KAY1 wrote:I agree SRD IS Covenant. There is something about his face that just draws you in.
It's been mentioned before that the ideal actor to play Covenant would look a bit like SRD. The only actor I can think of who qualifies, and who would do the role justice, is Thomas Hayden Church (although you have to go back to an earlier image of SRD to see the resemblance, and it's not a spitting image so much as being of a similar type).
Thomas Hayden Church is too "pretty", and he doesn't have the Acting range.
I think what you mean is a younger Anthony Hopkins. He'd be the ideal.
I also think a young Clint Eastwood would've been an interesting Thomas Covenant, although I'm not sure he had the acting range. But he did have the "look".
I've recently thought Nic Cage would make a good Covenant.
He does the flawed anti-hero thing really well. Look at Adaptation where he's very distressed, and at Matchstick Men. And we all know his macho hero roles, which isn't TC, but would come into play when it's necessary to appreciate TC's decisive qualities.
New to this board, huge fan of the two trilogies. I'm excited by the possibility of a movie adaptation, as long as it is respectful of SRD's works.
To the subject at hand: I always imagined a guy like Kiefer Sutherland playing Covenant. He has that crazed, gaunt look about him, and could imagine him breathing life into the character. Others have also mentioned Christian Bale, he would work for me as well.
Some suggestions for others...
Saltheart Foamfollower: Liam Neeson
Bannor: Michael Wincott
Lord Foul: Lance Henriksen
Drool Rockworm: Brad Dourif
Atiaran: Miranda Richardson
Lena: Kate Hudson
High Lord Prothall: Christopher Lee
Lord Mhoram: Rutger Hauer
If Kiefer Sutherland played TC, I probably wouldn't go to see the film. All apologies, but that sounds like the miscast of the century. (Right behind Bruce Campbell as TC.)
My vote is Christian Bale without hesitation. He can act, and although he may be seen by some to be too handsome and muscular, that is easily shed; add a scraggly beard, and I think we have our man.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." (Anais Nin)
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
--Abraham Lincoln
Excerpt fromAnimal Songs Never Written
"Hey, dad," croaked the vulture, "what are you eating?"
"Carrion, my wayward son."
"Will there be pieces when you are done?"
KAY1 wrote:Not bad at all! I do like Christian Bale as well he plays the moody bitter sort well.
Yes, Bayle would make a great Thomas Covenant: the moody billionaire playboy who is transported to the Land, where he kicks butt and makes the girls steamy.
I don't recall anywhere in any of the books where Thomas Covenant was described as ugly, anyway. He was marked by anger and bitterness due to illness, he looked older than he actually was, but that wouldn't have to translate as unattractive. I don't see why good looks would necessarily be a disqualifier for the role!
Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother.
Saturn, god of harvest or time of reaping Harvest time in ancient Italy belonged to the god of reaping, whom the Romans called Saturn. A symbol curved like his sickle represents the planet.
A sacrificial victim was chosen to represent both the god himself and the king-surrogate.
He was slain and sent to the underworld to merge with his divine counterpart.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
The books revolve around a shunned author (Covenant) who is magically transported to the Land, a mystical world where he discovers he is the incarnation of a great hero. Covenant thinks it's all a dream. But he's the bearer of a magical talisman and is enlisted to help save the Land from Saturn and his representatives, the trade paper reported.
drew wrote:..Opening scene, the mother pulls her son out of the way; why? Because she wanted a better view?
I don't think he's ungly though, just unkept.
I think all the Chicks were attracted to him for reasons other than his Delishly Handsome good loks.
I think the mother pulled him out of the way just because she knew TC was a Leper. In the beginning chapters of LFB it talks about how people in the town didnt really understand Leprosy but they shunned him anyway as they thought it was an unclean disease which they could possibly become infected with.
Baracka wrote:Niowhere is the Haruchai portrayed as stocky and muscular. Actually, they were about Linden's height, suggesting medium height.
Ummm.....where do you get that from? Nowhere do I recall reference between them and Linden's height...notwithstanding their description was brought about before Linden was even introduced to the story.
When TC first sees the Bloodguard in LFB he does describe them as looking generally like stonedowners. I will look for the exact quote. he also describes them as having 'brown skin and curly hair'.
drew wrote:..Opening scene, the mother pulls her son out of the way; why? Because she wanted a better view?
I don't think he's ungly though, just unkept.
I think all the Chicks were attracted to him for reasons other than his Delishly Handsome good loks.
I think the mother pulled him out of the way just because she knew TC was a Leper. In the beginning chapters of LFB it talks about how people in the town didnt really understand Leprosy but they shunned him anyway as they thought it was an unclean disease which they could possibly become infected with.
Exactly, KAY. That shunning is the reason TC went into town in the first place. He wasn't going to let the townsfolk shut him out of society. He needed to be more than "that leper who lives on Haven Farm." Fear of leprosy and the leper was the reason the child was pulled out of the way of the grey, gaunt mechanical derelict. Looks had nothing to do with it.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
--Abraham Lincoln
Excerpt fromAnimal Songs Never Written
"Hey, dad," croaked the vulture, "what are you eating?"
"Carrion, my wayward son."
"Will there be pieces when you are done?"
