The Casting Thread. . .
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CowboyYojimbo — 12 years ago(April 09, 2013 08:06 AM)
Hickey and Manson are kind of hard. I have the perfect mental image but, who matches it isn't as easy.
Hickey could be Clint Howard or Robert Carlyle maybe.
Manson - Always pictured a white Micheal Clarke Duncan haha. I don't recall if Mansons age was mentioned by maybe Allan Graf who played Captain Turner on Deadwood. Shave his head, get rid of the mustache.
On that note a lot of Deadwood actors would fit right in here.
I think Blanky was older, wasn't he? I got the impression he was a Brian Cox type.- C.Y.
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kristine-wade — 12 years ago(April 09, 2013 08:36 AM)
Robert Carlyle would be GREAT as Hickey! Manson is definitely a tough one. Somebody big and relatively handsome, that can do stupid. Blanky is older, but considering the short life expectancy of an arctic explorer, I think that Titus Welliver would be within the range.
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Remember also, that Blanky needs to be fit enough to believably leap from mast to spars to dangling ropes like Errol Flynn during his first encounter with the Tuunbaq. One of my favorite scenes in the novel.
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You mention Brian Cox. Any thoughts on him as a possible Sir John Franklin? -
pacem23 — 12 years ago(April 10, 2013 07:46 PM)
i don't like it. i mean i like Brian Cox, but not as Franklin. Franklin was a fool (in the book). i like Colin Firth as Fitzjames. shoot you could make him Crozier if Colm Meaney isn't suitable. what about Tom Felton as Hickey? maybe typecasting sure. that dude can play nasty though. Jay Baruchel as Harry Goodsir. liked him in the book. Goodsir that is. i guess you could get that girl from The New World to play Lady Silence, or maybe Mizuo Peck from the Night at the Museum movies. i'd cast Bob Hoskins as Blankyif he were about 10-15 years younger. that's it for now.
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randal7312 — 12 years ago(December 13, 2013 03:43 AM)
I agree with the casting of Robert Carlyle! Huge fan of the independent film Ravenous(he was a blood thirsty two-faced creep), as well as Trainspotting where Robert was 'slightly' off his rocker as Begby.
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randal7312 — 12 years ago(December 07, 2013 09:38 AM)
Richard Brake as Hickey! He just seems like a good two-faced scrawny weasel. Creepy as well.if you remember the naked dance scene on the ice as a lure! He was one of the kidnappers in Hannibal Rising(under
the radar)..OR(slightly older) Willem Dafoe! -
BulletHeadedSaxonMothersSon — 11 years ago(March 02, 2015 02:28 PM)
I'd cast:
Liam Neeson as Sir John Franklin.
James Nesbitt as Francis Crozier.
Ioan Gruffud as James Fitzjames.
Lee Inglby as Lt. Graham Gore.
Alex Russell as Lt. John Irving.
Toby Jones as James Reid.
Sean Harris as Thomas Blanky.
Stephen Waltersanother one of the bad guys from Hannibal Risingwould be my choice to play Cornelius Hickey.
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JustusAnkka — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 05:12 AM)
Our first official casting announcement; Tobias Menzies, playing "member of the Royal Navy."
http://deadline.com/2016/09/the-terror-tobias-menzies-cast-amc-anthology-series-scott-free-1201816309/
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eloiseshf — 9 years ago(September 11, 2016 07:45 AM)
Wikipedia gives Tobias cast as Crozier, but hey, it's Wikipedia, so better take it with a barrel of salt.
My guess is that he is playing either Crozier or Fitzjames.
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