Craig and Bill need help casting "Lord of the Rings" The Movie. We assume that, in the near future, digital technology will progress to the point that we will be able to cast any actor from any time period, regardless of whether or not s/he is still among the living. Likewise, due to advances in makeup and digital technology, any actor may be cast in any role, regardless of height, etc. In other words, you don't necessarily have to cast midgets as Hobbits, Dwarfs, Gollum, et. al. No limits have been set, no rules imposed. Only one thing is certain...

 

 

Character

Actor

Hobbits

Bilbo Baggins

Ernest Borgnine

Frodo Baggins

Michael Caine

Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck

Joel Hodgson

Hamfast "The Gaffer" Gamgee

Burgess Merideth

Samwise "Sam" Gamgee

Colm Meaney

Farmer Maggot

Harry Morgan

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

Rhea Perlman

Lotho Sackville-Baggins

Ron Howard

Peregrin "Pippin" Took

Mike Nelson

Wizards

Gandalf

Charlton Heston

Radagast

Malcolm MacDowell

Saruman

Donald Sutherland

Elves

Celeborn

young Ricardo Montalban

Elrond

Morgan Freeman

Galadriel

young Audrey Hepburn

Glorfindel

Ben Kingsley

Legolas

Errol Flynn

Dwarfs

Gimli

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Humans

Aragorn "Strider"

"Raiders" Harrison Ford

Boromir

Gary Busey

Barliman Butterbur

Peter Boyle

Denethor

Patrick Stewart

Eomer

Liam Neeson

Eowyn

Emma Thompson

Faramir

Kenneth Branaugh

Bill Ferny

Dan Hedaya

Harry Goatleaf

Tim Robbins

Grima "Wormtongue"

Dwight Schultz

Theoden

Sean Connery

Orcs

Gorbag

Samual L Jackson

Grishnakh

Johnathan Frakes

Shagrat

Michael Dorn

Snaga

Dennis Franz

Other (Good)

Tom Bombadil

Burl Ives

Fangorn "Treebeard", Voice of

James Earl Jones

Goldberry

1960s Teri Garr

Other (Bad)

Barrow Wight

Boris Karloff

Gollum

young Peter Lorre

Lord of the Nazgul

Gary Oldman

Mouth of Sauron

John Malkovitch

Shelob

Kathy Bates

 

All suggestions will be considered. Maybe not considered fairly, but considered. E-Mail Craig or Bill (top and bottom at left) to submit your recomendations. Thanks to Ken and Chris and all who've submitted ideas.