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I was thinking about this today: what actor would you cast to play Grand Admiral Thrawn if he were ever to appear on film? I have my own ideas but I would like to see what people around here think.

Ian McKellan could probably capture the character well, although he might look a bit stupid with blue makeup and red eyes.

I always see Jeremy Irons in that role when I write him in starcrossed.

Johny Depp?

Alan Rickman? Nah, that's a joke.

Jeremy Irons? He's been known to play megalomaniacs before:

"My name is Profion... fear me. Time to die, Ridley! *gets eaten by a Gold Dragon*"

"We Morlocks are totally badass. You skin... looks delicious. You should come over... for dinner."

(The Morlocks were cannibals, right?)

Maybe Alan Rickman.

The only guys I can really think of for this are Englishmen.

My choice: Daniel Day-Lewis



I don't want Thrawn to be portrayed as a megalomaniac, but calm and cool like he was in the novels.

I never liked Jeremy Irons as a choice. His voice is too distinctive and distracting.

Walter Koenig.



Chekov on Star Trek, Bester on Babylon 5, why not make it a trifecta?

(btw, that's the first time I ever used the word trifecta... )

Enola Straight wrote:Walter Koenig.



Chekov on Star Trek, Bester on Babylon 5, why not make it a trifecta?

(btw, that's the first time I ever used the word trifecta... )

With his performance as Bester, yeah I could see it. Though, I worry about the temptation for anyone writing for him to make a cheap Trek reference, 'Imperial Wessels' or something like that JMS managed to avoid any blatant Chekov references though....

How about Lani Tupu?

Galvatron wrote:My choice: Daniel Day-Lewis

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I don't want Thrawn to be portrayed as a megalomaniac, but calm and cool like he was in the novels.

I never liked Jeremy Irons as a choice. His voice is too distinctive and distracting.

That guy does bear a resemblemce to the mental image of Thrawn I have...

Wow, Galvatron...where's that picture of Mr. Day-Lewis from? It's just about a perfect facial structure for Thrawn IMO, and good point about the demeanor the part would require.

My personal choice was Jeremy Irons because like Daniel Day-Lewis he also has this 'look' that I feel is appropriate for the part, not to mention his versatility as an actor and the fact that I feel his voice would be perfect (it leaves an impression on a person, a quality I feel our good Grand Admiral would also possess). Additionally, I also felt he was about the right age to have interacted with the original cast had they continued on to an episode 7, 8, and 9 (he's right around Harrison Ford's age, actually).

Robert Walper wrote:

Galvatron wrote:My choice: Daniel Day-Lewis

*image*

I don't want Thrawn to be portrayed as a megalomaniac, but calm and cool like he was in the novels.

I never liked Jeremy Irons as a choice. His voice is too distinctive and distracting.

That guy does bear a resemblemce to the mental image of Thrawn I have...

He's also British, a very good actor, and he's not instantly recognizable by everyone. More pics for my case...

Tim Roth

The thing about Thrawn is he was never a megalomaniac. He was always calm and collected.

Jeremy Irons, because of the pic from here:

http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/cas ... thrawn.asp

Daniel Day-Lewis would be good.

I always thought Thrawn was younger than an Ian Mckellan or Allan Rickman.

I think Ralph Fiennes would be a pretty good Thraw as well. Even though on theforce.net he was voted for Tarkin.

Jason Issacs, the actor who played Tavingto in The Patriot.

Ozzy Osbourne.

I shouldn't say I never liked Irons for the part. I used to like him (despite his voice), but he lost a lot of credibility with me after being in genre bombs like The Time Machine and D&D.

I'd rather see an actor cast for the part who isn't a sci-fi actor and can impart his own credibility to the entire movie, not just the role. It's all about gravitas.

That's what Sir Alec Guinness did for ANH, essentially "classing up the joint" as a result.

Kurgan wrote:Ozzy Osbourne.

Yeah because Thrawn cussed every other word and was an incoherant junkie.

I always thougth Everett McGill would make a good Thrawn.

Christopher Walken. His non-British accent would be consistent with Thrawn's foreign background.

You know, this might not seem like the most obvious choice, but...

Phil LaMarr. ^_^ He might need a pretty extensive makeup job for the part, but heck, he already plays everyone else anyway...

Christian Bale