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David Boreanz as Michael?

That is all.

Kincaid's description:


Page 107 of the Paperback edition of Death Masks:


      A man stood on my doorstep. He was nearly as tall as me but looked a lot more solid, with shoulders wide enough to make the loose black jacket he wore fit tightly on his upper arms. He wore a navy blue shirt and stood so that I could see the wrinkles caused by the straps of a shoulder rig. A black ball cap reined in dark golden hair that might have fallen to his shoulders. He hadn't shaved in a few days, and had a short, white scar below his mouth that highlighted the cleft in his chin. His eyes were grey-blue and empty of any expression in a way I had seldom seen.


Kincaid:


OR


_{(look at the arms. Those are... those are GOOOOOOD arms to have.}


Anyway, 'nuff said.

One of the things that stumps me as far as rounding out the full cast, is that Harry and Thomas would have to resemble one another close enough to pull off the brother-act. If you go the Padalecki route, you could cast Taylor Kitsch as Thomas, who is basically a prettier Padalecki. And you have two actors young enough to build a franchise around. There's a height difference, as apparently Pad's 6'4" or more whereas Kitsch is 5'11", but if I remember correctly Thomas is shorter anyway, though I could be wrong (Something that occurs frequently when I argue with my wife).

You are correct, Thomas is shorter than Harry, and Harry frequently lords it over him. (Plus, there was that moment in Small Favor where Thomas had to run around town as Harry to distract the gruffs, but the glamour Harry had created for him reflected the way he [Harry] looked before he got his nose broken by a gruff's hoof. They had to get Molly to use her Goth-'Em-Up make-up to make Thomas actually look like Harry, and she had to practice looking past the glamour, since Thomas's eye line was notably lower than Harry's was.)

I think most people who root for Padalecki to play Harry would prefer it if Jensen Ackles played Thomas, because in real life, as well as on Supernatural there is a four to five year age difference between them, Ackles is the older, shorter, "prettier" one (some would say), and the boys have a history with each other, both as playing brothers, and being as close AS brothers (Ackles was best man at Padalecki's wedding to Genevieve Cortese; prior to that, they were actually roomies -- I believe -- since 2006.)

Jensen Ackles as Harry Dresden yes Jared P as Dresden NO!

Why? Jared's physical form, such as it is, fits the description of Dresden a lot more than Jensen's does. Especially as they actually have about the same height differential between them that Harry and Thomas have between them. Jared is about 6'5" (which is about as close to Harry's rather freaky 6'9" that anyone is going to get unless you cast Paul White [The Big Show] in a completely out-of-place role as Harry), and Jensen is about 6'1. I actually pitched Jared as Harry and Jensen as Thomas a while back, just because of the similarities between the characters. That and, well... Jensen's just a leeeeettle too pretty to be Harry. Can you imagine that face all punched up, bruised and bleeding?

Oh, wait. There WAS that one time at the very literal end of Season 5.

Still, though. Even punched up, bruised and bleeding, he still looks awful.... um. Well, you can tell he's usually good looking in any case. Too good looking to be Harry. Jared's looks are a little more on par. Plus, I swear to everything wacky, someone used Jared as a model for Dresden on the cover for Welcome to The Jungle.

How about Kate from Angel for Murphy

I pushed that for a while. Everyone told me no. Apparently, she's too tall

EMILY ROSE EMILY ROSE EMILY ROSE EMILY ROSE

.... as Murphy.

That is all.

*dies of laughter*

I hafta go magically resurrect myself now so I can start laughing again.

Big no on Tom Cruise. I, unlike Shecky, dislike the crap out of Cruise. Never have liked him. He seems entirely insincere about anything and everything that comes out of his mouth. Barring that, he would actually make me distrust Michael, which is something that should NEVER happen.

Fillion as Michael, I can definitely see, although Shecky is right in that there would be massive potentially primo snark lost in translation here. I think I could be okay with it, though, as long as whoever plays Harry brings it for the both of them. He's played serious roles before (a misogynistic priest who was really an agent of the First Evil on Buffy, which was just flipping creepy; a doctor who falls for Keri Russel's character in the movie Waitress; and despite the completely BA snarkiness of the character, Captain Malcolm Reynolds was deeply serious, too.)

In the end, I'd still have to see a screen test to be sure. Michael is one of the best characters in the series (he's in my top three, right after Harry, Karrin and Thomas, and no, I didn't count wrong -- Karrin and Thomas share the number 2 spot). I love Nathan, but my top pick for Michael is still Viggo Mortenson (at least until something epic happens and they discover an unknown who completely kills the role).