Who would play each NPC in Baldur's Gate: The movie?
SwordsNotWords
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I had a quick search and couldn't seem to find if this thread had all ready been done, so here goes nothing.
Who would everyone cast as the recruitable NPCs in all of the Baldur's Gate games if they were made into full blown big budget Hollywood motion pictures?
While we're at it, why not mention any other characters you'd like to cast from the Saga?
Who would everyone cast as the recruitable NPCs in all of the Baldur's Gate games if they were made into full blown big budget Hollywood motion pictures?
While we're at it, why not mention any other characters you'd like to cast from the Saga?
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http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/19088/ideas-for-a-movie
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/17999/what-if-there-were-a-live-action-bg-movie
Sooo... To make a list... (I'll paste images of the actors I think would be suitable for the characters of mostly, the second game since I've played that one entirely and the first one was involuntary left aside...)
Imoen: I think someone with a constant smiling phrasing such as Drew Barrymore would be fitting... Although she's got something for Nalia more. xD Yeah, I think Imoen would need a newcomer or such as. Hm... Maybe Ellen Page. She's got an innocent face
Aeríe: Amanda Seyfried. She'd look like Aeríe... but we'd need to slenderize her rubicund face. And well, a little make-up. Nobody's perfect. xD
Jaheira: No doubt. It has to be Olivia Wilde. She looks exactly like Jaheira from Baldur's Gate 2.
Nalia: Oh, yeaah. I already told. I'd choose Drew Barrymore with a huge amount of make-up upon her face. She'd look perfect! xD
Mazzy: Not sure... I don't know many actors actually, and I'd need to do a research to find someone fitting...
Viconia: Hm... hm... Zendka Podkapova isn't an actress, I think, but she would be the one... I don't know who other would look like Viconia..
Anomen: Ohhh,
Minsc: Ray Stevenson! xD
Yoshimo: Too bad I don't know someone fitting x.x
Valygar: Naveen Andrews looks fine xD
Korgan: I've seen in another page a thread about the same thing as here, and they put forth Laurence Harvey... which I think is an acceptable option... Because has the sadic expression. xD
Sarevok: Maybe Vinnie Jones or even Vin Diesel... But not sure. xD
Edwin: Johnny Depp. He looks suitable, and is good for transformism at any way
Keldorn: I'm not really sure, but his face is rather 'common' so to speak; I don't think it'd be that hard to find someone portraying his character who sort of pass as him.
Cernd: Heh, I don't know, but I also think he's easy to portray at image matter.
Haer'Dalis: Yeah, another one. xD
Jan: Same. xD
Well, I think that's all. I've got the feeling I'm missing some character here but I'll get back with new overtures as to find more accurate choices for the Npc's...
And oh, as for the BG Movie adaptation discussion, which I think this thread is going to transform into, I'd say no, a definite no for that.
If I was forced to, I'd make it some kind of animated movie or TV series.
for me, I have been watching Stargate Atlantis lately. As such, I was going to say that Jaheira would be good played by Taila. Then I saw her act on the show. So much for that.
As for Mazzie, I was thinking Mazzie Williams (Game of Thrones).
Viconia = Tricia helfer
Imoen = Michelle Trachenberg
Edwin = James Callis
Oh, and just for the record, I'd be firmly against any type of movie of this nature. A series? Maybe, but I think a movie would have to be too brief and just no fun at all. But it is fun to speculate about who the players might be.
However having said that I would prefer to see David Werner reprise his role as Irenicus. Though I would have to wonder as the years creep on how viable that could be. Sure the role doesn't need to be that physical since he's a mage, but you'd imagine there would be some stunt work and I'd rather avoid a Christopher Lee and Attack of the Clones/Revenge of the Sith situation where the cgi headswapping is all too apparent.
Movies (and books, TV shows, etc.) and computer games are separate mediums for a reason. That said, Johnny Depp as Edwin could be truly hilarious. He could do a masterful job of Eddy's MPD-style muttering.
But the trouble is, a movie wouldn't be able to include all the NPC's and would have to focus on the main plot, which, to be honest, isn't really that original or interesting. It's all the other characters and quests and interactions with the world that make it.
That said, is no one going to say Alyson Hannigan as Imoen? She used to always be first one to come up. I mean, she certainly can look the part. Although the character she's most famous for, Willow, is quite different to Imoen. I would have to see her audition.
Edit: I wouldn't envy the director however...
"Hmm that shot didn't come out right. We need to reshoot it.... Olivia?"
"Yes o omnipresent authority figure????"
Neera.......... Maria Menounos...... "Stand back and watch this !"
Dorn........... Michael Dorn........... It must be Kismet
I guess for Gorion you just draw from the list of old man actors who always end up playing father figures, how about Max Von Sidow.
