Russell Crowe is no TC

[Byrn]

Covenant is a hard character to cast.

Guy Pierce may be a good choice. He's gaunt enough.

[matrixman]

Yes! Guy Pearce! Good one! He definitely has that gaunt look about him.

[Seafoam Understone]

Gads, I'm writing the script as fast as I can... (see snippets on a seperate thread) even with a professional script writing programme, it's not as easy as one thinks.
But hopefully... some day I'll be finished.
I've said my choices for TC before... but now-a-days... well... who knows.
As the screenwriter (if mine is bought) I wouldn't have much say any-how.

[Worm of Despite]

Russell Crowe as TC? I'd rather watch these guys play TC:

John Goodman
Marlon Brando
Jack Black
Clay Aiken

[Revan]

BTW: last time I checked, I was male...

You ought to check again... things might have changed...

[Nightraven]

they will probably cast Jackie Chan as Bannor

[Revan]

heh, Isn't he too old?

[amanibhavam]

heh, Isn't he too old?

for what, 2000 years?

[Revan]

LOLS good point!

[Nav]

I suspect that any TC film project is doomed to spend all eternity in Production Hell. I would expect that most actors would want to read at least the relevant parts of the Chronicles as part of their preparation, although actors prepare in different ways. Robert De Niro might want to contract leprosy before taking the part, for example.

Casting Covenant will probably prove a major stumbling block, especially given his vast character arc over the course of the Chronicles. I've always thought that David Arquette would look like a good Covenant, but I'm not sure if he has the acting ability for what would surely be a highly demanding role.

Another actor who wears a beard well is Bruce Boxleitner, formerly of Babylon 5: "Get the Hell out of our Land!"

I agree that Guy Pearce would make a good TC, although I would say that perhaps he is a bit too 'pretty' for the part. I think Robert Carlyle might be good.

[danlo]

David Arquette? Too quote John McEnroe, You CAN'T be serious!

[A Gunslinger]

Covenant is a hard character to cast.

Guy Pierce may be a good choice. He's gaunt enough.

Guy Pearce is good....in another thread the name Hugo Weaving has surfaced as a possible TC.

[amanibhavam]

TC is in his early thirties in LFB... take that into account; although he is worn by his disease and alienation, he is still a young man

[dANdeLION]

I've said it before; I'll say it again. Christian Bale as Thomas.




And Ed Harris as Castellain Lebbick.

[A Gunslinger]

True.

[I'm Murrin]

Hmm... out of those mentioned, only Christian Bale and Hugo Weaving seem to hae the right 'look' for Covenant IMO, though still not quite right (Bale better than Weaving, perhaps, although... he's in rather too good shape for a Covenant)...

[Lament]

I like the idea of Guy Pierce, I'm a fan and I like his work. He has the gaunt kind of look yet still strong.

However I just don't see wielding the kind of self-hatred and raw emotion TC has.

It's a hard choice. I was thinking who would play Lord Mhoram actually. Morgan Freeman came to mind with the fatherly, noble, wise-yet-strong figure.

As for TC himself, it's a hard call. Russel Crow might have contained that emotional angst and passion, but that seems to have petered out.

Suffice to say I think the emotional weight of the actor would have to be considered primarily instead of "the look". I wish I could think of someone who would do the part of TC justice but ATM my mind is drawing a blank.

[Byrn]

After watching the Count of Monte Cristo is when I thought Pierce would be a good Covenant. Memento is also a good example of Pierce's acting.

Jim Caviezal wouldn't be a bad Mhoram.

I had originally thought of Crowe as Foamfollower. Just use the scaling CGI they used in LOTR.

EDIT: I just had an epiphany. ED Norton as Covenant. Thin, not too good looking and one heck of an actor.

[Romeo]

I always had Kevin Costner pegged as a good covenant. His whining is top knotch, and he can really get the wild hair and beard thing going.

[Dragonlily]

Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis

Amani, how come you gave up on your candidate for TC? Am I the only one carrying the torch?