# "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:** 5
**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 23, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/81 "2011-09-23T14:35:23Z")
Cheery Littlebottom - Voiced by Tim Curry Angua… 1970’s Deborah Harry… (wait, wait, she can act… [Debbie Harry - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001323/#Actress) ) Billy Connolly as Rob Anybody… yes yes yes! and again, thanks for all the great responses… ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/82 "2011-09-23T15:29:25Z")
Patrician - Rickman Carrot - Paul Gross - Seriously, watch Due South - he is already Carrot. Granny Weatherwax - Maggie Smith Tiffany Aching - Ellen Page ( from Juno - this is **Cheerleading Dropout** ’s pick) Nobby Nobbs - Alan Davies would be fine, but I can also see him as CMOT. Angua - Eliza Dushku - She’s got the killer in 'er. > [@Scissorjack](#): > > Nick Frost and Simon Pegg would pair wonderfully as Sergeant Colon and Corporal Nobbs. Can Pegg do Nobby? Nick is born to be Colon. ---
**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 23, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/83 "2011-09-23T18:00:55Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Patrician - Rickman > Carrot - Paul Gross - Seriously, watch Due South - he is already Carrot. > Granny Weatherwax - Maggie Smith > Tiffany Aching - Ellen Page ( from Juno - this is **Cheerleading Dropout** ’s pick) > > Nobby Nobbs - Alan Davies would be fine, but I can also see him as CMOT. > > Angua - Eliza Dushku - She’s got the killer in 'er. > > Can Pegg do Nobby? Nick is born to be Colon. Maggie Smith certainly has the chops, in terms of acting skills, but her appearance is all wroing, I think. Weatherwax is known for her smooth skin, lack of warts, wrinkles, squints, etc. Maggie Smith is a bit, well “crone-ish”… imho… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/84 "2011-09-23T18:47:11Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Can Pegg do Nobby? Nick is born to be Colon. Pegg is pretty tall (or at least looks it), but with some clever manipulation I think he could possibly pull it off. He does lean toward deadpan straightman humor more than the bright-eyed tongue-in-cheek innocence Nobby prefers. ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/85 "2011-09-23T18:55:46Z")
> [@Hogfather65](#): > > easy to change hair colour… Ever see Eliza Dushku and Kirsten Dunst side-by-side in _Bring It On?_ Kirsten’s the only one with a, well, blonde bone structure. (But she wouldn’t do for Angua, it calls for someone taller and tougher. A blonde who could be cast as a Valkyrie or as an action-heroine.) ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/86 "2011-09-23T18:59:30Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Death has clearly got to be voiced by James Earl Jones. Who else can speak in all caps without raising his voice? No, his inflection is just not . . . dead enough. Not flat enough. Death should make the Star Trek computer voice sound like overacting. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/87 "2011-09-23T19:01:57Z")
Who’ve we got so far for Nanny Ogg? That’s got to be the **funnest** part an actress could ever get! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/88 "2011-09-23T20:35:02Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Who’ve we got so far for Nanny Ogg? That’s got to be the **funnest** part an actress could ever get! Miriam Margolyes? {sp?} I think Dawn French could pull it off pretty well; I’d love to see what she and Joanna Lumley made of Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax, though. ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/89 "2011-09-23T21:20:41Z")
> [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](#): > > Maggie Smith certainly has the chops, in terms of acting skills, but her appearance is all wroing, I think. Weatherwax is known for her smooth skin, lack of warts, wrinkles, squints, etc. Maggie Smith is a bit, well “crone-ish”… imho… How about Tilda Swinton with a grey wig? Typecasting, I know, but she can pull off “imperious” in her sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/90 "2011-09-23T21:41:13Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > How about Tilda Swinton with a grey wig? Typecasting, I know, but she can pull off “imperious” in her sleep. If we are casting Doctor Who alumni, Carey Mulligan/Sally Sparrow is pretty much a lock for Polly Perks. ---
