I've never seen Triple H but I have heard of him. I'm not a wrestling fan myself.

 

 

Famke Jannsen?..... Hmmmmmm She is a hotty isn't she. But I thought Zek was a blonde? :confused:

 

She is a very tall girl and would make a good Wamphryi of some sort....Sheilar?, Ursula?, Devetaki?......I'd fit her in somewhere...but that's the dog in me.

 

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Zek is blonde, but I thought she'd be fine in a wig

 

Mind you, you make a very good point, with those smouldering lusty looks I could definately see her as a Wamphyri lady!!

Woah.... down boys! WWF wrestlers may make good Wamphyri... I can't somehow picture the old Brit wrestlers like Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy as mean, arse-kicking vampires!!!

Famke?

 

 

Siggi Dam........

LOL GG

"Quick run it's coming, it's...it's...oh my god it's Lord Haystacks of the Wamphyri"!!!!

 

At least you'd know his bite was fake

aidan quinn

 

 

AIDAAAAAAAAAN QUINN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i can't believe i just thought of this

 

he'd be perfect as harry or at least harry in alecs body

 

got the blue eyes.....strange faraway look

 

*swoon*

Heh heh... love the idea of wrestlers as Wamphyri! Too bad Andre the Giant isn't still alive..OIE!

 

Ohh Scar! Thats a good idea! He would make a pretty good Harry, he can get that 'look' when doing Deadspeak.

I'm currently reading Bloodwars and for some reason I keep seeing Canker Canison as Brian Blessed. In general appearance, but mostly in the way he sounds

Maybe it's just me

OK here goes...

 

dragonsoni - Robert De Niro

harry as a child - Haley Joel Osbourne (kid from sixth sense)

harry grown up - Ed Norton

harrys ghostly mother - Meryl Streep

brenda - Helena Bonham Carter (not monkey)

faethor frecenzy - Christopher Walken

max batu - Danny Devito

 

Director: (one of my favourites) David Fincher

 

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casting wouild be best done when drunk on robotussin...i can picture harrry as some one looking a little like the guy from x-files but with more balls, less goofy,

Finally able to post!

 

You guys and girls have some great picks! Here are my picks. Please keep in mind, some of my picks are based simply on envisioning a character and not necessarily trying to match words to image. Bear with me, your input in appreciated.

 

Harry Keogh: Johnny Depp or Giles (from Buffy TV show)

Jake Cutter: Hugh Jackman

Liz: Kate Beckinsale (from Underworld and Van Helsing)

Canker Canison would need to be fully CGI.

Ben Trask: Brian Cox (Stryker from X Men 2)

Gustav Turchin: Nigel Bennett (google the name and watch La Femme Nikita: The Series, he plays a great Russian spy)

Bonnie Jean Mirlu: Natascha McElhone (Diedre, from the movie Ronin starring Robert DeNiro)

Shaitan: The head vampire dude from the movie John Carpenter's Vampires, he's got the look, handsome, evil, drinks blood, etc... ;p

 

What do you think so far?

 

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Hugh Jackman and Johnny Depp get my vote... throw in Vin Diesel as a Wamphyri Lord (any Wamphyri!) and I'm in paradise!

 

But please, not Kate Beckinsale... while I would love to see some British talent in the film, KB has done too many of the same roles recently.

 

I think Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) might be a little old for Harry, even as the Alec Kyle Harry.

 

But I don't have any better suggestions... film and TV stars never seem to quite match up to my mental pictures!

 

I just hope that the casting stays true to the character descriptions in the book, unlike Interview with the Vampire... Armand went from being a young fresh-faced auburn-haired teenager into Antonio Banderas (neither young, fresh-faced or indeed auburn!)

I always picture someone more dark and exotic for BJ Mirlu. More like Thandie Newton, I think she would do nicely. And Harry and Alec Kyle would both have to be done by people I've never seen before(or very few times) to convince me.

I want to see Ed Norton in there somewhere... that would be good.

 

and while we're at it how about Ricky Gervais as Harry... he's a bit old and a bit fat, but he might work as Alec Kyle... of course I could just be messing with you all!

 

Now I'm waiting for the flames...

 

Tops

And you can use his Flanimals designs for some of the Wamphyri Beasts... hey I think you're onto something here, Tops...

My take on Casting of Necroscope....

 

Gregor Borrowitz - Rade Serbedzija- boris the blade in snatch Who can disagree if you know of whom i speak?

 

Harry Keough - someone unkown since he's only going to be in one of the movies. Doughy eyes and almost a pushover until he cast a cold glare.

