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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 682114" data-attributes="member: 99">Alright, I've given it some thought and I'm ready to weigh in with my actor selections for Small Beginnings:  The Movie.Ashrem - I'd like to see Jet Li in this role.  He's got the grace and the speed.  He's a man of few words.  And I just envision Ashrem's fighting style to be almost martial-arts oriented, with the claws and everything.Ander - I'm thinking Hugh Jackman.  I think he is the right age and he can play tough guy (which Ander certainly is some of the time) as well as being a good enough actor to pull off the "Uncertain Leader" role too.Aurora - Kirsten Dunst pops to mind.  She looks great as a redhead and has a magnetic presence (suitable for Aurora's high Charisma).  I also think that Kirsten would be able to portray the tenderness she has shown toward Meepo.Pack - Not to steal Badger's idea, but I'd like to see John Leguizamo in this role (sized down using "Hobbit Technology" instead of as Meepo (but I think he'd be a good choice for that role too).  John is an amazingly versitile actor and Bards tend to be a versitile class.  He can also sing very well and pull off the "a little annoying, but you've got to love him anyway" bit when Pack gets talking.Theo - Sean Connery of course springs to mind, but in this case, I'm leaning more toward our good buddy, John-Rhys Davies.  These days, I can't help but put Sean more and more into a sort of "Elder Statesman" sort of role and this part will require a lot of martial ability.Worm - I'd love to see Michael Clarke Duncan in the role of Worm.  He's got that whole "I don't want to hurt nobody, but if you threaten my family and friends then I'M A 40 OZ. CAN OF WHOOPASS WAITIN' TO EXPLODE!!" thing going on.Meepo - Meepo needs to be done as a CG character (computer generated, not chaotic good).  And his voice would be done by none other than Andy Serkis.  Who you may ask is Andy Serkis?  He does the voice of Gollum in LotR.A few more of the less central characters would be:Lizon - Sela Ward.  Mmmm, Sela Ward.  I frequently find myself just saying the name Sela Ward because, well, she's a goddess and I'd gladly drink her bathwater.  But in this case I'm saying Sela Ward because I think she would be great for this role.  Beautiful, eyes full of kindness (mixed with sadness) and just a hint that she used to kick some butt.  Mmmm, Sela Ward.And of course...Onkus the Cooper - I've just got this gut feeling that I'd like to see Pete Postlethwaite in this role.  Pete is probably best known by many as Mr. Kobayashi from The Usual Suspects but you also might know him as the hunter, "Roland Tembo" from The Lost World: Jurasic Park.  Casting Mr. Postlewaithe in this role would be perfect because it captures the character (as I see him) perfectly:  A minor part, but FULL of depth.So, there you have my picks.  If you don't like them, just say out loud, "Sela Ward, Sela Ward, Sela Ward."  You'll feel better after that.</blockquote>

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