What actor would you cast to play your Battlemaster character(s)?
When I read a novel, I tend to automatically cast the most vivid and interesting characters using actors from real life. For instance, if a character in a story has a sort of gruff and quiet demeanor, I might imagine that character being played by Tommy Lee Jones or Clint Eastwood. If a character is kind of mischievous or roguish, I might think Edward Norton or John Leguizamo, or possibly a comedian like Jim Carrey. If a character is English, I would cast an English actor or an actor whom I imagine could pull off an English accent (so not Clint Eastwood).
So here is a little exercise: Who would you cast to play your Battlemaster character(s)? Would the older eccentric and fun-loving Erik Eyolf be played by Michael Caine? Would the young Emperor Velax be played by James Franco? Would the steely and ruthless Atanamir be played by Daniel Craig?
I find that if you can picture an actor playing your character, you can learn things about your character that you yourself only know subconsciously. Our brains tend to associate actors with certain character achetypes (particularly if they're often cast in the same kind of role: Bruce Willis is usually a Police Officer, Ian McKellan is usually a wizard, etc.)
This was included in 'The Bendix Perspective' in lieu of article #3. I have decided to include it as a separate post because I am interested in seeing what more people come up with
Oooo, interesting.
Turin - Tough one, I'm leaning towards Sean Bean, He'd have to dye his hair blonde for the role. My second choice would be Bernard Hill (played Theodin in Lotr).
Tyrion - Brad Pitt from about ten years ago.
Sigurd- Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
Loki - Benedict Cumberbach
Merlin Silverfire - Joe Pesci
Brom Silverfire - Donald Trump
Quote from: Bendix on September 09, 2013, 05:28:49 AM
Would the steely and ruthless Atanamir be played by Daniel Craig?
HAHA! :D
Nah Atanamir is darker. ;)
Atanamir - Gerard Butler
as in 300Hostamir - Arnold Schwarzenegger
as in ConanHerucalmo - Chris Hemsworth
as in ThorCiryatan - Clive Owen
as in King ArthurAldarion - Jake Gyllenhaal
as in Prince of Persia
Michael Caine!? Alfred NOOOOOO! Erik is getting old :(
Erik Eyolf - For an old one, I must say I would prefer Malcolm McDowell. Well, for the good old days too. Caligula can always be a good inspiration for someone like Erik, but be sure to have +18 to watch.
Dürion Eyolf - Hans Matheson as Mordred in The Mists of Avalon.
Henrich Eyolf - Mads Mikkelsen as Tristan in King Arthur or any actor with the "good guy" aura.
I for the one would cast people other than actors too:
Arthur- Johnny Depp
Alvin- Robert Pattinson with all his cliches.
Elicia- hmm.. Someone who strives for perfection, can break all rules to achieve victory.
Angela- None other than Lady GaGa! ;)
Quote from: Dante Silverfire on September 09, 2013, 06:49:20 AM
Brom Silverfire - Donald Trump
A self-absorbed !@#$-up who somehow keeps getting away with blunder after blunder? Check :P
Amaury - James Purefoy
Sauvage - A younger Vincent Cassel
Thibaud - Bradley Cooper
Mathieu - Ryan Gosling
That's a very interesting question! I had to think quite a bit to come up with an answer, but I think these fit:
Pierre - Vincent Kartheiser
Joseph - Christopher Walken
Jos - Jeremy Irons
Celine - Michelle Yeoh
Heh, that makes me want to create a character fit to be played by Cristopher Walken >_>
Some of my previous characters
Ceowfyr the Brave - Mads Mikkelsen or Karl Urban
Sennianus the Mad - Ray Stevenson (basically a barbarian version of Rome's Titus Pullo)
Quote from: vonGenf on September 09, 2013, 07:33:44 PMJoseph - Christopher Walken
The mild-mannered Imperial Chancellor is played by the menacing Walken?
"We're gonna have a little... Q&A... and... at the risk of sounding redundant, please... make sure you're answers are genuine... how much food do you have in your granary?"
Here's mine. I actually wrote this over a year ago, but I changed Lendin's casting from Vinnie Jones to Mark Strong after having seen 'Low Winter Sun'.
Autrey- Kathy Bates (Misery, Harry's Law). I've always thought of Autrey as being heavyset, and Bates can play both crazy and menacing very well.
Lendin- Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes(2010), Low Winter Sun). Strong plays a good straight-talking, no-nonsense kind of character. Although I usually think of Lendin as having hair.
Garamonde- Edward Norton with a big fake mustache (The Italian Job, Kingdom of Heaven). Norton is good at playing characters who can be both sly and sincere, often at the same time.
Julianne- Amber Tamblyn (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, House: M.D.). Full of awkward energy and good intentions, Tamblyn could capture Julianne's boundless enthusiasm.
Furious II- Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Pvt. Ryan, The Mod Squad). Ribisi retains a certain youthful naivete even when playing hard-knocks type characters.
Quote from: Bendix on September 09, 2013, 08:35:23 PM
The mild-mannered Imperial Chancellor is played by the menacing Walken?
"We're gonna have a little... Q&A... and... at the risk of sounding redundant, please... make sure you're answers are genuine... how much food do you have in your granary?"
He's gone soft over the years! :-) But he's never been really mild-mannered, has he?
