D&D Movie/TV Bridgerton Star Regé-Jean Page Joins D&D Movie

Demetrios1453 · Feb 21, 2021

Paul Farquhar said:
I don't see any reason why they would do that.

We have no reason to assume the currently announced cast members are "the party".

Page clearly has a ridiculously high charisma, which is why people are suggesting he play a warlock.

I've seen at least five Pine movies, and I really can't see him as a cleric or paladin. He is almost always a maverick, rogue or rebel who ignores the rulebook. And, given that GotG is the model, "the party" are likely to be a bunch of outlaws-turned-reluctant-heroes, not a bunch of Dudley-Do-Rights who have a paladin. Any paladins will probably throw the heroes in prison before failing to defeat the Big Bad because they play by the book.

Nice pre-5e viewpoint of paladins. They are quite a bit more flexible these days.

Unless we get another major casting announcement, Pine is almost certainly the lead, and given his physique, I'm guessing he's going to be some sort of melee type, if not a paladin, a fighter-type at least.

Paul Farquhar · Feb 22, 2021

Demetrios1453 said:
Nice pre-5e viewpoint of paladins. They are quite a bit more flexible these days.

A movie has to use a traditional stereotypical view of classes. If it doesn't act like a paladin how will the audience know it's a paladin? How will they know what a paladin is?

Even in 5e, paladin have oaths they have to keep. Doesn't fit with someone known for playing serial rule-breakers.

Demetrios1453 said:
Unless we get another major casting announcement, Pine is almost certainly the lead, and given his physique, I'm guessing he's going to be some sort of melee type, if not a paladin, a fighter-type at least.

His physique is athletic but not burly. All that tells us is he is unlikely to be playing a wizard or a barbarian. He might be playing a fighter, but he could just as well be a rogue or a ranger or a bard.

Horwath · Feb 22, 2021

Oofta said:
I'm sure they could dig up this old costume to save a bit on the budget.
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Do not forget then to cast William Shatner as a monk, grand master of Kirk-fu style.

Paul Farquhar · Feb 22, 2021

...or a monk...

Istbor · Feb 22, 2021

Morrus said:
They do that all the time. Watch some Harry Potter films, or Star Wars films, or superhero films. Any sci-fi/fantasy franchise, really.

Yes, but are those all well established franchises that can power threw covering up famous faces. I mean look at the two you cited right off the bat. They are going to make money regardless. A movie positioned like D&D with a rough history already kind of needs every advantage they can get. Especially as a generic fantasy movie.

bedir than · Feb 22, 2021

Istbor said:
Yes, but are those all well established franchises that can power threw covering up famous faces. I mean look at the two you cited right off the bat. They are going to make money regardless. A movie positioned like D&D with a rough history already kind of needs every advantage they can get. Especially as a generic fantasy movie.

None of them were well established when they covered up the first name actor's face

ART! · Feb 22, 2021

I love how we're all movie industry experts!

I mean, I know a decent amount about how movies get made (I've been a devourer of that kind of thing since I was old enough to understand how stop-motion worked, and studied filmmaking in college) and I don't see how we can know much at this point, other than the broadest of genre assumptions and that Chris Pine will be a major character.

Not getting on anyone's case, because it's fun to wonder and speculate, but I'm not going to assume I know what's going on here yet.

doctorbadwolf · Feb 23, 2021

Paul Farquhar said:
A movie has to use a traditional stereotypical view of classes. If it doesn't act like a paladin how will the audience know it's a paladin? How will they know what a paladin is?

A person of deep faith who fights for what they believe in. That doesn't require any sort of pre-5e ideas about paladins.

Paul Farquhar said:
Even in 5e, paladin have oaths they have to keep. Doesn't fit with someone known for playing serial rule-breakers.

He plays a starfleet captain. Playing a Paladin would be right up his alley.

Ogre Mage · Feb 24, 2021

Paul Farquhar said:
Page clearly has a ridiculously high charisma, which is why people are suggesting he play a warlock.

Oooh, I would love to see Page as a fiend warlock of Graz'zt. Dressed in a revealing outfit that flaunts his physique. You know Graz'zt would be like I must have that young man's body and soul.

Paul Farquhar · Feb 24, 2021

doctorbadwolf said:
A person of deep faith who fights for what they believe in. That doesn't require any sort of pre-5e ideas about paladins.

1) Doesn't really fit with the GotG theme, for a party member;
2) Faith in what? You planning an info drop on the setting's religions (or Nova Corps equivalent)?
3) How does it differ from an annoyingly moralistic fighter? Or, if you are going with 5e, any sort of fighter at all?

doctorbadwolf said:
He plays a starfleet captain. Playing a Paladin would be right up his alley.

You clearly haven't seen the Pine Star Trek movies. He plays a Starfleet captain who breaks all the rules.

Shatner-Kirk is positively square compared to Pine-Kirk.

Summary of Pine-Kirk's Starfleet career:

Juvenile delinquent and adrenaline junky involved in petty crime and barroom brawls;
Dared to join Starfleet by the intervention of Pike;
Is about to be expelled from Starfleet academy for cheating when a crisis means he is assigned to the Enterprise as a Ensign;
Mutinies and is marooned by the Enterprise's acting captain;
Seizes command of the Enterprise ands saves the Earth;
Is awarded command of the Enterprise;
Breaks the Prime Directive to save a friend, leading to a pre-industrial society worshiping the Enterprise as a god;
Falsifies his log to cover up breaking the Prime Directive;
Is stripped of command;
Another crisis leads to him being put back in command of the Enterprise - it turns out because he is considered a rule-breaking maverick;
Fires Scotty for refusing to break the rules;
Disobeys his direct orders;
Saves the Earth again;
Is bored to the teeth with all this five year mission diplomacy nonsense;
Considers resigning;
Gets his ship blown up;
Saves the Federation;
Decides not to resign, having been reminded of why he joined Starfleet in the first place - to punch bad guys until his fists are bloody.

Conclusion: definitely not a paladin.

It's notable that whenever Pine takes a role previously played by other actors (which is quite often) the Pine version is more roguish than the original.