BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I agree, mostly obvious choices. All within the ballpark of acceptable. But none where you say "That's it". My personal choice for Tom would be....Ian McKellen. But then he could not have played Gandalf. Knowing what I know now however. Mark Rylance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 You are wrong! #RylanceForBombadilAfterTheFact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Rylance would have made a good Treebeard too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 And a great Bilbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Bombadil was pretty old by the timescale of LOTR, wasn't he? Richard Briers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Pretty old? The Sindarin Elves named him Iarwain Ben-adar (Eldest and Fatherless). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Quote John Hurt Leah: But only if he wore this exact mustache. Emily: The fact that John Hurt wasn’t in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is just plain weird in the first place. So this would be a pretty great place to make up for that mishap. John Hurt would actually have been pretty good as Bombadil. Though "Emily" gets it wrong, he was actually in Lord of the Rings...as the voice of Aragorn. I could let it slide if she just missed that, but she also says she prefers the theatrical versions of LOTR, so yeah geek credentials revoked right there. Anyway, the rest of the list is pretty off, IMO. The kind of celebrity/novelty/gimmick casting choices Jackson made for The Hobbit. #nomorerylancesickofrylance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I can never look past Tom Baker. I reckon he'd have been just about perfect. Briers is a good shout too, but I think Baker would have lent a somewhat more mysterious edge to the character. Briers is just too lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Rick Moranis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Jeff Bridges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Ric Flair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Albert Finney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Ooohhh...not bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 You guys are all way off. FOTR would have flopped if you lot were casting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Russel Crowe as Aragorn, Michael Jackson as Elrond, Sam Neil as Gandalf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Don't forget David Bowie as Galadriel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 He was my Samwise! Jean Reno as Boromir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 James Corden as Frodo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 And Jimmy Fallon as Pippin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 OK, let's end this now. Patrick Stewart is the perfect Bombadil. He's the only Bombadil. Mon Capitaine has great comedic timing and can sing. And can nail Tom's voice down cold. Jay, you can close this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 18 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: Now, that I think about it, maybe James Cosmo. No, James Cosmo must be Gloin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barnald 365 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Stephen Fry as Balin? Good Lord no. I knew you were insane but this is simply too much. Most of the rest would have been my shouts also, except Bill Bailey of course. Only a deranged loon would consider casting him (in anything). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Brian Blessed and Ian McShane would have been outstanding dwarves. I definitely tend to think Del Toro would not have gone the pretty boy route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Incanus 5,714 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Brian Blessed as Bombadil. It would have been brilliant to hear him bellowing out "Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I think Sean Connery could have pulled Bombadil off. He has a impish charm that could have worked. Tell me this isn't Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Blessed as Dain I reckon. He could pull of a big personality like that arriving late on. 10 hours ago, BloodBoal said: That's because you're thinking of the Fry we got as the disgusting Master of Laketown. I'm thinking of the more respectable intellectual man behind that performance! Nah I'm just thinking of Stephen Fry full-stop, and no. He's many things but a Dwarf he isn't. Other good Dwarves - Jack Thompson, Richard Ridings, Vincent Regan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 The trouble with Brian Blessed is he's never anyone other than Brian Blessed. I can see why Jackson never cast him as anything in the films (because many assumed he was bound to pop up somewhere). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Quintus said: The trouble with Brian Blessed is he's never anyone other than Brian Blessed. I can see why Jackson never cast him as anything in the films (because many assumed he was bound to pop up somewhere). True but who cares? He'd just be a dwarf, and they could have used some personality. And the Hobbit films have amply demonstrated that Jackson's not above gimmicky casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Jonathan Pryce would have made for a better Master of Laketown. And no one can beat Stott as Balin anyway in my book. But overall yes, some very strong picks there, I like nearly all of those actors and would have picked them myself. That said, you telling me these arseholes wouldn't make great Dwarves? If only Pat Roach were still alive to play Beorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Speaking of Hobbits, I still think they should have cast Rhys Darby as one. Maybe have a scene in The Green Dragon where he's the barman or something. He'd be terrific. And while I don't know if he had the serious acting chops for it in the long run, he'd have been very adept at Bilbo's comic stuff also. McNally would have been fine I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Is that the same Pat Roach who fought Indiana Jones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Several times, yes. Died long before The Hobbit unfortunately but I always thought he'd have made a great Beorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 He's unrecognisable to me in the picture on the previous page, he really filled out later didn't he. I remember Roach as brickie Bomber Busbridge in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I don't believe I put up a photo of him (are you referring to the photos of Jack Thompson and Richard Ridings?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quintus 5,399 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, Barnald said: I don't believe I put up a photo of him (are you referring to the photos of Jack Thompson and Richard Ridings?) Ah, I thought the image above the Beorn comment was Roach. I thought it looked nothing like I remembered him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I fucking love Oliver Reed and Kulich, so of course I'd welcome them in any capacity. You're getting better and better at this malarkey BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 A shadows and dust of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Why would you hire all those brilliant actors to play the dwarves? The characters have almost nothing to do in both the book or the massively expanded upon films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barnald 365 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 You do have a very good point of course. Also, it's quite possible Jackson deliberately steered clear of casting too many cantankerous, well-known older actors on the back of JRD's complaints regarding make-up and such on LOTR. Imagining having to put up with this x13 every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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