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From rec.arts.sf.written Wed Feb 16 12:03:25 1994
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From: ghirarde@wam.umd.edu (Judith Ellen Ghirardelli)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Jordan: Cast Survey Results!!
Date: 16 Feb 1994 02:18:51 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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I am posting this for Poor Emmet, who has fallen through a twisted
red stone doorway (i.e. his newsreader is down). Enjoy!!
(Judy G.)
**********************************************************
* *
* THE GREAT WoT CASTING SURVEY - RESULTS *
* *
**********************************************************
17 entries and 2 declining to speculate so far:
"If they ever made a film/tv miniseries/whatever of the Wheel of Time,
I would have to kill somebody."
- Pam Korda
"I could not name very many contemporary actors to save my life."
- Courtenay Footman
2 votes for doing the whole thing as a Japanese anime.
3 votes for talented unknowns as Rand, Egwene, Nynaeve, Mat and Perrin.
- Chad raised the point of how well this worked for _Star Wars_,
Principal Good Guys
Rand : River Phoenix (2)
Kyle McLachlan (1), Chris O'Donnell (1), Eric Stoltz (1)
Val Kilmer (1)
Chris O'Donnell - D'artagnan in _The Three Musketeers_
Egwene : Winona Ryder (2)
Jennifer Connolly (1), Demi Moore (1),Teri Hatcher (1)
Daphne Zuniga (1), Ioni Sky (1)
Jennifer Connolly - lead in _Labyrinth_
Teri Hatcher - Lois in _New Adventures of Superman_
Daphne Zuniga - Princess Vespa in _Spaceballs_
Nynaeve : Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio (3)
Jodie Foster (1), Janine Turner (1), Nana Visitor (1)
Joanne Whalley-Kilmer (1)
Mat : Christian Slater (3)
Matthew Broderick (2)
Kevin Bacon (1), Bruce Campbell (1)
Siddig el Fadir (1), Keanu Reeves (1)
Perrin : Kiefer Sutherland (1), Christophe Lambert (1), D.B. Sweeney (1),
Val Kilmer (1), River Phoenix (1), Cobra from _Gladiators_ [UK] (1)
Who is D.B. Sweeney ?
Moiraine : Catherine Deneuve (1), Bebe Neuwirth (1), Rebecca Bradstreet (1)
Diana Rigg (1), Emma Thompson (1), Holly Hunter (1)
Annabella Sciora (1), Sandi Toksvig (1), Glenn Close (1_
Bebe Neuwirth - Lilith in _Cheers_
Lan : Rutger Hauer (3)
Clint Eastwood (2)
Jean-Claude Van Damme (1), Timothy Dalton (1), Sam Elliot (1)
Daniel Day-Lewis (1), Scott Glenn (1), Steven Seagal (1)
Harrison Ford (1), Wolf from _Gladiators_ [UK] (1)
Van Damme as Lan.. *nausea*
.. at least the person who suggested Seagal said it was purely
on looks rather than acting ability
Scott Glenn - Captain Mancuso in _Hunt for Red October_
Min : Winona Ryder (2)
Kathryn Atwood (1), Molly Ringwold (1), Amy Brenneman (1)
Samantha Mathis (1), girl in Apri cleanser ad (1)
Janine Turner (1), Mary Stuart Masterson (1)
Kathryn Atwood - cute blonde shreddie in _Friday 13th Part IX_
[ recognising this one was *embarrassing*..]
Amy Brenneman - from NYPD Blue
Janine Turner - from Northern Exposure
Mary Stuart Masterson - from _Fried Green Tomatoes_
Elayne : Nicole Kidman (2)
Erika Eleniak (1), Kim Thomson (1), Sadie Frost (1), Meg Ryan (1)
Mary Stuart Masterson (1)
Erika Eleniak - from Baywatch
Sadie Frost - Lucy in _Dracula_
Kim Thomson - had brief fling with Jeff Goldblum in _The Tall Guy_
female lead in _Virtual Murder_
Aviendha : Geena Davies (2), Nicole Kidman (1)
Faile : Demi Moore (1)
Thom : Alec Guinness (2), Sean Connery (2)
George Carlin (1), Jack Palance (1), Patrick Stewart (1)
Edward Woodward (1), Richard Dreyfus (1), Michael Crawford (1)
Mark Twain (1)
" Use the Force, Rand.. " or "Just call my name and I'll be there."
Loial : Tom Cruise (1), Kevin Peter Hall (1), voice of James Earl Jones (1)
Richard Kiel (1)
I *hope* Tom Cruise is a joke.. although he is just as badly miscast
in _Interview with the Vampire_..
Kevin Peter Hall - played the Predator in both movies
Richard Kiel - Jaws in _The Spy who Loved Me_, _Moonraker_
Birgitte : Brigitte Nielsen (2)
Rebecca Du Mornay (1)
Principal Bad Guys
The DO : Anthony Hopkins (1), Valentine Dyall (1)
Valentine Dyall - the Black Guardian in several 70s episodes
of _Dr. Who_. The voice of Deep Thought in the TV version of
_Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy_. Also in some episodes of
_The Goon Show_.
