Perfect Casting, part 2

[DragonEyes]

I can't believe how many votes Nathan Fillion got to be Harry!   Nathan is waaay too old and portly.  Back in his Firefly (TV) days maaaybe, but NOT NOW.  He'd have to lose at least 50 pounds and then be stretched on a rack.

Playing Harry is more about the ability to pull off the emotional range. I mean... I wouldn't want a 4 foot tall octogenarian, but if the actor can successfully carry the range between righteous wrath, bumbling uncertainty, and snarky irreverence, I wouldn't object to him playing the role. Nathan Fillion can hit all of those notes well, and has facial expressions that add much more cowbell to the writer generated snarky lines.

[mdodd]

Playing Harry is more about the ability to pull off the emotional range. I mean... I wouldn't want a 4 foot tall octogenarian, but if the actor can successfully carry the range between righteous wrath, bumbling uncertainty, and snarky irreverence, I wouldn't object to him playing the role. Nathan Fillion can hit all of those notes well, and has facial expressions that add much more cowbell to the writer generated snarky lines.

That rules Tom Cruise out then.

[DragonEyes]

That rules Tom Cruise out then.

He's not an Octogenarian yet... Though it would help if he had more than two expressions.

[MagusLucius]

Playing Harry is more about the ability to pull off the emotional range. I mean... I wouldn't want a 4 foot tall octogenarian, but if the actor can successfully carry the range between righteous wrath, bumbling uncertainty, and snarky irreverence, I wouldn't object to him playing the role. Nathan Fillion can hit all of those notes well, and has facial expressions that add much more cowbell to the writer generated snarky lines.

I have trouble seeing Nathan Fillion as Harry, but the character of Mal fits at some points.

"... the last thing you smell will be my stinking breath."
(beat) *nods* "Darn." *kicks guy backwards into engine intake.*

"What makes you think you can..."
"Infriga! ... Forzare."

[Tami Seven]

How about Joe Manganiello to play Harry?

[MagusLucius]

How about Joe Manganiello to play Harry?

Only thing I've ever seen him in was Spiderman, and I don't recall him having much presence there.  IIRC he was the bully.

Here's a thought:

Carlos Ramirez -- Eric Balfour.

[TruffleShufflen]

I actually enjoyed Paul Blackthorne as Harry in the Television series. He has the same rugged look and his sarcastic smile would be perfect. I also enjoyed Valerie Cruz as Murphy, her hair just has to be dyed blonde and put in blue contacts and she'll look just like her. And for Bob, I would personally like to see someone that is really funny and goofy, like Bill Murray or someone of that nature.

[TruffleShufflen]

Or I could see Timothy Olyphant being a good Dresden as well. I can't really pick one out of Timothy Olyphant, Nathan Fillion, or Paul Blackthorne.

[MagusLucius]

Or I could see Timothy Olyphant being a good Dresden as well. I can't really pick one out of Timothy Olyphant, Nathan Fillion, or Paul Blackthorne.

Olyphant is better than Blackthorne.  I like Nathan Fillion as much as the next person, but he just isn't right for Harry.  They'd still have to do camera tricks to make him stand head and shoulders over the rest of the cast.  Except for Sanya and the Gatekeeper...

[Vondrakenhof]

Eva Green for Lara?



Also, Rachel Mcadams could be the Faerie ladies:

Ok forget I said Anne Hathaway and let's go for Eva Green instead. Inspired choice!

[KoshN]

Playing Harry is more about the ability to pull off the emotional range. I mean... I wouldn't want a 4 foot tall octogenarian, but if the actor can successfully carry the range between righteous wrath, bumbling uncertainty, and snarky irreverence, I wouldn't object to him playing the role.

That description just conjured up Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in "Elementary," for me.  Picture him with long hair and in the clothing of one of The Dresden Files book covers.   

[Griffyn612]

Only thing I've ever seen him in was Spiderman, and I don't recall him having much presence there.  IIRC he was the bully.

Here's a thought:

Carlos Ramirez -- Eric Balfour.

I like Eric Balfour for Harry, if he weren't so muscular. He has the full emotional range, the height, the dark looks, a wizard nose and chin, and does great snark.

[MagusLucius]

I like Eric Balfour for Harry, if he weren't so muscular. He has the full emotional range, the height, the dark looks, a wizard nose and chin, and does great snark.

Balfour doesn't look anything like how I picture Harry, and I don't see him doing the insouciant banter.

I think Brad Pitt would actually be a good match for Harry, if he weren't so much older.  I mean, he has the insouciant banter thing, he can do action movies and drama, and I can actually hear him saying a lot of the things Harry says.  Of course having him play someone with a brother that looks like (to my mind's eye) Stewart Townsend, could be a problem

[Quantus]

Im surprised that Im saying this because I dont have much respect for her body of work, or much respect for her as a person (which is based purely on the tabloids and so probably unfair), but I think that is actually part of why I think she could fit the role. 
So I put forth:

Kristen Stewart for Maeve

[MagusLucius]

Im surprised that Im saying this because I dont have much respect for her body of work, or much respect for her as a person (which is based purely on the tabloids and so probably unfair), but I think that is actually part of why I think she could fit the role. 
So I put forth:

Kristen Stewart for Maeve

I could see Maeve wearing that outfit... if the bottom looked more like the top.  And then make it varying shades of arctic colors.