Chronicles of Dragonlance Trilogy: Casting Call

[Knightfall]

Ok, Dragonlance has a good lead in the poll I posted. It even spawned another thread about Dragonlance & Mormonism.

Now comes the really fun part.

We need a cast for the first movie in the trilogy, Dragons of Autumn Twilight. After we're done casting all the roles in the first book, we can then move on to the other two.

As I've only read part of the first book, I'll let someone else post all the relevant characters that I might not have read about. Note that this thread may contain spoilers of the novels. You've been warned.

NOTE: I know the basic premise of the trilogy but haven't found the will to read through the books as of yet. I always get sidetracked by reading something else (i.e. other books, story hours, etc.)

The the casting call begin. (Feel free to post links to images for obscure actors that might not be well known.)

Cheers!

KF72

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Okay, I'll start this off:

Raistlin Majere: Owen Wilson
Caramon Majere: Luke Wilson (might need to bulk up a little, though)

Wilson Brothers

 

[KenM]

Ian Mcallean as Fizban, Elijah Wood as Tas, and John Ryes-Davies as Flint.

 

[Berandor]

Ian Mcallean as Fizban, Elijah Wood as Tas, and John Ryes-Davies as Flint.

Covering new ground, eh?

Cast for quoting purposes
(apologies for names I get wrong)

Raistlin Majere:
Caramon Majere:
Tika Wayland:
Kitiara:
Tanis Half-elven:
Sturm Brightblade:
Goldmoon:
Riverwind:
Fizban:
Tasslehoff Burrfoot:
Flint Fireforge:
Lord Toede:
Verminaard:
Laurana:
Gilthanas:
Lord Soth:
Dalamar the Dark:

I'll edit my choices now.

 

[Sephiroth]

Raistlin Majere: Gary Oldman.
Caramon Majere: Some big, dumb dude. Maybe The Rock...
Tika Wayland: Gina Davis.
Kitiara: Isn't in Dragons of Autumn Twilight, but Milla Jovovich could play her later in the series.
Tanis Half-elven: Willem Dafoe, with a beard.
Sturm Brightblade: Ron Pearlman, Tcheky Karyo or Tom Hanks.
Goldmoon: Jennifer Lopez.
Riverwind: Some big, silent dude. Maybe The Rock...
Fizban: Leslie Nielsen or John Cleese, with a messed up beard and a pointy hat.
Tasslehoff Burrfoot: Some annoying kid(Kender look like children).
Flint Fireforge: Sean Austin, with a beard.
Lord Toede: Udo Kier, with some green make-up.
Verminaard: Jason Isaacs (from The Patriot).
Laurana: Penelope Cruz.
Lord Soth: Isn't in Dragons of Autumn Twilight, but use a bodybuilder and add the voice of James Earl Jones(Hasn't been done before, has it??? )
Dalamar the Dark: Isn't in The Dragonlance Chronicles, but Tom Cruise looked elf-like in An interview with a vampire.

 

[Klaus]

Dudes, the Majere twins are... Twins!

Margaret Weis' choice for Raistlin works equally well for Caramon, with just the slightest touch of make-up to account for golden skin and hourglass eyes:

James Marsters (Spike in Buffy/Angel)

Here goes:

Raistlin Majere: James Marsters
Caramon Majere: James Marsters
Tika Wayland: Alexa Davalos (Gwen Raiden in Angel; Chronicles of Riddick)
Kitiara: Famke Janssen (Jean Grey... just dye her hair black)
Tanis Half-elven: Eric Bana (Hector in Troy)
Sturm Brightblade: Karl Urban (Eomer)
Goldmoon: Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
Riverwind: Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
Fizban: John Cleese (notice his look in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein)
Tasslehoff Burrfoot: Jeremy Sumpter (most recent Peter Pan)
Flint Fireforge: Danny DeVito (Just imagine him saying "silly doorknob of a kender!!!")
Lord Toede: Andy Serkis (Gollum)
Verminaard: The guy who played Ajax in Troy (Verminaard was phisically imposing)
Laurana: Milla Jovovich
Gilthanas: Jason Priestley (Tru Calling)
Lord Soth: Ray Park (Darth Maul)

 

[Ranger REG]

Dudes, the Majere twins are... Twins!

Identical or fraternal? (Don't worry, I've seen one set of identical twins where one is muscular and athletic and the other is nerdy and frail.)

 

[kerakus]

Although Raistlin and Caramon are identical twins, their physical differences would still necessitate different actors. Raistlin is frail and physically thin and unhealthy. Caramon is a big strapping lad. The proper application of make-up can "make-up" for a lack of twin-ness between actors, as long as their height is similar. That having been said, I'd go with Brent Spiner (Data and more importantly Lore from ST: TNG) for Raistlin and The Rock for Caramon.

Q

 

[Klaus]

Identical or fraternal? (Don't worry, I've seen one set of identical twins where one is muscular and athletic and the other is nerdy and frail.)

They're identical (it has been mentioned that they were ment to be a single person and were split up, with Caramon getting the brawn and Raistlin the brains).

In the cover of the AD&D Gamebook "The Soulforge", Raist and Caramon look identical.

Raistlin is never seen in the novels without his volumous robes, so it's safe to cast a phisically fit actor (I stand by my James Marsters casting) as Caramon (whose body is often concealed by armor) and just emphasize the sunken features of Raist.

Also, Caramon and Raistlin need to look at least 5 years younger than Sturm's actor, and about 8-10 years younger than Kitiara's actress.

 

[The Human Target]

My Sad Fanboy Opinion

Raistlin Majere: James Marsters (Spike on Angel)
Caramon Majere: Marc Blucas (Riley Finn on Buffy)
Tanis Half-Elven: Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndham-Pryce on Angel)
Sturm Brightblade: David Boreanaz (Angel on ... well, Angel)
Goldmoon: Keira Knightley
Riverwind: J. August Richards (Charles Gunn on Angel)
Tasslehoff Burrfoot: Seth Green
Lord Verminaard: Vin Diesel
Tika Wayland: Lindsay Lohan
Kitiara: Eliza Dushku (Tru Calling)
Flint Fireforge: Sean Connery
Laurana: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Gilthanas: Stuart Townsend
Fizban: John Cleese
Elistan: Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles on Buffy)
Derek Crownguard: Thomas Jane
Alhana Starbreeze: Alexa Davalos (Gwen Raiden on Angel)

Sure I'm a Whedon mark, but I still think it's good casting.