#fantasy casting

[neapeaikea]

I feel like there has to be a part on the next season of Heated Rivalry that would fit perfectly for Lou Ferrigno Jr. As an old defenseman in his last season, or an enforcer? Like come on, he's built as a brickhouse and is game for kissing boys. Even a part as just a teammate in the dressing room, it would fit like a glove!

All them Bucktommy hockey AU's can't be for nothing.

[mywingsareonwheels]

A post of joy and love towards the "Heated Rivalry" actors (& specifically their performances in the show)

Because I have done enough ranting about the Horrors and Nonsense now, and I just want to focus on how utterly fricking awesome they are.

This may get Long and Nerdy, so I'm putting it behind a cut:

Name: Hudson Williams (Shane Hollander) I particularly squee over: his microexpressions, his microexpressions, oh my goodness they are breathtakingly good. Watch that moment after Boston wins the cup, the bittersweetness, the way his mouth moves. I love Hudson's delivery of lines, don't get me wrong, but its what he does with his face in quiet moments that lifts the whole show to a new level. My favourite line: toss up between "does it kill you too?" and "this is Ilya... Rosanov... but you know that". ;-) Also every time he calls Ilya an asshole. ;-) Shakespearean role I want to see him play: Hal/Henry V in the Henry IVs part 1 and 2, and Henry V. Please. Omg. Also Hamlet in a few years. Name: Connor Storrie (Ilya Rosanov) I particularly squee over: I mean, the phone monologue in Russian, obviously. But one of the other things that impresses me most is how he conveys Ilya's change in age; he looks so different over the time that passes, and most of that is body language, not hair and make-up (esp. coupled with the way that he contrasts Ilya pretending to be The Most Adult person and Ilya actually at his oldest in s1 but letting himself be a big kid a bit :) ). Magnificent. My favourite line: "she would have loved you, like I love you". Shakespearean role I want to see him play: Mercutio. Also Mark Antony in Julius Caesar in about 10-20 years time. Name: François Arnaud (Scott Hunter) I particularly squee over: I am a total sucker for actors with expressive eyes and this is partly why he's my favourite even though I also love the others so much! The grateful-orphan-elder-statesman mask, the painfully innocent joy in his new relationship, the anxiety and possible-OCD, the way it all breaks, and then the joy and determination at the end of ep5. My God the man does devastating face journeys. Ngyargh. Favourite line(s): "I thought I could do this; I wanted to" and "fear is a powerful thing". (But also: the way his voice shakes the second time he orders a smoothie from Kip.) Shakespearean role I want to see him play: I know he wants to play Macbeth and I can't disagree with him on that. ;-) Also: Benedick in Much Ado. Name: Robbie G.K. (Kip Grady) I particularly squee over: this may sound underwhelmed but it really isn't:- the calm kindness and gentle humour in a show full of so much high-octane drama. Not that Kip doesn't have his messy moments! But he is a breath of fresh air into the story as well as into Scott's life and Robbie just conveys that with every second he's onscreen. And then, omg, the break-up scene... again, kindness and gentleness layered over so much pain, and the way he then collapses on to his dad. Aaah. It's understated; it's perfect. Favourite line(s): "you don't have to do this", with all of those deliveries. Also literally every time he gets snarky. :D Shakespearean role I want to see him play: Brutus in Julius Caesar, though probably not for another 10 years or so. But I want to see that quiet, intelligent power bubbling over and crack. :D As he is still a bit young for Brutus though, let's say Lear's Fool, complete with some of his gorgeous singing.

Name: Christina Chang (Yuna Hollander) I particularly squee over: ahhhh how does she make even Yuna so scary and yet so utterly lovable and warm and charming?!! The dry humour and the care and the competence. Her comic timing is also majestic. Omg. Favourite line: "since their rookie year! [sniff]" Shakespearean role I want to see her play: Iago in Othello (though emphatically with the right director to make that... not be problematic af). But she's got exactly the right level of ferocious intelligence and charm; I think she'd be terrifying. Alternatively: Henry IV to Hudson Williams's Hal. Or (obviously) Beatrice in Much Ado if she hasn't already, but that's almost too obvious. ;-) Name: Dylan Walsh (David Hollander) I particularly squee over: his boring. ;-) No, really! In a show partly about different kinds of masculinity and the need for men to be softer and more open for their own sakes as well as others, David is such a nurturer and in a very low-key way he gives one example of Getting It Right, and Dylan gets this across so, so powerfully. Favourite line: "the summer before!" Shakespearean role I want to see him play: has he played Falstaff yet? If he hasn't, Falstaff to Hudson Williams' Hal please. :D