 

Alec Kyle - <-------Most Important Character to Cast Because of YOU KNOW WHAT!!!!! He's the guy we should be worried about being casted properly. He needs to be hansome but slightly overwieght, he needs to be likable but imperfect. So what should Johnny Depp or Collin Farrel be Alec. NO!!!! Big Names are overrated. A story loses its depth to mass of such actors. Ask Archimedes........

 

Boris Dragasoni- Cillian Murphy- jim from 28 days later Young with slippery eyes. Thats whats needed for Boooorrrrrrrissss.......

 

 

Thibor - This one i'm goin' with a personal favorite more than what's right.....Hey, I'm entitled to it people can argue Peter "big budget" Jackson should direct.....heh heh...

 

Ron Pearlman, for a big guy he can act. Most importantly he can be fatherly and cruel. I'm not speaking of that hellboy nonsense but of most of the films i've seen him in. Since he'd be narrating alot of Vamphyri his voice would be most excellent.

Right then, I'm only gonna go on about who should play the Harry's. The kid from the 6th sense would be good for Harry Keogh as a child but the 6th sense kid probably isn't so small anymore He'd be good to play the pre-Alec Kyle 21 year old Harry. I also agree that Jhonny Depp should play Harry-Kyle 'cos he has dark brown eyes... well he did in Pirates of the Caribbean. Oh yeah, Cameron Diaz for Zek as well.

Hi! I like all the suggestions, but Gary Oldman is Dragosani. What about Stuart Townsen (? Lestat in Queen of the Damned) for something. He's so seductive and beautiful. I think Christopher Walken should be in there, too, if he could loose the NY accent.

to be honest my heart says ,yeah make a necroscope film ,but my head is saying i just hope it dont turn out like so many book to films that have gone wrong in the past and cant really see any director script music score that will do the fantastic story brian has created any justice at all....i fear the worse

 

ill put this reply to all the of the necro film threads ,sorry i sound so negative ,jus my thoughts and i feel that its taking away the sincerity from brians work i dont know why i feel this way jus do .

 

p.s as for the likes of depp playing harry ,have you heard his english accent ? hmmmmm

I personally can live without a movie. An weekly hour long tv drama series would be more appropriate than anything. I am an american and I have to say that most headline actors are'nt good enough for Mr. Lumley's characters. The only actor i'll stick by that I listed is....

 

posted January 16, 2005 11:30 PM

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My take on Casting of Necroscope....

 

Gregor Borrowitz - Rade Serbedzija- boris the blade in snatch Who can disagree if you know of whom i speak?

dragonsoni (necromancer)- I like Gary Oldman, but he's too old. Someone Oldman-esque but 25-35.

harry as a child - you gots me

harry grown up - Cillian sounds good.

harrys ghostly mother - Cate Blanchette or Mel Harris

brenda - Shirley Henderson or someone similar

thibor the wallach - Blank

thibor frecenzy - Blank

faethor frecenzy - Predrag Bjelac

max batu - I'm forgetting if he's old or young old - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

 

I'm just throwing things out there. Talk amongst yourselves.

its not easy picking a cast for the film ,and we all got different views how each should look .....sometimes you see a film and think hey i know someone else who would have played that role better

 

but i do think it has to have a lot of british influence for obvious reasons,and would rather the british film industry was making the film instead of hollywood,but alas it doesnt have the huge resources hollywood can throw,and this film is going to take some special effects to rival anything that has gone before it .

 

the big test is how the wamphyri are going to to be done effects wise without it looking like raw head rex ,a story about a mythical monster by the writer clive barker which was ruined effects wise,

and which clive barker was excluded from any input how the monster would look.jus hope that brian isnt pushed out like he was ,and has a lot to say and have has much close contact with director and special effect teams alike as possible,

 

[ March 12, 2005, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

have been re-reading the series and i think it's already been mentioned but i can really picture the guy from queen of the damned as Dragosani. Even imagined a poster of him looking all evil with 'Necromancer' underneath and some non-descript guy as Harry with 'Necroscope' and some sort of tagline like 'Who will win'.

And there's gotta be a way to fit Bruce 'the chin' Campbell in as well!

Vincent Perez or Stuart T? Cause now that you mention it, VP would be an EXCELLENT Dragosani. Stuart is too 'meh' if you ask me.

i meant stuart townsend (thanks! couldn't be bothered to look it up!) but fair enuf, thought maybe VP was a bit old though.