
Clive Owen
Adrian Brody
Paul Bettany
Timothy Olyphant
Nathan Fillion
Hugh Laurie
Joe Flanigan
Chris Evans
Gerard Butler
Neil Flynn
Jared Paladecki
As I said though the poll never really got a chance to get going with only 23 votes, and Fillion was winning with 6 as I recall. I thought Fillion would make a better Michael if anything.
Michael: Viggo was also my choice, with Sean Bean as runner up, coincidentally Aragorn and Borimir in LOTR.
Murphy: Yeah I have seen a lot of suggestions, and yeah I actually thought of Hayden Panettiere too because of her role in Heroes, but she is too young. In my fake cast I have Naomi Watts for this but I am not 100% satisfied with that fit. Sarad Michelle Gellar....haven't really seen her around lately. Don't get me wrong, I was like head over heels for her back when Buffy started, but I don't think she could be Murphy. Too bad Michelle Pfeiffer is 50ish now, Catwoman Pfeiffer probably would have worked.....maybe....still doesn't fit though.
Charity: I had a hard time with this one too. I have Famke Janssen for this because I could see her playing opposite Viggo, and playing the overprotective mother with a dark secret. Someone suggested Michelle Pfeiffer, but once again she is 50ish and probably wouldn't work opposite Viggo as Michael.
Molly:I do love me some True Blood, and I like Deborah Ann Woll, I can definitely see that, but I still like D Fanning cause I thought she did a great job in Push, and soon we will see her actually get to do some stuff in the next Twilight Saga installment, might make you change your mind, albeit Twilight sux, but I read them all anyway, and her character as one of the Witch Twins, is a pretty cool character.
Sanya: Boris Kodjoe? I know I have seen him before, but I can't really remember him. Does he have an accent, I see he is from Austria, that would probably pass as a Russian accent to most Americans. My choice was Djimon Hounsou, albeit his has an African accent.
Ivy: I still like my choice Chloe Moretz
Kincaid: I love Alexander Skarsgard, as I already mentioned I love True Blood, and I am so dissapointed he isn't playing Thor in the movie. However, I still see Jason Statham as more of a Kincaid the Hellhound.
Ramirez: I like both Gael Garcia Bernal or Diego Luna, but I still go with Freddy Rodríguez because he was awesome in Planet Terror.
Luccio: Jennifer Garner.....I just really don't like her. I like your choice of Carey Mulligan. I haven't really seen too much of her stuff but she has a good look. I wonder if she can do an Italian accent.
Marcone: Jason Isaacs I can definitely see him as Tiger Souled, then again remember this, he played an evil wizard in Harry Potter. Ralph Fiennes, also in Harry Potter, I have to say I can't see Lord Voldemort as a mobster. Guy Pearce....maybe, he was pretty awesome in Memento, and he wasn't in Harry Potter.
Nic: Bill Nighy. Yes, Bill Nighy was my first choice (you probably read my post ~_~), but it was pointed out to me that Nic is suppose to look 30ish, so I changed it to Gary Oldman (coincidentally Sirius Black in Harry Potter), granted Oldman is 50ish, still looks much younger than Nighy.
Lara Raith: Angelina Jolie, yeah that works. I have Angelina down as Lashiel because she has the Temptress thing down. I guess that works for Lara too.
Madeline Raith: Megan Fox, I can't really see her as Madeline. Besides that if you cast Jolie as Lara and Megan as Madeline, there is too much of an age gap there, they should be about the same age. I have Megan as Maeve, the Lady of Winter.
Lord Raith: As suggested by someone else, Vincent Cassal. I think it could work.
Thomas: Thomas is difficult because he has to be able to look enough like Harry that you would think brothers, and also look like the son of Lord Raith and Margaret Lefay. Originally when I thought Clive Owen should play Harry Dresden, I chose Jake Gyllenhaal as my Thomas because I can see the two as being brothers. Now....well I still like him as Thomas.
p.s. if you aren't clicking the links, you are totally missing the context.
Treacle Tart:
@ MoSeS_
Re: the poll for who could play Harry
Hmm....I disagree with most of those choices - LOL! I love Nathan Fillion but I cannot see him as Harry at all. He'd make a better Michael but I picture Michael as being older.
Murphy - I think Hayden Panettiere's built is what any actress playing Murphy should have, but Hayden Panettiere would be totally wrong for the role. The problem is finding actresses with that sort of built, especially in Hollywood. Even if they start out with a more solid, muscular body type, they almost inevitably diet and exercise to become your typical skinny size zero. Look at the difference between Buffy S1 Sarah Michelle Gellar, and S2+.
I guess for me, I like to see an actor or actress actually look like the character as described, so when I read many of the suggestions, I just go, too thin! Too scrawny! NOT built like a brickhouse! NOT handsome enough! Too porky! I'm just particular that way. ;D
Boris Kodjoe for Sanya - Check out this video of him. Also, he's going to be in the new J.J. Abrams spy series called Undercovers.
Kincaid - I think ASkars trumps Jason Statham any day! Besides, isn't Kincaid supposed to have long blond hair that he wears in a ponytail sometimes? Would be problematic for Jason Statham unless they put him in a hairpiece.
Ramirez - guess I still have bad associations when it comes to Freddy Rodríguez since I mostly know him from Six Feet Under, and I pretty much hated Rico towards the end of that show! Besides, Gael Garcia Bernal would make a very pretty Warden. Albeit, a tad hard to believe as a virgin.....
Bill Nighy for Nic - as much as I am a stickler for "actor must look like character as described in the books," I'll make an exception here as I just love Bill Nighy and he would be awesome as Nic.
Megan Fox as Madeline Raith - I chose Megan as I actually do not care for her. She's been described as the poor man's Angelina Jolie, and to me, she is perfect as the overblown, too-obvious, trying-way-too-hard Madeline. Somehow, I always pictured her as being younger than Lara.
Vincent Cassal as Lord Raith: I agree he has the predatory cruelty quality, but handsomer than Thomas? Any of the Thomases suggested so far? That's a major fail for me.
And I thought of someone for Butters: Simon Pegg! Here he is, with dark hair.
Jaeh:
I personally think it's more important that they have the attitude of the character (OF COURSE, what they look like is seriously important too), but am just saying. xD
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