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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5205 on: July 30, 2012, 02:10:35 AM »
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5206 on: July 30, 2012, 07:06:58 PM »
Eh, not really. I could see Sean Maher pulling it off, but I'd prefer him as Lloyd Slate, just for the contrast between that and the role he's most known in geek circles for.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5207 on: August 01, 2012, 03:25:25 PM »
I found a better Molly.

Heck yeah...she would be awesome looking like Frankenhooker  :)
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5208 on: August 01, 2012, 06:09:53 PM »
Since I realise I haven't posted a comprehensive castlist, I'll post the actors I have decided on. All images are spoilertagged.

Harry: Many have been mentioned. Blackthorne is a strong contender, and while Fillion could definitely pull off the attitude, he just doesn't *look* like Harry. As of yet, I've not found an actor I'm completely stisfied with for Dresden.

EDIT: Just thought of an actor who, while not exactly how I picture Harry, is a lot closer than any of the others: Enver Gjokaj. He's close physically, and, while I haven't seen him in a role that really resembles Harry, I have no doubt he could act the hell out of the part. He's an amazing actor. In Dollhouse, he plays twelve different characters. Twelve (technically one, with repeated mind-and-memory wipes/swaps). Perfectly. Including a woman. If anyone has acting chops, it's him.

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Murphy: Sarah Michelle Gellar. I mean, COME ON.

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Marcone: As with Harry, I've not come across an actor who just jumped out and said 'I'M MARCONE', but Marsters could certainly do it. (I prefer him as the voice of Bob, though)

Molly: Leven Rambin (she was Glimmer in The Hunger Games and an angel in Wizards of Waverly place, but I came across her Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles). Molly C Quinn has been suggested, but she's just not how I picture Molly.

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Thomas: There have been a lot of good ones, but, depending on his American accent, I'd contend Richard Armitage (BBC's Robin Hood, Spooks, The Hobbit) would be an  AMAZING Thomas (or, failing that, a good Lord Raith). He's good at darkness.

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Susan: A lot have been mentioned. For me though, Valerie Cruz all the way (it was the DF part she auditioned for, and she's read the books!).

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Failing that, Eliza Dushku could definitely do it:

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Morgan: As has been said, Liam Neeson.

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Michael: Again, I haven't found an actor that just clicks for Michael, but Alexis Denisoff would be good. (not the best picture, but I couldn't find many)

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Charity: Miranda Otto. I realised when rereading PG that she was EXACTLY how I pictured Charity. And we know she can do the action, becouse, hey, EOWYN. (She's smiling more than Charity in the pictures)

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Butters: David Krumholtz. He's just so... Butters. Go watch his part in Serenity and tell me that's not Butters.

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Speaking of Serenity, Luccio 2.0: Summer Glau. Action, crazy (necessary for Corpsetaker), tearjerking and looks in one neat package. Alternatively, she could do Murphy, with blonde hair.

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Lara Raith: Eva Green. Another Case where, when it was suggested, I realised the actress was how I pictured the character.

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Lea: Christina Hendricks (Mad Men). Yet another instance when the actress was exactly as I pictured the character.

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Lash/Lasciel: (Because they should really have the same actress) Amy Acker. Mentioned before, and doesn't fit the description, but my god can that woman act. Go watch Dollhouse s1 e11. Seriously. If not Lash, then I could see her as either of the Faerie Ladies.

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Alternatively, Dichen Lachman would make a really good Lash.

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Nicodemus: Benedict Cumberbatch. He looks roughly like the description in DM, and he's got Nic's ice-coldness down pat. Put a grey streak in his hair, and he's Nic.

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Bianca: It was said in another thread, I think, but Morena Baccarin.

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Lloyd Slate: Sean Maher, purely for the Nerd reaction: hey, it's Simon Tam, that's coo-WAIT WHAT'S HE DOING!? ( I reckon he could pull Thomas off, too).

