[LMB] fantasy movie casting

[Peter H. Granzeau]

 >Mark Allums wrote

 >Seriously, hello!  Glad you could join us.  List consensus has cast
 >Miles, if the actor weren't a bit old for the part:  Oh khrappe, I'm
 >having senior moments at 40, somebody help me, what's his *name*?  I
 >want to say Peter Wimsey, and I *know* that's not right.  Darn it, it's
 >on the tip of my tongue.  Grrrrr...

I can't think of any Lord Peter actors who would fit Miles.  Michael 
J. Fox is the usual candidate, at least him about 15 years 
ago.  [facetious] If we want short actors:  How about Alan Ladd at 30 
(shudder--the man could NOT act!)?  Or maybe Mickey Rooney at 25, 
when he was playing all the Andy Hardy movies?[/facecious]  On the 
other hand, if John Rhys-Davies (over 6 ft tall) can play Gimli the 
Dwarf, then virtually any actor can play Miles and Mark.

My own candidates generally haven't come up with any real interest, 
but I have always thought that the perfect Aral would have been 
Anthony Hopkins--as he was 30 years ago for Shards/Barrayar, etc, and 
as he is now for the last books.  He doesn't have the deep rumbling 
voice, however.


-- 
Regards, Pete
pgranzeau at cox.net