**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 23, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/91 "2011-09-23T22:00:19Z")
> [@Hogfather65](#): > > Big Dr Who fan but god no for Billy Piper or Karen Gillian - neither has the presence to play either role. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Another “God, no” for Piper and Gillan. I want an Angua who looks like she could win a bar brawl. Maybe a younger Jessica Stevenson/Hynes. I get what you’re saying, but I was thinking of Piper’s ablility to pull off a sense of, mmm, slight alienation, a little anxiety. In _The Art of Discworld_, Sir Pterry said he what he liked about Kirby’s drawing of Angua was that it looked like she was always prepared to flee. She is, after all, partially a wild animal; and what do most wild animals do when they are surrounded by humans? Piper showed that quality in “Stolen Earth/Journey’s End”, as well as the ability to prod buttock. “D’ye like my gun?” As far as Gillian, I was thinking that she has Susan’s anger. Carey Mulligan could also be a good Susan, as well as Polly Perks. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/92 "2011-09-23T22:32:01Z")
Angua needs to be someone tall and quite strong-looking; Billie Piper doesn’t fit the bill. ---
**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 23, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/93 "2011-09-23T23:46:35Z")
And in the X-men comics Wolverine is something like 5 foot 2 and the short jokes have flown for decades, but they still got away with casting a six-footer in the movie role. A good actress could be a convincing Angua and it wouldn’t matter how tall she was - she’s a werewolf, she doesn’t have to be big to be a strong action-girl. ---
**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 23, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/94 "2011-09-23T23:55:31Z")
Maybe Hannah Spearritt from _Primeval_ as Angua? She’s short, but has an edge to her. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/95 "2011-09-24T07:03:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ever see Eliza Dushku and Kirsten Dunst side-by-side in _Bring It On?_ Kirsten’s the only one with a, well, blonde bone structure. (But she wouldn’t do for Angua, it calls for someone taller and tougher. A blonde who could be cast as a Valkyrie or as an action-heroine.) So, Miranda Otto, then… ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/96 "2011-09-24T09:56:01Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > And in the X-men comics Wolverine is something like 5 foot 2 and the short jokes have flown for decades, but they still got away with casting a six-footer in the movie role. > > A good actress could be a convincing Angua and it wouldn’t matter how tall she was - she’s a werewolf, she doesn’t have to be big to be a strong action-girl. Some characters can get away with changing their appearance more than others. Personally I don’t think it matters what hair colour she has, for example, but I see her as long-legged and Amazonian. I predict that whoever does end up playing Angua will be tiny and fragile-looking. Ever since Buffy there seems to be a trend for this in all those kick-arse female roles. That’s part of the reason I’d like to see someone tall and fairly strong in the role - it’d make a change from the norm. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/97 "2011-09-24T14:10:35Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Angua needs to be someone tall and quite strong-looking; Billie Piper doesn’t fit the bill. How about Piper Perabo? She’s proven she can do the action-chick thing _(Covert Affairs)_ . . . and she does always look like she’s prepared to flee. ---
**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 24, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/98 "2011-09-24T15:40:19Z")
Denise Richards. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/99 "2011-09-24T16:02:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > How about Piper Perabo? She’s proven she can do the action-chick thing _(Covert Affairs)_ . . . and she does always look like she’s prepared to flee. Yeah, she could possibly work. I think she could probably do ‘steely.’ Actually, that’s my main objection to Billie Piper - far too nice. She could be nasty if needed maybe, in a manipulative way, but I can’t see her doing steely. Like she could give you a certain look that makes you envision being eviscerated, but she hasn’t actually moved a muscle. Granny Weatherwax could do the same if in a really bad mood, but for Angua it would be instinctive. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955/100 "2011-09-24T16:11:34Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Denise Richards. Or just a cardboard cut-out of Denise Richards. Lower cost, same acting ability. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-casting-for-discworld/596955.md?page=6)