Name: Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova (Svetlana Vetrova) I particularly squee over: that gorgeous mixture of playfulness and ferocity and loyalty and determination and kindness. I keep thinking Ksenia must be older than she is, not because she doesn't look that young (she's one of the few main and supporting actors I don't find at all attractive because just Too Damn Young!), but because that's a hell of a lot of nuance to get across in relatively few scenes and I am in awe. Favourite line: aah, I can't remember it (or the English translation, at least!), but the one she says when she interrupts the Rosanov brothers at the funeral. Steely and concerned and wryly funny and just a bit scared. Shakespearean role I want to see her play: Rosalind in As You Like It, please. And/or the Princess of France in Love's Labours Lost. Name: Sophie Nélisse (Rose Landry) I particularly squee over: the spaces around her words. The way she conveys all of that thoughtfulness and humour and and warmth in such an understated but compelling way. I always feel that the show is taking a breath when she's onscreen, one that Shane desperately needs. Favourite line: all of them? ;-) Shakespearean role I want to see her play: oh my goodness, Celia to Ksenia's Rosalind, please! Or indeed Orlando, ditto. I really hope those two get some scenes together in s2; I think their acting styles would do fascinating and awesome things together. Name: Nadine Bhabha (Elena Rygg) I particularly squee over: in her more comic scenes: her facial expressions. Someone needs to react to how endearingly ridiculous Kip and Scott are being. But then... aaah. Just, I cannot imagine anyone delivering Elena's speech to Scott over the dance more powerfully. That mixture of compassion and hard truths. It would have been so easy to have Elena be simply harsh, and that would have lost so much that's important about that episode. Favourite line: "he deserves sunshine - and so do you" (predictable, I know, but it is amazing!) Shakespearean role I want to see her play: Beatrice in Much Ado again seems a little too obvious but I really really want to see her play her, so. ;-) Also, rather more from left-field, Edward IV in the Henry VIs & Richard III. Oh goodness, I really want to carry on but this post is already shockingly long and I need to rest; I may do a sequel post at some point because I also want to squee about Matt Gordon and Kolton Stewart and Yaroslav Poverlo and Slavic Rogozine and Callan Potter and Brandon Ash-Mohammed and Bianca Nugara and and and. This cast. THIS CAST. They are all so mindbogglingly good. <3

I absolutely would love to hear what other people who love the whole cast relish particularly about each performance. :)

[petermorwood]

Fantasy Film Fantasy Casting

Instead of reboots and remakes and thises and thats, it would be fun to see a movie about Michael Moorcock's sword-and-sorcery anti-hero Elric of Melniboné.

It would need a plot, a screenplay and a budget, probably a big one, but casting the title character might be easy enough.

This cover art was done by James Cawthorn in 1965:

This movie poster is from 2011.

This image is from 2022-23.

This graphic novel cover is from 2022.

Just a thought.

Thoughts have a very low budget, daydreams an unlimited one.

:->

[tallybearofnurgle]

Fantasy Casting the Active Primarchs

Brad Pitt as Roboute Guilleman

Bear with me here—Dark Imperium describes the reawakened Guilleman as a classically handsome blond man who is showing his age (Rob's a few hundred thousand years old after all) while still looking like a statue of perfection. So yeah, pretty much Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Liam Cunningham as Lion El-Jonson

Cunningham is only two years older than Pitt, but people age differently(to the Lion's frustration). Beyond his stately looks, Cunningham can bring exactly the vibe of the tired knight whose righteous fury has been quieted by the years.

Richard Brake as Mortarion

First of all yes, this is me casting my favorite character actor as the Primarch of my own faction. But with his sunken looks, bright eyes, and ability to go from sympathetic to terrifying at no notice, Brake will make a fantastic pale king.

Dave Bautista as Magnus the Red

Magnus is a huge muscular guy, but then you realize his whole thing is being a total nerd: a book-loving D&D wizard who never stops thinking about the Warp. Bautista is the perfect actor for that dichotomy.

Derek Mears as Angron

You could say that any great big guy could play a berserker monster like Angron, but Mears is a a great big guy who's particularly great at playing monsters. And Angron's had a rough go of it, so he should have the best.

Tilda Swinton as Fulgrim

Even setting aside the inevitable Slaaneshi androgyny, the serpentine Fulgrim should present a different archetype of strength from his brothers, and a hissing, slithering Swinton is just the level of weirdness required.

[the-imaginative-hobbyist]

I like to think that somewhere in the multiverse Spider-Man made it to the big screen in the 90's with Leonardo DiCaprio as Peter and Heather Graham as MJ...

Also, happy birthday to Heather Graham!

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If this is not the defining picture of how Reverse!Omens would look, I don't know what is.

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