Who would you cast to play the OOTS characters in live action?

[Lynn]

As the OOTS is a stick figure comic we have infinite possibilities to imagine what the characters look like.

recently i've noticed that Franck Dubosc looks a lot like Tarquin could look like
http://www.culturclub.com/larsen/rideau/images/rideau_une0024-franck-dubosc_il-etait-une-fois.jpg
bigger picture here (http://www.cauxcorico.com/wp-content/uploads/spectacle-franck-dubosc.jpg)
he's a french actor and humorist

What do you think? Do you have other idees?

[KillItWithFire]

Jermy Irons as Tarquin.

[martianmister]

Justin Bieber as Xykon...

[smasher0404]

Justin Bieber as Xykon...

no as one of the teenage goblins. :)

Jackie Chan as Miko (I know Miko is a girl but still)

[Dr.Epic]

Jermy Irons as Tarquin.

It has to be Christopher Walken.


Justin Bieber as Xykon...

My reaction to this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ythpzsu18&feature=related)

[Keinnicht]

Samuel L. Jackson as Roy.

That is all.

[KillItWithFire]

Samuel L. Jackson as Roy.

That is all.

yes. So yes

[Umbra]

Samuel L. Jackson as Roy.

That is all.

Morgan Freeman as Eugene.

THAT is all.

[paladinofshojo]

Cary Elwes as Elan

[rewinn]

Danny DeVito as Belkar (although he's getting up in years perhaps)

[yldenfrei]

Oooohhh interesting... very interesting...

May I suggest, though, that V be played by none other than Tilda Swinton (http://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0842770%2 F&ei=s7YFTdDdHsizrAe90_iQDw&usg=AFQjCNFu_4HW423GvQr-ZtVTm5UsBz5DTg)? That is all I ask. :smallredface:

A "Jessica Biel" Haley and "Ryan Reynolds" Elan/Nale would be something, too. God forbid though that they give Roy to Wesley Snipes.

[Cizak]

Neil Patrick Harris as Elan, Nale and Tarquin.

[Gimliggamer]

Orlando Bloom as Elan/Nale.

Whoever played Count Dooku/Saruman for Tarquin.

Elijah Wood as Belkar.

Viggo Mortensen for Hinjo.

[yldenfrei]

Neil Patrick Harris as Elan, Nale and Tarquin.

Okay, that's it. Out with Reynolds, In with NPH!!!

[Emperor Flumph]

I see this working best as a series of TV or direct-to-DVD movies, each one based on one of the books. Starring A-list actors of course.

Order of the Stick: Dungeon Crawlin' Fools
Roger Cross as Roy Greenhilt
Neil Patrick Harris as Elan/Nale
Evangeline LillyJewel Staite as Haley Starshine
Tilda Swinton as Vaarsuvius
Jonah Hill as Belkar Bitterleaf/Yikyik
Simon Pegg as Durkon Thundershield
Johnny Depp as Xykon
Mark Strong as Redcloak
Russell Brand as The MitD
Jessica Alba as Sabine
Kevin Durand as Thog
Claire Danes as Hilgya Firehelm
Michael Cera as Zz’dtri
Ron Glass as Eugene Greenhilt
Jayne Wisner as Celia
Patrick Wilson as Mr. Jones
George Lopez as Mr. Rodriguez
Nathan Fillion as Thor

[Emperor Flumph]

Order of the Stick: No Cure for the Paladin Blues
Lucy Liu as Miko Miyazaki
George Takei as Shojo
Yusuke Iseya as Hinjo
Sumer Glau as Samantha
Jeff Bridges as Samantha's Father
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Redaxe
Josh Radnor as the Shadowdancer
Jet Li as Soon Kim
Ellen Page as Serini Toormuck
Gary Oldman as Girard Draketooth
Sean Maher as Dorukan
Diane Kruger as Lirian
John Rhys-DaviesTemeura Morrison as Kraagor
Raven Symone as Julia Greenhilt
Zac Efron as Pompey
A Cat as Mr. Scruffy

[Emperor Flumph]

Order of the Stick: War and XPs
Hiroyuki Sanada as O-Chul
Grace Park as Lien
Aya Ueto as Tsukiko
John Malkovich as Leeky Windstaff
Jonah Hill as The Oracle/Yokyok
Antonio Banderas as Julio Scoundrel
Sandra Oh as Sangwaan
Chow Yun Fat as General Chang
JK Simmons as The Chief
Anton Yelchin as The Rookie
Stephen Moyer as That Archer Belkar Kills
Yunjin Kim as Kazumi
Shido Nakamura as Daigo

[littlekKID]

Okay, that's it. Out with Reynolds, In with NPH!!!

agree! :smallbiggrin:

[Emperor Flumph]

Order of the Stick: Don't Split the Party
Kristen Bell as Therkla
Sonny Chiba as Kubota
Rowan Atkinson as Qarr
Queen Latifah as the Ancient Black Dragon
Derek Jacobi as Lee
Alan Rickman as Nero
Stephen Fry as Cedrik
Orlando Bloom as Inkyrius
Sharlto Copley as Jirix
Jasika Nicole as Sara Greenhilt
Samuel L. Jackson as Horace Greenhilt
David Cross as Roy’s Archon
Terry Crews as Bozzok
Kristen Stewart as Crystal
Sean Astin as Hank
Ken Page as Old Blind Pete
Stephen McHattie as the Cleric
Al Leong as Thanh
Jemaine Clement as The Wight with Thanh’s Shoes
Hugh Laurie as Hieronymus Grubwiggler
Jon Stewart as Chief Grukgruk
Stephen Colbert as Shaman Vurkle

[BridgeCity]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Redaxe


I want him to be a more important character, I just can't think who.

