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Who should play Harry Dresden in a Movie?

Zachary Quinto
41 (5.9%)
Lee Pace
26 (3.8%)
Ryan Reynolds
51 (7.4%)
Hugh Jackman
91 (13.2%)
Clive Owen
46 (6.7%)
Paul Bettany
19 (2.8%)
Timothy Olyphant
75 (10.9%)
Nathan Fillion
220 (31.9%)
Joe Flanigan
37 (5.4%)
Chris Evans
7 (1%)
Gerard Butler
22 (3.2%)
Neil Flynn
8 (1.2%)
Jared Padalecki
47 (6.8%)

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #195 on: March 21, 2010, 03:24:51 AM »
sorry for the double post.


So I was reading the best quotes thread, and it struck me that Kirsten Nelson, Chief Vick in Psych, would be interesting as Murphy...



thoughts?

What, a woman who plays a blonde police department head named "Karen" who occasionally hires a smart-assed private investigator with apparent supernatural abilities and a "magic head" for a sidekick who drives around the city in a comically small blue car to consult for tougher cases?  I just don't see it. :D

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #196 on: March 21, 2010, 05:15:28 AM »
Micheal sheen as Quintus Cassius.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #197 on: March 21, 2010, 05:44:35 AM »
What, a woman who plays a blonde police department head named "Karen" who occasionally hires a smart-assed private investigator with apparent supernatural abilities and a "magic head" for a sidekick who drives around the city in a comically small blue car to consult for tougher cases?  I just don't see it. :D

...wow... xD never saw the parallels.

...just.. wow!... seriously... wow... whu.... xD

I'm still in shock here.  ;D and still laughing my butt off.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #198 on: March 21, 2010, 02:47:53 PM »
I think hands down the perfect Thomas is...Matt Bomer. 

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #199 on: March 21, 2010, 03:03:58 PM »
I think hands down the perfect Thomas is...Matt Bomer. 

been said million times. been taken to bunks, even.

I still vote Kirsten Nelson for Murph!
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #200 on: March 21, 2010, 08:42:21 PM »
lawl David Duchovny for Dresden.

Not sure why, he just seems to capture the wit, the playfulness, and the righteous rage.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #201 on: March 21, 2010, 11:14:05 PM »
So I was watching my favorite guilty pleasure the other day "Corrina, Corrina", and I wondered, whatever happened to that adorable little girl? I haven't really seen her in anything else. So I googled, and found to my immense delight that she is still adorable, not tall and also that she has a black belt in the martial art of Tang Soo Do.
Now, I have no idea what Tang Soo Do is, but it sounds like something Murphy would do.

I dunno, I really like her for Murphy.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #202 on: March 21, 2010, 11:29:55 PM »
Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art, loosely translated as "Empty Hand Way."

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #203 on: March 21, 2010, 11:37:13 PM »
I adored her on Veronica Mars, and now she's great on The Deep End.  She tends to play meeker characters, though, so I'm not sure how she'd tackle Murphy.  I'd love to see her audition, though!

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #204 on: March 22, 2010, 04:27:02 AM »
I can't picture anybody but Hugh jackman doing Harry anymore.
Harry: Hugh Jackman
Murphy: Patricia Heaton (needs a hair dye, but I think she'd do well)
Bob: Kevin Kline
Thomas: Matt Bomer

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #205 on: March 22, 2010, 05:52:42 PM »
I adored her on Veronica Mars, and now she's great on The Deep End.  She tends to play meeker characters, though, so I'm not sure how she'd tackle Murphy.  I'd love to see her audition, though!

She does play meeker characters on the shows.  But she's so good as an actress and you don't get a black belt in any martial arts without being able to throw down once in a while i think she could pull Murphy off. Its all about how the part is adapted and then how the director directs the actors.  And of course how skilled the actors are.  But I have faith.  She was one of my favorite characters on the deep end.  And I still say Clancy Brown as Marcone. 

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #206 on: March 22, 2010, 09:44:14 PM »
What about Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies for Harry? He's 1.91 cm according to his IMDB page...

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #207 on: March 22, 2010, 10:12:42 PM »
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And I still say Clancy Brown as Marcone. 

I love Clancy Brown, but I'd cast him for Hendricks before I'd cast him for Marcone. Clancy's too big, in body and personality. I'd cast Ron Perlman before Clancy, and Ron's still way too big for the part.

Marcone's a snake, sleek, quiet, and hitting WAY above his weight class. In his own way, Marcone's every bit a "badass grandpa" as Ebenezer, and the two of them would reach an "adequate understanding of each other" upon meeting, no gunfire or soulgaze required.

Andy Garcia's way too good-looking for Marcone, but I still read him closer than Brown.

Marcone is Quiet.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #208 on: March 22, 2010, 10:14:10 PM »
What about Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies for Harry? He's 1.91 cm according to his IMDB page...


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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #209 on: March 23, 2010, 12:11:40 AM »
I'd put John Shea (Lex Luther from Adv. of Lois & Clark) as Marcone.

Even reading the books, he always came to mind for me.