This ought to be fun for at least the rest of the afternoon

[featherynscale]

sannion posted this challenge the other day, but somehow I missed that post, so he said I could start a new thread on it over here and let you guys play with the idea.

Imagine you are making a movie about the gods. Who do you cast to play them? (Doesn't have to be your god/s, particularly, if you can think of other gods that it would be more fun to cast for.) Where would the film be set? Who would direct?

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[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

I'd go with Paul Newman, the northeast coast of Ireland, and Richard Curtis. No god is more fun. :-)

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

And I totally should have used this icon for that post.

[lexpendragon.livejournal.com]

Take Ian McKellan's Gandalf, and he'd make an excellent Odin.

And Patrick Stewart seems like he'd make an interesting Dionysus.

And for Pan? I don't know anyone who'd do it better than taran_stone. Though John Rhys Davis could give it a good showing, I bet.

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

I would cast Rob Zombie as Cthulhu, except he's already done that.

Failing that, I would cast Tim Roth as Loki, Jouko Ahola (he played Odo, the Norse soldier in "Kingdom of Heaven) as Thor, and Victoria Pratt as Sif.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

When Worlds Collide. I know Jouko Ahola from watching World's Strongest Man competitions.

Since I know him as a sportsman and not a savage actor, I don't quite see him as quite brash and stupid enough to be Thor. But hey, not a bad start.

[lilia-blackbear.livejournal.com]

stupid enough to be Thor

Hmmm... I hope that is a sarcastic jab at comic book misperceptions. Alvissmal

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

Could be. But it's still the initial personality that I adopt for Thor. I make no apologies for my subtle associations and subjective opinions, only for my truly and outrightly WRONG active interpretations.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

Danny DeVito as the Dionysius straight out of Fantasia, baby, with Sir Alec Guiness as the mighty Zeus.

Alfred Hitchcock in a cameo as Terminus, He Who Walks the Boundaries.

Bette Midler as Eris, straight out of Gypsy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hercules (demigods can play too, and you have GOT to see Hercules in New York. And yes, I know this is cheating.)

Laurence Fishburne as Baron Samedi.
Robert Guillaume as Papa Ghede.
Miss Cleo as Erzulie Ge Rouge.

Daler Mehndi as The Buddha.

Nick Nolte as Odin.
Henry Rollins as Thor.
Robert Blake, a la "The Mystery Man" from Lost Highway, as Loki.

Helena Bonham Carter as Azura from the Elder Scrolls series.
Michael Mack as Vivec. (Once again, yes, cheating, but I love that voice.)


Neil Gaiman writes.
David Fincher directs.

[project-becky.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see the "Chronicles of Amber" made into a series. They were pretty Godlike.

I don't know who I'd cast though. I did enjoy reading everyone else's ideas.

Patrick Stewart would make a great God