[Emperor Flumph]

Order of the Stick: Whatever the Current Storyline is Called
Timothy Dalton as Tarquin
Crispin Glover as Malack
Temuera Morrison Tim Roth as Gannji
Michael Clarke Duncan as Enor
Liam Neeson as Ian
Helena Bonham Carter as The Empress
Gina Torres as Amun-Zora
Jonah Hill as Kilkil

[Emperor Flumph]

I want him to be a more important character, I just can't think who.
Aye, he is very talented. But I've wanted to put him opposite Josh Radnor for quite some time.

[Nimrod's Son]

Neil Patrick Harris as Elan, Nale and Tarquin.
Twelve posts before someone said this? You're slow today, Playground. :smallamused:


Samuel L. Jackson as Roy.

That is all.
But only six before this one! Good show.

And we've already got Tilda Swinton on the first page too. I just need Jewel Staite as Haley for house.

(Samuel L. Jackson's about thirty years too old to play Roy, but that's never stopped anyone suggesting it.)

[Emperor Flumph]

Twelve posts before someone said this? You're slow today, Playground. :smallamused:


But only six before this one! Good show.

And we've already got Tilda Swinton on the first page too. I just need Jewel Staite as Haley for house.

(Samuel L. Jackson's about thirty years too old to play Roy, but that's never stopped anyone suggesting it.)
20 years ago, Samuel L. Jackson would've made a great Roy. Today, I cast him as Horace.
But Jewel Staite would be an awesome Haley. Excuse me while I scrub away Evangeline Lilly's name.

[Nimrod's Son]

*Taps foot impatiently*

HOUSE!

[Aerodynamik]

...
Jeff Bridges as Samantha's Father
...

This would be made of win.

[BridgeCity]

Temuera Morrison as Gannji


I'd say Tems not sly enough to be Gannji. He is much better when cast in a rather brutal role (Jake the Muss for example) so I'd have him less of the ambush type and more of a straight up fight type.


*Taps foot impatiently*

HOUSE!

If you're calling for Hugh, he's already been mentioned. As Grubwiggler I think.

[Emperor Flumph]

I'd say Tems not sly enough to be Gannji. He is much better when cast in a rather brutal role (Jake the Muss for example) so I'd have him less of the ambush type and more of a straight up fight type.

Hmm, you're right. I was just trying to add another layer to the Star Wars references, but that should never come at the expense of casting. Who do you recommend?

[Nimrod's Son]

If you're calling for Hugh, he's already been mentioned. As Grubwiggler I think.
Um, no, I wasn't.


I just need Jewel Staite as Haley for house.


Jewel Staite would be an awesome Haley. Excuse me while I scrub away Evangeline Lilly's name.


HOUSE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_%28Commonwealth%29

[BridgeCity]

Hmm, you're right. I was just trying to add another layer to the Star Wars references, but that should never come at the expense of casting. Who do you recommend?

That's where I'm hitting a wall.

Anyone who has seen Jake beat the almighty hell out of the guys in Once Were Warriors can attest to his ability to pull off a very convincing rage, but he would be no where near silly/cutesy enough to play Thog.

Are there any grizzled veteran warriors/fighters in the comic I'm just not remembering?


Um, no, I wasn't.

Sweet as.

[Emperor Flumph]

That's where I'm hitting a wall.

Anyone who has seen Jake beat the almighty hell out of the guys in Once Were Warriors can attest to his ability to pull off a very convincing rage, but he would be no where near silly/cutesy enough to play Thog.

Are there any grizzled veteran warriors/fighters in the comic I'm just not remembering?
If only O-Chul were Generic Pacific Islander instead of Generic Asian.
He could do Kraagor well if we wanted to give him like no screentime.

[Dr.Epic]

Danny DeVito as Belkar (although he's getting up in years perhaps)

So many things wrong with that.

[BridgeCity]

If only O-Chul were Generic Pacific Islander instead of Generic Asian.
He could do Kraagor well if we wanted to give him like no screentime.

Yeah I considered both those, would love him as O-Chul, but probably too old as well. (Just as an aside, Maori are not counted as Pacific Islanders).

Kraagor has dark skin from what we've seen hasn't he? I'd be happy with that casting.

[Emperor Flumph]

Yeah I considered both those, would love him as O-Chul, but probably too old as well. (Just as an aside, Maori are not counted as Pacific Islanders).

Kraagor has dark skin from what we've seen hasn't he? I'd be happy with that casting.
Which leaves the question of who plays Gannji.
Tim Roth? I know I cast him as the shoe-wearing wight, but that's only because I couldn't think of anybody adn he was the first actor who came to my head. Roth can do weaselly, and he can be repulsive and endearing at the same time. He'd make a damn fine Gannji.

[BridgeCity]

Which leaves the question of who plays Gannji.
Tim Roth? I know I cast him as the shoe-wearing wight, but that's only because I couldn't think of anybody adn he was the first actor who came to my head. Roth can do weaselly, and he can be repulsive and endearing at the same time. He'd make a damn fine Gannji.