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That's all I got for now. I'll post more when they come to me.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5209 on: August 01, 2012, 07:22:20 PM »
I'm going to seriously show my age, but for Molly I always pictured a really young Linda Evans, circa "The Big Valley".  Now that's a "brick nordic supermodel".
Problem is I can't think of any current actresses with those kinds of classic looks and a killer, statuesque body.
I always picture Molly as the kind of woman you could drop into any century and guys would trip over themselves, as opposed to so many of the actresses that are considered to be hot these days simply because their particular look is in style at the moment.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5210 on: August 01, 2012, 07:33:31 PM »
Wait, what!? Googled it, and I don't really see it. She looks... kinda posh-english (not knocking it, I'm English, but it's not how I picture Molly).
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5211 on: August 01, 2012, 08:34:05 PM »
As popular as the show was, it's surprisingly hard to find a good picture of her when she was young.  If you found one from the Dynasty years, I completely agree.

..and she had that awful hair in The Big Valley...
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5212 on: August 01, 2012, 08:45:07 PM »
Since I realise I haven't posted a comprehensive castlist, I'll post the actors I have decided on. All images are spoilertagged.

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That's all I got for now. I'll post more when they come to me.

Wow.  Big Whedon fan, huh?  8 of 16 from Buffy/Angel/Firefly.  And that's not counting Marsters-as-Bob, Marsters-as-Marcone, or Fillion-as-Harry. Or Krumholtz-as-Butters(was in the movie Serenity).  I've never watched Dollhouse, so maybe some of the others are from there?

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5213 on: August 01, 2012, 09:01:41 PM »
Kinda. More that those are most of the American TV I've been exposed to. I actually came across Krumholtz in Numb3rs, though. That said, Gjokaj isn't my *perfect* choice for Harry, but he and possibly Tahmoh Penikett are the only ones that have come close for me. Gellar as Murph is pretty obvious - Jim's practically describing her in Murph's introduction - same with Glau. Sean Maher is just an idle thing - I'm sure there are *much* better choices for Slate, I just like the idea of fans squeeing at seeing him, then realising what Slate is like. Dusku is only in there because someone else mentioned her.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5214 on: August 02, 2012, 04:08:14 AM »
Murphy: Sarah Michelle Gellar. I mean, COME ON.

Did you ever watch Alcatraz when it was on. It was one of the 2012 mid-season shows (didn't get pickup for a 2nd season). The actress Sarah Jones played one of the main characters,  SFPD homicide detective Rebecca Madsen. Anyway, when I saw her the first thing I thought of was Murphy. She just fit my mental picture of Murph, short, blonde & tough.

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« Reply #5215 on: August 02, 2012, 01:31:38 PM »
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he actress Sarah Jones played one of the main characters,  SFPD homicide detective Rebecca Madsen. Anyway, when I saw her the first thing I thought of was Murphy. She just fit my mental picture of Murph, short, blonde & tough.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5216 on: August 04, 2012, 02:16:09 AM »
Anyone have a good morgan? Ive been drawing a blank on him, mostly because I have trouble not picturing him as that scary black dude from the series.

He needs to be older, powerful seeming, outweigh harry by 100 lbs of  muscle,  be able to pull off a pony tail and near rabid fanaticism.

I think the fact that JB himself said he pictured Clancy Brown as Morgan should be the end of that.

The perfect Harry would ahve been the younger (Xena era) Bruce Campbell.  We just have to figure out who's the closest to Bruce.

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« Reply #5217 on: August 04, 2012, 02:52:35 AM »
A Firefly era Nathan Fillion would have been a good harry. But not now.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5218 on: August 05, 2012, 04:36:42 AM »
I think the fact that JB himself said he pictured Clancy Brown as Morgan should be the end of that.
Clancy Brown is a damn good one.  I had been leaning toward Denis Leary lately, but I wasn't sure he had the physically intimidating presence that an Earth Magic specialist like Morgan would have....   But the Kurgan certainly can
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« Reply #5219 on: August 06, 2012, 01:01:09 AM »
Plus, the older Clancy gets the meaner he looks.