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Old 3rd April 2005, 11:40 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Re: A Game Of Thrones: The Movie

Tywin Lannister: Patrick Stewart
Cersei Lannister: Julie Benz
Tyrion Lannister: Peter Dinklage
Jamie Lannister: Jude Law
Joffrey Lannister-Baratheon: Jeremy Sumpter

Benjen Stark: Alexis Denisof
Eddard Stark: Raph Fiennes
Catelyn Tully: Julianne Moore
Sansa Stark: Caitlin Wachs
Arya Stark: Dakota Fanning
Jon Snow: Jared Padalecki

Daenerys Targaryen: Alexis Bledel
Viserys Targaryen: Joaquin Phoenix
Rhaegar Targaryen: Brad Pitt
Khal Drogo: The Rock

Robert Baratheon: John Rhys Davies
Renly Baratheon: Tom Welling

Theon Greyjoy: Edward Norton
Asha Greyjoy: Carrie-Anne Moss

Edmure Tully: Sean Bean
Brynden Tully: Harrison Ford

Gregor Clegane: Paul "Big Show" Wight
Sandor Clegane: Peter Stormare

Lysa Arryn: Kate Winslet
Rattleskirt: Steve Buscemi
Benicio Del Toro: Oberyn Martell
Barristan: Sean Connery
Varys: Kevin Spacey


Hrmmm...something like this.

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Old 3rd April 2005, 08:00 PM   #62 (permalink)
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Re: A Game Of Thrones: The Movie

Excellent list mate. A few strange choices but a very comprehensive list none the less. I think that George RR Martin would sell the film rights to his books - most authors would. The money would be too much.
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Old 3rd April 2005, 10:44 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Edward Norton is way too old to play Theon Greyjoy, I think he'd do better as Stannis.
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Old 4th April 2005, 08:05 AM   #64 (permalink)
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Re: A Game Of Thrones: The Movie

Yes, that might be correct. How about Collin Farell as Theon? And maybe Eliza Dushku as Lyanna?
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Old 4th April 2005, 06:04 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Alot of those choices were brilliant, especially Lysa, Barristan and the Blackfish. Colin Farrell is ok for Theon, but only if he were 8 inches taller.
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Old 5th April 2005, 01:28 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Re: A Game Of Thrones: The Movie

I think Colin Farrell would be a bit old, too. Isn't Theon around twenty?

Very comprehensive list, though. A lot of thought put in. The main problem I have with your list is that the majority of actors you named are American... and I just can't picture Westeros with a Yankee twang. A few I think are really miscast - Harrison Ford as the Blackfish for one, Patrick Stewart as Tywin (looks right, but just too much of a nice guy/hero typecast - I'd be thinking Professor X the whole time), Kate Winslet as Lysa. Dakota Fanning and Alexis Bledel are just plain no's, as is Tom Welling. And I just couldn't cope with seeing Steve Buscemi in the Seven Kingdoms. That would very quickly shatter the illusion, I think.

Good calls though on Jude Law as Jaime and Jeremy Sumpter as Joffrey. Though I'll stick with my belief that if ever it goes ahead, it should be cast with unknowns. If only for budgetary concerns - I shudder at the thought of the millions of dollars worth of talent you've listed there - deserving or no.
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Old 5th April 2005, 09:36 AM   #67 (permalink)
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Yes, Theon is around that age. Collin is older, but there are not to many fitting actors in the age of 19...well, probably there is, but anyway I do not know their names.

I would also like to see more brittish actors...I always imagin westerosi speaking brittish dialect (The wildling speak scottish dialect in my mind), any suggestion of fitting brittish actors? I would want Antony Head for exampel, but I don't know in what role...

What's wrong with Dakota Fanning? I think that she is a great actress, and there are'nt really alot of those in the age of ten. And I really want a talented actress to play the role of Arya... And I do think that Buscemi would make a great Rattleshirt.