Yeah I think Roth would do a pretty good job at that.

[Emperor Flumph]

Yeah I think Roth would do a pretty good job at that.
And now the part of the wight is left open...
I feel this would be better for a comedian than an actor, but I don't know many comedians.

[BridgeCity]

And now the part of the wight is left open...
I feel this would be better for a comedian than an actor, but I don't know many comedians.

I feel Jemaine Clement could pull off a great, dead-pan undead wight.

[Emperor Flumph]

I feel Jemaine Clement could pull off a great, dead-pan undead wight.
I had to look that up, and now by brain is kaploding with awesomeness at the thought of Flight Of The Concords Glasses Guy being the wight. Amazing, sir. Amazing.

[BridgeCity]

I had to look that up, and now by brain is kaploding with awesomeness at the thought of Flight Of The Concords Glasses Guy being the wight. Amazing, sir. Amazing.

Haha thanks. I sold him some bread about a month back and he is hilarious to talk to, he would just work so well.

I'd love for Bret McKenzie to be teamed up with him in the OOTS movie as well.

[Emperor Flumph]

Haha thanks. I sold him some bread about a month back and he is hilarious to talk to, he would just work so well.

I'd love for Bret McKenzie to be teamed up with him in the OOTS movie as well.
BRET MCKENZIE AS TSUKIKO!
Jk, but could you imagine?

[BridgeCity]

BRET MCKENZIE AS TSUKIKO!
Jk, but could you imagine?

Scarily, I could imagine that all too well. It would be like his elf character in Lord of the Rings, but dressed . . . sexier? Does that word apply in this situation?

[Emperor Flumph]

Scarily, I could imagine that all too well. It would be like his elf character in Lord of the Rings, but dressed . . . sexier? Does that word apply in this situation?
He... he was in Lord of the Rings? *whimper of excitement*
Which elf was he?

[BridgeCity]

He... he was in Lord of the Rings? *whimper of excitement*
Which elf was he?

Hah yeah, I'm probably the only New Zealander who wasn't in those movies.

His official credit is "Elf at council" in Fellowship and "Elf escort" in King, but for some reason fans attached themself to him (this was before Conchords was big overseas) and named him Figwit.

Edit: See him in all his glory. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF57D0_VV_k)

[Emperor Flumph]

Hah yeah, I'm probably the only New Zealander who wasn't in those movies.

His official credit is "Elf at council" in Fellowship and "Elf escort" in King, but for some reason fans attached themself to him (this was before Conchords was big overseas) and named him Figwit.

Edit: See him in all his glory. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF57D0_VV_k)
Must watch those movies again.
Also, the name Figwit suits him a lot better than Bret. It would please me if everybody started calling him Figwit McKenzie.

EDIT: He was that guy? I remember him, but I never linked him with Flight Of The Concords Scruffy Beard Man. Shampoo adn a shave makes a big difference.

[BridgeCity]

Oh, while I'm riffling through New Zealand actors for this, I'd definately get behind Craig Parker as a candidate for Xykon. He can be very serious, very creepy, and then snap to light hearted aloofness with ease.

Not sure if you'd know him from anything though.

Edit: Haha, I love how you obviously know the show but have no idea what their names were, even though their names in the show were their real life names.

[Emperor Flumph]

Oh, while I'm riffling through New Zealand actors for this, I'd definately get behind Craig Parker as a candidate for Xykon. He can be very serious, very creepy, and then snap to light hearted aloofness with ease.

Not sure if you'd know him from anything though.

Edit: Haha, I love how you obviously know the show but have no idea what their names were, even though their names in the show were their real life names.
Well of course I remember him as Haldir and I have vague memories of the episodes of Xena he was in. I still haven't seen Rise of the Lycans and I've never watched Shortland Street, though I hear it's good. Those are the only things I know he's in.
In my mind, Xykon is Johnny Depp and it'll take some seriously impressive scenery chewing to dislodge that image.

FotC were my favourite act in the Melbourne comedy galas before I ever saw their TV show. I never bothered to remember the names of any comedians I saw, and by the time I was watching the show, the vagely descriptive names I had for them could not be replaced. By tomorrow I'll probably have forgotten their real names.

[BridgeCity]

Well of course I remember him as Haldir and I have vague memories of the episodes of Xena he was in. I still haven't seen Rise of the Lycans and I've never watched Shortland Street, though I hear it's good. Those are the only things I know he's in.
In my mind, Xykon is Johnny Depp and it'll take some seriously impressive scenery chewing to dislodge that image.

FotC were my favourite act in the Melbourne comedy galas before I ever saw their TV show. I never bothered to remember the names of any comedians I saw, and by the time I was watching the show, the vagely descriptive names I had for them could not be replaced. By tomorrow I'll probably have forgotten their real names.

Oh I completely forgot he was in LotR, though that is far from his best work. He also plays the big bad in the sword of truth TV series, but I didn't see if that was any good. He is a fantastic stage actor, which is where I see him most.

I just don't see Johnny as a good Xykon. I have never found him the least bit intimidating, and Xykon needs to be able to intimidate. Also, I hate Johnny.

Can't remember reading it, have you thought of anyone for Julio?

[Emperor Flumph]

Oh I completely forgot he was in LotR, though that is far from his best work. He also plays the big bad in the sword of truth TV series, but I didn't see if that was any good. He is a fantastic stage actor, which is where I see him most.

