The Hobbit : Dream Cast

[Thenamir]

The list I put together is of slightly lesser known actors, that hopefully wouldn't blow the entire casting budget. Of them, James Purefoy, who played Edward Prince of Wales in A Knight's Tale makes a perfect picture in my mind of Bard, especially when I envision him running through the flaming Lake-Town amid the chaos of the Dragon attack:

Then Bard drew his bow-string to his ear. The dragon was circling back, flying low, and as he came the moon rose above the eastern shore and silvered his great wings.
"Arrow!" said the bowman. "Black arrow! I have saved you to the last. You have never failed me and always I have recovered you. I had you from my father and he from of old. If ever you came from the forges of the true king under the Mountain, go now and speed well!"

I get shivers thiking of that scene -- they'd better do it up right.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Thenamir

The list I put together is of slightly lesser known actors, that hopefully wouldn't blow the entire casting budget.

You have the right attitude here. I hope they could hire these people whom the general public doesn't know yet from blockbusters or soft-drink advertising... Like Andy Serkis who was picked from something like total anonymity... only because of his talent. That's the way it should go.

Sadly few of us Finns have any idea about the lesser known actors in England or the States...

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I just saw Jean Reno in TV. He would make a nice mayor of the Lake Town...

[Hammerhand]

I think Sean Connery as Thorin would be the ultimate...

...also, i think Joachin Phoenix with the right make-up would be a fantastic Thranduil.

Someone mentioned Liam Neeson earlier in the thread; i think he would be a very fitting Balin, Bifur or Bofur.

[zxcvbn]

Say, how about Russel Crowe as Bard the Bowman?!

[Thenamir]

Crowe as Bard would almost, almost be sufficient grounds for me to boycott the movie altogether.

Cary Elwes as Thranduil -- ditto.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Thenamir

Crowe as Bard would almost, almost be sufficient grounds for me to boycott the movie altogether.

Cary Elwes as Thranduil -- ditto.

And me. He was fabulous in Master & Commander (can watch that film over and over, but then I loves me tall ships...) but I don't think I can forgive him for the atrocity he is about to commit with Nottingham which casts Robin as a baddie and the Sheriff as a goodie. Some things, you just do NOT mess with!

Anyway, some inspired ideas from Thenamir and Hookbill both here! James Purefoy is another great actor who's emerged lately. And some inspired choices from character actors and comedians: Mark Addy (also from The Full Monty), Timothy Spall, Bill Bailey, Tony Robinson, Vic Reeves...How about a couple of the guys from The League of Gentlemen too? Mark Gatiss? But please, NOT Matt Lucas or his mate!

I've now got a yen to see a cast of dwarves made up of our finest comic and character actors...I can imagine them all sparking off one another and making for some great viewing. I saw Hot Fuzz the other night and one of the great things about it was seeing a cast of well known actors and comedians in small roles making the whole thing work as a team - if they did this for the dwarves it would be fantastic.

I fear though we'll see cast of unknowns and unpopular actors - can you see all these dream stars being prepared to disappear to t'other side of the world for a year, to play a small part? I certainly can't! I reckon trawling the cast lists of some of our (and Australia and New Zealand's) cheesier cop dramas and soaps and so forth would bring up your likely cast

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Gee, what about Ricky Gervais as Bilbo?

And Thorin- well, try thinking Bob Hoskins in a beard....actually works, doesn't it?