D&D Movie/TV Hugh Grant To Play Villain in the D&D Movie

Zardnaar

Legend

• Mar 2, 2021

• #21

TheSword said:

I remember her name too. Isn’t that weird. Some things stick in the memory...

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Wonder if that will trend on twitter soon. "Omg they just hired Hugh Grant he exploits......"

I remember her name as well.

 

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OB1

Jedi Master

• Mar 2, 2021

• #22

Grant was the best part of The Undoing, as a charming, psychopathic husband who manipulated his family and colleagues for years. Could see him as Strahd, but I'm betting it will be something simpler, a wizard or noble who sends the party on a quest but has nefarious plans for whatever they are going to acquire for him. If the movie was based on CritRoll he would make a fantastic Trent Ikithon.

 

R_J_K75

Legend

• Mar 2, 2021

• #23

OB1 said:

betting it will be something simpler, a wizard or noble who sends the party on a quest but has nefarious plans for whatever they are going to acquire

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Damn it you just gave away the plot line of my entire campaign.

 

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ninjayeti

Hero

• Mar 2, 2021

• #24

Well that gives us some some ideas for where they can go with the title:

Dungeons & Dragons: Four Weddings and a TPK
Dungeons & Dragons: About a Bard
Dungeons & Dragons: Lich Actually
Dungeons & Dragons: The Secret of Notting Hill
Dungeons & Dragons: Brigit Jones Spellbook

 

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DemoMonkey

Hero

• Mar 2, 2021

• #25

He could be the Villain in the same way Benedict Cumberbatch was. Purely as a voice.

 

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vivsavage

Explorer

• Mar 2, 2021

• #26

They're certainly not going for a LOTR vibe, that's for sure. Strikes me as a tongue-in-cheek production. I'm not enthused.

 

FitzTheRuke

Legend

• Mar 2, 2021

• #27

I mean, obviously it could go either way, depending on the tone of the film, but Hugh Grant is actually quite an excellent actor, and could be a very good villain if the movie is any good. It's all up to the tone, direction, script, and the rest of the cast, really.

 

R_J_K75

Legend

• Mar 2, 2021

• #28

vivsavage said:

I'm not enthused.

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I don't think too many are and if I had to guess as much as this is moving forward recently I wouldn't be one bit surprised if its shelved before too long.

 

RobJN

Adventurer

• Mar 2, 2021

• #29

I guess Jeremy Irons was busy....

 

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humble minion

Legend

• Mar 2, 2021

• #30

Grant actually has a pretty good acting range, and it'll be interesting to see what role they've targeted him for. As an older guy, it'd be easy for them to slot him into the stereotypical 'powerful evil wizard' cliche, I hope they do more with him than that.

One thing with this movie though - it's not cheap. Pine and Grant are pretty big names, and Rodriguez is well known and the Bridgerton guy whose name escapes me is probably in demand right now too. There's some real money going into the actors here, and a lot of them can genuinely act. It's not going to be Avengers in scope, but there's some real resources being thrown at the movie. I just hope some of the cash is going towards a half-decent script. Brando and Bogart and Laurence Olivier in their prime couldn't have saved the last D&D movie...