Stormlight Movie Casting

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

17 hours ago, Kaponkie said:

I hate to be the guy to drop the obligatory "Most of the Stormlight characters are vaguely Middle-Eastern/Asian/Polynesian in looks", but yeah. I personally really like the look of Luke Pasqualino for Kaladin, Rebecca Hazlewood for Jasnah, Tom Hiddleston for Hoid and even as funny as it sounds as first it's not impossible for me to see the Rock as Rock, I think he could play the role well. I personally have considered with a Stormlight movie probably being a ways away, that an older Jason Mamoa could make for a good Dalinar. I even edited the photo below to see what it might look like (Excuse the UI, I did it on my phone with a screenshot off google images)

The Rock could definitely play Rock, as the Horneaters are partially Polynesian inspired.

Hoid is not Alethi and changes his features to fit in, so I see no reason why Hiddleston can’t play him.

For Dalinar I still can’t truly envision anyone but Mifune though. (Warning for fake blood)

Mifune is the one on the left. The winner (obviously). Momoa has nothing on him.

Note that Mifune is considered the best actor of all time in some circles so this may be a slightly unfair comparison.

Collage of clips from the many films (over 100) he starred in.

And just to give an idea of his range:

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Kingsdaughter613

[Kaponkie]

1 hour ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

For Dalinar I still can’t truly envision anyone but Mifune though

Gotta say you have me pretty sold on Mifune, it's an absolute shame he's not alive today to play the role. He definitely has the look and the intensity to do it properly.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Kaponkie

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

Dalinar is tricky. I haven't seen him in much, but I'm thinking Kevin Durand. The guy is almost two metres, and is around the right age. 

For Ash, I'm thinking Nathalie Emmanuel, though Lupita would be excellent as well.

Winston Duke for Taln. He is a really good actor, and is physically huge which is important for Taln. 

Omid Abtahi or Riz Ahmed would be great as Kalak.

[Frustration]

I don't know anything about the legality of it, but I was thinking back to this song from Treasure planet, and it's all I can think of for Kaladin's song now.

 

[Kalak_]

Okay but Richard armitage as jezrien

Mahershala ali as nale 

tom hiddleston.hoid 

boom

[Kalak_]

I’ve been watching the hobbit again and Tell me Richard armitage  won’t be a perfect jezrien 

[Kalak_]

Okay I’ve thought of the seen we see for the prelude 

(filmed in the cairngorm mountains in Scotland)

our imagine zooms over a muddy path as we see leather boots hit the wet mud. Our figure, who is hooded, climbs over the Rocky outcrop were the camera takes in the nature surrounding, aswell as maybe a few spen. He reaches the top of the outcrop and we see a large mountain plateau facing over a large landscape.a bearded figure (Richard armitage as jezrien) is watching the night cast over the hills in the distance but our main focus is a circle of intricate huge blades in a circle. Our hooded figure reaches the top of the plateau were he takes his hood off. We see (I haven’t fully visualised the actor so idk) Kalak (Chris hemsworth maybe ) kneel before the circle of blades before saying “my lord”

that’s what I’ve got so far 

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Hey, @Kalak_, the mods prefer it if you edit your original post to add things rather than double post.

[Kalak_]

On 20/12/2017 at 0:43 PM, Vercent said:

Hmm I like this idea, I agree with most of those choices, only changes (for me) would be: 

Karen Gillan as Shallan, Natural red head and bringing some Scottish sass along with her.
Adam Driver as Kaladin - I'd like to see him in a less whiny role, Kylo Ren is such a whiny little emo.
I'm not certain with the choice for Adolin as I imagine him being larger of stature than Lucas Till

Also what about John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek) as Sadeas? I think he would really bring a great layer of vitriolic spite to the role.

 

I could see Hayden Christensen as adolin 

[Frustration]

On 5/21/2021 at 9:53 AM, Kalak_ said:

I could see Hayden Christensen as adolin 

It's over Adolin, I have the high ground!

Edited May 23, 2021 by Frustration

[Jash]

On 3/13/2018 at 2:48 PM, The Thrill said:

Siddiq from Walking Dead (Avi Nash)

This is definatily how I imagine Kaladin looking (but with an Epicanthic fold), so I vote for this guy to play Kaladin. I'll be honest, since I live in Korea, and I just think there are so many good actors who play some of the other characters, most of the rest of my picks are Korean. 

My pick for Dalinar. His name is Park Hae-joon. I've seen him play both a nice guy and a total douche, I think he could pull off both the past version of Dalinar and the present version. 