I'm not saying I play him
as Christopher Walken.... only that his face and demeanor fit those he usually shows. Especially the rare and weird smile.
That's a tough question.
Bremer - Christian Bale. I think he's proved that he can play suppressed rage very well. He'd probably also have the moral ambiguities of the character: respectful of fellow nobles, but considers 1000 dead peasants before breakfast to be a good start to the day.
Rosalind - Eva Green. Has the dark looks I've always pictured for Rosalind. Also has the hard edge the character has, but also able to be soft and reasonable.
Cassandra - Emilia Fox (Silent Witness, Merlin). Has the deceptive appearance of physical fragility that suits Cassandra, and also an aura of goodness. But also able to be a plotter with an edge that possibly wouldn't be expected by looking at her.
Thomas - Jeremy Northam (The Tudors, Gosford Park). Probably too obscure for most people to know, but Thomas is a character who wishes the world was better than is it, and often finds his principles have to be put aside to get the job done. I reckon Northam would be good with that. He'd be about 15 years too old for the part, though, so make-up would have to work wonders.
Quote from: Atanamir on September 09, 2013, 08:45:01 AM
Nah Atanamir is darker. ;)
Atanamir - Gerard Butler as in 300
I'm not sure about this, actually- I think Craig could play a very dark persona if given the chance. And Butler's role in
300 was certainly intense, but I wouldn't call it "dark". Indeed, the character Leonidas spent most of the movie in a sort-of state of "battle joy"; you really sensed that the character was happy, despite his circumstances, because he was exactly where he belonged.
When I think of Atanamir, I get a sense of a joyless, bottomless, almost Alexandrian ambition- not megalomania, but a strong belief that he can create a better world with his bare hands. Rather the opposite of Leonidas' simple warrior-king defending to the death his home and people.
Quote from: Sacha on September 09, 2013, 04:33:21 PM
A self-absorbed !@#$-up who somehow keeps getting away with blunder after blunder? Check :P
Hahaha. Don't forget the wanting to run for president every once in a while.
Quote from: Bendix on September 09, 2013, 11:09:07 PM
I'm not sure about this, actually- I think Craig could play a very dark persona if given the chance. And Butler's role in 300 was certainly intense, but I wouldn't call it "dark". Indeed, the character Leonidas spent most of the movie in a sort-of state of "battle joy"; you really sensed that the character was happy, despite his circumstances, because he was exactly where he belonged.
When I think of Atanamir, I get a sense of a joyless, bottomless, almost Alexandrian ambition- not megalomania, but a strong belief that he can create a better world with his bare hands. Rather the opposite of Leonidas' simple warrior-king defending to the death his home and people.
I meant actually the hair and body type.
And I think having 1 million Persians invading Greece is similar to the gangbang of Perdan by 3, almost 4 realms. ;)
Besides, Perdan is like Sparta a warrior realm.
So in character yeah somewhere inbetween Alexander and Leonidas - but definately
not Colin Farrell in the appearance! :D
I picture Enoch as a scrawny young William Dafoe, Emeric as a crazy teenage Billy Zane, and Eoric as the blandest goody-goody Tom Hanks you can imagine.
Quote from: Atanamir on September 10, 2013, 08:39:27 AM
I meant actually the hair and body type.
And I think having 1 million Persians invading Greece is similar to the gangbang of Perdan by 3, almost 4 realms. ;)
Besides, Perdan is like Sparta a warrior realm.
So in character yeah somewhere inbetween Alexander and Leonidas - but definately not Colin Farrell in the appearance! :D
Oh god that's right! Colin Farrell played Alexander of Macedon and it was terrible! Agh.
Anyway, I was talking more about personality than appearance or circumstances. Atanamir kind of has an icy, coldly calculating personality, and somehow I don't imagine Gerard Butler pulling that off. Maybe Daniel Day-Lewis!
My answer's a bit vague, I guess because he's young and hasn't fully figured out "who" he is yet.
Quote from: Buffalkill on September 06, 2013, 09:15:42 PM
It changes depending on my mood and the tone of what I'm writing. When he's condescending, he sounds like the lord from Braveheart that killed Wallace's wife. When he's quixotic, he sounds like Joaquim Phoenix in Gladiator. When he's trying to win over an audience he sounds like Robert the Bruce from Braveheart. Sometimes he sounds like Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride, or Arthur, King of the Britons from Holy Grail. The last letter he wrote was to an adventurer and was in the voice of Jaffar from Aladdin (oddly). His butler sounds like Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles, and his unit captain was just some mix of Cockney and Irish, but he's dead now.
Jonsu - Carice van Houten.
Alitoth - Mark Strong
Magnus - Chris Hernsworth
Skarn - Tom Hiddleston
Raziel - a young Liam Neeson.
Ismail: Jeff Goldblum
Maya: Mila Kunis
Cicero: Aaron Paul
Eddie Redmayne
Ravendon - Sean Connery: Gruff, but refined at the same time.
Maduin - Jeff Bridges: Loose, easygoing... but asked to play a Viking.
Lodu - Joan Allen (Bourne series, Pam Landy): Uptight and serious.
Orado (my advy) - Cary Grant: Smooth, but a little goofy.
Kuvio - Clint Eastwood: Just business...
Admittedly, I'm terrible with actors. Also... I totally need a Peter Sellers character.