Let's cast Wizard's First Rule

[Groovenstein]

Wizard's First Rule, the first in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, is reportedly being made into a miniseries. Since we have so much fun casting Atlas Shrugged, and I just finished reading Wizard's First Rule, I thought I'd start a thread to cast this one.

Please, please, please, do not discuss the substance of the books in here. I plan to read all of them and don't want any spoilers sneaking their way in here. We have threads for the substance of the books. Others may feel as I do. Also, it's probably best to use the characters' names in as short and simple a form as possible, so as not to give away any name changes that may occur in the story.

So I'll start:

Richard (strong-looking, handsome but not a pretty boy) - Viggo Mortensen ("older"), Christian Bale (younger), Paul Walker (younger)

Kahlan (pretty, angelic, but can be fierce) - Cate Blanchett ("older"), Keira Knightley (younger)

Zedd (old, smart, funny) - Christopher Walken*

Darken (strong-looking, evil, smart, arrogant) - Vin Diesel*

Denna (a gorgeous, tough, nasty woman) - Angelina Jolie*, Lucy Liu

I included the older/younger thing in anticipation of discussion as to how old the characters should be. Suggestions with an asterisk were made by my friend.

[Maarten]

Both Richard and Kahlan are about mid-twenties in the first book. I don't think Goodkind really says anything about the exact age of the other characters, although Darken Rahl is probably around 40 years old, and Denna is around 30ish I would say.

Matt, do you want to stay true to the approximate appearance the characters have in the series itself? Most of the books have a cover that shows some of the characters, and over the course of the series I think most main characters pass that particular revenue. Minor details are probably not so important, so there's a lot of leeway there, but I think it would be best to remain as close to their described appearances as possible within the context of having good actors for it

It's probably more important to find someone who can portray the character magnificently, rather than try to emulate the exact appearance.

Oh, and true D'Harans are blonde haired with blue eyes; I suppose you can easily fix this with colored lenses and hair dye, but still. Not sure how Vin Diesel would look with hair, I think I've only ever seen the guy as being bald.

Oh, we also need a voice for Shar (the night wisp), of course!

Edited October 15, 2006 by Maarten

[Amandawoodberry]

Darkan Rahl was slender if I remember correctly. And soposed to be very handsom, but I get the impression it was in more of the adonis kind of was not tough guy kind of way, diesel is not right for that. I just finished reading the book for the 4th time. but this is just my oppinion.