Ba'alzamon : Anthony Hopkins (1), Christopher Lee (1), Gene Simmons (1)
Tom Baker (1), Jack Nicholson (1), Tommy Lee Jones (1),
Christopher Walken (1)
Lanfear : Sean Young (3)
Sharon Stone (2)
Roseanne Barr (1), Jaclyn Smith (1), Brigitte Lin (1)
Roseanne would make a good Keille Shaogi.
Sean Young - Rachel in _Blade Runner_
Rahvin : Jeremy Irons (2)
Mel Gibson (1), Pierce Brosnan (1)
Asmodean : David Bowie (2)
Paul Simon (1), Sting (1)
Bel'al : Robert de Niro (1)
Sammael : Kevin Kline (1)
Moghedien : Francesca Annis (1), Cher (1), Jane Fonda (1)
Miranda Richardson (1), Jessica Tandy (1), Sean Young (1)
Francesca Annis - Lady Jessica in _Dune_
Jessica Tandy - lead in _Driving Miss Daisy_
Padan Fain : John Malkovich (2)
Jack Nicholson (1), Alan Rickman (1)
Liandrin : Sharon Stone (2), Rebecca Du Mornay (2)
"the woman who played the lesbian on LA Law " [ ??? ] (1)
Rebecca Du Mornay - Milady in _The Three Musketeers_
Elaida : Cher (1), Katharine Hepburn (1), Juliet Stevenson (1)
Susan Sarandon (1)
Juliet Stevenson - the neighbour in _The Trial_, the middle
Cissie Colpritts in _Drowning by Numbers_, Rosalyn Franklin
in that docudrama about Watson and Crick, loads of BBC stuff
Supporting Cast
Rhuarc : Mel Gibson (2)
Gaul : Liam Neeson (1), Daniel Day-Lewis (1)
Gawyn : Sean Patrick Flannery (1)
Galad : Tom Cruise(1), John James (1)
John James - Jeff Colby in Dynasty
Verin : Kathy Bates (3)
Angela Lansbury (2)
Couladin : Sean Bean (1), Sly Stallone (1), Bruce Willis (1)
Sean Bean - the psychopath in _Patriot Games_
Siuan Sanche : Glenn Close (1), Emma Thompson (1), Michelle Forbes (1)
Hilary Clinton (1)
Michelle Forbes - Ensign Ro in ST/TNG
Leane : Gates McFadden (1)
Morgase : Glenn Close (1), Faye Dunaway (1) , Gates McFadden (1),
Reba McIntyre (1), Kathleen Turner or Cybill Shephard (1)
Gareth Bryne : Kirk Douglas (1), Michael Douglas (1), Clint Eastwood (1)
Sean Connery (1)
Luc : Sting (1)
Pedron Niall : Anthony Hopkins (1), Patrick Stewart (1)
Geofram Bornhald : Rutger Hauer (1), Tommy Lee Jones (1), Peter Ustinov (1)
Tam al'Thor : Sean Connery (2), Clint Eastwood (1)
Abell Cauthon : Dennis Hopper (1)
[ good with Christian Slater as Mat.. see _True Romance_..
"Hi, I'm his father."
"Hi, I'm the Daughter of Nine Moons." ;-) ]
Alviarin : Tonya Harding (1), Anjelica Huston (1)
Sheriam : Shirley McLaine (1), Emma Thompson (1)
Elyas : Nicholas Cage (1), Sean Connery (1), Harvey Keitel (1)
Cary Elwes (1)
Ingtar : Daniel Day-Lewis (1)
Suroth : Grace Jones (1)
Berelain : Phoebe Cates (1), Claudia Schiffer (1)
Artur Hawkwing : Sean Connery (1), Clint Eastwood (1)
A trolloc : Robert DeNiro (1)
A myrdraal : Julia Roberts (1)
[I only collates 'em, folks..]
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Most popular actor : Sean Connery
Nominated for Thom(2), Tam al'Thor(2), Gareth Bryne,
Elyas and Artur Hawkwing.
Most popular actress : Winona Ryder
2 nominations for Egwene, 2 for Min
Sharon Stone
2 nominations for Lanfear, 2 for Liandrin
Sean Young
3 nominations for Lanfear, 1 for Moghedien
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Many thanks and virtual cuddles from Lanfear and/or myself depending on
personal preference to all those who participated.. to those of you
who didn't, if I get many late entries I will post an updated version.
All sorting ended up being done manually so errors and omissions are all my
fault.
[ ..shame Roy had no suggestions for Lanfear..]
- Regards
Emmet
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Judy Ghirardelli || Love is Always , Me is Life
ghirarde@bunyip.gsfc.nasa.gov || Forever is just another Smile
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