The Sword and Laser discussion

I'm only 7% in, but in my head The Consul has already firmly taken Liam Cunningham's shape.

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The Poet (Pip the Troll):

Funny, but for me The Poet looks like David Hewlett - Dr. Mckay from Stargate Atlantis. Always has. Even before SGA.

The poet to me looks like a well-known eccentric Dutch writer (Maarten 'T hart):

Michelle Rodriguez as Brawne Lamia:

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of Michelle Rodriguez. I don't know how well it'll hold up when I actually get to Brawne's story (I've barely begun reading), but I thought of Rodriguez almost immediately.

I cast Tom as the scholar, Sol Wientraub. I blame his scholarly mien on the vidcast.

Despite my best efforts, I could only picture Hoyt as this guy:

Hoyt is actually the last name of one of my professors at uni, and I can't avoid picturing him in my mind's eye.

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I know that Martin the Poet is not a dwarf but ever since watching the Game of Thrones TV show I can't picture him as anyone but Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) due to the similarities they have in making snarky and biting commentary.

I keep seeing Wallace Shawn with bangs as Martin the Poet.

@Tamahome: I believe in the first chapter the narrator says that Brawne could been seen as attractive...lol

I always saw Brawne as Ripley / Sigourney Weaver from the first Alien movie before she cut her hair.

I'll take that, Rik.

Uriah wrote: "@Tamahome: I believe in the first chapter the narrator says that Brawne could been seen as attractive...lol"

So Michelle Rodriguez isn't attractive?

I must have weird tastes then, because Rodriguez is freaking hot if you ask me.

Agatha wrote: "Uriah wrote: "@Tamahome: I believe in the first chapter the narrator says that Brawne could been seen as attractive...lol"

So Michelle Rodriguez isn't attractive?

I must have weird tastes then, because Rodriguez is freaking hot if you ask me."

She most certainly is:

Naveen Andrews for Kassad:

Joe wrote: "Naveen Andrews for Kassad."

There you go - we could cast the whole thing from Lost.

Halsted wrote: "I keep seeing Wallace Shawn with bangs as Martin the Poet."

Me too, if fatter. I also just read a Wired article about this guy, so he pops in there, too.

aldenoneil wrote: "Despite my best efforts, I could only picture Hoyt as this guy:

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That is how I saw him for the flashback. In real time he looked more like the old one.

For some reason, I picture the scholar Weintraub as Egon (Harold Ramis) from Ghostbusters.

aldenoneil wrote: "Despite my best efforts, I could only picture Hoyt as this guy:

I could definitely see that guy playing Hoyt.

Michelle Rodriguez would be good as Brawne.

How about Ken Watanabe as the Templar Het?

The part of The Shrike will be played by Pinhead:

So far, Brawne is Viola Davis.

Weintraub:


And Het Masteen is...Ryan Higa: asian wizard.

Very well. Someone shorter as Brawne.

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I think Liam Cunningham would be a awesome Consul. And I also see Hoyt as a former teacher of my!
Kassad, to me, looks like Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

The Templar:

Gina Carano as Brawne...

Maybe.

I deliberately didn't read this thread until after I'd started forming my own impressions of the characters. There's two characters who seem to have come out as faces mentioned here. So here's my cast of characters

The Consul - Iain Glen
Lenar Hoyt - Donny Boaz
Fedmahn Kassad - James Callis
Brawne Lamia - Michelle Rodriguez
Het Masteen - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Martin Selenus - Wallace Shawn
Sol Weintraub - Sir Ian McKellen

I first read Hyperion back in the 90s, and I've always seen Martin Silenus as Robbie Coltrane's portrayal of Falstaff in the Branagh film from '89.

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Halsted wrote: "I keep seeing Wallace Shawn with bangs as Martin the Poet."

Now I'm not going to be able to finish The Fall of Hyperion without either picturing his Eureka character or Rex from Toy Story.

Pat Morita as Het Masteen (except that he's passed on.)
Erica Cerra as Brawne Lamia.

I now see the android A. Ettik played by Abe Vagoda, if he's still alive:

lol, I now see why his pic was posted in another thread. Sorry for being dense. :P

I could only see Johnny as Brandon Routh. The description seemed to fit him.

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Then I looked up images of Keats, and I do think there is something a little Keats like about Routh.

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I kept picturing Hoyt as Ewan MacGregor...

I always pictured Johnny as Jamie Bamber.

And I imagined Siri as some sort of Helen Mirren-y looking woman.

I've thought a lot about this as I'm finishing the book for the first time. My thoughts:

Father Lenar Hoyt — James Callis (his distracted, pained portrayal of Gaius Baltar reminds me a lot of Hoyt)



Father Paul Dure — Liam Neeson



Fedmahn Kassad — Naveen Andrews



Moneta — Aishwarya Rai



Martin Silenus — Tim Curry (surprised no one has suggested him yet; he's got such a satyr's personality)



Sol Weintraub — Dustin Hoffman (especially now that he's older)



Brawne Lamia — Michelle Rodriguez (badass, suspicious, no nonsense)



The Consul — Liam Cunningham (brooding, mysterious)



Het Masteen — Ken Watanabe



Theo Lane — I'll go ahead and give Bradley Cooper this role.

Well, since I've read the Cantos (all books) twice and am currently listening to them on audio book, here's my view of the cast.

The Consul: Tom Hanks. I just feel he could play any roll. And his son could almost play his younger grandfather in his story of Siri.


Colonel Fedmahn Kassad: I do like the idea of Naveen Andrews playing this roll. See, he already has a gun.


Lenar Hoyt: James Franco


CEO Meina Gladstone: Jaime Lee Curtis


Brawne Lamia: Heck no not Michelle Rodriguez, here's why, "It occurred to the Consul that Brawne Lamia might well be considered beautiful." So how about some Mila Kunis?


Het Masteen: Ken Watanabe a good choice.


Martin Silenus: Wallace Shawn? Inconceivable! Actually very conceivable, he'd make a great choice.
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Sol Weintraub: Sir Ian McKellen


Theo Lane: Yeah, for what little screen time he'll have, Bradley Cooper.


Father Paul Duré: This one I'm torn between Patrick Stewart or Donald Sutherland.


Sad King Billy: This one has another two candidates, George Wendt and Ian McNeice.
or

Shrike Cult Bishop: If McNeice doesn't make it as King Billy then he'd do here.


The Bikura: This guy! Just digitally impose him 70 times. j/k that turned a really bad movie into a horrible movie.

The Consul: Gary Oldman

Colonel Fedmahn Kassad: Jean Reno

Raul: James Franco

CEO Meina Gladstone: Jamie Lee Curtis

Brawne Lamia: Gina Carano

Het Masteen: former football player Dennis Bergkamp

Martin Silenus: Only Malkovich packs as much acid

Aenea: the new girl from "It Follows"