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  • FINALLY someone puts in people who match the descriptions for at least Richard and Kahlan. I was tired of a brown eyed Kahlan and a skinny wimpy Richard. Look at him on the Temple of the Winds book cover for goodness sake!

  • Absolutely Perfect Casting! My boyfriend and I are huge fans of this series and after watching a few really bad castings, we were thoroughly impressed by yours! Finally someone who got Richard right!! And Kahlan was wonderfully precise down to the green of her eyes! Thanks for your effort and the fact that you put cool background music rather than a song!

  • how about Viggio Mortensen for Richard? You really need a very good actor to go from gentle woods guide to killer extraordinaire.

  • @sway0 dude u r so wrong, in the second book kahlan thinks of Richard as like darken rahl's but with his mothers features making Him more rugged

  • Shota, Kahlan and Demmin Nass were good, the rest were not at all what I imagine from the books description

  • All great choices, Shota is a maybe to me though. good pick on Zedd :)

  • AAAAAAAAAARGGHAHA! this is the best one! i could see the names of the characters written on the foreheads of those actors, theyre pefrect!

  • UNIVERSAL MOVIE STUDIOS should record (?) a real movies about every book of Goodkind. Not Tv sitcom, because it's poor and stupid. It should be a huge, beautiful story-movie like The lord of the rings... !!

  • @weirdmallow I really would like to see Peter jackson take on The Sword of Truth, I think he be the best man for it considering his work on The Lord of the Rings.

  • what iv seen so far the suggested characters for kahlan are all so skinny.. bridget was/is a perfect choice

  • Te only one that i dont like is Constance and Deman Naz.

    He is suposed to be short

  • dude you like got them the way i thought to good job

  • actually i take that back, i though george cypher said richard cypher.

  • you have richard rahl as way to old.... richard was only like 20 or so... that guy is in his late 30's at the very least.

  • In my opinion the cast is perfect except Richard u chose that hmm I dunno....doesn't really fit. I'd have chosen someone that's more...dunno noble and deadly at the same time(kinda hard to find :D)

  • Exactly how I pictured them from Goodkind's description, save for a few (especially Giller). Excellent choices!

  • That's funny cause...I just threw that guy in there for Giller because I was having a hard time finding someone I liked. He is pretty much a filler.

  • Wow. Those are almost identical to the images I visualized while reading the book. You should have chosen the cast for the show!

  • Haha. Thanks. :)

  • I have to wonder if you have actually read the book. The Richard I felt was described in the books was a much larger ,though gentle man with a handsome yet rugged exterior. Not these little pampered , girly looking men. Richard become a hard, callous, and and very dangerous man who earned the fear and respect of the Mord Sith .Perhaps one of these other richards could tame the mord sith ,if they hit them with thier purses . . . . maybe .

  • Seeing as how I titled this 'Wizards First Rule' and not Legend of the Seeker the answer would be yes I have read WFR. And why are you referring to multiple men in the first place. I only showed one man that I thought would be all right for Richard. I am SO sorry that it didn't live up to your expectations. I will go repent.

  • @dravenssoul

    Majorly disagree wit you there mate. Ive read this series so many times ive lost count.Yes Richard is a hard dude, but that doesint mean he looks "rugged"... And you forgot the fact that he is a RAHL. I could go into variors chapters where they say he has his farthers cruel perfect face but i wont, reread the series again dude.This cast choice was perfect and the TV series ruined it I got through 1/2 the episode b4 I turned it off... much prefer this cast. Picture Perfect!!!

  • Ha! But Bridget Regan and Evi Lilly are very look a like. And I like your Richard too.

    But I gotta say it, I love Craig and Bridget. They are perfect!

  • I honestly can't see anyone else play Richard, Kahlan, Zedd or Cara. I feel the cast they chose is perfect to my taste especially Denna too.

  • All of them are epic, but I don't like Giller

  • Im lost are they making a movie, or is this your pick of the cast? If so I LIKE IT!

  • @fiddler 9635 No they aren't making a movie this is just my pick of the cast. :)

  • mk. I like most of your cast then!

  • @fiddler9635 Why thank you. :)

  • I absolutely love it!

    I wish you could have casted them.

    :)

  • @TheMykamykamyka Thanks :)

  • bah. I love who they chose. the books and the show are completely different entities. Personally I couldn't think of anyone else but Craig Horner as Richard anymore though :)

  • i'm confused! these ppl are not the same as the ones i was looking at on wiki 5mins ago! i'm a bit fan of the books (altho guiltily have only read 6of them) and only just found out just 20mins ago that there even was a series! tbh, abit aprihensive to research it anymore, the srawny boy i first saw thats ment to play richard! seriously!? i hope the guy that it shows on here is better! but getting back to the start, why are they not the same!?

  • If you look at the date I posted this and compare it to the date the actual series aired I posted this long before I knew who they were going to cast for the series. These are just people that I thought could play the parts well. I only really like a couple people in the tv series. I like Bridget Regan, I like the guy who plays Darken Rahl 'cept he's not blonde, and I like Denna and Cara. And the series is super cheesy, there have only been a couple okay epis imo.

  • so so many of the actors in the show are from my lil ol kiwiland :)

  • The series (both in book and in television) is great. Hopefully you've watched the whole first season by now.

  • I have.

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  • after having read through all 100+ comments I guess I have a little more to say. Having watched the entire first season now and being 80% through the books I feel that most of the characters in the show are spot on. I love your casting for Demin Nass and George, but I think they did a pleny fair job in the tv show. The only thing in the show I would really change is Darken Rahls hair and the casting for Richard. I am absolutely in love with the guy they cast as Zedd (name escapes me).

