(urth) Fantasy Casting Thread

[Gwern Branwen]

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes  wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Matthew Groves
>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Son of Witz  wrote:
>>> on that note, maybe we should start a "fantasy casting" thread.
>>> I've been casting actors from all ages into the roles of BotNS. Since my
>>> motives are for illustrations and not a movie (*shudder*) I've been casting
>>> from any era.  I'd be interested in what others would think, though it
>>> should be it's own thread I suppose.  As a teaser, I'll say I like a young
>>> Sigourney Weaver as Thecla and an OLD Clint Eastwood as Malrubius.
>>
>> What fun!  A young Keanu Reeves for Severian?
>
> Keanu Reeves isn't sympathetic enough to play a torturer. No, really.
>
> Silk: A young Robert Redford
> Marble and Mint: CGI with unknowns as voiceovers
> Crane: Geoffrey Rush - don't laugh, look at him as Trotsky in "Frida"
> Blood: Alfred Molina
>
> Severian: is really hard to cast. Viggo Mortensen might almost work but
>     not quite. Maybe Mandy Patinken ca. "Princess Bride"?
> Jolenta: Selma Hayek
> Dorcas: Anne Hathaway, but a bit older
> Dr. Talos: Jonathan Frid
> Baldanders: another hard one; a body builder of some sort, magicked
>    even larger by the wonders of SFX. But not Ahnold.
> Jonas: Bruce Boxleitner
>
> Someone else take over here.

For Baldanders, I can't help but think Marlon Brando (with SFX);
perhaps _Apocalypse Now_ era Brando.

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gwern
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