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

Mistwell · Mar 3, 2021

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

In case this was not rhetorical. Yes. That is weird. It's very weird that you remember the name of the prostitute Huge Grant was caught with in a park 27 years ago. You are a strange, strange person.

payn · Mar 3, 2021

I like it. Looking forward to see what the writers have up their sleeve.

AdmundfortGeographer · Mar 3, 2021

OB1 said:
If the movie was based on CritRoll he would make a fantastic Trent Ikithon.

Even if there is zero Critical Roll connection, a villain like Trent Ikithon is very much someone I could see Hugh Grant doing and doing splendidly.

I so badly want to see Trent die horrifically I hate that guy.

Everyone expecting the D&D Movie being made to be Serious Business D&D are going to be very disappointed it is not Serious Business D&D. There is still very wide genre options for a great movie movie that is clearly D&D.

I can see a movie about a group of friends who gather to play the game where we see the characters in the real world, then it flashes into the world of the characters played by the same actors. With occasional shenanigans and moments the world of the characters stops while real world table discussions happen, or voice overlays from the table while the game characters are doing their thing. I see tons of opportunity and a chance such a movie would be a blast to watch, and be a movie franchise. And Hugh Grant being a villain would work.

Mistwell · Mar 3, 2021

R_J_K75 said:
Honestly I dont think I've seen anything hes been in. As a few above have mentioned this seems to be getting worse by the day.

How the heck have you gone through life not ever seeing a Huge Grant movie? Come on man, this isn't some small time actor he's been a fixture since the 1980s! 30 movies, $3 Billion worldwide box office, major actor. Love Actually? Four Weddings and a Funeral? Notting Hill? About a Boy? Sense and Sensibility? Bridget Jones's Diary?

HJFudge · Mar 3, 2021

AdmundfortGeographer said:
I can see a movie about a group of friends who gather to play the game where we see the characters in the real world, then it flashes into the world of the characters played by the same actors. With occasional shenanigans and moments the world of the characters stops while real world table discussions happen, or voice overlays from the table while the game characters are doing their thing. I see tons of opportunity and a chance such a movie would be a blast to watch, and be a movie franchise. And Hugh Grant being a villain would work.

In this case I'd want Hugh Grant to be the Dungeon Master...which is the true villain of many a D&D game

But yes, I think that this set up would make the most interesting movie and probably the most well done. IMHO of course.

FitzTheRuke · Mar 3, 2021

AdmundfortGeographer said:
Even if there is zero Critical Roll connection, a villain like Trent Ikithon is very much someone I could see Hugh Grant doing and doing splendidly.

I so badly want to see Trent die horrifically I hate that guy.

Everyone expecting the D&D Movie being made to be Serious Business D&D are going to be very disappointed it is not Serious Business D&D. There is still very wide genre options for a great movie movie that is clearly D&D.

I can see a movie about a group of friends who gather to play the game where we see the characters in the real world, then it flashes into the world of the characters played by the same actors. With occasional shenanigans and moments the world of the characters stops while real world table discussions happen, or voice overlays from the table while the game characters are doing their thing. I see tons of opportunity and a chance such a movie would be a blast to watch, and be a movie franchise. And Hugh Grant being a villain would work.

Right. A little like how Princess Bride cuts to Grampa Columbo reading the book to Fred. It could be done.

Sacrosanct · Mar 3, 2021

vivsavage said:
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.

Based on actor selection? Was LoTR full of better known/bigger actors when it was filmed? Actors you recognized sure, but no one was really A list back then. Not even Christopher Lee, Ian McCellen, Sean Bean, or others. None of them were really doing anything A list prior to 2000.

R_J_K75 · Mar 3, 2021

Mistwell said:
How the heck have you gone through life not ever seeing a Huge Grant movie? Come on man, this isn't some small time actor he's been a fixture since the 1980s! 30 movies, $3 Billion worldwide box office, MAJOR actor. Love Actually? Four Weddings and a Funeral? Notting Hill?

I recognize the name and know who he is but I looked on IMDB when I saw this thread and as far as I can remember I never saw any movie hes been in.

Morrus · Mar 3, 2021

Sacrosanct said:
Not even Christopher Lee, Ian McCellen, Sean Bean, or others. None of them were really doing anything A list prior to 2000.

What?

Mistwell · Mar 3, 2021

R_J_K75 said:
I recognize the name and know who he is but I looked on IMDB when I saw this thread and as far as I can remember I never saw any movie hes been in.

I swear "Love Actually" is on repeat around Christmas time on TV/Cable almost as often as "A Christmas Story". Some people love that movie (I do) and some people loathe it, but it's one of those movies you should see once just to be able to say you've seen it