# "Dream" Casting for Discworld **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955 "2011-09-20T15:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/1 "2011-09-20T15:39:20Z")
So, you have unlimited resources, and everyone is available and wants to be in the upcoming Discworld Movies. Their are actually two movies. One set in “Nightwatch” Ankh Morpork, and one set in the Granny Weatherwax Ramtops. You are the Casting Director… who do you pick? Here are a few. Nobby Nobbs - Tony Robinson - (Baldrick in Black Adder) Granny Weatherwax - Meryl Streep Cutmeownthroat Dibbler - Danny Devito Feel free to put your own suggestions out there, and duplications are encouraged… ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/2 "2011-09-20T15:44:54Z")
Apparently, Terry Pratchet has always imagined Watch Commander Samuel Vimes as a version of Pete Postlethwaite. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/3 "2011-09-20T15:53:03Z")
Moving thread to Cafe Society, from MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/4 "2011-09-20T16:07:21Z")
Mustrum Ridcully - [BRIAN BLESSED!!!](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrianBlessed) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/5 "2011-09-20T16:11:04Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Apparently, Terry Pratchet has always imagined Watch Commander Samuel Vimes as a version of Pete Postlethwaite. Perfect. Someone start the zombie machine! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/6 "2011-09-20T16:17:44Z")
Do I get a time machine, too? Paul Gross (aka Constable Benton Fraser) is a bit old to be Carrot now, but if I got him when he was filming Due South… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/7 "2011-09-20T16:23:29Z")
Mark Addy for Fred Colon Dawn French for Nanny Ogg ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/8 "2011-09-20T17:17:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Perfect. > > Someone start the zombie machine! What? Postlethwaite is dead? When did that happen? (And the OP did say it was “dream” casting… he didn’t specify they had to be actually alive and at their present ages, did he?) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/9 "2011-09-20T17:42:57Z")
Sir Christopher Lee - DEATH Stephen Fry - Ridcully [Jessica Hynes](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828961/) - Magrat The Patrician is a tricky one though, Ben Kingsley? or perhaps a little less obvious, Stanley Tucci? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/10 "2011-09-20T17:46:26Z")
Alan Rickman? It would require a subtle performance, and he’s more than proven he can do that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/11 "2011-09-20T17:56:14Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > What? Postlethwaite is dead? When did that happen? > > (And the OP did say it was “dream” casting… he didn’t specify they had to be actually alive and at their present ages, did he?) I kid, I kid. He did die, though. On January 2. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/12 "2011-09-20T21:27:09Z")
Marty Feldman would have made a great Nobby Nobbs. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/13 "2011-09-20T21:36:36Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Apparently, Terry Pratchet has always imagined Watch Commander Samuel Vimes as a version of Pete Postlethwaite. In [Where’s My Cow?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_My_Cow%3F) the illustrations of Sam Vimes resemble Peter Postlethwaite. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/14 "2011-09-21T00:15:25Z")
A younger Christopher Lee would make a good Patrician. Photo near bottom of the linked page [http://www.thecimmerian.com/christopher-lee-metal-god-and-so-much-more/](http://www.thecimmerian.com/christopher-lee-metal-god-and-so-much-more/) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/15 "2011-09-21T00:26:51Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > The Patrician is a tricky one though, Ben Kingsley? or perhaps a little less obvious, Stanley Tucci? I freaking loved Jeremy Irons as the Patrician in The Color of Magic. I kind of like the thought of Tim Curry making a cameo as Lord Rust, too. And BRIAN BLESSED! is the _only_ choice for Ridcully. I like a lot of the people who’ve already been cast in the SkyOne productions; they’ve done some utterly amazing casting already IMO. Nicholas Tennant was perfect as Nobby in Hogfather. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/16 "2011-09-21T02:26:33Z")
I’ve always pictured Vimes as being played by Hugh Laurie. I’ve always thought of Carrot as a red-headed Brendan Fraser. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/17 "2011-09-21T05:20:05Z")
Wow, nice responses anyone… and sure, let not death hold back talent, cast from any actor in the last … say 40 yrs, just to keep some level of familairity for the youngun’s. Love Brendan Fraiser as Carrot… perfect… The Patrician is a challenge indeed… CGI for non human characters… btw, any suggestion for Detrius? I like Marty Feldman for Nobby, for The Bursar…Rowan Atkinson…? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/18 "2011-09-21T05:55:23Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I’ve always pictured Vimes as being played by Hugh Laurie. I think Laurie would make an excellent Vetinari. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/19 "2011-09-21T08:22:43Z")
Timothy Dalton as Vetinari. I’ve always pictured Vimes as more a Jerry Doyle type. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/20 "2011-09-21T08:58:03Z")
Vimes, to me, has always been sort of a British Harvey Keitel. \*Is \*there a British Harvey Keitel? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955.md?page=2)