Mistborn Movie: Benedict Cumberbatch (Speculation)

[NeverTrustAesSedai He/Him]

As we all know, Brandon Sanderson has partnered with Apple TV to give us a full-fledged Mistborn movie, followed hopefully by a full Cosmere of productions (assuming they stay faithful, of course). There's another topic on here dealing with full casts for the movie, which everyone should check out because it's got a lot of awesome stuff.

This topic is much narrower in scope than that one, but it contains a vital, essential, potentially Cosmere-threatening possibility: What role should Benedict Cumberbatch, my personal favorite actor, the glorious Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Strange, play in the production? Assuming he's cast for it, of course, which is by no means certain. None of this is hard, confirmed info, just so everyone's clear; just my hope-fueled speculation and wishful thinking.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Lord Ruler

would be an interesting interpretation

[storming_kayana]

4 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

would be an interesting interpretation

I also thought it. But to add new ideas... what about El the parshendi? It fits

[NeverTrustAesSedai He/Him]

4 hours ago, storming_kayana said:

I also thought it. But to add new ideas... what about El the parshendi? It fits

That actually makes a ton of sense. Though I've never thought of it before, it does definitely fit (although a carapace-covered Cumberbatch is a sight I never thought I'd see). These are both great ideas!

This might be a bit of a stretch, but maybe Sigzil? Then again, there are probably better Sigzils out there. I've also seen him occasionally cast as Ruin, which would be cool.

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

4 hours ago, NeverTrustAesSedai said:

That actually makes a ton of sense. Though I've never thought of it before, it does definitely fit (although a carapace-covered Cumberbatch is a sight I never thought I'd see). These are both great ideas!

This might be a bit of a stretch, but maybe Sigzil? Then again, there are probably better Sigzils out there. I've also seen him occasionally cast as Ruin, which would be cool.

I have always seen him as somebody who knows more than everybody else (probably bc of the two roles you mentioned, though). I would love to see him play TLR, Ruin, or even leras, though that is a very, very small role. Maybe he could play Rayse?

Edited March 27 by Clarkmon22
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[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Man should totally play TLR

[Through the Living Hope]

Bennyface Cucumberpatch?

[NeverTrustAesSedai He/Him]

I just had another idea - what if he were Frost or Xisis? He's played a dragon before, after all (Smaug). Problem is we don't know a huge amount about either of them, but if he was one of them I'd lean toward maybe Frost because he seems more awesome.

I haven't read Isles of the Emberdark, by the way, so I'm not aware of any appearances that dragons make in that.

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

53 minutes ago, NeverTrustAesSedai said:

I just had another idea - what if he were Frost or Xisis? He's played a dragon before, after all (Smaug). Problem is we don't know a huge amount about either of them, but if he was one of them I'd lean toward maybe Frost because he seems more awesome.

I haven't read Isles of the Emberdark, by the way, so I'm not aware of any appearances that dragons make in that.

I would lean towards frost heavily if he were to play a dragon, because of the descriptions of their characters. 

This spoiler is only the description of the human forms of the two, from IotE and The Traveler, a (I beleive) noncanon short story about hoid interacting with frost on Yolen, slightly after the killing of ati and leras and the end of era 1

Spoiler

Frost is described as a pale skinned man with a silver beard. Xixis is described as a dark skinned man who often wears his head bald. 

They could totally change the characters for the movies, I know I wouldn't care much if they were different from the description, but there might be people that do care, including Sanderson himself, who I think has final say over everything of his that Apple makes.

[storming_kayana]

4 hours ago, Clarkmon22 said:

They could totally change the characters for the movies, I know I wouldn't care much if they were different from the description, but there might be people that do care, including Sanderson himself, who I think has final say over everything of his that Apple makes.

It's just like Snape or Netflix, but in the opposite sense