Marielle
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I remember that now!Well, when we did Season 3’s results, the Hosts decided they didn’t like any of the candidates. So we were sent back to the drawing board.
I remember that now!Well, when we did Season 3’s results, the Hosts decided they didn’t like any of the candidates. So we were sent back to the drawing board.
Well, a lot of it comes down to votes (how we determine who gets cast) and what the Hosts envision for the role. We were sent back to the drawing board with Caranthir in Season 3 because none of the candidates looked brawny enough for the role.Really helpful to see these all together. I will say, it is a shame that a lot of these are A and B list actors. Obvious choices I suppose. There isn't a lot of radical thinking but I'm also totally fine with the fact that this is not a genuine casting session and if you want to go for the biggest names, there is no budget to consider!
EDIT: Didn't mean that to sound accusatory. To counter, all that said, a few are true strokes of genius. Mandy Patinkin is stellar.
Just out of curiosity, since I presume someone has a spreadsheet and it'll be faster and more accurate than me counting: how many named characters have been cast so far? (not the same as how many actors have been cast!)
Maybe that's a cue... ;-P
Plus, depending on how much outside of Beren and Luthien we do, the cast list for next season might be relatively small. I think the biggest list we did was Season 3 because we had to cast all the 3rd generation of Elves for starters.I can tell you that I intend to utilize the off-season to organize a lot of the story information to make it more accessible to new folks. I have foreseen for a while that there would be an uptick in participation when we got to Beren & Luthien, and I'd like to make the barrier to entry as low as humanly possible. That said, I probably won't be doing much with casting, so feel free to have at it if you're so inclined.
David, that sounds wonderful. I know a lot of people would appreciate it.It definitely wasn't a push to do it! I was thinking I might at least scrape together all the names out of this thread, links where suitable, and give some basic info about the character (Vala/Elf/Man, family if relevant, as it would be helpful for newcomers). Would also help for sorting, so as to see, for instance, what people in the House of Bëor generally look like, and so on. If I share that sheet, then perhaps others can build on it with height+age, and eventually links to the sessions where they were cast.
I always imagined Hiddleston as Sauron/Mairon. He plays, cunning, scheming and sinister very well. And as secure as I am in my masculinity, I am sure he could pull off "the fair" pretty well. But I arrived too late to make that suggestion.I’ve just finished watching the new Loki series, so seeing Tom Hiddleston in action and playing Loki with more range than in the MCU films. I spent most of the time imagining him as Fingolfin. I always liked that casting choice, and I like it even better now. Can totally see him challenging Morgoth when things turn to ****.
I always imagined Hiddleston as Sauron/Mairon. He plays, cunning, scheming and sinister very well. And as secure as I am in my masculinity, I am sure he could pull off "the fair" pretty well. But I arrived too late to make that suggestion.