Much better picture than the one I found. The more I think about it, the more Moyer seems absolutely perfect as Pava. I've seen all the True Blood episodes, and not only does Moyer have the perfect look, there's a great similarity in personality between Bill Compton and Pava. Genteel on the outside... yet there's no doubt that something darker lurks beneath.
Bean's been a favorite of mine ever since seeing him in Goldeneye as Alec Trevelyan. Another point in Bean's favor is the fact that he's played a lot of villainous characters, and played them well. Not that Kieran is a villainous character himself, of course, but he has a flawed, almost dark side to him that I think Bean would portray very well, judging from his performance as such characters as Trevelyan and Boromir in LOTR. I've wanted to see the Sharpe movies for a while myself, so I could see Sean in a starring protagonist role.
I'm interested to see who people think could "play" my characters, based on the minimal descriptions (if any) I've given and personalities. But no one seems interested...
But think about it. You already posted a cast list for it, didn't you? Nobody's gone out of their way to try and cast mine or captcalhoun's either. Most people here seem to be interested in casting stories not already cast, where the author doesn't already have people in mind.
Are you sure? Because I could swear in one of your posts a while back you included some photoshopped pics of a few stars you'd like to see portray your characters. I think you picked Catherine Zeta-Jones for your captain.
Now I know you're on something. I don't do photoshop, way out of my league, and before this thread and manipulation one popped up I wouldn't have had a clue about getting shopped pics of folks to play my crew. And CZJ is definitely not someone I would pick to play Astar. I suppose Lena Headey (with straight hair) or Julia Ormond (the way she looks in CSI:NY) could play Astar...Someone wanna let me see that?
mirandafave--While I don't think the appearance is ANYTHING close...I imagine MacGregor's delivery sounding like Greg Gutfield. I'm kind of ambivalent towards the actual show...parts are hilarious, other parts are embarrassingly crass. Here are a couple examples of "funny"...not to mention dead-on (especially the one about how people act on the Internet). Use discretion playing them at work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpW6hRtoUds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f69SZPt9Nzo And a couple examples of "crass" (warning--these are NOT work-safe, especially not the last one!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBK13VG8DXw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvzSiVc65Iw
I think I finally found an actress to play Gul Rebek: Bollywood actress Rani Mukherji. http://www.ranimukherjee.net.in/pictures/rani-mukherjee-002.jpg She's got the correct height and everything...the only thing is she's younger than Rebek, and we'd have to hope she could project a credible command presence when the situation calls for it.
I would cast Patrick Stewart as Picard in my Shuffle the Deck series...and maybe find Ghidora, the three headed monster, cut two of his heads off, shrink him down, and use him to film mutiple shots of Thravals.. Rob
OK...I know it's been a LONG time since I first started this thread, but now that I've picked up Supermax as another series I'm reading, I've got a casting choice I've GOT to share. In my mind, Gul Vornak ("Death-Head") has got a most definite actor in my mind...but I'm going to reach WAY back in the past for this one. How about Lon Chaney?
Seriously, the instant you called him "Death-Head," that was the first thing to pop in my head: the Phantom of the Opera in Cardassian makeup. With a slightly better nose, though.