[Closed] Pratchett casting

Ridcully - Jim Broadbent

Stibbons - Ben Wishaw

Rincewind - Rhys Ifans

Nobby - Mackenzie Crook

Granny Weatherwax - Jean Marsh/Eileen Atkins

Adora-belle Dearheart - Daisy Edgar-Jones

Carrot – One of the Hemsworths. Liam?

Vimes – Liam Neeson.

Sibyl – Melissa McCarthy (I'd say Miriam Margolyes but she's probably knocking on a bit).

Moist von Lipwig – [David Tennant] - I can't beat that, it's perfect casting.

Death – Voice by James Earl Jones, physical actor Macenzie Crook.

[Don Warrington] I think you're getting confused with Death in Paradise.

Rincewind – [Kris Marshall] Again, I'm loving this.

Ridcully – Jim Broadbent

Brian Blessed.

Ponder Stibbons - Cougar

Nanny Ogg - Miriam Margolyes
Granny Weatherwax - Sheila Hancock

Some good suggestions up there. I’d love to see neeson as vimes. Possibly Daniel Craig- actually, vimes might be an easier one to cast.

I’m not convinced on Jim Broadbent as ridcully- he may just be irredeemably linked to hot fuzz in my mind- but it did make me think that Hugh Bonneville might stretch to it. Wishaw as Stibbons is excellent.

Probably a bit late but Alan Rickman is who I always imagine as Vetinarii.

Nanny Ogg – Miriam Margolyes

Perfect

Vetinari is harder than I expected- Ralph fiennes?

Albert- Peter Capaldi

After guardians of the galaxy, I find myself thinking about vin diesel and accompanying cgi team as the librarian...

Gaspod's voice - Ricky Gervais.

All the wee free men all voiced by Billy Connolly and Frankie Boyle.

I believe that TP had Pete Postlethwaite in mind to be Vimes…

Vimes is Brendan Gleeson all day long. Sean Bean!!!! You're not ruining my imagination with him!

The luggage - Priti Patel?

Librarian - Andy Serkis

Dearheart and angua i thought they nailed the casting there in going postal.

Jim Broadbent as the Bursar...

Probably a bit late but Alan Rickman is who I always imagine as Vetinarii

I always thought this too ☹

Any space for Eddie Izzard? One of the wizards, maybe Ponder Stibbons?

I'm struggling with Rincewind, needs to be someone scrawny and weaselly but more morose than Garth Crooks.

Adrian Edmonson as Nobby? Or could Tony Robinson reprise his Baldrick role?

Edit: I feel it really needs to be a Jim Henson production, they could just dust of the Labyrinth sets and turn them in to Ankh Morpork! 😁

Some joyous mental images in my head of some of these suggestions, would be a great way to introduce people to Pratchetts genius

Rincewind has always been Eric Idle.
Vimes is Ray Winston, Vetinari is Ben Kingsley.

Ha, wife has suggested Russel Crowe, Hugh Jackman or McNulty from the wire as left-field choices for Vimes.

Dare I say it, could Buscemi go comedic enough for Rincewind? Or William H Macy?

Am wary of too many British/BBC types, it go all go horribly 'family BBC' bland like Gormenghast did...

Rincewind has always been Eric Idle

^this.

Bill Nighy for Death?

Eric Idle a great choice for Rincewind, I was desperately trying to shoe-horn John Cleese in but it wasn't working.

Librarian – Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis is actually a quality actor **** hiding him behind cgi, they ruined black panther when they killed him off. I think he would make a great Vimes, a good guy with proper demons.

Bill Nighy for Death?

Yes

You can’t have an American or anyone who was in a Harry Potter film, which is a shame because Maggie Smith would have been a perfect Granny Weatherwax

Willie Rushton as Ridcully (one for the kids there).

My Auntie Rita as Wetherwax. Trust me on this.

Michael Palin - Dibbler.

Willie Rushton as Ridcully

Nailed it.

 or anyone who was in a Harry Potter film

That excludes 90% of British actors

You can’t have an American or anyone who was in a Harry Potter film, which is a shame because Maggie Smith would have been a perfect Granny Weatherwax

Yeah... I do agree on both points, but was willing to give some Americans a shot if they could dial down the Hollywood a bit (unless, of course, we're doing Moving Pictures).