The problem with unknowns is that it's quite hard to make a list of those, because they are...well, unknown.
If there would be a movie (I doubt it), I too would like many of the characters to be played by rather unknown actors, otherwise it would get *real* expensive. But this is just fantasy, the budget of our mind is endless.
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Old 5th April 2005, 09:57 AM   #68 (permalink)
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I think the girl who played the elder sister in "Lemony Snicket" would make a cool Meera Reed
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Old 6th April 2005, 04:38 AM   #69 (permalink)
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Well, obviously you can't make a list of unknowns, was just making the point that I'd prefer that to name actors.

And Dakota Fanning, while a good actress, is just too cherubic. Remember Jeyne Poole used to call Arya 'Horseface'. While not ugly, I don't picture her as blond and round of face. And I can't picture young Dakota weilding Needle to such deadly effect, either. She'd go better as Myrcella, perhaps. Though I couldn't name an actress off the top of my head who would fit Arya's image - another reason for wide-ranging auditions.

And I second Emily Browning as Meera Reed. And from the same film - maybe Timothy Spall as Janos Slynt. British, to boot.
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Old 13th April 2005, 09:23 AM   #70 (permalink)
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As long as they don't put Arnie or Stallone in it then I am all the happier .
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As long as they don't put Arnie or Stallone in it then I am all the happier .
Arnie plays Bran in the new film adaption, and Bran has been healed due to his love and friendship towards the secret fairies that live under Winterfell. Bran is now also the only Stark child, and he no longer has a direwolf, but a talking horse called "Ser Ed". The throne at King's Landing is found - in a secret parchment - to actually belong to Bran by rights, after an ancient prophecy, but he is kept from it by the current Evil King Tywin and his Evil Queen Cersei, who is also a witch who conjures spells to try and defeat Arnie/Bran. Arnie eventually kills the king's champion Tyrion - played by the Rock - and defeats the evil king, thus breaking the evil spell he had placed on Queen Cersei so she can become a nice queen to Arnie/Bran. People come from all over the lands, including the elves and dwarves, and they all live happily ever with Coldplay providing a song over the end credits called "Westeros, I never meant it to be".
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Nice!
You forgot to add Hodor, who is Bran's small weasley friend with loads of one-liners, played by Rob Schneider, and who follows him on his adventures and gets into trouble and gets rescued by Arnie/Bran and Ser Ed
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Old 13th April 2005, 05:23 PM   #73 (permalink)
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I,Brian - *you* are destined for Hollywood. It is your calling, sir!
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Old 14th April 2005, 07:18 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Anyone else think Sir Ian McKellan would make a good Late Walder Frey? He's such a good actor that I'm sure he'd be killer in that role (no pun intended). Or he'd be a good Balon Greyjoy, although he might be a little long in the tooth for that role.

-Harrison Ford should never come near a GRRM movie, should there ever be one. IMO, he should have quit while he was ahead and stopped making movies after Indiana Jones. (Airforce One... oh, the agony!)

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Old 19th April 2005, 09:50 PM   #75 (permalink)
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I do not know about the younger generations of characters, but as far as some of the "adults" I do have a few thoughts:

Queen Cersei Baratheon = Demi Moore (with dyed hair and colored contact lenses)

King Robert Baratheon = John Goodman (big, fat, drunk and loud)

Ned Stark = Liam Neeson

Catlyn Stark = Cate Blanchett

Jaime Lannister = Brad Pitt (a perfect fit as previously mentioned)

Tywin Lannister = Patrick Stewart or Kelsey Grammer

Littlefinger = Edward Norton

Roose Bolton = Jeremy Irons

Jon Snow = Orlando Bloom

Barristan Selmy = Sean Connery (who else?)

Red Viper of Dorne = Benecio Del Toro or Pearce Brosnan

Sandor Clegane = Mickey Rourke

Beric Dondarrion = Clive Owen

The Mountain = Ralf Moeller
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