cayman shen
Master Member
Re: I know there are other Dark Tower fans here
God, I dunno. I mean, King envisioned this as a cross between a Sergio Leone film and Lord of the Rings. You're a casting director...what do you DO with that? I mean, I could see Hugh Jackman as Roland, because he reminds me a great deal of a young Clint Eastwood, but I dunno. He'd have to slim down a lot. Roland is NOT brawny. He's tall, and slim. It's not ideal. If David Carradine were less effeminate and alive, perhaps...
For Susannah: Vivica Fox
For Eddie: Actually, there's a few guys from Lost who might fit. He's young, cocky, a hint of pretty-boy, perhaps.
For Jake: tough. Very tough. If they pull a Jake Lloyd here, it all crashes down. They need this generation's Haley Joel Osmet. Or again, the kid from Let the Right One In. Someone brilliant, and a brilliant director to lead him. Everyone will be focussed on Roland, but Jake is the heart, almost literally, he is Roland's heart. The series will live or die on whether their Jake can act and whether he and Roland can sell their bond to the audiences. Which I doubt. Frankly, it will require art house tenderness, and that tenderness often gets washed gray by big budget b.s.
Oy: Either omit him or get a trained badger. Don't give us a ****ing CG billy-bumbler.
EDIT: I'm also worried about a major visual/tonal shift between TV and Feature Film. I mean, they can't afford to make the show look like the movie, I'd guess. Unless they reaaaallllllly go minimal on CG, which I pray for. Those who abuse CG have forgotten the face of their fathers.
One cool thing about the TV idea is they can work in things like Little Sisters of Eluria.
I wonder if Kind will play King and Fimalo, Feemalo, etc.
God, I dunno. I mean, King envisioned this as a cross between a Sergio Leone film and Lord of the Rings. You're a casting director...what do you DO with that? I mean, I could see Hugh Jackman as Roland, because he reminds me a great deal of a young Clint Eastwood, but I dunno. He'd have to slim down a lot. Roland is NOT brawny. He's tall, and slim. It's not ideal. If David Carradine were less effeminate and alive, perhaps...
For Susannah: Vivica Fox
For Eddie: Actually, there's a few guys from Lost who might fit. He's young, cocky, a hint of pretty-boy, perhaps.
For Jake: tough. Very tough. If they pull a Jake Lloyd here, it all crashes down. They need this generation's Haley Joel Osmet. Or again, the kid from Let the Right One In. Someone brilliant, and a brilliant director to lead him. Everyone will be focussed on Roland, but Jake is the heart, almost literally, he is Roland's heart. The series will live or die on whether their Jake can act and whether he and Roland can sell their bond to the audiences. Which I doubt. Frankly, it will require art house tenderness, and that tenderness often gets washed gray by big budget b.s.
Oy: Either omit him or get a trained badger. Don't give us a ****ing CG billy-bumbler.
EDIT: I'm also worried about a major visual/tonal shift between TV and Feature Film. I mean, they can't afford to make the show look like the movie, I'd guess. Unless they reaaaallllllly go minimal on CG, which I pray for. Those who abuse CG have forgotten the face of their fathers.
One cool thing about the TV idea is they can work in things like Little Sisters of Eluria.
I wonder if Kind will play King and Fimalo, Feemalo, etc.
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