Toby Jones as Nobby?

I always had Brendan Gleeson as more of a Colon.

David Jason played Rincewind in one of the Sky adaptations. They got the wrong Trotter.

Vimes is Brendan Gleeson all day long

Sgt Colon surely!

Edit: beaten to it by Rusty Spanner

Although does the Harry Potter caveat rule out Brendan Gleeson? Would be a shame...

And since we're in 'In Bruges' territory, could Colin Farrell fit a role? He played a suitably rat-like character in that movie about the escaped POWs crossing Tibet. Can't fit him in though, he'd have to be a good looking Nobby Nobs or maybe a more obscure character like Pteppic the Assassin...

Hmm... just a thought, could Rowan Atkinson do Vetinari? He can do the precise meticulous mannerisms quite well, can certainly do a look of constant, weary distaste, and as we all know can be extremely cunning...

Rowan Atkinson do Vetinari

That might work. I liked the idea of Alan Rickman playing him - apart from the obvious flaw in the plan - but a bit worried he'd just come across as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Prince of Thieves again. Though he was the only highlight in that shower of shite.

Charles Dance as Vetinari. They got it right in Going Postal...

Dwayne Johnson as Detritus

Russel Crowe for Vimes would work. In The Nice Guys he showed what he can do for range and I think he could put across the world weariness of Sam Vimes well.

Steve Rogers (he of Captain America) could do Carrot... As long as he could do the accent and the innocence.

Rincewind has always been Eric Idle

Eric Idle has been Rincewind. He voiced the character in (at least?) one of the Discworld video games.

Ponder Stibbons – Cougar

More like Bloody Stupid Johnson.

They guy who played the demon headmaster should play vetinari.

Vetinari, is an assassin and a tyrant (although often benevolent in his tyranny), his disguise is that of bureaucrat, and everyone knows it. Having him speak gently to you should be terrifying, if he agrees with something you said alarms bells should be ringing. He isn't ****ing Mr Bean!

To create the right mix of sinister, intelligence, ruthless yet caring for the society he has created, it has to be a Daniel Day-Lewis!

It has to be someone you could imagine moving efficiently down a dark passage full of booby traps, knowing exactly where to step, where to pivot, spin or duck, and not end it with a prat fall.

Vetinari, then - John Malkovich?

Oh my god, no, wait - Vetinari has to be David Tennant.

Charles Dance as Vetinari. They got it right in Going Postal…

Totally. In fact they got most of the casting pretty spot on in Going Postal.
Almost makes up for the cluster **** that was Hogfather.

David Tennant

Oh FFS! are you casting Vetinari or a substitute teacher, sitting in a vw beatle sobbing after his first day on the job?

Oh my god, no, wait – Vetinari has to be David Tennant

He's playing Moist, so it goes to Charles Dance.

Or Michael Sheen.

Lord Downey - Tom Hiddleston
Dr Whiteface - Stephen Merchant
Pteppic - Rami Malek

Oh my god, no, wait – Vetinari has to be David Tennant

Damien Lewis

In my dream TP adaptation its Phillip Glenister from Life on Mars as Vimes

McKenzie Crook as Nobby is inspired, then having played the Discworld PC game in my youth I can't see past Eric Idle as Rincewind

David Tennant

Oh FFS! are you casting Vetinari or a substitute teacher, sitting in a vw beatle sobbing after his first day on the job?

You've presumably never watched Jessica Jones?

Or Des, which should be a thread in itself.

I can see Stephen Merchant as Death. Rhys Darby and Jermaine Clements have to fit in somewhere, but I’ve not read a DW novel for years.

Johnny vegas as sergeant colon

Vetenari has to be Charles Dance surely??? And Colm Meaney as Vimes I reckon

Tim Macinerney and Rowan Atkinson surely for some of the wizards?

Struggling for Magrat though, keep coming back to Freya Mavor but not sure it is right.

Tory MPs - trolls at koom valley

Emma Chambers (Alice in The Vicar of Dibley) for Magrat.

Detritus is a hard one.

If only we knew someone with experience of playing a reformed troll.

