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Post by Kennedy on Apr 17, 2011 18:32:42 GMT
I know it's been said before that if there WAS a Gunnerkrigg Court movie it would be animated, but I still think it'd be fun to discuss who would be who if it was adapted as a live action film  I was sort of thinking up roles and stuff and I couldn't remember all of the characters, but I managed to assign roles to at least the main characters: Antimony Carver - Saoirse Ronan Kat Donlan - ? Reynardine (voice) - Guillaume Canet Coyote (voice) - ? Ysengrin (voice) - ? Zimmy - ? Gamma - ? Surma Carver - Chloe Sevigny Anthony Carver - ? Mister Eglamore - Colin Farrell Donald Donlan - ? Anja Donlan - ? [EDIT] Jones - ? Dr. Disaster - ? Smitty - ? Parley - ? Diego - ? Jeanne - ? Headmaster Llanwellyn - ? Jack - ? Paz - ? Red - ? Blue - ? Shadow 2 - ? Mort - ? Winsbury - ? Margo - ? Janet - ? John - ? Marcia - ? Bob - ? Mr. Thorn - ? I can't think of any more BUT this thread is obviously open to changes and stuff. So yeah. If you think of any more characters tell me because seriously these are the only ones whose names I remember |
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Post by smjjames on Apr 17, 2011 19:17:24 GMT
Coyote would definetly have to be one of the comedians, also I don't think Anthony Carver has actually had any lines, or very few.
The only name I recognize of those you picked is Colin Farrell, however I'm not really knowledgeable in actors and actresses.
A few comedians that I do know would be Jackie Chan, Johnny Depp (Maybe Eglamore for him?), a few others I can't remember the name of and Wikipedia isn't helping much.
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Post by Yin on Apr 17, 2011 20:26:44 GMT
Saoirse Ronan is an awesome choice!
I wish I could remember who voiced Quicksilver in X-Men Evolution. I've always 'heard' Coyote in his voice.
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Post by neal on Apr 18, 2011 1:57:31 GMT
Richard Ian Cox is the actor who voiced Quicksilver. You're right, I think he would be perfect for Coyote.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 18, 2011 3:17:05 GMT
Kate Rusby and Phil & Paul Hartnoll should collaborate on the soundtrack.
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Post by Tobu Ishi on Apr 18, 2011 8:34:33 GMT
Haha - for a minute there, my brain misfired and I thought you meant Colin Firth as Mr. Eglamore. I was terribly confused. XD
(Not that he isn't a good actor and all, but there is no real resemblance whatsoever.)
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Post by Ulysses on Apr 18, 2011 9:10:08 GMT
Based purely on looks I might put Zooey Deschanel as Anja, but I'd resist due to the fact that she can't act.
Edit: Realised it's an animated film, so nevermind.
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Post by Kennedy on Apr 18, 2011 11:15:02 GMT
Based purely on looks I might put Zooey Deschanel as Anja, but I'd resist due to the fact that she can't act. Edit: Realised it's an animated film, so nevermind. Whaaa, I meant the live-action version of the film. So Zooey Deschanel is a-ok  The only reason I have Coyote and Reynardine and Ysengrin as voices is because they can't be played by anyone in a live-action adaptation. |
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Post by Ulysses on Apr 18, 2011 11:31:41 GMT
Based purely on looks I might put Zooey Deschanel as Anja, but I'd resist due to the fact that she can't act. Edit: Realised it's an animated film, so nevermind. Whaaa, I meant the live-action version of the film. So Zooey Deschanel is a-ok The only reason I have Coyote and Reynardine and Ysengrin as voices is because they can't be played by anyone in a live-action adaptation. Guh, I'm an idiot, I mis-read twice. Time to go back to school! I've changed my mind though, Zooey Deschanel is too young. Also I doubt she could pull off a Galician accent. |
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Post by fish on Apr 18, 2011 16:16:07 GMT
A Galician accent? I always assumed she talked with some kind of Slavic accent.
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Post by smjjames on Apr 18, 2011 16:32:16 GMT
A Galician accent? I always assumed she talked with some kind of Slavic accent. She is actually Romani, so she's from Spain. |
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Post by fish on Apr 18, 2011 16:51:32 GMT
Hmm, guess I assumed that because the names "Anja" and "Katerina" with the abbreviation "Katja" are most common in Russian-speaking countries. And because Russia does have a Romani-population as well. And because her sentence structure in "Ties" was so somilar to Russian grammar...