I just don't see Johnny as a good Xykon. I have never found him the least bit intimidating, and Xykon needs to be able to intimidate. Also, I hate Johnny.

Can't remember reading it, have you thought of anyone for Julio?
Johnny Depp is a massive overactor, but very talented nonetheless. I think his brand of chewing, swallowing, digesting, and passing the scenery would be perfect for Xykon. As for intimidation, he was seriously unnerving in Sweeney Todd, even if his singing left much to be desired.

For the good Captain, I decided on Antonio Banderas. I was hesitant at first, this being a very obvious choice. But hey, when you want a swashbuckler, go to the guy who buckles every swash he sees.

[BridgeCity]

For the good Captain, I decided on Antonio Banderas. I was hesitant at first, this being a very obvious choice. But hey, when you want a swashbuckler, go to the guy who buckles every swash he sees.

Yeah good choice. I lean somewhat towards Sean Connory, a little old maybe, but he can charm the pants off anything on the planet. Also be a nice little nod to the outrageous character/mentor he played in Highlander.

As for his seeming refusal to change his accent, if a Russian submarine commander can have a Scottish accent (Hunt for Red October) than Julio can damn well have one too.

[Emperor Flumph]

Yeah good choice. I lean somewhat towards Sean Connory, a little old maybe, but he can charm the pants off anything on the planet. Also be a nice little nod to the outrageous character/mentor he played in Highlander.

As for his seeming refusal to change his accent, if a Russian submarine commander can have a Scottish accent (Hunt for Red October) than Julio can damn well have one too.
Hear hear!
I still favour Banderas, but Connery would do a damn fine job of it too.
Little known fact: when he was starting out, he went to elocution classes to get rid of his accent. Good thing they didn't work. Can you imagine him without it?

[BridgeCity]

Hear hear!
I still favour Banderas, but Connery would do a damn fine job of it too.
Little known fact: when he was starting out, he went to elocution classes to get rid of his accent. Good thing they didn't work. Can you imagine him without it?

Haha brilliant, it would have been horrible. Yeah Banderas would make a great Julio. Any other positions in need of casting that you can think of? It's early morning and I've been awake all night so memory is not working correctly.

[Telonius]

Thor: BRIAN BLESSED.
Tsukiko: Grey DeLisle
Zeus: William Shatner

[Emperor Flumph]

Haha brilliant, it would have been horrible. Yeah Banderas would make a great Julio. Any other positions in need of casting that you can think of? It's early morning and I've been awake all night so memory is not working correctly.
Aye, same here. It's like 6:40 over there across the Tasman, right?

Nah, I cast every important character I could think of. I wish this were a real thing just so I could have Derek Jacobi, Stephen Fry and Alan Rickman in the same scene, and playing archfiends no less.
I'm gonna pack it in soon. Need me some eyeclosin'.

[BridgeCity]

Aye, same here. It's like 6:40 over there across the Tasman, right?

Nah, I cast every important character I could think of. I wish this were a real thing just so I could have Derek Jacobi, Stephen Fry and Alan Rickman in the same scene, and playing archfiends no less.
I'm gonna pack it in soon. Need me some eyeclosin'.

Indeed it is, 6:41 as of this post. Brilliant that you and I, being in New Zealand and Australia, could have easily had this conversation during the day but chose to have it in the middle of the night and the early hours of the morning instead. That's the true spirit of ANZAC . . .

I'd possibly swap Jacobi with Laurie, but yeah that scene would be incredible.

I too am packing it in now, I feel we did good work.

[Emperor Flumph]

Indeed it is, 6:41 as of this post. Brilliant that you and I, being in New Zealand and Australia, could have easily had this conversation during the day but chose to have it in the middle of the night and the early hours of the morning instead. That's the true spirit of ANZAC . . .

I'd possibly swap Jacobi with Laurie, but yeah that scene would be incredible.

I too am packing it in now, I feel we did good work.
G'night. May you dream of a tidal wave of rabbits.

[Brewdude]

Peter Dinklage for Belkar.
Belkar is a sexy jerk. Need to have a good looking dude play the part.

[yldenfrei]

@Emperor Flumph

Lovely Casting. Zac Efron as Pompey is going to be soooo hilarious.

On a side note though, I've always pictured Miko to be wide-faced, and Lucy Liu might be a tad too thin looking. Might I suggest Gong Li? She can look pretty masculine too under proper prod design. ^_^

EDIT: Also, can I motion Hinjo's role be given to Takeshi Kaneshiro instead (House of Flying Daggers, 2046)? Yusuke looks too bishie and shady, while Takeshi can pull off a goody goateed paladin pretty nicely. ^_^

And I just realized: Tilda Swinton X Orlando Bloom. :smallamused:

[Supercomputers]

Orlando Bloom as Elan/Nale.

Whoever played Count Dooku/Saruman for Tarquin.

Elijah Wood as Belkar.

Viggo Mortensen for Hinjo.

Belkar is to badass to be played by Elijah Wood!

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0042.html

[Corneel]

Belkar is to badass to be played by Elijah Wood!

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0042.html

That was before Sin City came out...

[SamL]

Just a couple of ideas:
Al Pacino as Xykon. He's got the age, the badassness, and chews scenery like it was made of gum.

