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Who should play Harry Dresden in a Movie?

Zachary Quinto
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Lee Pace
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Ryan Reynolds
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Hugh Jackman
91 (13.2%)
Clive Owen
46 (6.7%)
Paul Bettany
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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
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5490 on: December 13, 2012, 08:51:30 PM »
I always pictured her as older, but... Lea?
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5491 on: December 13, 2012, 08:53:32 PM »
Id definately say Lea need to be a little older.  But she could do a Raith pretty well
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5492 on: December 13, 2012, 09:21:42 PM »
Well while we are on the subject of actors who hide their accent well, Gary Oldman is a perfect example. For years He was working in Hollywood and I had no Idea he was british. Andrew Lincoln, Plays Rick Grimes on the "Walking Dead". And Just about Every man from the south in "True Blood" Also Britts. the only Guy who is actually from Louisiana in that show Is Eric, ( the vampire viking)
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   Speaking of Oldman, Throw a dart and hit a villian he can do it, But I would love to see him play the good father Forthill

I've actually been thinking Ian Holm for Forthill.  He's played a priest twice before, that I know of; Once in The Fifth Element, where he played Fr. Vito Cornelius (a rather comical role, to be sure) and the other time was when he played the Wheelchair-bound Jesuit Priest in Bless the Child.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5493 on: December 13, 2012, 09:26:12 PM »
Id definately say Lea need to be a little older.  But she could do a Raith pretty well

Maybe Lash? Her or Scarlett Johansson.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5494 on: December 13, 2012, 09:32:13 PM »
I've actually been thinking Ian Holm for Forthill.  He's played a priest twice before, that I know of; Once in The Fifth Element, where he played Fr. Vito Cornelius (a rather comical role, to be sure) and the other time was when he played the Wheelchair-bound Jesuit Priest in Bless the Child.
Both Gary Oldman and Ian Hold would do great in the role, to be sure.  However, for some strange reason though I keep thinking an aged Mel Gibson would fit it nicely...
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5495 on: December 13, 2012, 09:53:28 PM »
Both Gary Oldman and Ian Hold would do great in the role, to be sure.  However, for some strange reason though I keep thinking an aged Mel Gibson would fit it nicely...

I can't really see Gary Oldman playing the soft-spoken Forthill

So far, my list is:
Michael: Neil McDonough
Forthill: Ian Holm
Mab/Titania: Michelle Pfeiffer
Rashid: Erick Avari
Arthur Langtree: Donald Sutherland
Listens to Wind: Graham Greene
Martha Liberty: C.C.H Pounder
Nicodemus: Gary Oldman
Odin/Vadderung/Kringle: Anthony Hopkins
Bob: Steve Buscemi

I had originally thought of Anthony Hopkins as John Marcone, but I think he's a little old for the gymnastics that Marcone gets up to.   I always saw Michael Ironside as Donald Morgan.  And while I hear James Earl Jones when I read the Erlking, I'm not sure I see him as the character.

Other actors I would love to find a part for (And I realize that you have to find an actor that fits the role, not vise-versa)
Jeremy Irons
Mark A. Sheppard
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5496 on: December 13, 2012, 10:10:44 PM »
Odin/Vadderung/Kringle: Anthony Hopkins
Not typecasting him a little too much?   ;)
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5497 on: December 13, 2012, 10:13:33 PM »
Jeremy Irons = Erlking? Nicodemus? We need to find someone creepy for him to play.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5498 on: December 13, 2012, 10:23:21 PM »
He could do Grevaine or Cassius perfectly though...

He looking a little older than I what I imagine for both Nic and the Erlking.  And the Erlking is supposed to be noticeably asymmetrical in his features. 

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5499 on: December 13, 2012, 11:57:28 PM »
....american idol.

How I HATE those two words!  Conjures up memories of that worthless, piece-of-crap show, one of the main cancers of TV.  >:(  >:(  >:(
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5500 on: December 14, 2012, 12:05:13 AM »
Speaking of Oldman, Throw a dart and hit a villian he can do it, But I would love to see him play the good father Forthill

I didn't like him as Dracula, at all.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5501 on: December 14, 2012, 12:08:30 AM »
He could do it, but I think he might do well as a villain. Maybe Justin.

I wouldn't want to see David Tennant as a bad guy.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5502 on: December 14, 2012, 12:08:50 AM »
I wouldn't want to see David Tennant as a bad guy.

Then don't watch the Harry Potter movies...
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« Reply #5503 on: December 14, 2012, 12:14:03 AM »
Then don't watch the Harry Potter movies...

Dresden's my bag, not Potter.  Potter's for kids.

How about Joanne Kelly as Lara Raith?
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #5504 on: December 14, 2012, 12:17:18 AM »
Dresden's my bag, not Potter.  Potter's for kids.

How about Joanne Kelly as Lara Raith?

I would go with Jaime Murray from Warehouse 13 before Joanne Kelly. Joanne Kelly was already cast for Bianca in the series, however.

You've managed- in our three years together- to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiancée. That's kind of like a homicidal hat trick. It's a strange foundation for a relationship.