Bard

[Haakon]

I nominate Michael Shannon https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788335/
Age: 45
Height: 6' 3¼"
The casting criteria say: "Bard is a bit dark and foreboding - maybe a unibrow, craggy face, someone whose appearance makes people take a step back (not 'cute' or 'sunny'), dark coloring"
Michael Shannon has an impressive, hard, dangerous look. He's not 'cute' or 'sunny'. But he has also a lot of warmth, at times. He's also a really good actor. I think he'd be perfect.



EDIT: WAS CHOSEN; OK BY EXECS

 

[Haakon]

I also nominate Joaquin Phoenix for pretty much the same reasons that I nominate Shannon. Phoenix is one the greatest actors of our time - and, perhaps even more than Shannon the opposite of sunny, he certainly has an appearance that could make people a bit uneasy. He can also sing, so if Ragna is a singer, maybe they could sing together. His participation in a duet would be surprising and really nice.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001618/
Age: 45
Height: 5' 8"

 

[Ange1e4e5]

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy - IMDb

Tom Hardy. Actor: Inception. With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and...

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Age: 42
Height: 5'9"
Roles: Lance Twombly in Black Hawk Down, Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, Earnes in Inception, Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road, John Fitzgerald in The Revenant, Eddie Brock/Venom in Venom
Definitely looks grizzled and grim and does plenty of work acting grim.