Cast the Legend of Drizzt Movie (should it ever be made)

[That-Guy]

Hey Kattibrie. How are things in the Dale these days? lol

I like the idea of Jackman as Entreri, but... Dave Chappelle? Please... PLEASE tell me you're joking?

 

[kattibrie]

the dale... let me see... cold?

of course i'm jokig, silly but i'm serious about Hugh. (and not anly i )
and a question - this whole thing... should it ever be made this movie or not? seriously?

 

[kattibrie]

arghhhh! Bah mama mu stara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nikoj li ne vliza v toq skapan forum?????????????????????????????????????????? aaaa... i mean... where are you people?! i'm waiting for reply!!! i want to talk with so about drizzt and company! please write!!!!!!

 

[samblade16]

ok i have one thing to say, dave chapelle, i mean seurously you got to be kidding. When i imagened dave chapelle as drizzt i busted out laughing. I think a new actor would be good someone who fits the profile.

 

[Goddessreicho]

I hate to break it to you but i don't see the Dark Elves, especially stand out ones like Drizzt and Lerieal, being portrayed by um...non-black actors. I mean common I read Forgotten Realms too, and I have seen many a covers for Drizzt.

I love the idea of Mos Def as Drizzt. He was so good in The Heart of Men. He's got a natural talent to transform into any role. He's wiry tall and would look killer with duel scimitars.

 

[samblade16]

I agree it should be a black actor but we should think of who would be best for the part of drizzt. Who would look most like him

 

[Drizzt Do Urden]

No movie Should be made yet because it would just be a knock off of LOTR.. The Homeland, Exlie , Sojourn movies would have to wait a bit and Jude law should not play Drizzt you crazy! Drizzt should be played by someone who can fight and has a nice body with some acting skills. The movies should wait plus a lot of people don't know about the forgotten reamls enough.. The comics are out so That should help!

 

[Drizzt Do Urden]

ok i have one thing to say, dave chapelle, i mean seurously you got to be kidding. When i imagened dave chapelle as drizzt i busted out laughing. I think a new actor would be good someone who fits the profile.

I see Zacknafin played by weasly Snipes, I see Enteri played by hugh jackman, I see jarlax played by Johnny dep , I see Drizzt played by The guy from the movie protector or the guy from equlibrium ty gibbs i think his name is

 

[That-Guy]

Taye Diggs is who you are thinking of. He's a good actor, but I can't see him as Drizzt. What I don't get is how whenever this subject comes up ANYWHERE, you get all of these people insisting that only African American actors should play the Dark Elves. People, in the the Salvator books, their skin is described as JET BLACK. No one on this planet, no matter what ethnic group he belongs to, has skin that color. Therefore, anyone of any race could play these characters.

 

[kattibrie]

I see jarlax played by Johnny dep

I didn't read that!!!

And why

No movie Should be made yet because it would just be a knock off of LOTR..

???
i still think it's a good idea

 

[bluedrow]

I think Johnny depp can play the role of drizzt very well even though he may suit Jaraxle more =) He is a very versatile actor. And i agree entreri shld be played by hugh jackman. With the right actors, producer and director, i believe a movie of any of drizzt's trilogy novels will be beautiful.

 

[The Lizard]

I don't understand why anyone would think that a dark elf would have to be played by an black actor. People of African descent aren't really "black" of course - they're brown. Dark elves would have to be true black or purple-skinned in a movie, so the actors would have to wear full makeup no matter what.

A non-black actor wearing dark elf makeup isn't the same thing as wearing racist blackface makeup.

 

[e_morgan]

I've read the Drizzt books for years and JUDE LAW would be a HORRIBLE candidate for the role of Drizzt. He doesn't embody the element of Drizzt. A good candidate in my opinion (which doesn't compare to Drizzt's creator in the least I'm sure) would be Scott Speedman, he played the half werewolf, half vampire in the Underworld movies. He's got the look, the body, the fighting moves, the tenacity, and the kindness of what Drizzt would be like as a human.

By all means, as long as they don't cast a weenie to play the role of Drizzt, and as long as they stick to the book for a screenplay, then I pray that they make a Drizzt movie one day.

 

[That-Guy]

I don't understand why anyone would think that a dark elf would have to be played by an black actor. People of African descent aren't really "black" of course - they're brown. Dark elves would have to be true black or purple-skinned in a movie, so the actors would have to wear full makeup no matter what.

A non-black actor wearing dark elf makeup isn't the same thing as wearing racist blackface makeup.

Precisely. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.

 

[That-Guy]

I've read the Drizzt books for years and JUDE LAW would be a HORRIBLE candidate for the role of Drizzt. He doesn't embody the element of Drizzt. A good candidate in my opinion (which doesn't compare to Drizzt's creator in the least I'm sure) would be Scott Speedman, he played the half werewolf, half vampire in the Underworld movies. He's got the look, the body, the fighting moves, the tenacity, and the kindness of what Drizzt would be like as a human.

