Nope, Scribbler, you're absolutely not alone on that one. While we're on that topic, I'd like to add that Angelina Jolie does the same for me - I can NOT watch any movie with her in it without fighting the urge to reach out and hand her image onscreen a tube of chapstick.

-Merkatroyd

my vote for irritating mouth action would be katie holmes, compounded by eye-rolling action. but i never noticed that about samantha mathis. hmmm...


* quasi-me *

scatman. That's really strange. After reading the book for about 5 minutes all I could think of was Vin D too.

I think because it was always a bit ambigous as to his background, and if you've seen Pitch Black, you get the feeling that he's kinda easy going like Shadow was.

again with a vote for Vin Diesel... just couldn't picturre anyone else throughout the whole book...

problem with Tim Roth as Loki tho' - you'd need someone inconspicuous but memorable since Loki is pretty much in the background most of the time...

Who cares about the cast... the big question is who would MAKE the film...

And you can't say Terry Gilliam because hes doing Good Omens. My vote is for Jan Svankmajer (not that it would EVER happen). Has anyone seen Alice, Faustus, Conspiritors of Pleasure or OTESENEK (the latest- US release titled Little Otik)? This man can handle MYTH. Or (more realistically) Jean-Pierre Jenuet (City Of Lost Children, Delicatesen, Aimalie from Montamarte) with Ron Pearlman as, well, somebody... Ok, I'm pushing the art-snob thing, right.....

Anna (can't help it...I live with a film critic)

I had to join in on this one.

The person I had in my mind the whole time for Wednesday was Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, 4, and 5 (yes, it does change from roman numerals to regular numbers)).

And, although this is feeding my own ego, other people who have read the book say that they had me in mind for Loki.

Although I would much rather be considered more distinguished than that.

Oh well.

vin diesel = shadow

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Originally posted by RedShoes:
My vote is for Jan Svankmajer (not that it would EVER happen). Has anyone seen Alice, Faustus, Conspiritors of Pleasure or OTESENEK (the latest- US release titled Little Otik)?

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WOW! I thought I was the only person on the planet to have seen Conspiritors of Pleasure!

For the interest of the movie, the best cast choice would be, my personal god, vin diesel.

I just finished the book and Oh my God. I actually clapped when i closed it up. The whole time i read it I couldnt get vin diesel out of my head as Shadow. I mean, Im not a big fan of the guy but he was BORN to play Shadow. I love how most people do the same as me and cast the characters in their own head but my choices for specific rolls would be:

1) Loki Lie-smith : Tim Roth
2) Wednesday: Sir Richard Attenborough
3) Laura: Jenifer Jason Leigh (too old?)
4) Mr. Town: Hugo Weaving (Agent smith from the matrix)
5) Mr. Nancy: Ossie Davis
6) Czernobog: Christopher Walken

but what about the rest? Bast and Mr. Ibis etc? come on people.

By the way.... Hollywood would be stupid NOT to make this movie. Please Please Please make this happen!!!!

Okay, here's my 2 cents...

*Shadow - I immediatly thought Bruce Willis. Yeah, I know, he doesn't fit the indicators that Shadow isn't caucasian, but the personality fits perfectly. Especially the scene where Shadow and Wednesday go "backstage", and Shadow is completely unsurprised and unimpressed. So stoic and indifferent, like many Willis characters.

*Wednesday - Sir Anthony Hopkins. The man can act. Definatly one of my all-time favorites.

*Czernobog - Malcom McDowell. He's got the grizzled look and personality down pat.

*Mr. Nancy - Either Samuel L. Jackson with a bit of aging makeup, or Danny Glover.

*Mad Sweeney - Steve Buscemi. Shorter than Sweeney is described, but mad enough to play the character well. Go ahead, imagine him saying "I'm a leprechaun. We don't come from f*cken Moscow."

*Jacquel and Ibis - I realize they aren't exactly what ancient Egyptians looked like, skin-tone-wise, but with a little creative license in that department, I'd say Michael Clarke Duncan for Jacquel and Morgan Freeman for Ibis.

*Loki/Low-Key - Though he and Hopkins have a bigger age difference than Wednesday and Loki are implied as having, I think Seth Green would make an excellent Loki. Aw heck, they're gods, they can be whatever age they feel like.

*Mr. Town - John Cusack. No reason, I just like Cusack as an actor. He needs to do something besides all the sappy romances he's been doing lately, anyway

*Voice of Buffalo/Land - James Earl Jones. No one else could pull it off.

*Horus - Brad Pitt. When I read the scene with Horus and Shadown on the tree, I thought of Pitt in "12 Monkeys" immediatly. Probably because Willis was in that movie to, as a very stoic, Shadow-like character.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

BTW, this is my first post. Nice board y'all got here

Got to have room in the movie for Anthony Hopkins, Max Von Sydow, Tim Roth, Rutger Hauer, and Morgan Freeman.

I think Willem Dafoe would make a good (but too tall?) Czernobog after seeing him in Shadow of the Vampire.
And I see a fattened Seth Green as the fat kid in the limo

My thoughts:

Wednesday = Ian McKellen

Sam = Neve Campbell.

Mr Town/Wood/Stone/Road/etc = Tommy Lee Jones playing them all. He is *the* nameless government agent for me.

Mad Sweeney = Robert Carlyle - I just think he could pull it off well...

Czernobog = Christopher Walken

Buffalo God Voice = James Earl Jones

Loki/Low Key = James Marsters (Spike from Buffy)

Maybe it has something to do with watching "Say It Isn't So" (terrible movie, by the way) when I began to read AG, but throughout it, I envisioned actor Chris Klein ("American Pie" "Election") as Shadow.

While most of his work has been in comedy, he has the right look and build, and I think he could pull off the different emotions required by the role.

Think about it.

My turn! My turn.

Wednesday-M. Emmet Walsh

Low Key-Robert Deniro

Hinzelmann-Wallace Shawn

Sam-Fairuza Balk

Czernebog-Christopher Lee

Mad Sweeny-Penn Jillette

Tech Boy-Jack Black

Mr Nancy-Richard Pryor

Laura-Patricia Arquette

Marguerite Olsen-Molly Ringwald

The god everyone forgets-James Spader

And Shadow? Hmm, maybe Wesley Snipes ten years ago. Otherwise, ?I'm drawing a blank.

I always pictured Neil Gaiman as Shadow.

SHADOW - Benicio Del Toro (Traffic)
WEDNESDAY - Bruce Willis (Die Hard)

Ummmm...I always pictured Wednesday as a big burly guy, and a lot of thin actors are being mentioned.
Wednesday=Brian Blessed (that's who I pictured when I read the book)
elizabeth

Hey guys, been lurking here for a bit- wanted to jump in with my own cast list. Some of these names are negotiable(i.e. Connery, Depp) and some should not be trifled with, as I have gievn them a board with a nail through it and instructions on what to do if some one tried to tell them to leave!
Vin Disel- Shadow/ Baldur Moon
Julianne Moore-Laura Moon
Sean Connery /Harrison Ford-Wednesday
Ben Vereen -Mr.Nancy
Stanley Tucci/ Johnny Depp - Mr. Ibis
Lawrence Fishburn- Mr. Jaquel
Catherine Zeta Jones -Bast
Christopher Walken-Czernobog
Natalie Portman- Sam
Richard Harris-Hinzelmann
Estella Warren-Zorya Polunochnaya
Drew Barrymore- Easter/Estore
James Earl Jones-The Buffalo Man/ The Earth
William B Davis- Loki/ Low-Key