"I'd rather avoid The Clones/Revenge of the Sith situation (in it's entirety)."
For all the people that don't watch and or are familiar with these characters-they will see minsc fart, blame it on boo and ragequit the movie theatre in disgust.
I used to think of this idea in the past when I used to play all the time. Now thinking back to when I wanted this idea, I cant fathom what I was thinking.
Its more nostalgia driven to the players. They might think oh she definitely looks like Jahierra but I think this actor pulls off nalia better.
To the rest of the people just going to see this who know nothing about any of this, they will see it and leave with the mindset that they just saw Batman and Robin all over again.
You put all stories together, put TOB content spread all around somehow and make a 1-2 seasons TV show out of it.
I think that high fantasy for movies/shows is dead...or was never alive (Lord of the Rings is low fantasy)
I'd use the example of Kevin Conroy who voices The Batman in the cartoon. In my opinion, he does a PERFECT job both as Bruce Wayne and as The Batman. Yet he would not have done a very good job playing the part in the recent trilogy of movies. Or at least not as good as Christian Bale did (IMHO). He (no offence Mr Conroy) just doesn't have the body or the build for the role.
Voice is nice. And if you can get something close, that's GREAT. If you can get a cameo where a headliner just wouldn't work, that is also a nice nod to the fans. But I wouldn't throw out a movie or series based on the BG story line simply because some of the voice actors are either unavailable or inappropriate for the roles in the show.
All in my own personal opinion.
I even watched time after time where he played Jack Ripper, another very powerful role he was in this time when he was young. Its really a shame he wasn't cast in more villain roles when he was younger
He even voiced "The Doctor" in an audio Teleplay a few years back. He played an alternate 'Doctor' as if Pat Trouton hadn't regenerated into Jon Pertwee, but had instead regenerated into David Warner. Absolutely Superb!!! and a must purchase/listen too if you are at all a Dr Who fan.
Edit: If anyone is interested, he actually did two. One was called 'Sympathy for the Devil' and the the second was named "Masters of War". He played along side Nick Courtney and they do a great job (IMHO).
But I digress.
Definitely check out the audio CDs from Big Finish (under Dr Who Unbound) that he did. In the first one, he goes up against The Master and it is just a beautiful thing. Very believably he understands his opponent and even sympathizes with him.
David Warner is (in my opinion) a lot like Tim Curry in that they just have this fantastic presence and are extremely dynamic.
He plays an ageing captain, still demanding massive loyalty and respect from his brilliant past. But he has become paranoid and destructive; a mutiny ensues where it is hard to see who is the real bad guy.
I wouldn't want it be as tongue-in-cheek as were Hercules and Xena, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but remember how fun and how popular those series were during the 1990's.
I think a Baldur's Gate television series could work, in the same genre. The problem would be, for one, a production company getting the proper rights to the story, and two, getting a group of writers and producers who understood the characters and the story and who wanted to do it justice.
Is there any precedent for making a good TV show out of a video game? I'm aware of a few movies that attempted it, and they were all horrible. I can't even sit through twenty minutes of a "Tomb Raider" movie without changing channels.
EDIT: BTW, coming up with a good Charname would be probably a project-killing prospect. They'd likely have to use Abdel Adrian, who'd be a goofy fighter instead of a grand hero, easily turning the whole thing into a comedy, and they might fall into the trap of using those god-awful books for source material.
As for Irenicus, I haven't got yet a very 'accurate' idea of a good one... I'd so like to, but I don't know many people who can actually play that role. It's gonna be rough, since Irenicus isn't just the common villain, and his image is rather out of mage. I mean by the way he dresses. Yet he's still not quiet, but it is not impossible to portray.
There's an specific reason why I've chosen actors that look alike the NPC'S, and it's the fact that not always the image accompanies the quality... It's easier to post images of actors who look alike and leave aside the acting issue... Just because there's so many people against the idea of Baldur's Gate series becoming a movie. I'm strongly against it just to mention it, xD But this topic has been discussed so, so many times and God, it's clearly refused xD That doesn't mean we can still imagine who would look like the characters. And it's amusing by the way xD
I just wouldn't mind that much if voices aren't fitting. I wouldn't first because playing a role bases first at all, on acting yet voice comes along with it. The main fact is that as long as the tone and emphasis in every phrase accompanies the feeling that comes along with it, everything's alright. I don't care if the voices aren't exactly sounding like in the game. I actually have the game in spanish... and their voices despite being real different from the English version, actually go with each character! Of course they were specifically chosen for everyone of them, but you can actually say, there's an interesting pile of sounding choices for every character in the game. You don't really need to ask the exact voice from BG since that'd be a very, let me say, stupid reason to abandon the producing of a movie.
There are another worthy ones. xD