Wouldn't have thought it from Firefly, but after seeing Dollhouse I can picture Alan Tudyk as Belkar. Just a thought there.

But definitely, DEFINITELY John Oliver as the Oracle. Seriously, go to any oracle strip and read his lines with Oliver's voice and cadence. It works so well.

[Dr.Epic]

That was before Sin City came out...

First time I saw that film I honesty though Kevin was played by Toby Maguire. I mean Kevin was this creepy stalker type comic book character with glasses and amazing agility which is what Maguire played in Spider-Man.

[Corneel]

Speaking of Sin City, maybe Devon Aoki as Miko?

[boj0]

No one said Tim Curry as Xykon? :smalleek::smallfrown:
You have disappointed me Playground...

[Lowkey Lyesmith]

Almost everybody seems to think Jewel Staite as Haley.

I have a different idea: Amanda Righetti.

[DZ-Battra]

Just a couple of ideas:
Al Pacino as Xykon. He's got the age, the badassness, and chews scenery like it was made of gum.



Johnny Depp as Xykon

I could see either Christopher Lloyd or Willem Dafoe being Xykon - Lloyd can easily skate the line of outlandishly funny and deadly serious, and Dafoe just plays that role of crazed, homicidal villain right - his voice certainly fits that role

[Popertop]

I can't really imagine anyone else but James Woods being Xykon.

And I would want a more natural redhead to play Haley.

[ChowGuy]

James Earl Jones as Eugene, just so he can say "Roy, I am your father" at the end of the "trial."

[Dvandemon]

Neil Patrick Harris as Elan


Neil Patrick Harris as Elan, Nale and Tarquin.

Neil as Elan, Cary Elwes as Nale and whomever the OP mentioned as Tarquin


Question:How would a wight look? Just white skin or other "undead" looking features?

[veti]

Before fingering Samuel L Jackson as Roy, check out his date of birth. The man is over 60 years old. Can't we think of someone slightly more age-appropriate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor)?

And in my mind at least, Sideshow Bob (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer) is Belkar.

[Dvandemon]

Their like complete opposites though. So, yeah, only in your mind :smallwink:

the only things they have in common are large feet, red hair and and psychosis, everything else is an exact opposite

[Supercomputers]

That was before Sin City came out...

Wait, did he play that creepy ninja kid who ate people?

[Marillion]

Order of the Stick: Don't Split the Party
Queen Latifah as the Ancient Black Dragon


I had doubts about this, but then I imagined Queen Latifah saying "You stole my baby from me!" and all my doubts were erased.


Order of the Stick: No Cure for the Paladin Blues
Jet Li as Soon Kim

Nothing against Jet Li, I love him and think he'd pull it off spectacularly, but I feel as though a Japanese actor should play Soon. Perhaps Ken Watanabe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUpyKjUlLA)?

As for Lee, Nero, and Cedrik, they need to be played by Alan Rickman, Jeremy Irons, and Tim Curry, at least as far as their voices go. Mmm.

[Emperor Flumph]

I had doubts about this, but then I imagined Queen Latifah saying "You stole my baby from me!" and all my doubts were erased.
I know, right?


Nothing against Jet Li, I love him and think he'd pull it off spectacularly, but I feel as though a Japanese actor should play Soon. Perhaps Ken Watanabe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUpyKjUlLA)?
He'd do an excellent job too. I'd be satisfied either way.


As for Lee, Nero, and Cedrik, they need to be played by Alan Rickman, Jeremy Irons, and Tim Curry, at least as far as their voices go. Mmm.
No. Jeremy Irons might work, although I feel Derek Jacobi is the much better actor, but Tim Curry's too comical sounding. Stephen Fry's smooooooth voice is, to me at least, beyond perfect for Cedrik.

[Marillion]

No. Jeremy Irons might work, although I feel Derek Jacobi is the much better actor, but Tim Curry's too comical sounding. Stephen Fry's smooooooth voice is, to me at least, beyond perfect for Cedrik.
I can give you Jacobi, but Tim Curry? Comical? I guess I can see that, but to me, it's partially that quality that sends shivers down my spine. He ruined my childhood as Pennywise the Dancing Clown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wihDQnkzyMA), and now he's ruined my adulthood as Billy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keKMuKfSVI8) Flynn, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5NDU15nv8) and in my opinion, if Chaotic Evil had a voice, it would sound surprisingly like Tim, only not quite as evil.

Although perhaps, he would be better as Xykon.

[Emperor Flumph]

I can give you Jacobi, but Tim Curry? Comical? I guess I can see that, but to me, it's partially that quality that sends shivers down my spine. He ruined my childhood as Pennywise the Dancing Clown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wihDQnkzyMA), and now he's ruined my adulthood as Billy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keKMuKfSVI8) Flynn, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5NDU15nv8) and in my opinion, if Chaotic Evil had a voice, it would sound surprisingly like Tim, only not quite as evil.

Although perhaps, he would be better as Xykon.
I dunno what it is about me, but I didn't find Pennywise the slightest bit intimidating. My siblings were terrified, but I was like 'It's just a clown. How is that scary?'

[Marillion]

Well, he wasn't just a clown. He was every nightmare you ever had. He was your worst dream come true. He was everything you ever were afraid of. He was the devourer of worlds...and of children!

