The Icewind Dale Trilogy: Casting Call

[Dark Jezter]

We've got a casting call thread for the Dragonlance novels, so I thought I'd start one up for the Icewind Dale Trilogy.

Here's my picks:

Drizzt Do'urden: Ray Park
Artemis Entreri: Antonio Banderas
Bruenor Battlehammer: James Cosmo (played Campbell in Braveheart)
Wulfgar: Vladmir Kulich or Paul Michael Levesque
Regis: Luke Wilson
Catti-Brie Battlehammer: Scarlett Johansson (sp?)
Errtu (Voice): Michael Dorn
Akar Kessel: Steve Buscemi
Alustriel Silverhand: Sharon Stone
Pasha Pook: Paul Sorvino

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Ray Park as Drizzt....hmm....wow, that one really does work.

 

[KenM]

I forgot, how old is Catti-Brie in The Icewind Dale Trilogy?

 

[Dark Jezter]

I forgot, how old is Catti-Brie in The Icewind Dale Trilogy?

IIRC, she's supposed to be around 18 or 19 years old.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I vote for Will Smith as Drizzle!

 

[KenM]

I vote for Will Smith as Drizzle!

Then we'd get the rap/pop song and music video tie in with the movie.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Then we'd get the rap/pop song and music video tie in with the movie.

And those crazy kids would come see it just because he's in it! Perfect marketing!

 

[Ferret]

We've got a casting call thread for the Dragonlance novels, so I thought I'd start one up for the Icewind Dale Trilogy.

Here's my picks:

Drizzt Do'urden: Ray Park
Artemis Entreri: Antonio Banderas
Bruenor Battlehammer: James Cosmo (played Campbell in Braveheart)
Wulfgar: Vladmir Kulich or Paul Michael Levesque
Regis: Luke Wilson
Catti-Brie Battlehammer: Scarlett Johansson (sp?)
Errtu (Voice): Michael Dorn
Akar Kessel: Steve Buscemi
Alustriel Silverhand: Sharon Stone
Pasha Pook: Paul Sorvino

I can't see Ray park as Drizzt although he did darth maul...(Maybe T'ealk's son if enough time passes?)

Artemis suits Antonio Banderas perfectly, as long as he can get past the accent.

I can't remember what Cosmo was like in any other films I've seen with him in, the only picture of him is in All the Kings Men where he is dressed up like a woman. What about Danny DeVito? Actually He might be able to pull it off....

Vladmir Kulich looks right for the part but I don't know what he is like actoring-wise

I don't think Luke Wilson looks right, I know that this is type casting but I can easily imagin Elijah Wood as Regis....

Scarlett Johanson looks right, but I haven't seen her in anything I know.
Michael Dorn would be perfect for the voice of Errutu

I don't remember who Kessel is but Buscemi is a good actor

Sharon as Silverhand, good choice.

I'm indifferent as to who Pook would be...

 

[Dark Jezter]

I can't remember what Cosmo was like in any other films I've seen with him in, the only picture of him is in All the Kings Men where he is dressed up like a woman. What about Danny DeVito? Actually He might be able to pull it off....

He was also in Troy, although his part was pretty small. He played a Trojan general.

Vladmir Kulich looks right for the part but I don't know what he is like actoring-wise

If you want to see Vladmir Kulich's acting, go rent The 13th Warrior; he plays Buliwyf.

My only reservation about casting Kulich as Wulfgar is that Kulich would probably be too old for the role; in the Icewind Dale Trilogy, Wulfgar is only supposed to be around 20 years old, but Kulich is much older than that.

I don't think Luke Wilson looks right, I know that this is type casting but I can easily imagin Elijah Wood as Regis....

Elijah Wood playing a halfling again, eh? I don't know if Wood would fit because Frodo and Regis are very different characters; Frodo was all brooding and angsty and almost never smiled (at least in the movies), while Regis is a much more lighthearted character.

I don't remember who Kessel is but Buscemi is a good actor

Akar Kessel was the apprentice wizard in The Crystal Shard who became incredibly powerful after he found the artifact that the book is named after.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

Hmm... what about Andrew Bryniarski for Wulfgar? He was Chip Schreck in Batman Returns, one of the cult henchmen in Scooby-Doo, Zangief in Street Fighter, Butterfinger in Hudson Hawk, Lobo in The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special, and most recently the man behind the mask in the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Big, built, beefy actor, already has long blond hair (IIRC), & does a lot of physical stuff.

And how about Paul Giamatti as Regis? Seems just about right for that character, IMHO....