For Jasnah, I'm going with Seo Ye-ji. I know, her skin is too light, but she has so much authority in her parts. I think she could pull off, I'm a bad ass while wearing a havah. Plus she has the black hair at least. And heck, other people are choosing white people, so I'm closer to how they look in the story dang it lol. By the way, she's 31, and I checked, Jasnah is suppossed to be about 35, so it works. 

For Shallan, Han So-hee, yeah I even found a pic where she has red hair, lol. I think she has the fair skin described for Shallan, also...is decent at playing a troubled person, truthfully I've only seen her in one show, so not sure if she could pull of the split personalities, but this is essentially exactly how I imagine Shallan lol, so for looks, spot on (except with light eyes). 

My pick for Moash, Hwang Hee. Could definitely play the role if it's going evil (his role in the above show is....such an awful person), but...I think there is potential for him pulling off a more complex character as well. 

Gonna require a lot of make up or CGI, but Gemma Chan for Venli. Venli is always walking around exuding confidence, and I think Gemma Chan could pull that off. 

Cho Jin-woong as Sadeas. He is one of the actors I like more in Korea, and I was looking for a part for him. I think he could pull off both the look and personality of Sadaes. 

Gang Dong-won as Lopen. In the above movie, he was pretty funny, think he could play the role. 

Trying to find an Adolin was hard. So I just found the prettiest freaking man I could find : Jung Jaewon. His acting was not great in the show above lol, but....I imagine as Adolin vaguely like this, extremely pretty..but shorter hair than this, and of course with lots of blond mixed in. 

Another heavy make up needed, Dichen Lachman as Lady Leshwi, or hell, any Singer/Listener/Fused lol. She has such interesting features, good in actions scenes in shows I've watched, also plays a good in between character (so would work well playing a gray character). 

Okay, I've ran out of people to name. I was looking for someone for Navani, but couldn't find anyone who met my image of her. They are either too old looking or too young looking lol. Also, she is meant to have some weight to her, and Korean actresses are so thin, even in their 50s/60s. Renarin was another hard one...I kept imagining him as an anime character lol, think Kabuto in Naruto. So that's it Kabuto in Naruto, somebody find me a real actor for that lol. like And yes, I know there are other actors in the world, but...I've mostly been exposed to Western and Korean media, so...those are my main choices of which to choose actors/actresses.

Edited June 23, 2021 by Jash

[Honorless he/him]

Booboo Stewart as Kaladin

Dave Bautista as Dalinar

Ming Na Wen as Navani

are just golden, once you see it, you can't unsee it, it's canon™. The end.

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On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

This is my (incomplete) cast:

My dream Dalinar is Toshiro Mifune. Unfortunately he’s no longer alive. So my second choice is Chow Yun-Fat. Chow was incredible in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is why he’s my second Dalinar pick.

Indeed.

On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

I really, really want Hiddleston for Hoid. He’s exactly who I envision when I imagine Hoid. 

I guess that is as close to consensus as we are going to get on this forum.

On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

For Thaidakar: Fassbender. A really interesting fan cast I saw suggested Ian McGregor, which I could see. 

Chris Pine? It has to be someone who could lead you onto a highway to hell by charme alone. Hence I'd reject Ian McGregor.

On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

I want Hamill to voice Odium. The man does villains like no one else.

Why stop at the voice?

On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

I’ve gone back and forth on Taravangian, but I’ve finally decided that I can’t think of anyone better than my initial pick to play him: Patrick Stewart. The pathos Stewart brings to a role is remarkable and there aren’t many actors who can make you believe the way he does. I’ve always seen him as T and I can’t think of anyone better.

Ben Kingsley.

On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

For Cultivation I want Gina Torres. Loved her in Firefly.

Does she give the Eath Mother vibes to you? I mean cultivation is basically Gaia if we go for the closest equivalent in earthly pantheons. Torres can do a godess, but seem does not look like that godess to me. She'd make an excellent Queen Fen.

For Cultivation either Salma Hayek or if indeed Gal Gadot.

On 5.5.2021 at 7:38 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

I think Gal Gadot can play Jasnah. She definitely falls on the Middle Eastern side of the Jewish genome, and Alethi have mixed Middle and Far Eastern features. She also has an epicanthic fold, like many people with Middle Eastern descent. And since we’ll want some prominent big names, she’ll definitely give us that. (Admittedly, this whole list is mostly big names.) Also, she’s awesome and would make a fantastic Jasnah.

Too warm for a lack of a better word. Jasnah needs to be somebody would dispassionately argue for wiping out a city for the greater good. The problem here is dispassionately.

Out of a hunch: Rani Mukherji