Well my post @ McAnally's (The Friendly Pub) is down for renovations so I am back here posting my thoughts about dream casting. I noticed some things on here I missed before.
I saw Johnny Depp mentioned, I love Johnny (Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka, Ed Scissorhands, etc.) but I just can't see him in the Dresden Files movie. Others I like but can't see in this are Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Russel Crowe, Mel Gibson, Kevin Spacey, Jude Law, Christopher Walken, Joaquin Phoenix, Benecio Del Toro, ....the list goes on, the point is I just don't think they have the right feel for this.
Someone said Billy Connolly as Eb. I like him a lot, Boondock Saints is one of my favorites. He has the look but I have never heard Billy Connolly do a southern accent. Can he do it? Other Tommy Lee Jones, didn't like this idea at first but after seeing some recent images of Tommy Lee Jones, I think it could work, he can definitely do Kentucty Fried. Sam Elliot was mentioned too, I can't picture him as a wizard (even though he was in Golden Compass).
A lot of people see Salma Hayek as Susan, but I think she just wouldn't fit as the love interest of anyone cast as Harry. Salma is great, she does sci-fi/fantasy well (from Dusk til Dawn, Vampires Assistant) but I can't see her as Susan, maybe Bianca........actually I like that since the Red Courts power base is sort of south american.
Gary Oldman....well just check out my cast below.
I keep hearing Tilda Swinton as Winter Queen (because she played the Winter Witch in Narnia). However, Mab is suppose to be like Drop Dead Georgous and to me Tilda Swinton just doesn't really fit that. See who i chose.
I had Danny Trejo as Injun Joe, but someone mention Wes Studi and I liked that idea better.
Ian McKellan (Gandolf) I can't see him as the Merlin, I don't know if he can be as pretencious as the Merlin. Although as Magneto he did a pretty good job. I would like to see Ian somewhere in this but I can't think of where, thought about having him as the Gatekeeper, but Rashid is middle eastern.
I have Christopher Lee as my Merlin, I thought he would make a good Lord Raith, but many say no way. Other suggestion for Raith was Vincent Cassel. I can see that, but can Cassel do an American accent yet? I think he still has a French accent and I don't know if that would work for Lord Raith.
I have Viggo Mortisen (Aragorn LOTR) as my Michael , but someone mentioned him (Eastern Promises) as Marcone. That would be a good alternate role.
Stuart Townsend as Thomas.......yeah he played a vampire....but did he play it well? He also played Dorian Gray in LOEG. Have to say no to Townsend, I am a huge fan of Anne Rice's Vampire and Witch chronicles and the Queen of the Damned movie just didn't do the books any justice, so unfortunately Townsend gets lumped in with that dissapointment of a movie.
Tim Roth as Kincaid. I can't see that. I love Tim Roth, but can't see him as Kincaid even after his role in The Hulk. I see Roth more as one of the villians, like maybe a Denarius or White Court Vamp. Someone also said Alexander Skarsgard as Kincaid. I can't see that either, I love Skarsgard too, and I squeezed him in my fake cast, but he just can't top who I have as Kincaid. (D@mn it all! Alexander Skarsgard should be THOR in the movie, but they got the dude that was in Star Trek for a whole 2 minutes)
Haven't added this to my cast pdf, but definitely see Bruce Wills as Mac.
Updated Cast:
Male Cast
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B8NfYpeXR_TAYjQ4MzU1YmUtOTQ2Mi00OTY1LTk0NjAtMzA1MGZiODhiYjk3&hl=enFemale Cast
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B8NfYpeXR_TANzdkMzVmYzQtNmU1OS00YmNlLWJjZDItMDYyMzg3NTlhMWQ2&hl=enSome runner-ups or actors that didn't make my cast....yet (there are still more books coming) and are not already mentioned above are:
guys: Ray Stevenson, Jame McAvoy, Kevin Durand, Liev Schreiber, Michael Sheen, Geoffrey Rush, Gil Birmingham, Crispin Glover, Cristoph Waltz, Jeremy Irons,
gals: Tea Leoni, Sienna Miller, Emma Watson, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panetierre, Lily Cole
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