</Tim Curry>

The Monster Clown (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsterClown) trope has a lot to do with it, I'm sure. But even the on-set cast and crew were terrified of Tim Curry during the filming of IT. :smalleek:

[ghoul-n]

Roy, by the way, must be played by Kevin Michael Richardson and no one else.

[Emperor Flumph]

Well, he wasn't just a clown. He was every nightmare you ever had. He was your worst dream come true. He was everything you ever were afraid of. He was the devourer of worlds...and of children!

</Tim Curry>

The Monster Clown (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MonsterClown) trope has a lot to do with it, I'm sure. But even the on-set cast and crew were terrified of Tim Curry during the filming of IT. :smalleek:
Like I said, it's something about me. I realise a lot of people are scared of clowns, but I've never found them anything but funny.

[Nimrod's Son]

Like I said, it's something about me. I realise a lot of people are scared of clowns, but I've never found them anything but funny.
You'll change your tune if you find one lurking in a storm drain and it rips your arm off. :smallwink:

[Emperor Flumph]

You'll change your tune if you find one lurking in a storm drain and it rips your arm off. :smallwink:
Well sure, in the few seconds before I haemorrhaged to death, I'd be pretty terrified. But is that likely to happen?

[Madapplejack]

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Redcloak, or this project doesn't happen.

[yldenfrei]

And I just realized, NPH singing "O Buddy Roy" in the middle of a LOTR-esque war (in full slow-motion montage no less!) will be a Crowning Music of Awesome. ^_^

[Velaryon]

Just a couple of ideas:Wouldn't have thought it from Firefly, but after seeing Dollhouse I can picture Alan Tudyk as Belkar. Just a thought there.

Now that you mention it, I can sort of see that too. Alan was definitely an odd choice for the role of Alpha, but he pulled it off much better than I ever would have thought. I can see him working as Belkar for much the same reason.



And I just realized, NPH singing "O Buddy Roy" in the middle of a LOTR-esque war (in full slow-motion montage no less!) will be a Crowning Music of Awesome. ^_^

Okay, I was having doubts about NPH being cast as Elan, but that right there? That won me over. :smallsmile:


It's funny that so many people suggest Jewel Staite as Haley. I have an NPC in my D&D game that I sort of base a little bit on Haley, and I always pictured her as looking like Jewel.

[Nimrod's Son]

Well sure, in the few seconds before I haemorrhaged to death, I'd be pretty terrified. But is that likely to happen?
It's all about verisimilitude, though. If you were a child living in Derry ME in 1957, then yeah, it was fairly likely to happen. Same thing with how Xykon is considered scary even though the possibility of a skeleton trying to take over the world is not really something you or I need worry about.

[Dr.Epic]

Andy Serkis as Belkar. He's already played a crazy, homicidal halfling.

[Forlong]

It would be wrong to make "Order of the Stick" into a live action film. It's the principle of the thing. Why do you think it's called "Order of the Stick"?

Now an animated film would be the right way to go. But that's for a different thread...

I'm getting an idea. An idea so brilliant that I would be amazed at myself, if I even knew what I was talking about. :smallamused:

[Bedinsis]

What's up with all this love for NPH?

[3SecondCultist]

Have to love the NPH, man.

... okay not all of the time, but still. :smallamused:

[Borzag]

Hi all,

Sorry for bumping this but I only just saw it.... anyway age-appropriateness aside, does anyone else think Mandy Patinkin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001597/) HAS to be YokYok (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0348.html)? :P

Cheers!

Borzag (Rookie in the Playground)

[Shoelessgdowar]

Casting ideas with Pictures:

Roy

Bobby Lashley (You Broke my Sword (http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/b/bobbylashley/05.jpg))

Horace Greenhilt

Keith David (It don't mean a thing, if you don't learn that swing (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/KeithDavidJune10.jpg))





Belkar

Jason Acuna (Good Point Elf Buddy (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Jason_Acu%C3%B1a_-_Wee-Man_-_Waterfront_Marriott,_Portland,_Oregon_-_August_15,_2009_-_Full_Body.jpg))

Martin Klebba (Will I get to kill... (http://photos.telestrekoza.com/var/albums/Current_shows/The_Cape/Cast/Season_1/Cape_S1_Martin_Klebba_002.jpg))

Warwick Davis
(Eat your heart our Elijah Wood (http://shadowsintheforce.com/Davis%20in%20Motorcade.jpg))


Durkon

Peter Dinklage (You have to watch out for them paper cuts, we like to call them Treevenge (http://www.flash-screen.com/free-wallpaper/uploads/200804/imgs/1209399182_1024x768_peter-dinklage-and-warwick-davis-play-dwarves.jpg))


Elan/Nale

Cody Rhodes (Nale (http://raw-smack.ru/uploads/posts/2010-10/1287080967_cody_rhodes3.jpg) ; Not-Nale (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tWqvsW7WRl0/TG7hwG2j-aI/AAAAAAAAYTQ/MlhIByP5sUE/s640/'Dashing'+Cody+Rhodes+vs.+Guest+Stars+'Warehouse+1 3'.jpg))


Tarquin

Dustin Rhodes (Darn, now it just looks like I really love pudding (http://ecwfrenchtribute.free.fr/HTLM/Photos/G/Goldust/Dustin_Rhodes_-_Dustin_Runnels_01.JPG))


Haley

Alicia Witt (You're really a Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (http://www.top-models.com/pics/pics-high/Alicia-Witt-14695.jpg))


Vaarsuvius

Rhyf Ifans (I prepared Magical Runes today (http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/wp-content/uploads/rhys_ifans.jpg))

[Shoelessgdowar]

It would be wrong to make "Order of the Stick" into a live action film. It's the principle of the thing. Why do you think it's called "Order of the Stick"?

