# Who Would You Cast in a Discworld Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325 "2004-12-17T13:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/1 "2004-12-17T13:16:47Z")
Say there was even a remote chance of a Discworld flick. Who should be in it? Which set of characters would you use? The wizards, the witches or the guardsmen? Which secondary characters? Cohen, Gaspode, Ly Tin? Would the Librarian be CGI or would they reuse the ape costume from **George of the Jungle**? (Myself, I can see Brendan Fraser as Cpt. Carrot) Oh, and just to make it _really_ fun, how about no limit on using actors from past or present. Want Joan Crawford as Granny Weatherwax? Fine by me! Cutting-me-own-throat in anticipation, Davmi ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/2 "2004-12-17T13:21:21Z")
Alan Rickman as Vetinari. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/3 "2004-12-17T13:34:57Z")
Terry Jones as Nanny Ogg? Either Tony Robinson or Rhys Ifans as Rincewind ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/4 "2004-12-17T14:44:06Z")
[Joan Plowright](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687506/photogallery-ss-0) as Nanny Ogg, or perhaps Jennifer Saunders (of AbFab). Put some old lady makeup on Joanna Lumley (also of AbFab), increase her icy bitch personna tenfold, and have her play Granny Weatherwax. If he weren’t already pegged as the head of a wizard school, I’d have Michael Gambon as Ridcully, acting more like his role in [The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and her Lover](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097108/). The rest of the wizards have to be played by Monty Python. Alan Rickman as Vetinari is perfect. Ben Miles (from Couplings) would make a good Rincewind. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/5 "2004-12-17T14:52:06Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > Alan Rickman as Vetinari is perfect. It’s so obvious that I’m almost embarrassed to take credit for thinking of it. :o ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/6 "2004-12-17T15:16:21Z")
**Capt. Carrot** =Orlando Bloom **Sir Samuel Vimes** =Brendan Gleeson **Lord Vetinari** =Sean Bean **Rincewind** =Simon Pegg **Granny Weatherwax** =Judy Dench **Nanny Ogg** =Miranda Richardson **Magrat** =Emmy Rossum **Archchancellor Ridcully** =Simon Callow ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/7 "2004-12-17T16:27:26Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > **Capt. Carrot** =Orlando Bloom WHAT!? I like Orlando, but he’s no Carrot! Not that skinny little guy! NFW! ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/8 "2004-12-17T17:03:49Z")
WWE wrestler The Rock I think -looks- the part of a good Captain Carrot. I wonder if he could act it? Probably not…not subtle enough, I wouldn’t think. I think John Rhys Davies would make a good Ridcully. The big question is–who’d they get to play Sam Vimes??? It would seem almost inappropriate to have anyone other than Clint Eastwood in the role, but I fear that poor old man would crumble to dust if so much as given a little jostle! ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/9 "2004-12-17T17:10:43Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > WHAT!? > > I like Orlando, but he’s no Carrot! Not that skinny little guy! > > NFW! Meh, a few months in the gym, lots of tuna and protein powder, he’d bulk up just fine. For me, the signal qualities an actor has to possess to play Carrot are a muscular body, youth, and wide-eyed innocence. Orlando Bloom would be perfect. Someone mentioned Brendan Fraser, who would have been a great Carrot 10 years ago, but now he’s too old. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/10 "2004-12-17T17:24:44Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > **Capt. Carrot** =Orlando Bloom No, no, no. Orlando Bloom is Imp y Celyn from _Soul Music_. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/11 "2004-12-17T17:34:44Z")
> [@c\_carol](#): > > No, no, no. Orlando Bloom is Imp y Celyn from _Soul Music_. Oooohhh, good call! OLK, time to recast Carrot. I’ve got it–Karl Urban! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/12 "2004-12-17T17:37:00Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Oooohhh, good call! OLK, time to recast Carrot. I’ve got it–Karl Urban! Can’t see it myself Urban is too serious-looking. Carrot is a friendly giant. But Bloom as Imp. Makes sense. I am currently reading Soul Music too. Now who can do Lobsang… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/13 "2004-12-17T17:39:42Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > But Bloom as Imp. Makes sense. I am currently reading Soul Music too. > > Now who can do Lobsang… Well, you’re a good-looking bloke, so I’ll volunteer. What? ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/14 "2004-12-17T18:10:00Z")
I see Alan Rickman as a little too broad to play Vetinari – not his acting, but his physical features. I vote for Jeremy Irons. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/15 "2004-12-17T18:12:06Z")
> [@Ashtar](#): > > WWE wrestler The Rock I think -looks- the part of a good Captain Carrot. I wonder if he could act it? Probably not…not subtle enough, I wouldn’t think. I was so going to suggest just that! I’d love to see him play against type as a wide-eyed, naive innocent. I think he could pull it off. Between his SNL appearance and _The rundown_, I think he’s shown he can do a fair job at comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/16 "2004-12-17T18:42:44Z")
Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler - Joe Pesci Lobsang Ludd - it’s been a while since I’ve read ToT and don’t remember what was said about his physical appearance. If he has some Asiatic features, then I nominate [Tony Jaa](http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2004/NOPQR/Ong-Bak/images/main-page.jpg) of the Ong Bak fame. As for Rincewind, I think that I’ve seen Pterry’s quote somewhere that the best person to play him would be Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney from Only Fools and Horses) and to me he really seems like the one able to pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/17 "2004-12-17T20:15:35Z")
On a second thought and after a discussion with my friend, let Joe Pesci play Pin from The Truth and cast David Jason as CMOT Dibbler. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/18 "2004-12-17T20:47:40Z")
If Jeremy Irons is going to do Vetinari, how about Alan Rickman for Vimes: [http://www.thespiannet.com/actors/R/rickman\_alan/ar.jpg](http://www.thespiannet.com/actors/R/rickman_alan/ar.jpg) Vimes can be a real bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/19 "2004-12-17T21:50:15Z")
For Vimes, I’ve always seen Kurt Russell. Nobby, maybe Steve Buscemi. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325/20 "2004-12-17T22:20:38Z")
Buscemi would be excellent as Nobby! My other thoughts: [ul] [li]J.K. Simmons as CMOT Dibbler[/li][li]Keira Knightly as Susan[/li][li]Andre Braugher as the head of the Assassin’s Guild (I forget his name)[/li][li]Vincent Schiavelli the Bursar[/li][/ul] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-discworld-movie/280325.md?page=2)