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If you look on youtube, you will find several fan made "trailers" for a possible Dark Tower movie series. Some are more well done than others. Most just take footage from other movies and cut it in such a way that it looks like it could actually be from the book. With the possibility of the book series coming to the big screen, I thought it would be fun to try and cast this puppy. It's not going to be easy, but we'll see how things turn out.
Roland: A lot of the trailers have Clint Eastwood as Roland. This makes sense as King himself said that he had Eastwood in mind when writing the role, more specifically Eastwood in the old westerns. Sadly, I think he's too old. If there were just one movie, he might be able to pull off a decent job, he was actually really good in Gran Torino, a film that I didn't expect to be able to take him seriously in at all, but there are 7 books so it will be a huge undertaking. As such, we'll have to find someone younger.
Though he plays a great cowboy, alas Sam Elliot is also too old, maybe they can work those two into some sort of supporting role. That would be pretty cool.
I'd suggest Val Kilmer, but that's only because he was so great as Doc Holliday in Tombstone. As awesome as Holliday is, personality wise, he's not a whole lot like Roland; they're two completely different characters. Wyatt Earp on the other hand... you know, Kurt Russell could be pretty good now that I think about it. He's not too old and he's no stranger to the cowboy genre.
I like Christian Bale, but he may get tired of playing in franchises. Also, I worry that he'll go back to his Batman voice for Roland. If he just talks normally, he could turn in a strong performance.
Jake: The trailers I saw had Haley Joel Osment. I can't think of any other child actors to be honest, and he does have acting chops so I'll go with it. He's kind of faded from the limelight so it would give him a chance to get back into film. What was the last film he was in? AI?
Susannah: Halle Berry was the fan pick. She is an oscar winning actress, on the other hand she botched Storm in the X-Men movies and starred in Catwoman. Maybe Abrams and crew can get a better peformance out of her. I don't know if she can pull off Detta's personality though. If only Samuel L. Jackson had a distaff counterpart, that would be perfect.
Eddie: There are a slew of great actors who could take this role.
Edward Norton would be great in the role. He tends to play likable characters with a bit of a sense of humor and his characters do tend to have issues, so playing a coke addict wouldn't be beyond his abilities.
Hugh Jackman would also be good.
I've heard a few people suggest James Franco. That would work too, he can act in both serious and comedic movies. He's also played a drug addict before, though it was pot not coke and it was played for laughs, still, I could see him pulling it off.
Oy would most likely be CGI, that's really the only way I can see him being pulled off.
Now who would play Walter/Flagg/the man in black? I'd say Jamey Sheridan for consistency, but he doesn't look anything like he did back when he played the role back in The Stand. I got it, Brad Dourif. He's getting up there age wise, but I'm certain that he could pull it off.
Blaine would have to be voiced by Corey Burton. He's done the AI thing a few times now, voicing Brainiac in the Superman cartoons as well as voicing Red Tornado in The Brave and the Bold, but he's still really good at it and he can bring out all the creepiness that Blaine has to offer.
What say you readers? Who would you put in the roles of these beloved characters? I'm curious to see who others have in mind and it should make for some fascinating discussion.
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