Brainstorm! "Good Omens" casting.
Apr. 17th, 2004 01:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ldhensonI've never quite been able to cast Good Omens to my satisfaction. Not sure why, but no one seems to fit exactly the vague impressions in my mind. And I first read the book, what, six, seven years ago?
That said, it was fun to brainstorm during my commute home anyway.
Fantasy cast: i.e., I don't know if they could really pull it off (not least because it's a bit late to cast these two), but I'd absolutely love to see them try.
Aziraphale = Stephen Fry
Crowley = Hugh Laurie
Fry: English? check. Intelligent? check. Gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide? check, and of course I'm not saying the fact that Fry himself is gay means he fits this description; rather, if you've read GO you know what I mean. Beautifully-manicured, slightly-plump hands? no problem there. And, ye gods...his voice.
Laurie: Would look at home in shades and a Bentley? how about in shades and leather jacket and a motorcycle? Whew, excuse me, need a moment. Okay...I'm back. I'm not terribly sure I really see him as Crowley. There's a slicked-back sort of quality to Crowley, at least in my head, which I can't quite picture on Laurie; they've both got the dark-and-sexy thing going, but in different flavors. Still, there's marvelous rapport there. As I said, I'd love to see it tried, at least.
Cast #2:
Aziraphale = Russell Crowe
Crowley = Johnny Depp
Crowe: Not so much in Gladiator mode as in, rather, Master & Commander without the combat bits. There's just something about his soft-spokenness in certain moments--not only in voice but in manner--and his formality, combined with that seemingly-incongruous twinkle in his eye, that makes the notion of his murmuring, "Really, my dear" a la Aziraphale a very convincing one, indeed.
Depp: My current front-runner for Crowley, although (much as I love Johnny) I'm not 100% comfortable with the fit. And I'm not sure why. He's got Crowley's brand of flashy gracefulness. He's plenty qualified in the "good cheekbones" department (and how). And the tricky balancing act of snaky-charm-peppered-with-reluctant-but-sincere-goodwill would be, I think, squarely in his range. So what's the obstacle? Can't put my finger on it yet. But not at all a bad choice, for first pick.
'Course, I have no idea whether Crowe and Depp would have any sort of rapport. Right now I can't get a clear enough picture in my head.
That said, it was fun to brainstorm during my commute home anyway.
Fantasy cast: i.e., I don't know if they could really pull it off (not least because it's a bit late to cast these two), but I'd absolutely love to see them try.
Crowley = Hugh Laurie
Fry: English? check. Intelligent? check. Gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide? check, and of course I'm not saying the fact that Fry himself is gay means he fits this description; rather, if you've read GO you know what I mean. Beautifully-manicured, slightly-plump hands? no problem there. And, ye gods...his voice.
Laurie: Would look at home in shades and a Bentley? how about in shades and leather jacket and a motorcycle? Whew, excuse me, need a moment. Okay...I'm back. I'm not terribly sure I really see him as Crowley. There's a slicked-back sort of quality to Crowley, at least in my head, which I can't quite picture on Laurie; they've both got the dark-and-sexy thing going, but in different flavors. Still, there's marvelous rapport there. As I said, I'd love to see it tried, at least.
Cast #2:
Crowley = Johnny Depp
Crowe: Not so much in Gladiator mode as in, rather, Master & Commander without the combat bits. There's just something about his soft-spokenness in certain moments--not only in voice but in manner--and his formality, combined with that seemingly-incongruous twinkle in his eye, that makes the notion of his murmuring, "Really, my dear" a la Aziraphale a very convincing one, indeed.
Depp: My current front-runner for Crowley, although (much as I love Johnny) I'm not 100% comfortable with the fit. And I'm not sure why. He's got Crowley's brand of flashy gracefulness. He's plenty qualified in the "good cheekbones" department (and how). And the tricky balancing act of snaky-charm-peppered-with-reluctant-but-sincere-goodwill would be, I think, squarely in his range. So what's the obstacle? Can't put my finger on it yet. But not at all a bad choice, for first pick.
'Course, I have no idea whether Crowe and Depp would have any sort of rapport. Right now I can't get a clear enough picture in my head.
