| Discworld movie cast [message #288096] |
Do, 15 Juni 2006 23:15 |
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Hi All,
As you know I've only been subscribing about a week, so this subject has
probably come up before - many times. The below would be my ideal cast
for a Discworld movie (should one ever be made):
Granny Weatherwax - Maggie Smith (imperious and totally incapable of
envisaging anyone not doing as she commands)
Nanny Ogg - Patsy Byrne (perverted and batty - aka Nursie in Blackadder)
Magrat Garlick - Hatty Hayridge / Jane Horrocks (just plain batty)
Vimes - Rutger Hauer (muscular, commanding, hates being gentry, wants to
be one of the lads again) - Think "King Bogg" in Lexx
Carrot - Brendan Fraser (muscular, thick)
Angua - Miranda Otto (Eowyn - nuff said :)) [1]
Colon - Bob Hoskins (out of shape - looks like a career sergeant)
Nobby - Tony Robinson / Andy Serkis (do I need to explain? :))
Cheery Littlebottom - Dawn French - think about it ;)
Detritus - has to be CGI - unless..... Ron Perlman (suitably resized of
course - ample ability to look thick as .. well... Detritus)
Dr Downey - Johnny Depp (cool, sophisticated, deranged)
The Patrician - Nicholas Grace / Alan Rickman[2] / Gary Oldman
(commanding, mad as a badger)
Death - I would have said Lurch from the Addams Family only Ted
Cassidy died in 1979 (but as Reg Shoe would say 'dying is not the barrier
to a productive life that it used to be') So it'll have to be Carel
Struycken (Mr Homm - Star Trek - http://www.carelstruycken.com/ )[3]
Susan Sto Helit - Christina Ricci / Kate Beckinsale / Angelina Jolie (like
her grandfather but female and human)
I'd hate to be paying that cast ;)
Any other suggestions? :)
Kind regards,
Julian
[1] Maybe Christina Ricci with the blonde look she had in Sleepy Hollow?
[2] Possibly Vimes?
[3] Having heard Christopher Lee as the voice of Death in the animated
cartoons I'm warming to the idea of him :)
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| Re: Discworld movie cast [message #288101 ] |
Do, 15 Juni 2006 23:33 |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:15:31 +0100, CeltiKaos
<lists [at] pratchett.removethatbit.kaotic.co.uk> jotted down:
>Hi All,
>
>As you know I've only been subscribing about a week, so this subject has
>probably come up before - many times. The below would be my ideal cast
>for a Discworld movie (should one ever be made):
Ah, I have the perfect webiste for you: The Oswalds!
Go to http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
and have fun.
--
Elin
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
The Oswalds DW casting award - Vote Now!
http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
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| Re: Discworld movie cast [message #288103 ] |
Do, 15 Juni 2006 23:37 |
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The time: 15 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The
speaker: CeltiKaos
<lists [at] pratchett.removethatbit.kaotic.co.uk>
> Hi All,
>
> As you know I've only been subscribing about a week, so
> this subject has probably come up before - many times. The
> below would be my ideal cast for a Discworld movie (should
> one ever be made):
Many, many, many times 8-). I like your suggestions, but I'm
afraid some of them have been made before (which just shows
how good they are; great minds and all that). Check out
http://www.lspace.org/fandom/afp/ultimate-discworld-casting-
page.html
and
http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
Incidentally, there *is* a Discworld movie being made. Full
cast hereabouts:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Suggs against sexism. It's Madness gone
politically correct.
Jon Holmes, The Now Show 26/5/06
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| Re: Discworld movie cast [message #288189 ] |
Fr, 16 Juni 2006 05:46 |
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"CeltiKaos" <lists [at] pratchett.removethatbit.kaotic.co.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.06.15.21.15.29.940660 [at] pratchett.removethatbit.kaotic.co.uk...
> Hi All,
>
> As you know I've only been subscribing about a week, so this subject has
> probably come up before - many times. The below would be my ideal cast
> for a Discworld movie (should one ever be made):
>
<snip>
As others have said, yes it has been done before. However, I don't think
I've seen this one suggested before...
> Cheery Littlebottom - Dawn French - think about it ;)
You know what? I like it!
A bit of LOTR resizing, a beard and a leather skirt. Perfect.She can do the
'nobody takes me seriously as a woman so I'll fit in with the blokes' bit
too.
Anthony
--
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
- Adam Savage: Mythbusters
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| Re: Discworld movie cast [message #288263 ] |
Fr, 16 Juni 2006 10:54 |
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On 15/06/2006 22:37, Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
> Incidentally, there *is* a Discworld movie being made. Full
> cast hereabouts:
>
> http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/
you call that a movie? Is it even a TVM? (TV Movie), what is the
definition of a movie?
I would call that production to be either a 2 part series, or a mini
series depending on which side of the water you live on (hey that
covers everyone then...I think).
But a movie? I go to the movies to watch a movie. That movie can
sometimes be called a film. Now if Wee Free Men 'happens' then that
will be a movie.
elfin
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| Re: Discworld movie cast [message #288284 ] |
Fr, 16 Juni 2006 11:45 |
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:54:33 +0100, elfin wrote:
> But a movie? I go to the movies to watch a movie. That movie can sometimes
> be called a film. Now if Wee Free Men 'happens' then that will be a movie.
>
> elfin
I like the fact that Pterry has a cameo role in it :)
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| Re: Discworld movie cast [message #288293 ] |
Fr, 16 Juni 2006 11:55 |
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The time: 16 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The
speaker: elfin <elfin [at] blueyonder.co.uk>
> On 15/06/2006 22:37, Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
>
>> Incidentally, there *is* a Discworld movie being made.
>> Full cast hereabouts:
>>
>> http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/
>
> you call that a movie? Is it even a TVM? (TV Movie), what
> is the definition of a movie?
>
> I would call that production to be either a 2 part series,
> or a mini series depending on which side of the water you
> live on (hey that covers everyone then...I think).
I'd forgotten it was in two parts. But, yes, I call TVMs
movies.
> But a movie? I go to the movies to watch a movie. That
> movie can sometimes be called a film. Now if Wee Free Men
> 'happens' then that will be a movie.
I only go to the clicks if there's something I *really* want
to see (and sometimes not even then, I've been *meaning* to
see X-Men 3 since it was released...), so as far as I'm
concerned almost *all* movies are TV movies...
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Suggs against sexism. It's Madness gone
politically correct.
Jon Holmes, The Now Show 26/5/06
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