Now an animated film would be the right way to go. But that's for a different thread...

I'm getting an idea. An idea so brilliant that I would be amazed at myself, if I even knew what I was talking about. :smallamused:


Cause Roy pointed at a stick and they voted on it.

[Marillion]

Casting ideas with Pictures:

Alicia Witt (You're really a Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (http://www.top-models.com/pics/pics-high/Alicia-Witt-14695.jpg))
Baby, with those eyes I'll be anything you want:smallwink:

[CletusMusashi]

Watching "Pit Boss" lately, I couldn't help but picture Shorty Rossi as Belkar and Ashley as Hilgya. Whether or not Sebastian could pull off Durkon depends on how good he is at accents.
Best fit I can offer Ronald would be Mr. Scruffy.

[Shoelessgdowar]

Wait, did he play that creepy ninja kid who ate people?

That was Elijah "Fordo" Wood

[Shoelessgdowar]

Like I said, it's something about me. I realise a lot of people are scared of clowns, but I've never found them anything but funny.

Good for you. Clowns should not be scary, Clowns bring happiness and should never be feared.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Stephen King's It are horrible stories/films and I'm glad to hear more people defy that retarded trope.

[Nimrod's Son]

The creature from IT is not actually a clown, you know. It just looks like one sometimes.

[veti]

Good for you. Clowns should not be scary, Clowns bring happiness and should never be feared.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Stephen King's It are horrible stories/films and I'm glad to hear more people defy that retarded trope.

Too right. It's amazing how coulrophobia seems to have become our cultural norm, somehow.

Clowns are people who willingly sacrifice their human dignity to make people laugh. Can anything be nobler or more deserving of praise and love?

[Minitroll]

I have one problem- Stephen Colbert is too epic for Shaman Vurkle. I think he should be one of the following.
Xykon- but Jhonny Depp...
MiTD- but he's british...
Thog

[el-pietro]

sorry to bump this - but i was discussing this with a friend who introduced me to OOTS and the only one we agreed on was for Nale/Elan

If you can't get NPH - who we agree would be great as the bard - what about Alan Tudyk?

He has the naivety and charm needed and while hes a bit sarcastic, I see that as a bonus

[SowZ]

Will Ferrell is a bumbling, zany skeleton on top of the world! But proffesional rivals, (including Cuba Gooding Jr. and Isla Fisher,) try and stop him at every turn. Laugh at the hijinks this winter in Order of the Stick: Xykon's Legend

[t209]

Will Ferrell is a bumbling, zany skeleton on top of the world! But proffesional rivals, (including Cuba Gooding Jr. and Isla Fisher,) try and stop him at every turn. Laugh at the hijinks this winter in Order of the Stick: Xykon's Legend

And Gilbert Gottfried as Elan (for ARISTOCRATS!) or Monster in the Darkness.

[Raistlin82]

Neil Patrick Harris as Elan, Nale and Tarquin.

Elan (http://www.thatfilmguy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/neil_patrick_harris.jpg). Nale (http://cache.io9.com/assets/images/8/2008/12/dr_horrible.jpg).
This one would be an obvious choice for me.
I still think Christopher Walken (http://www.solocine.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/christopher_walken.jpg) can be his dad. The movie wouldn't be made with stick figures, you know, so the twins wouldn't necessarily look identical to their father (or to human Xykon, for what matters).

Also, we need somebody younger as Roy, like J. August Richards (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/angel/images/340/s4_gunn1.jpg), for example, who's handled swords on screen before. Morgan Freeman can be his dad. :smalltongue:

Oh, and Felicia Day (http://media.gamespy.com/columns/image/article/111/1113639/all-in-a-days-work-for-felicia-day-20100817041517888.jpg) IS Haley.
Evidence #1 (http://cdn.gamingangels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/FeliciaDayTallis.jpg). Evidence #2 (http://www.whedonsworld.com/pix/interviews/2008/august/drhorrible03.jpg).

Yeah, and Tilda Swinton (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Tilda_Swinton_crop.jpg/200px-Tilda_Swinton_crop.jpg) as V would seem another obvious choice.

[Finn Solomon]

I just want Felicia Day as Haley and Neil Patrick Harris as Elan. Give them the happy ending denied to them by Dr Horrible's sing along blog!

[SinsI]

Wesley Snipes as Roy (in his Blade-like persona)
Tracey Walter as Belkar (from his Conan the Barbarian days)
Emma Watson as Haley
Terence Hill as Elan/Nale
Bud Spencer as Dunkan
oh, and any random shemale pornstar as V :smallbiggrin:

Enemy team:
Georgy Millyar as Xykon (his Kashey was really great)
Ian McKellen as Redcloak
Mila Kunis as Tsukiko

Azure City:
Sean Connery as Lord Shojo

SemiNeutral team:
Pierce Brosnan as Tarquin
Dustin Hoffman as Oracle (in Tootsie-like disguise)



Order of the Stick: War and XPs
Antonio Banderas as Julio Scoundrel
Oh yes, absolutely!

