(urth) Fantasy Casting Thread

[Dave Lebling]

The late Erland van Lidth de Jeude would have been a perfect Baldanders. 
He actually played a naviscaput in "Time Bandits," and we all know 
that's how Baldanders would have ended up in time.

Marilyn Monroe was the only person who could have played Jolenta. I 
think Wolfe said explicitly that she "was" Jolenta.

The young Natalie Wood would have been perfect for Dorcas. Anne Hathaway 
isn't such a bad choice among contemporary actors though.

-- Dave Lebling, aka vizcacha


James Crossley wrote:
> On 1/14/09 4:29 PM, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Arguing over imaginary casting choices for minor literary characters is
> probably as trivial as a conversation can be, but I'm surprised to find how
> strongly I feel that your Dorcas choice is hopelessly wrong.  I'm thinking
> Samantha Morton.
>
> James
>
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