The Icewind Dale Trilogy: Casting Call

[Dark Jezter]

Drizzt is going to be the hardest to cast. I would like Vin Diesel, but he is probably too big...

Obed Fehr is another possibility for Artemis. He was the Magi leader in The Mummy and was the gigolo the Rob Schneider filled in for in Deuce Bigelow...Banderas works too...

Physical size isn't too important. In the books, Artemis Entreri and Drizzt are both short and slender guys (each one only being about five and a half feet tall), but nowadays actors can be shrunk down to the appropriate size during editing.

Keira Knightley works for Catti-brie...

You know what, she would make a good Catti-brie.

Not to type cast or anything, but John Rhys-Davies as Bruenor should be a given. It would be hard to keep him from seeming like Gimli though...

I intentionally avoided naming John Rhys-Davies as Bruenor because he was a too-obvious choice.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Wulfgar: Vladmir Kulich or Paul Michael Levesque
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Do you mean Triple H?...because that's Jean-Paul Levesque

 

[Dark Jezter]

Do you mean Triple H?...because that's Jean-Paul Levesque

Paul Michael Levesque is sometimes credited as Jean-Paul Levesque. And yes, he is Triple-H.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Physical size isn't too important. In the books, Artemis Entreri and Drizzt are both short and slender guys (each one only being about five and a half feet tall), but nowadays actors can be shrunk down to the appropriate size during editing.

I think he's referring more to his build than his height. Most actors are probably in the 5 1/2 to 5' 10" height anyway (lots of those guys are real short! And girls, too!). Shrinking a guy Vin Diesel's size (and I don't think he's all that tall, FWIW) would just result in a short, stocky looking guy. Like Bruenor.

 

[The Josh]

no no no

ok i dont see how any of those wulfgar choises can work. i didn't see a single one that was even under thirty. wulfgar is 17 or 18 in icewind dale.

Drizzt - Keanu Reeves or possibly Jet Li (language might be a problem)
Artemis - Orlando Bloom (i usually cant stand him, but i would love to see him in a dark role,
Oded Fehr sounds ok too)
Bruenor - John Rhys-Davies (kinda like Gimli, but kick him in the crotch, to give him the perfect atitude)
Jarlaxe - Lawrence Fishburn
Harkle Harpel - Gene Wilder (maybe too old)
Catti-Brie - Keira Knightley maybe

 

[Dark Jezter]

Holy thread necromancy, Batman!

Drizzt - Keanu Reeves

"I know Drow Fu."

Artemis - Orlando Bloom

I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that.

*curls up into fetal position and begins rocking back and forth*

Jarlaxe - Lawrence Fishburn

Lawrence Fishburn is cool, but I simply can not picture him as Jarlaxle for some reason, and besides, Jarlaxle isn't even in the Icewind Dale trilogy.

I'd actually pick somebody like Johnny Depp or Jude Law as Jarlaxle. Just shave his head, give him an eyepatch, and cover him in makeup.

 

[Ranger REG]

Hmm, how about we do some ethnic diversity. After all, we had a black Kingpin, in the Daredevil movie.

True, but they didn't try to cast a non-white as Matt Murdock.

Maybe Jackie Chan should audition for the title role of Ben Hur.

 

[Aris Dragonborn]

Hmm.

Drizzt - Ray Park. No argument there. I say let Ray have a crack at the role. If not, just get someone to do a voice over on the lines, like in The Phantom Menace.

Wulfgar - How about Heath Ledger? Extras will be required to be no taller than 5'4". I think that something along these lines was done for The 13th Warrior.

Catti-Brie - Keira Knightley, fer sure.

Bruenor - Well, John Rys Davies is out, as he said that he would never play another dwarf, due to being allergic to the prosthetic make-up. This could be a tough one.

Regis - Also a tough one. Danny DeVito, IMO, is a bit too old for the part, though other than that, he'd be perfect.

Akar Kessel - Steve Buscemi. Perfect. Though I have to say that Gary Oldman should be considered for the part as well.

Errtu (voice) - Michael Dorn? Strong possiblities. Tim Curry might be a good choice (he did great as Darkness in Legend), or maybe bring in a heavy hitter with James Earl Jones (although he's probably too recognizable).

Artemis Entreri - Cold. Heartless. Ruthless. Merciless. Driven. Amoral. Christian Bale. Or Stuart Townshend.

Alustriel - Gwyneth Paltrow, maybe. Sharon Stone just seems too old for me (well, she's not, IYKWIMAITYD ), but she might fit the role. The trick with any of the Seven Sisters, IMO, is to make them seem old without actually aging them (old souls, as it were).

Pasha Pook - Paul Sorvino. Nice.

 

[John Crichton]

I'll start by saying that I'm kinda sick of seeing Knightly in the hot/tough-chick role. That said, I did like her in PotC. Her teeth bug me.

Casting the whole trilogy, eh? I do like some of the above choices but the ages for many of them are WAY off. Sure, they could change things around but I'll keep my cast as close to the novels as possible. So...

Slicey D(o' Urden) is a tough one. And since he's not really considered the main character that makes it even harder (he was originally a sidekick to Wulfgar). Especially for the look. I really like the choice of Samuel Le Bihan as Drizzt Do'Urden based off of his character in Brotherhood of the Wolf. I went to see that with my gaming group and there were little manly squeals of, "OMG, it's Drizzt! TWO swords!" >ahem< And I *really* can't think of anyone else who could looks the part and can pull of some of the physical stuff.

Since we're on BotW, I'd like to see...

Vincent Cassel as Entreri. Right build and attitude. Can pull off eeeeevil, non-caring and assassin in his sleep.

Wulfgar - If Vin Diesel or The Rock had a more nordic look I'd be cool with either of them. Vin would be the better choice because of the voice and he looks pretty young. Not as young as he needs to be I can't think of a single actor that big that looks like he's in his late teens. Except for maybe...

Tom Welling as Wulfgar. Seriously. He's big (6'3") and has some acting chops. Just needs to deepen the voice a bit and bulk up a bit.

Bruenor - I have no idea. Take any of the good character actors from Braveheart or Gladiator who can do an accent (or have one naturally) and act all gruff and fatherly.

And since we are making large Scottish men look less than 4 feet tall using computers how about - Zach Braff as Regis. Can play laid back, funny and courageous if he has to. I'd also not be opposed to Dave Foley.

The easy to cast - The actor has to be good-looking and be able to at least look good holding a pair of scimitars. And the trademark "pissed off" look has to work as well. With those traits in mind I'd go with eith Ewan McGregor or

Catti-Brie - Again, not too hard as the character isn't terribly deep. The only requisite is being able to do the accent and look good holding/firing a bow. I like the above pick of Scarlett Johansson. But it's all about the natural red hair so lets go with Christina Hendricks as Catti-Brie - Saffron from Firefly.

Nicole Kidman as Lady Alustriel. She's got the look and the screen presence.

Akar Kessel - I like Paul Giamatti here. But I'd be okay with David Hyde Pierce, playing off-type.

 

[Ranger REG]

Tom Welling as Wulfgar. Seriously. He's big (6'3") and has some acting chops. Just needs to deepen the voice a bit and bulk up a bit.

Well, we can bleach his hair and add extensions, and put him on an intensive weight training program like Tobey McGuire did for Spider-Man. But not all barbarians have to fall within the Arnold Schwarzeneggar's Conan benchmark range.