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Cast the Boneshaker Movie
If you haven’t heard yet, Cherie Priest’s novel Boneshaker is headed for the big screen thanks to Hammer Films. This is great news, as the book is wonderful (and was picked as our 2010 Book of the Year).
So, let’s have some fun. Who would you cast in the different roles?
Here are a dozen main(ish) characters to get you started, but feel free to suggest choices for minor characters.
- Leviticus Blue
- Briar Wilkes
- Zeke Wilkes
- Maynard Wilkes
- Alaister Mayhem Osterude (Rudy)
- Princess Angeline
- Jeremiah Swakhammer
- Lucy O’Gunning
- Yaozu
- Minnericht
- Andan Cly
- Croggon Beauregard Hainey
I’ll kick things off with a few suggestions:
- Briar: Vera Farmiga (although there is some other actress I’d prefer whose name I cannot remember, but who looks like Holly Hunter, but with darker hair).
- Maynard: Sam Elliot
- Minnericht: Hugo Weaving or Titus Welliver
I think Angeline will be particularly hard to cast; they need a native American actress in her 60s or so who is believable is such a physical role. Angeline is a very special sort of bad-ass and I hope they find someone who can do the part justice.
So, what’s your dream cast?
Jeremiah Swakhammer – Brendan Gleeson
For Princess Angeline Elaine Mills who was Marylin on Northern Exposure
For Briar Jodie Foster
For Adan Clay Laurence Fishbrune
Lucy/ Rose McGowan ( she has experience playing a cyborg)
Minnericht – Wil Wheaton
Leviticus Blue – Mark Strong
Briar Wilkes – Charlise Theron
Zeke Wilkes – Ben Barnes
Maynard Wilkes – Sam Eliot…definitely
Swakhammer – Hugh Jackman
Andan Cly – Michael Clarke Duncan
I’m not sure who his character would be, but I think Ron Pearlman needs to be in there somewhere.
I’d have Jaime Murray as Briar. Logan Lehman for Zeke. Ron Pearlman for Swakhammer. And Julie Walters for Lucy.
Yaozu…the host of Iron Chef America. There’s something vaguely sinister about that guy.
I’d say Kodi Smit-McPhee as Zeke, and either Olivia Wilde or Samantha Morton as Briar. Mark Strong as Leviticus Blue, as suggested above, is also a great choice.
Minnericht- Hugho Weaving
Swakhammer- Hugh jackman
Zeke- Shia la Bouf
Briar- vera farmiga
Briar Wilkes – Clea DuVall
Zeke – Tanner Richie
and I absolutely agree on:
Wil Wheaton as Minnericht
Sam Elliot as Maynard
Hugh Jackman as Swakhammer
Rose McGowan as Lucy
Briar Wilkes – Michelle Monaghan
Zeke Wilkes – Logan Lerman
Princess Angeline – Tantoo Cardinal
Jeremiah Swakhammer – Adam Baldwin
Yaozu – Collin Chou
Croggon Beauregard Hainey – MC Duncan
I totally agree, Mark Strong should play Leviticus Blue, and Wil Wheaton would be a solid Minnericht.
I think that Robert Maillet (Dredger from Sherlock Holmes) would make an excellent Captain Cly– dude’s seven feet tall!
I’m going to toss in Cliff Simon as Swakhammer, just to be predictable ;D
Kate Beckinsale as Briar
Freddie Highmore or Charlie Rowe as Zeke
Charles Dance as Minnericht
Sam Elliot as Maynard
Allison Scagliotti as Lucy O’Gunning
I wouldn’t mind taking a crack at one of the main characters. Or even a side part if so needed.
I agree with Lonnie about having Tantoo Cardinal for Angeline. She’s in her 60s and looks to be in great shape for the role and has done “matriarchal” roles before. Patrick is way off on his suggestion, while Elaine Miles is a great actor, I can’t see her in the part at all. Ron Perleman as Swakhammer is great. He is indy enough to make it cultish without the Hugh Jackman mass produced feel. I like Hugh Jackman, but come on folks, this is steampunk not Marvel. I would further suggest that no name or low name actors for the rest. I hope whoever is the casting director takes a look at these fanpages. Respect to all
I like the idea of Vera Farmiga as Briar… she’s always been open to new kinds of movies and Boneshaker would definitely qualify. She could pull it off. Also Jodie Foster is a wonderful idea. They could both pull off Briar’s personality very well. One more alternative though: Noomi Rapace could be interesting.
Also Brendan Gleeson or Ron Perlman as Swakhammer needs to happen. I don’t think there could be better ones.
Hugo Weaving as a villain will never cease to be awesome and its no different in this case.
Logan Lerman as Zeke, too, is a good idea, especially after seeing him in 3:10 to Yuma.
I’m going to put Idris Elba in for Andan Cly as well.
Briar – Famke Janssen
Andun Cly – Ron Perlman
Swakhammer – Clancy Brown
Croggan Hainey – Don Cheadle
Minnericht – Jason Isaacs
Zeke – Asa Butterfield
I absolutely agree with Vera Farminga as Briar. Titus Welliver would be a good Minnericht, Logan Lerman as Zeke, Tantoo Cardinal as Angeline, and Cliff Simon is sort of who I pictured as Leviticus Blue.
No way will Hugh Jackman, Shia lebouf, or Jodie foster be on my list.
john malkovich – Leviticus Blue
Rodrigo Santoro – Yaozu
Kristen Steward – briar
Stacey Dash(i know what your going to say but image her 30 years older) – Princess Angeline
rosie o’donnell – lucy o’gunning
Daniel Day-Lewis – Minnerricht
Bruce Willis – Swakhammer
I`ve got something a bit different…
Briar – Różczka Magdalena
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Lucy o’gunning – Ewa Kasprzyk
Princess Angeline – EWA SZYKULSKA ( she needs a bit of make-up
Leviticus Blue – Krzysztof Wakuliński
Minnerricht – Maciej Kozłowski
Maynard – Jan Nowicki
Swakhammer – Mariusz Pudzianowski