Cast the Characters of Trek Literature

Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by Haval_Runa, Apr 10, 2006.

  1. Thrawn

    Thrawn Rear Admiral Premium Member

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    Hah.

    This works particularly well because I envision Akaar using Hackett's voice; can't help it.
     
  2. Captain Clark Terrell

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    Re: Casting the DS9 Relaunch

    But that could refer to his time as a cadet as well as an officer. If Bowers were in his late thirties, Richards could still work.

    --Sran
     
  3. Paper Moon

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    This idea popped into my head while I was rereading Articles of the Federation:

    Alan Rickman as Kant Jorel, mainly from seeing him do disdain so well, as Severus Snape, but also from what I saw of him in Love, Actually

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    Jesse Eisenberg, with elements from his performance in The Social Network, as Zhres

    God, it would be fun to watch those two in those roles.
     
  4. Sci

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    I find myself veering between seeing President Pro Tempore Ishan Anjar as being either Ian Richardson or Bruce Dern. (Odd combo, right?)
     
  5. KRAD

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    I had Hugh Laurie in full-on Greg House mode (albeit with his natural British accent) when writing Kant, but Rickman works, too. :)
     
  6. Christopher

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    Really? That's two Trek-Lit characters based on Hugh Laurie, then (Counselor Hugh Cambridge being the other).
     
  7. Paper Moon

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    Mm, yeah, I could see Hugh Laurie in there too. Of course, my main exposure to Hugh Laurie has been through A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster (never was able to get into House, for whatever reason), so it's funny to think of him playing a jerk. :)
     
  8. Sci

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    Interesting! I always pictured Kant as played by Kurtwood Smith in full-on Red Foreman mode. (But then, I also pictured him as Councillor Enaren of Betazed.... my brain is repetitive?)
     
  9. Mr. Laser Beam

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    I always liked to think of Annorax acting the same way. ;)

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  10. Turtletrekker

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    Re: Casting the DS9 Relaunch

    Well, sure, maybe now. I posted that in April 2006! :eek::lol::p
     
  11. Christopher

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    Wow, this thread is nearly eight years old!
     
  12. Captain Clark Terrell

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    ^Is there an actor who can play it?

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  13. Elias Vaughn

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    I think the review thread for Taking Wing could play the Character Casting thread.
     
  14. USS Fardell

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    Any ideas for Atia, the Magna Romanii first officer of the Lionheart, in The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice?
     
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  15. Markonian

    Markonian Fleet Admiral Moderator

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    I pictured Jennifer Ehle from BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995) fame. The high cheek bones, the decisive pointed chin - she seemed very refined, aristocratic in conduct and looks but still likeable. The refined 19th century and the hard-to-understand Romanii English both are "weird" Englishes from today's perspective, another association my mind made connecting both of them. Jennifer Ehle is my Commander Atia.
     
  16. RapidoTrains

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    Has Jemima Rooper been mentioned for T'Ryssa Chen?

    She would be brilliant.

    -Jason
     
  17. Christopher

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    You mean Medusa from Atlantis? I don't see any conceivable way in which she would be remotely right for T'Ryssa. She doesn't look a thing like Trys, she's the wrong ethnicity, and I don't see any similarities of personality.

    The actress who plays Ariadne on Atlantis, Aiysha Hart, is somewhat closer in appearance, at least (though she's Anglo-Arabic, not Chinese). Could that be who you were thinking of? I initially got a little confused about who was playing which character, since Rooper was listed in the main titles and Ariadne initially seemed a more central character than Medusa.
     
  18. RapidoTrains

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    I completely forgot T'Ryssa was Chinese. I read each book once and my memory is like a sieve.

    But in terms of her character, check out Rooper in Lost in Austen. Absolutely perfect in my mind - the right mix of awkward and inspirational.

    -Jason
     
  19. Sci

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    Just for fun...

    Who wants to play "Let's Cast the Presidents?"

    Here are some of the Federation Presidents who've been prominently depicted in the novels, and some of them have my picks. Some of them have been covered before in this thread, but why not gather them together?

    Thomas Vanderbilt - Aaron Eckhart
    Haroun al-Rashid - ?
    Kenneth Wescott - Bruce Greenwood, doing his JFK act from Thirteen Days
    Chab jav Lorg - Dan Starkey
    Thelianaresth "Thelian" th'Vorothishria - Michael Douglas
    Min Zife - John Nichols
    Ra'ch B'ullhy - Ellen Degeneres
    Nanietta Bacco - Jessica Walters
    Ishan Anjar - Bruce Dern
    Kellessar zh'Tarash - I'm thinking either Portia de Rossi or Jane Lynch?
     
  20. Christopher

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    No, I described Vanderbilt in A Choice of Futures as a bald man with olive skin. I don't have a particular actor in mind, though.