By all means, as long as they don't cast a weenie to play the role of Drizzt, and as long as they stick to the book for a screenplay, then I pray that they make a Drizzt movie one day.

You know, if you took the time to check out when I posted that suggestion, you'd see that it's been FOUR YEARS since then. Agreed, I don't want Jude Law as Drizzt anymore; it wasn't all that good of an idea. However, you can't make a better suggestion than SCOTT SPEEDMAN? The Underworld movies were mediocre at best, and his acting was hardly anything to write home about. And the fighting moves? What fighting moves? He just got his ass kicked most of the time. If that's what counts as combat skill, then by all means, maybe we should just cast David Arquette as Drizzt and be done with it.

 

[Graybeard]

Actually, I liked the Underworld movies Regarding who should play drizzt, I believe it should not be a black actor. Drizzt has always been described as fine boned. I personally feels that Orlando Bloom would fit the part perfectly. He's slight of build but still muscular, fine featured.....made a great elf in LOTR. Wesly Snipes should have no part in the movie. Wulfgar needs to be big, but athletic......and what about Milla Jovovich (spelling :|) as Cattie Bri?

 

[Spidey17]

Wulfgar should be played by someone bigger than Brandon Routh, for sure. Someone like the guy who played Colossus from X-men. Maybe not him cuz I've never seen his acting skills. He had like five lines in the whole trilogy, which sucks cuz Colossus is my favorite mutant.

 

[sensesfail8]

Jet Li is easily the best pick to play Drizzt. No one can compare to his fighting skills. As for the other characters...a bunch of nobodies should fill out the cast. Except for Artemis Entreri, he should be played by someone dark and witty, maybe Christian Bale, or Hugh Jackman.

 

[블라스]

Huh, I've always been interested in these books. Are they good?

 

[Silvermoth]

I'ld like to see Guy Pearce as Drizzt...

 

[RASFAN017]

Ewan Mcgregor was like thirtreen years older than Scarlett Johansson in The Island, and still it worked fine. I'll be honest that I haven't seen much of Bledel's work, but I was looking for someone who has to be young, because she was really young in Icewind Dale, and Drizzt was probably in his mid to late twenties. Same goes for Wulfgar, he was amazingly young.

i would like to point out that Drizzt may look twenty, but is actually about 50 or 60 years old when he first meets Cattie-Brie and co.
i may be horribly incorrect, i'll have to read again.

and i've been drawing out a storyboard for DET, sadly i haven't gotten past page three. The first two pages are a summary of the Prelude in the cavern.
my girlfriend said i did a very good job on the backgrounds and such, but i'm complete crap at drawing characters (she should know; she's a very good artist with an ego that's larger than her talent at drawing xD)
but alas...
words are very difficult to form into images at times, especially non-tangible things like ideas and such.

 

[RASFAN017]

Huh, I've always been interested in these books. Are they good?

Simply UH-MAY-ZING!
i've read all the way up to one of his lastest novels, The Two Swords, save for the cleric quintet.
they're damn sweet, read them all ASAP.
i think there are 20 books so far...
i've read like 17 of them

 

[Mabus]

I'm not sure yet about the others, but I've always thought Richard O'Brien would make the perfect Jarlaxle. His role as the leader of the thieve's guild in Dungeons & Dragons was played perfectly for Jarlaxle's roll, IMO (sadly the D&D movies themselves were horrendous). Here's a clip of his acting (the bald guy with the showy earrings, for those who don't know him). Picture him in a large-brimmed hat with a great plume protruding from it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syi4VWb_QFc

This is how I've always pictured Jarlaxle.

And Wulfgar was alo a young barbarian. So he'd have to be played by someone with a large muscular body, but with a young face.

 

[Jar_Sqwuid]

Much as I hate to bring up old threads this one interested me. It was actually yesterday I was thinking about the same thing.

If only we could turn back time lol. I would have had the perfect actor for Jarlaxle. And if anyone knows who Yul Brynner is then they'd know.

I'm in film school right now... one day after I graduate I want to make a series of movies based off of these books. More specifically the Sellsword series with Jarlaxle. Ohhhh I would do anything to bring Yul back to life xD

I mean, just look http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k294/Chump_04/YulBrynner_smaller.jpg That's him from the movie "The King and I."

But anyways... I'll look into these actors and keep tabs. Maybe one day guys^^

 

[OsGom]

I think live action is not the way to go to bring Drizzt & the Forgotten Realms to the big screen. Elves, dwarves, hobgoblins, dragons and demons? You would be looking at an LOTR type budget.

It should be filmed in Motion Capture CGI and then you only need to worry about voice casting. I think that option would be best to capture the wonder and fantasy of the D&D world.

I would consider beginning with the Dark Elf saga and Drizzt's origin. But I think Icewind Dale trilogy could work as well.