Actor to play Thomas Covenant

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Interesting, but the thought of Bale saying "Stone and Sea" with the gravelly Batman voice is kind of scary! :biggrin:
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Haha. Yes. "I'M FOAMFOLLOWER! Where's Covenant? WHERE IS HE?!?!?!"
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Hugh Laurie to me is the best guy if they were going to film it now. For Covenant.
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francois60 wrote:Hugh Laurie to me is the best guy if they were going to film it now. For Covenant.
Hugh Laurie???????? He did a lot of wingeing in Sense & Sensibility, but came up trumps when the crisis arose, so I suppose............

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Anyone suggest Cillian Murphy for TC, yet?
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Yep. Here. He's got a whole thread, actually.
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Thanks, wayfriend!
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When reading TC's lines I always imagine Peter O'Toole's voice for some reason.
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I think Matthew fox would be a pretty good cast. Does the moody, angsty self righteous part quite well in lost
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I just saw Sharlto Copley geared up for Open Grave, and ... Hellfire!.

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Looks the part, but he has a pretty strong South African accent in the films I've seen him in.
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Hey, if Hugh Laurie is up for consideration, ain't nothing wrong with Copley. :)
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come on..gaunt, moody, can be heroic as well as difficult. jeans t shirt...hollywood leading man..going grey....somebody get that casting underway!!!
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Matt Ross strikes me as an interesting choice: moody, magnetic, complex:
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Surely Christopher Lambert would be a good choice - he does have a stunted wooden quality occasionally ...
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... but he has a Frensh AccENT [you silly English kinniggit]!

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In case he's not been mentioned before, how about Andrew Lincoln for the part of Covenant?

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In looking at everyone's ideas for Thomas Covenant's actor, I believe that actor Hugh Laurie would definitely be the best choice.
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Anson Mount from Hell on Wheels

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Anson Mount, the lead character ion AMC's Hell on Wheels...

The more I watch this guy the more I think he would be right for the job.
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