🤣

Detritus, maybe Dave Bautista?

Ooh, Peter Dinklage for Cheery? And Warwick Davies for the Low King?

Yup.....JonEdwards...... Pete Postlethwaite was definitely meant to play Vimes.

You can clearly see him in "Where's my cow?"

Vimes

Evanna Lynch for Magrat maybe (Although potter connection obviously). Miriam Margoyles and Maggie Smith are perfect as Ogg and Granny though. And Serkis / Henry Cavill for Greebo in cat / human ish form.

It has to be someone you could imagine moving efficiently down a dark passage full of booby traps, knowing exactly where to step, where to pivot, spin or duck, and not end it with a prat fall.

Have you seen Atkinson playing Magrait? No pratfalls there, but quiet deliberation, although, while there are moments where Atkinson/Magrait shows a cold, steely side, he never seems like he could be an assassin. Alan Rickman has always been my first thought, but it’s close to being typecasting!
I always thought that the actor Geoffrey Bayldon would be good as Rincewind, except for the sad fact he was dead.

It might be typecasting, but King Louie or Clyde to play the librarian.

Christopher Walken as King Louie as the Librarian.

Am trying to fit Mrs Doyle of Father Ted fame into a Nanny Ogg shaped hole.

Tea
General 'old lady' amiability
Hints of 'colourful' childhood (Mrs Doyle starting an anecdote about 'my husband' before instantly clamming up 😀 ).

Not saying it's perfect, but there's something in it...

Yes but who would you cast for Angua?

Played this game before and this is the one that never gets answered in a convincing manner.

Angus? Erin Moriarty.

Angua (as most Pratchet characters are actually) is a charcater arc, almost an american teen movie character nerd to beauty. She starts of a bit shy, unsure of herself not really coping with her split life, possibly a bit dishevelled due to her changes. Becoming a confident and assertive and in control of her werewolf side.

A more athletic Emma Watson? an Alien(s) era Sigourney Weaver?

Starlight is a charcater arc, almost an american teen movie character nerd to beauty. She starts of a bit shy, unsure of herself not really coping with her split life, possibly a bit dishevelled due to her changes. Becoming a confident and assertive and in control of her superhero side.

Fixed that for you.

Felicia Day for Angua. Probably helps she is a monumental nerd so would love playing a Pratchett character.

Christina Hendricks?

Jeri Ryan from 15 years ago

Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn) should be Mrs (Evadne) Cake!

“Mrs Cake? What is a Mrs Cake?"
"You have ... ghastly Things from the Dungeon Dimensions and things, yes? Terrible hazards of your ungodly profession?" said the Chief Priest.
"Yes."
"We have someone called Mrs Cake."

Haha, I was avoiding the subject of Angua, reminds me of a passage from The Light Fantastic regarding Herrena the Henna Haired Harridan:

"Now, there is a tendency at a point like this to look over one’s shoulder at the cover artist and start going on at length about leather, tight boots and naked blades.
Words like ‘full’, ‘round’ and even ‘pert’ creep into the narrative, until the writer has to go and have a cold shower and a lie down."

Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn) should be Mrs (Evadne) Cake!

“Mrs Cake? What is a Mrs Cake?”
“You have … ghastly Things from the Dungeon Dimensions and things, yes? Terrible hazards of your ungodly profession?” said the Chief Priest.
“Yes.”
“We have someone called Mrs Cake.”

Genius!

Jeri Ryan from 15 years ago

Funnily enough I was thinking her or a young Katee Sackhoff.

There do seem to be a lot of dead people or younger versions that we want to be doing these roles.
Alan Rickman's agent must be missing all the work that could be rolling his way.

And Mrs Doyle is the wrong shape to be Mrs Cake.

And Mrs Doyle is the wrong shape to be Mrs Cake.

Brenda Blethyn isn't

Mark Gatiss would make a decent Vetinari. Benedict Cumberbatch could probably also make a decent go of it.

There do seem to be a lot of dead people or younger versions that we want to be doing these roles.

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Mr Slant then.

🙂

Have we done Cohen the Barbarian?

Robert Carlyle doing an aged Begbie?

That would be awesome for cohen.

Arnie for Cohen, surely?