[t209]

How about the guy who played Ulfric Stormcloak as Lord Kubota (both of them are treacherous nobles)?

[eulmanis12]

Harrison Ford as Shojo, or a Julio Scoundrel

Don't know many actors but I know that harrison ford would have to be in there somewhere. The music would have to be done by John Williams of course.

[Cynric]

I know he's dead, but I've always imagined Redcloak talking like James Mason.

[t209]

Sean Bean as Thanh!

[thisisnotspam]

Taye Diggs as Roy
Santiago Segura as Belkar
Keira Knightley as Haley
Robert Webb as Elan Nale
The Governator as Durkan
Christina Ricci as V

Mark Hamil as Xykon (Quentin Tarantino as human in flashbacks)
David Mitchel as Redcloak
Luci Liu as Tsukiko

Anthony Hopkins as Tarquin
Penelope Cruz as Sabine
The Rock as Thog

Jet Li as O'chul
James Earl Jones as Eugene
Taylor Lautner as Hinjo
Ivo Gregurević as Shojo
Keanu Reeves as Zzdri
Olesya Rulin as V's spouse
Seth Macfarlane as Pompey

[t209]

Taylor Lautner as Hinjo

Will he be Shirtless?

[thisisnotspam]

Will he be Shirtless?

Only in Order Of the Stick 5: Return Of Roy

[ProfessorFate]

Hi all. Long time reader, first time poster.

I haven't thought about this too much, but a few I think would work:

Roy - Donald Faison (Turk from Scrubs)
Haley - Felicia Day
Thog - Neil Flynn
Elan/Nale - Joel McHale

Trying not to use so many big name actors. If it was ever to get made, the budget needed to hire all the A listers would make any production company wash their hands of the project.

[Adanedhel]

Hmm :p

What about John Simm for Xykon, he does the goofy but immensly treatening villain very well :)

I agree with Rickman and Jacobi for 2 of the three directors, but must admit being woefully underknowledged about Fry, so I'll take your word for it :)

I think Matt Smith would make a wonderfull Vaarsuvius

and while we busy with Whovian actors, Tennant could make a good Redcloak, as would Ecclestone, they both are pretty good at the viscious and broken veterans of many artrocities.

Colin Baker could make for a good Dorukan I think (if we would get the flashback from SoD) (speaking of which, does anyone know where the soulstones of D and L are?)

[dps]

We've done this before, but here's my latest list:

Roy: Omar Epps
Elan/Nale: Neil Patrick Harris
Haley: Karen Gillian
V: Jay Davison
Belkar: Peter Dinklage

Xykon: Christopher Walken
Redcloak: Michael Keaton

Thog: Richard Moll

Shojo: James Wong
O-Chul: Chow Yun-fat

Serini: Yeardley Smith

Eugene: Melvin Van Peebles
Horace: Richard Roundtree

Crystal: Christina Ricci

Cleric of Loki: John Cleese

Julio Scoundrel: Sean Connery

Other roles TBD.

[OrzhvoPatriarch]

Christopher Walken and Gilford Godfrey for everybody, ah, so soothing.:smallbiggrin:

[Yourshallowpal]

Shojo:

Why has no on put George Takai as Shojo yet?

Seriously, picture his face flying around during Belkar's vision. His voice is a perfect mix of "cunning patriarch" and comedic timing.

Roy:

I was kind of thinking Idris Ebla, although he is a bit old. I think Raistlin82's suggestion of J. August Richards is brilliant, though.

Redcloak
Bryan Cranston. (Though, maybe I'm biased, because Walter White and Redcloak are both such chemistry experts.)

I full support NPH for Elan; it's too perfect. Same with Jeremy Irons as Tarquin.

[MoonCat]

Haley - Felicia Day
Thog - Neil Flynn
Elan/Nale - Joel McHale

Mm. I dunno if Felicia Day could handle Haley, all of the characters I've seen her do are Lawful Good meek ones. Even if she is capable of pulling off a Chaotic Good snarky rogue, I have no idea if anyone watching would be able to take her seriously in that role.

[rman]

Mm. I dunno if Felicia Day could handle Haley, all of the characters I've seen her do are Lawful Good meek ones. Even if she is capable of pulling off a Chaotic Good snarky rogue, I have no idea if anyone watching would be able to take her seriously in that role.

See Dragon Age Redemption videos, character Tallis. She does get quite bloody.

[dps]

Added a couple more to the cast. I finally figured out who I thought would work as Sabine in her default appearance, and realized if John Cleese is the unnamed Priest of Loki, there are a couple of obvious choices for Ol' Blind Pete:

Roy: Omar Epps
Elan/Nale: Neil Patrick Harris
Haley: Karen Gillian
V: Jay Davison
Belkar: Peter Dinklage

Xykon: Christopher Walken
Redcloak: Michael Keaton

Sabine: Halle Berry
Thog: Richard Moll

Shojo: James Wong
O-Chul: Chow Yun-fat

Serini: Yeardley Smith

Eugene: Melvin Van Peebles
Horace: Richard Roundtree

Crystal: Christina Ricci

Cleric of Loki: John Cleese
Ol' Blind Pete: Eric Idle

Julio Scoundrel: Sean Connery

Other roles TBD.

[Ridureyu]

I can think of one and only one choice to play Tsukiko (http://cheapskatecafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pemmican-beef-jerky.jpg)