Actors for HQ Movie

[Goblin-King]

elf: david bowie [sorry goblin king]

Actually I'm okay with this. He would be awesome as the elf.

Knightkrawler - if they were going to make the movie a comedy...MAYBE I could see your line up.

Of course it should be a comedy! Or at least very light hearted. It wouldn't work as a grim dark hardcore fantasy movie.
The movie needs to reflect the actual gameplay to a certain degree...

We need to see scenes where the dwarf accidentally opens a lot of doors and attract a lot of monsters.
We need scenes with greedy undiscovered treasure traps.
Scenes with crowded doorfighting.
Scenes with all the stupid things that happens during play...

[Big Bene]

Moeller is ancient and well past his Barbarian shape. If he was the Barbarian he would have 7 attack dice because of sheer age and experience.

Well, I havn't seen any newer movies of him. I know he's still active and I've seen some still photos from which I would see he aged pretty well face-wise, but I can't say anything about his shape. This is why I wrote "if he is not too old" in my first post. In any case, he'd be a better choice than Schwarzenegger, who would have experience of round 20 attack dice.

[torilen]

I could certainly go for including tim curry
And ian mckellan. David bowie is, unfortunately
Far too old, I think.

I heartily disagree that this should be a comedy
Though. It is way too easy to ruin a good idea by
Trying to turn something not meant to be funny
Into a comedy. Point of example - the new 21
Jump street. Even things that are supposed to be
Funny don't always translate well in today's sense
Of humor. The movie Get Smart was not nearly as
Good as the original show. The two different types
Of humor just didn't mix well.
Another example - american werewolf in paris. Not
Too bad of a movie, but if they had made it a little
More serious and a bit darker, like the original, it
Would have been a heck of a lo better.

[torilen]

Oh yes - I had considered Johnny Depp myself for someone,
I just couldn't decide if he would be quite right.

[Anderas]

With the big bang theory crew, i would use Stephen Hawking as Mentor.

[knightkrawler]

Johnny Depp is the most overrated actor, possibly of all time, among the audiences.
Look at his last dozen roles: it is all the same. And with that kind of makeup everyone can play this role.
Yes, singular. Role. He's a character actor and nothing more.

Sewwney Todd, Pirates of the Carribbean, Alice in Wonderland, Dark shadows, The Lone Ranger, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
See the pattern! All one and the same role.
I despise his popularity, which is blown way out of proportion.

And he's too old to play the Elf. Almost all actors listed here are much too old.
The four heroes would have to be at the beginning of their twenties (perceived; I know there are clichés about Elves and Dwarfs).

And it would have to be a comedy. There's not much more to the storyline that movie would have to have: a quest, a goal, a riddle, the end.
Maybe even B-Movie style; I, for one, would love that. In the vein of those 1980s Italian trash fantasy films...
Beautiful.

[torilen]

I was thinking more along the lines of 1980's sword and sorcery movies...Conan, Red Sonja, Krull, Clash of the Titans,
Dragonslayer - I know there are a few more probably worth mentioning, but I haven't seen those.

I certainly wouldn't think anything like the modern Lord of the Rings movies - that would be too epic for this kind of
story - which, knightkrawler, I agree there's not a WHOLE lot of plot. They may have to take a bit of license with the
story, perhaps.

As far the age of the heroes - I've never seen them as in their 20's. Adventurers in their 20's would not have enough
experience to complete the "quests" required of them. I mean...come on...the Empire's great Sir Ragnar had quite
a lot of experience and managed to get captured. How could anyone believe that four 20-23-year-old kids would
be able to do what he could not.

I'm not saying they should be senior citizens, of course - maybe 35-40.

[knightkrawler]

As far the age of the heroes - I've never seen them as in their 20's. Adventurers in their 20's would not have enough
experience to complete the "quests" required of them. I mean...come on...the Empire's great Sir Ragnar had quite
a lot of experience and managed to get captured. How could anyone believe that four 20-23-year-old kids would
be able to do what he could not.

I'm not saying they should be senior citizens, of course - maybe 35-40.

It's the low stats and that whole Mentor thing that make me think of very young inexperienced adventurers.

[torilen]

Eh...yeah, I could see that argument.

Apparently there are three things never to bring up in public - politics, religion,
and what actors should play in a fictional movie about a defunct board game.

[knightkrawler]

This is actually a good thread, making you aware of how you perceive the game.
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But Johnny Depp?! Pfft... In all seriousness. Jesus, what an overrated concept. He may be a handsome guy, but he's old, too.
He could play Morcar's evil crossdressing cat.