Casting Musings

Whilst bored the other day there, I went trawling the net for a number of things that had occured to me to check and I had never gotten round to.

One of which, was to take a look for another update on the possibility of a Drizzt movie. "What's a Drizzt?", I hear you ask (which is a question often asked my the unitiated in the books). Take a look here to clarify your understanding.

It had been rumoured prior to the release of "The Rings Trilogy" that a Drizzt movie was on the horizon, pending the success of the former trilogy, however since that success has very much come and gone, I thought I would check the rumour mills to see what was going on. Not a lot.

It's clear there is still some idle chatter out there about the possibility of a Drizzt movie being made, more than likely in the form of a novel conversation from The Crystal Shard, however nothing substantial.

There does seem to be some fairly idle speculation on who might be cast as Drizzt, along with some personal recommendations. There are two that seem to be coming up regularly.

Wesley Snipes
Orlando Bloom.

People, people, people! What are you thinking?! Whilst I am a fan of the Snipes, and fully believe he has the martials arts prowess to convey that side of Drizzt (being a student of Escrima amongst other arts), however he is entirely too big in size, and has the wrong kind of charisma about him to properly deliver on the part of Drizzt. On the Orlando Bloom front, the build is fine, but I am not convinced his prowess in the arts is sufficient, and the fact that he has the charisma of a dry sponge doesn't help much either.

However, at this point allow me to state, that whilst I am having a pop at some people's recommendations for the part, I can offer none myself. I have considered who I would cast, and I am coming up a blank. It's not just for Drizzt either - I am having some difficulty pinpointing people I would cast in the place of Bruenor, Cattie-Brie, Wulfgar, Jarlaxle,Artemis Entreri, Matron Beanre, Matron Malice...and the list goes on.

Secondly, I came across a poll on the net, which listed the possible parts in the movie and multiple actors you could possibly cast in that role. I nearly sobbed. I mean, come on - Jason Isaacs as Drizzt Do'Urden - what was it, the nearly white hair in Harry Potter that did it!?! Then we have Tom Hanks as Bruenor Battlehammer - again an actor I have the greatest respect for, but as Bruenor - OH-DEAR-GODS!!!

It goes on and on, so instead of ranting at each choice, I'll simply let you make up your mind. Check it out here.

I think the only good suggestion I seen on this page was that Ridley Scott would direct...thats not a terrible idea I admit....

As for the rest, I think my eyes actually bled....