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Post by legion on Apr 18, 2011 17:21:37 GMT
A Galician accent? I always assumed she talked with some kind of Slavic accent. She is actually Romani, so she's from Spain. Romani people are found in all of Europe, not just Spain. |
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Post by smjjames on Apr 18, 2011 18:24:01 GMT
She is actually Romani, so she's from Spain. Romani people are found in all of Europe, not just Spain. I thought Tom or someone said she was Spanish, but yea fish is right. The names and Anjas accent (mostly the names) did seem like they are of Eastern European descent. Which is why I thought Kat has Eastern European, maybe slavic, ancestry before someone told me she was Romani. I'm not exactly sure when the statement about them being from spain came in, Tom maybe? legion: I know that, it's just that I thought someone said that she was specifically of spanish descent. Edit: Found it, Toms comment is about halfway down this page: chrysoprax.org/gunnerkrigg/results?term=spainMore specifically though, it's Anjas family who was from Spain, her familys travelling around alot could explain why her accent didn't seem Spanish. |
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Post by bongo on Apr 18, 2011 19:53:50 GMT
Mark Hamill as Coyote. You know it makes sense.
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Post by todd on Apr 18, 2011 22:20:06 GMT
I think that Saoirse Ronan is a bit too old to play Annie, unless the movie adds a few years to the children's ages (which *has* been done before in adaptations, of course).
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Post by jayne on Apr 19, 2011 0:53:43 GMT
Mark Hamill as Coyote. You know it makes sense. Yup! Slightly less criminally insane though... |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 19, 2011 1:52:54 GMT
I recall Tom saying that Elizabeth Röhm (who played Serena Southerlyn on Law & Order) should be Jones. And I think Morena Baccarin looks more like Anja. Don't know how well she could do... whatever accent Anja has. |
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Post by Kennedy on Apr 19, 2011 2:25:29 GMT
I recall Tom saying that Elizabeth Röhm (who played Serena Southerlyn on Law & Order) should be Jones. And I think Morena Baccarin looks more like Anja. Don't know how well she could do... whatever accent Anja has. Ohh wow those are perfect! Especially Serena Southerlyn. I can't believe I forgot her, I'm a L&O junkie haha ;D |
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Post by joephlommin on Apr 19, 2011 15:37:50 GMT
I believe we had a discussion about this in statements to tom? I think. Anyway we decided that it would have to be a tv show. A movie would have to be an awful butchering in order to fit it into the time frame. However a chapter an episode would work great. Then we said that it would be claymation.....Cause claymation is awesome. Now I or someone else has to find this discussion.
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Post by smjjames on Apr 19, 2011 15:45:14 GMT
Well yea, if you mean a movie in the theatres which are generally an hour and a half to two hours long, but there are movies which have been 2 and a half to three hours long (The Titanic being a recent example). It would be hard to fit such a long story into a single movie.
Doing webisode movies would be a good idea, do a chapter or two (depending on length) at a time that way.
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Post by Ulysses on Apr 19, 2011 17:17:12 GMT
A Galician accent? I always assumed she talked with some kind of Slavic accent. I was thinking of Paz being from Galicia, sorry, but Anja is still from Spain somewhere. Romany Spanish. |
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Post by bongo on Apr 19, 2011 18:05:30 GMT
It doesn't actually help the discussion, but every time I see "Romany" I think "Dr. Doom".
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Post by Amethyst on Apr 19, 2011 18:38:55 GMT
If Ian McDiarmid isn't in this movie, I will not watch it. Put Ian McDiarmid somewhere.  |
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Post by jayne on Apr 19, 2011 18:42:47 GMT
If Ian McDiarmid isn't in this movie, I will not watch it. Put Ian McDiarmid somewhere. Well, we've already got Luke on board, so why not? XD |
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Post by Amethyst on Apr 19, 2011 18:45:35 GMT
Oh geez, I didn't even SEE Mark Hamill. But YES, he'd make an amazing Coyote, especially considering his famous Joker laugh. Does this mean we can get James Earl Jones in there too?
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Post by thor on Apr 19, 2011 19:43:51 GMT
All roles should be played by Danny DeVito, wearing wigs when necessary.
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Post by jayne on Apr 19, 2011 20:04:24 GMT
Oh geez, I didn't even SEE Mark Hamill. But YES, he'd make an amazing Coyote, especially considering his famous Joker laugh. Does this mean we can get James Earl Jones in there too? Ysengrin maybe? |
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Post by jayne on Apr 19, 2011 20:20:34 GMT
All roles should be played by Danny DeVito, wearing wigs when necessary. What about him as the voice of all the bots? (Except Robot) |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 19, 2011 23:51:13 GMT
If Ian McDiarmid isn't in this movie, I will not watch it. Put Ian McDiarmid somewhere. Headmaster Llanwellyn. |
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The only reason I have Coyote and Reynardine and Ysengrin as voices is because they can't be played by anyone in a live-action adaptation.
