# "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:** 3
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/41 "2011-09-21T15:47:27Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] Rowan Atkinson ood ee ang ar-oyle, ungagull owgnowk og ee otch! [/QUOTE] Argh! Missed the edit window. No CGI for arg-oles. Stop motion by Ray Harryhausen, ee ood oo ee arg-oles! ---
**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 21, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/42 "2011-09-21T16:43:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > There are very, very few actors over 6’6". Like maybe ten of them. Finding one who fit the role would be effectively impossible. > > Perlman, incidentally, is 6’1". Yeah, but the funny thing is, I bet most people assume he’s actually taller than that. Good camera angles or something. High-heels. ---
**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 21, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/43 "2011-09-21T16:44:54Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Patrick Warburton. He could be good, although he looks too old. ^ ooo, yes! I change my vote for Carrot to Warburton. ---
**Author:** ![Liche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Liche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liche)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/44 "2011-09-21T21:03:47Z")
Ponder Stibbons - Martin Freeman The Dean - Richard Griffiths I thought Charles Dance as Vetinari was bang on in Going Postal and wouldn’t dream of anyone but him in the role - and I’d previously imagined Jeremy Irons until the (misguided) Colour of Magic adaptation. Will have more of a think about this one! Generally I love Paul Kidby’s versions and seldom find them very far from how I imagine people. ---
**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 21, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/45 "2011-09-21T21:34:37Z")
Paul Gross is apparently only six feet tall, but I’d still make him Carrot. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/46 "2011-09-22T08:32:57Z")
Mackenzie Crook for Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. ---
**Author:** ![Liche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Liche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liche)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/47 "2011-09-22T08:56:18Z")
William de Worde - Benedict Cumberbatch Grannie - Maggie Smith Lady Sybil - Anna Russell (not strictly an actress, she just _is_ Sybil - and being a Wagnerian soprano is handy for Fifth Elephant. Alas, too old and too dead.) Moist - Simon Keenlyside. Failing that, David Tennant. Magrat - Evanna Lynch Leonard of Quirm - Tom Baker Dibbler - David Jason (miscast as Rincewind, but CMOT = Delboy) Carcer - torn between Andy Serkis and Heath Ledger Igors - Bill Bailey ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/48 "2011-09-22T09:08:45Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, [Carrot Ironfoundersson](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14280958#post14280958). ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/49 "2011-09-22T09:11:48Z")
Christina Ricci as Sally von Humpeding Peter Dinklage as Lance-Constable Cuddy Meredith Eaton as Cheery Littlebottom Young Rowan Atkinson as Ponder Stibbons ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/50 "2011-09-22T09:16:30Z")
John Simm as Mister Teatime. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/51 "2011-09-22T09:34:37Z")
Lou Ferringo as Detritus (The Hulk as Detritus just picture it) ---
**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 22, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/52 "2011-09-22T09:36:05Z")
Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching a lot of Q.I. lately, but I think Alan Davies could make a fine Nobby Nobbs. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/53 "2011-09-22T09:36:39Z")
😃 > [@Broomstick](#): > > ^ ooo, yes! I change my vote for Carrot to Warburton. Agreed - He gets My Tick of approval:D ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/54 "2011-09-22T09:42:16Z")
[Clyde](http://beenlookingforthemagic.tumblr.com/post/3158045986/clyde-co-star-of-every-which-way-but-loose)as The Librarian ---
**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 22, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/55 "2011-09-22T10:11:48Z")
Actually, it’s a given that the Librarian will be played by Andy Serkis. He gets all the ape roles. ---
**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 22, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/56 "2011-09-22T19:42:47Z")
John Cleese - Drumknott (think about his archly subtle delivery, not his barely subdued rage) rage) Eric Idle - Pick a wizard (Actually most of the pythons would be a good fit here) No one has suggested a possible actor for Death… Mostly voice talent, as it would have to be a CGI Character… Basil Rathbone…? And thanks everyone for all the thought and imagination provoking resonses ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/57 "2011-09-22T20:18:57Z")
A younger Billy Connolly for Rob Anybody. O, casting the Nac Mac Feegle would be a fun exercise in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/58 "2011-09-22T20:27:07Z")
> [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](#): > > Eric Idle - Pick a wizard (Actually most of the pythons would be a good fit here) Since I first encountered Discworld in the video game in which Eric Idle provided the voice of Rincewind, that’s still how I think of him. For reasons lost in the mists of time, when I read _Guards, Guards_, I pictured Vimes as looking like Ian Holm. Of course, Holm is now old as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/59 "2011-09-22T22:09:27Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Helen Mirren could be a good Granny Weatherwax. Damn! Beaten to the punch. Seconding Rickman as the Patrician, Arthur Darvill as Rincewind, John Sim as Carcer or Mister Teatime, David Tennant as Moist von Lipwig, and Brendan Fraser as Carrot. And while we’re pillaging _Doctor Who_, how about Billie Piper as Angua and Karen Gillian (in a wig, of course) as Susan Sto Helit? Now I think about it, Helen Mirren would be fun to watch as Nanny Ogg… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/60 "2011-09-23T01:04:20Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Why why why why why why why do Americans insist on Brendan Fraser for Carrot? He’s not a redhead, he’s not young enough, and he’s not British! Argh! Look, you expect Americans are gonna think first of American actors, right? I’ve seen some unfamiliar names in this thread which are probably familiar to Brits (and I doubt any Brits reading it have failed to recognize any American actors’ names). But, in answer to your question, it’s because Brendan Fraser is otherwise perfect for Carrot. Rent a DVD of _Blast from the Past_ (there are some actual similarities between the characters) and imagine a British accent. And hair can be dyed, and 30-year-olds play teenagers in slasher films, for Og’s and Blind Io’s sake! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955.md?page=4)