I'm still sticking with Javier Bardem as Ortega. That guy is menacing as hell. And ironically looks older than Penelope Cruz, whom I cast as Ariana.

 

He would have been perfect back in the day, but he's 51 now...

Id be ok with Carlos Valdez (aka Cisco from The Flash tv show) as somebody suggested, for the fast-talking personality, but on pure looks I think he needs to be more of a pretty boy.

Carlos Valdés has both the looks and the personality for Carlos Ramirez. Plus I get the sense he could play a badass if needed.

Vadderung/Odin/Kringle:

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(First choice was Kris Kristofferson, but recent photos of him suggest he'd be too old for Vadderung, unless makeup and maybe CGI could fix him up sufficiently).

See, for me Ebenezar was always a toss-up between Jeff here, and Tommy Lee Jones. Now I’m starting to see Jeff as Vadderung. Dammit, stop that! If we could somehow put Patrick Stewart’s voice and personality inside Jeff Bridges… guh, now I’m conflicted.

Manu Bennett is my current as Elrking

Ooh, he’s perfect! I had Michael Shannon but yours is so much better.
Here’s my pick for Carmichael:

Ooh, Denarian, I love your picks for the White Council. Plus George Takei as Shiro. Awesome. Plus, I've also always seen Josh Hutcherson (or Daniel Radcliffe) as Daniel Carpenter. Emma Stone would make a great Lily. And Laverne Cox - YES! And your pick for Inari is great, too.

Thank you!
I freaking love Laverne Cox and am currently calculating how to get to the parallel reality where she was cast as Wonder Woman. Inari was kind of last minute but all the others you just mentioned clicked into place right away. Like I never saw anyone else but Malkovich as LaFortier, or Nichols as Martha Liberty. Josh Hutcherson I immediately thought of as Daniel Carpenter, which is weird because I’m not even a big Hunger Games fan. Takei as Shiro seemed odd at first, until I remembered Sulu was a fencer. And George Takei is the coolest, fittest older Japanese man I can imagine.

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Also, can I just say how impressed I am with the members of this forum that nobody complained about my choice for Billy?

This is really sad, but I have a whole Google Doc devoted to this. There are several gaps, but here’s who I have so far. They’re behind spoilers because I’ve embedded a ton of images.

I have more, but since it’s after 4 a.m. here I’ll wait until tomorrow to dig up the rest of the pics.

Yeah, maybe back when he was thinner.

But speaking of HIMYM, I've been thinking lately that Cobie Smulders would make an awesome Susan Rodriguez.

Just stumbled across this while Googling something unrelated.

Jeffrey Jones as Carmichael?

Malcolm Mcdowell - Eb

Ooooh, I do like the look of that, but isn't ol' Doc Soran a bit too British for Ebeneezy?
Someone, I think it might have been me, once suggested Nichelle Nichols as Martha Liberty. I'd like to add John Malkovich as Simon LaFortier.

Why not Tommy Lee Jones or Geoff Bridges as Eb?