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Who should play Harry Dresden in a Movie?

Zachary Quinto
41 (5.9%)
Lee Pace
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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 #4275 on: August 23, 2011, 01:02:12 AM »


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molly-taylor momsen
Looks good
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murphy-nicki aycox
Has the right look
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leah- christina hendricks
Meh.
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gard- tricia helfer
If not Mab, then maybe
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coed luccio- alexa davalos
As good as any.  A younger Sarah Carter would work just as well.
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lara- mila jovovich
Meh.  Not a classical beauty.  I think more Olivia Wilde.
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georgia- mary winstead
Sure
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susan- sarah shahi
I could see that.  I liked her on that cop show a few years back.
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harry- zachary quinto
I just can't get past Syler.
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tommy boy- matt bomer
As in my sig cast
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michael- nathan fillion
Fillion is too funny to waste on a serious characater
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eb-robert duvall
Not bad, but i pictured shorter and squatter
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arthur langtry- terrance stamp
i'd love Stamp in it, but I imagined Langtry more classic merlin-type.  i'd need to see a beard.
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kincaid- chris cain
meh.  i've said before, i pictured him leaner, less bench muscle.  more like colin farrel.
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morgan- clancy brown (dear god he's scarier when he smiles)
looks good to me
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fix- dominic monaghan
sure, why not
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ramirez- freddy rodriguez
again, i imagined leaner, more wiry.
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sanya- the man your man could smell like
Good, but I wasn't impressed with his acting as a guest star on Chuck.
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butters- jay baruchel
as in my sig.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4276 on: August 23, 2011, 03:34:57 AM »
Leah - Klodi Monsoon
Hmmm, I disagree. I'd see her more as Deirdre; she looks kind of overly lean, cruel, and dangerous.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4277 on: August 23, 2011, 05:10:56 AM »
Hmmm, I disagree. I'd see her more as Deirdre; she looks kind of overly lean, cruel, and dangerous.

I would agree to that.  But she's a Euorpean model, and my original idea was to have all the Fae cast with Eastern Europeans, a.k.a. old world with distinct accents.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4278 on: August 23, 2011, 05:30:41 AM »
my original idea was to have all the Fae cast with Eastern Europeans, a.k.a. old world with distinct accents.
Fair enough, but that could be a good tactic for the Denarians, too.

I really think she works quite well as a baseline for Deirdre. Anyone agree?
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4279 on: August 23, 2011, 12:00:48 PM »
Harry Dresden - Jim Parsons


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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4280 on: August 23, 2011, 03:39:26 PM »
Harry Dresden - Jim Parsons


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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4281 on: August 23, 2011, 05:28:37 PM »
Harry Dresden - Jim Parsons


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I could actually see that. He's kind of a tall string bean kind of guy, does humor well, does snappishness well, he's a fine actor who has shown himself capable of convincingly delivering terms that he doesn't have the first clue about in real life, and with some stubble there he actually looks the part. That is not at all a dive-for-cover sort of call, I think it's a pretty good call.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4282 on: August 23, 2011, 10:09:10 PM »
I could see it. DEFINITELY not my first choice, but I wouldn't complain long or loud if he was cast. My only concern is he doesn't look menacing at all, and whilst Harry isn't some sort of bouncer/intimidator, Parsons looks almost like a teen.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4283 on: August 23, 2011, 10:11:32 PM »
Eh, I don't really see him as Harry.  Not my cup 'o tea.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4284 on: August 23, 2011, 10:19:38 PM »
How about Giampaolo Morelli then?


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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4285 on: August 24, 2011, 03:32:50 PM »
I could see it. DEFINITELY not my first choice, but I wouldn't complain long or loud if he was cast. My only concern is he doesn't look menacing at all, and whilst Harry isn't some sort of bouncer/intimidator, Parsons looks almost like a teen.
a geeky teen who doesnt exercise.  If he really committed and spent some time building some basic muscles over his skinny frame, maybe.  But ya, harry is supposed to be wiry, but still more physically formidable that sheldon. 
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4286 on: August 25, 2011, 02:15:01 AM »
Maybe Joe Manganiello as Micheal
not sure about Harry, his height and sense of humor will be tough
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« Reply #4287 on: August 25, 2011, 06:43:05 AM »

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4288 on: August 25, 2011, 12:24:24 PM »
^ or Lily.

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4289 on: August 25, 2011, 04:44:43 PM »
There's another site casting TDF...not sure if it's been mention on here yet, but I'm not going through all 200 plus pages to find out.. lol

http://thefaust.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/lets-castthe-dresden-files/#comment-3641


I'm one of the few that thinks Harry should be played by Blackthorne on the big screen.  I know the t.v. show is pretty much separate from the books and any film that could be made, but still, to me, Blackthorne IS Harry.    Probably because I watched the tv series before reading any of the books, but that's who I imagine while reading, so anyone else would be a huge let down for me....