Your Ideal Cast

[Diamond18]

Since you brought up Gladiator, Joaquin Pheonix would have put a different spin on Wormtongue. While Brad Dourif and his makeup job got across the revolting Worm aspect of the character, maybe Phoenix would have been a more seductive type Wormtongue. Someone you can believe won the confidence of the King, and it would have made that pause before Éowyn says, "Your words are poison" more believable. As if she was for a moment inclined to listen to him.<P>Well... It would be interesting to see. I thought he did a great job bringing Commodus to life. But PJ definitely had a different idea for Wormtongue, going for the revolting look instead. And maybe Phoenix is too young for a King's advisor character.