Perfect Casting, part 2

[Jaeh]

I still think my favorite choice as far as best age and best height is Lee Pace, though also not very seasoned.

*i just saw that he played with SMG in Possession, never saw it though. (that's Sarah Michelle Gellar, not Sub Machine Gun)

I do like many of the choices on the list for other reasons, but they don't physically fit as well as the others.

And very much dislike some like, but there seem to be a over abundance of Whedon/Firefly/Stargate fans here so I won't say which two choices up there I don't like most.

I know I'm all for Alexis Denisof and Michael Weatherly, but Lee Pace looks good for it, too... mmm..

[SpiritSAS]

You missed Joe Flanigan.

I agree with the rest.

I had thought, originally, that Paul Bettany might not be a bad choice.  Perhaps he's not "action hero" enought and more of a thinking hero type, but he does have a lot of positive qualities for the role.  Tall, right body type, can do sarcasm with the best of them, seasoned enough in acting.  Oh well...  If Tom Selleck weren't too old (and less stiff in his acting), he might have been a possible, but he's a bit heavy in the body type.  Just brain storming here. 

[SpiritSAS]

One other possibility to consider.  Julian McMahon of Nip /Tuck; Charmed, Fantastic Four.  He's 42, 6' 2 and 1/2 inches tall.  Tends to play less action and more thinking villian roles.  Has the right body type and experience as an actor.  If nothing else, he might be a good Morgan. 

[SpiritSAS]

One other note about Morgan.  I read the excerpt posted from Turn Coat, but still didn't get the impression that this determined his racial background fully.  His hair color was noted, but that doesn't 100% determine race or skin color.  The rest of the description didn't seem to give more than a description of his facial features.  What am I missing here?  I don't recall, in any of the other books (not that I have a photographic memory or anything) enough about Morgan to say one way or another.  Mostly, since I had this image in my mind from the show, I just don't recall reading something about him that made me think "Wait a second, he's not African American".  Now Sanya's skin tone is described specifically. 

Not looking for a major discussion, just noting that it may be an undetermined point in the books.  Has Morgan ever appeared in the graphic novells?  That may settle this point.

[Magnus]

Yes, he has, check this link: http://jim-butcher.com/pics/dabelSF02005.jpg

[MoSeS]

It was the actor...quoting from Turn Coat, Chapter one:

"My first impression of the guy had stuck with me pretty hard—tall, heavily muscled, with a lean, sunken face I'd always associated with religious ascetics and half-crazy artists. He had brown hair that was unevenly streaked with iron, and a beard that, while always kept trimmed, perpetually seemed to need a few more weeks to fill out. He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. "

One other note about Morgan.  I read the excerpt posted from Turn Coat, but still didn't get the impression that this determined his racial background fully.  His hair color was noted, but that doesn't 100% determine race or skin color.  The rest of the description didn't seem to give more than a description of his facial features.  What am I missing here?  I don't recall, in any of the other books (not that I have a photographic memory or anything) enough about Morgan to say one way or another.  Mostly, since I had this image in my mind from the show, I just don't recall reading something about him that made me think "Wait a second, he's not African American".  Now Sanya's skin tone is described specifically.  

Not looking for a major discussion, just noting that it may be an undetermined point in the books.  Has Morgan ever appeared in the graphic novells?  That may settle this point.

Yes, he has, check this link: http://jim-butcher.com/pics/dabelSF02005.jpg

Morgan had long grey hair pulled back in a ponytail, and a craggy face with a perpetually grim, often sour expression. He was apparently Germanic in origin.

I don't know what book this is from, I pulled it from wikipedia because it's the most accurate source of info.  

But it's also on spiritus-temporis.com and I still don't know where the exerpt is from though, but seems to fall between Proven Guilty(book eight) and Turn Coat(book eleven) somewhere.

I realize there is a bit of a contradiction sort of. Brown hair that was unevenly streaked with iron & long grey hair pulled back in a ponytail, however it could be the iron streaked hair that is pulled into a ponytail.

[bellmaker]

We know by WFJ that Morgan served in WWI I just thought of an actor that could pull off the look of Morgan Tobias Menzies he played Brutus in the HBO/BBC show Rome


 

[MoSeS]

Morgan has already been cast.

[Bluebeard]

Morgan has already been cast.

This.

He's my alternative choice besides Jim's choice of Clancy Brown.

[miketh]

Eh.  He's a decent actor, but doesn't scream Morgan to me - too much grey and not enough brown in his hair

[tiny[but]fierce]

It occurs to me now that I REALLY want Aaron Eckhart to have a role in this. No idea what he would play, but he's an awesome actor. I mean, as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight alone? Totally tortured, and yet a complete BAMF. Someone place him!!


(as Harvey Dent a.k.a. Two-Face. Seriously, who is willing to let make-up/those crazy-ass CGI techs do this to their face? It's awesome.)

[DonQuixote]

I do believe that I have found the perfect Murph...

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[MoSeS]

It occurs to me now that I REALLY want Aaron Eckhart to have a role in this. No idea what he would play, but he's an awesome actor. I mean, as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight alone? Totally tortured, and yet a complete BAMF. Someone place him!!

Michael? Nicodemus? Captain America?

[tiny[but]fierce]

I do believe that I have found the perfect Murph...

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Um. Okay. Who is she?

ETA: also, standard HTML linking doesn't work on forums. Next time, all you have to do is either type [ u r l ] [ / u r l ] around your link (it's spaced so I won't accidentally trigger anything), or just paste the link in. Or look for the little icon of the globe above the text box.

[tiny[but]fierce]

Michael? Nicodemus? Captain America?

No, not as Nicodemus, definitely not. I have my heart set on Mark Sheppard for that role (Thanks, Bluebeard!)

And I don't think as Michael, either... I need to look at my male cast listing again.

Harry -- Alexis Denisof
"Bob" -- the voice of John Cleese [or preferably the voice of Jim Butcher in a completely EPIC cameo]
Thomas Raith -- Matt Bomer
William Borden --
Michael Carpenter --
Jared Kincaid (The Hellhound) -- Christian Kane
"Gentleman" Johnny Marcone -- Ray Wise
Donald Morgan -- Clancy Brown
Carlos Ramirez --
Sanya --
Arthur Langtry (the Merlin) -- Christopher Lee
Rashid, the Gatekeeper -- Shaun Toub
Joseph Listens-to-Wind (AKA "Injun Joe") -- Wes Studi
Gregori Cristos --
Ebenezar McCoy -- Jim Beaver
Simon Petrovich --
Aleron LaFortier --
Lloyd Slate -- Maybe?
Fix --
Waldo Butters -- Justin Long
Ron Carmichael --
Malcolm Dresden --
Justin DuMorne --
Father Anthony Forthill --
Hendricks --
Mortimer Lindquist --
Mac McAnally --
Nicodemus -- Mark Sheppard
Don Paolo Ortega --
Samuel Peabody --
Henry Rawlins -- Reginald VelJohnson
Rudolph --
John Stallings --



I dunno. I see him as a definitive villain. He might be good as a good guy, but he kills it when he's a bad guy. And I crossed out everyone I already have roles for, plus Ramirez, Gregori Cristos and Sanya, for obvious reasons.