  • The Zedd they picked is all right for the show. But to me, personally, he is irritating. It may just be the way he talks. Especially the way he says Rahl. I also don't like the fact that he comes off as being a lot less intelligent than in the books. IMO. But I suppose it's hard to have do much else besides wizards fire when they don't have a large budget to use on special effects. I just loved the way John Hurt played an eccentric old man in Indiana Jones. Thought he'd be perfect.

  • their budget is 1.5 million per episode... that's a pretty large budget imo

  • Per? That's a lot. I had no idea.

  • yup per episode... that's what i read on wikipedia.

  • Really fantastic casting for the minor characters, especially the mud people. Props for getting Bruce Cambell in there, lol. I do have to argue wholeheartedly with you casting for Zedd. I think the guy they have as him now is absolutely perfect. I agree that Kahlan is cast well, but I don't think anyone could agree on who Richard should be. Outstanding cast overall though.

  • i think richard should be pudgier... he's too skinny... you know... he needs to be like the guy from 300. just thicker... he looks like a stiff wind could knock him over... as for his acting ability to portray the character, he's good, but doesn't look the part in my head. (same goes for chase)

  • Kroyster...I was replying to your post and accidently clicked on Remove instead of Reply. Sorry! But no they aren't.

  • I like this cast.Most of them is how I pictured them when I read the book. It's better than the Legend of the Seeker cast for sure.lol.

  • Lena Olin for Shota.

  • in the show they neede Darken Rahl to be blonde. Its how he was supposed to be.

  • better than the cast they chose for Legend of the Seeker...

  • i like this too

    it's tough to cast people cause it's such a long commitment from the actors

    and a new show and all, I think they did very well

  • I haven't really thought of it that way. Very true.

  • tHOSE were all great. Looks life your vision was similar to the casting director's visions because ALOT of those people look similar to the people who were actually cast.

    However, I thinkg Craig Parker makes a better Darken Rahl-the dark hair just bodes well w/ television and I'm biased because I wa a show fan before I was a book fan...Your pick for Richard was great eye-candy btw, but I think Craig has mass appeal for the direction they've taken the show and how it's just BASED ON the books

  • I know the show is just based on the books. No need for the large case. ;) When they made the choice for Craig Horner to be Richard I didn't really care. There was a big fuss over it but I figured just wait and see what the people they chose could act. IMO I don't really like Craig's acting. I LOVE Bridget Regan. She does an amazing job. I also LOVE Craig Parker. Wow. He captured Darken Rahl to a T to me. But for some reason Craig just doesn't do it for me. He did slowly improve. But not enough.

  • hey, yo, i didn't mean to offend w/ the large case. I just tthought it was hella neat theat your vision was similar to ( the casting ) director's vision. They too had invisioned the people in the books w. the task of finding matches of them for television. And here you are, and you're damn near SPOT on. I was just givin' kudos that's all. Sorry if my post read kinda testy. It wasn't meant to come off that way.

  • lol. Oh no no no. I was just joking. I know you weren't being testy. I was just blabbering on. Sorry. :)

  • The only choice I don't love is Adie...I imagine Adie much more eccentric/exotic looking, like Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Carribean.

    Richard is pretty cute :) Though I'm sure other faces could suit that role a bit better.

  • Same over here ;)

    By the way, isn't Tia Dalma a sort of bone women too or something like that?

  • Amazing cast!!

    The only ones I don't quite like are Violet (I reckon that's what you meant by Victoria), Kahlan, and Richard. I don't think anyone would fit my imagination of Richard and Kahlan (although the statue on the Faith of the Fallen cover looks exactly like my mental image of Kahlan^^). But I just can't really find a Richard I would be happy with :(

  • LOL! I didn't even notice this whole time that I put the wrong name on there! How embarrassing. That's awesome. haha.

  • I know there is a TV series based on Terry Goodkind Books, but are they makng a movie?? When doe sit come out?

  • No they aren't making a movie. I did this before the tv series came out.

  • GO Anthony Michael Hall...THE DEAD ZONE!!!!

  • except for Kahlan, this is the best cast i've seen yet! as for Kahlan, well there isn't anyone that will match up, especially for the male readers.

  • who is victoria in the book i can't remember

    she at 1:13

  • I think he/she meant Violet (Queen Milena's daughter, that little brat!).

  • I find it funny that you chose Evangelline for Kahlan, because she and Bridget Regan look quite a bit alike.

  • I think Bridget Regan is perfect for Kahlan. She does a super amazing job.

  • Yup! Totally agree! Bridget's an awesome Kahlan! She's the reason I watch the show.

  • Denna Nice .. rly good in my mind she was like Famke Janssen

  • oh and what's the name of this song...i really like it

  • Broken Keys by Jamie K. I originally had Hysteria - Muse but youtube made me change it. I actually like Bridget Regan as Kahlan. At first I was unsure but I think she does a good job portraying her. I can't say as much for the rest of the cast of Legend of the Seeker, but I suppose they do the best they can with what they have to work with.Denna- I picked Famke for her portrayal of Jean in the third X-Men. One moment she was crazy psycho lady, the next she is calm.

  • wow great choices...one of the better casts I've seen. Usually people are so far off but all your choices are as TG describes.

    I know some of these actors aren't alive but here are some of the people I visualize when I read SoT.

    Verna - Katherine Hepburn (when she was young)

    Denna - Rose McGowan

    Cara - Kristanna Loken (just looks like Cara in Terminator haha)

    Richard - James Tupper

    Nicci - I can't visualize a blonde as TG describes...maybe sharon stone when she has long hair???

  • berdine - Nev Cambell

    Kahlan - I still can't picture her either...maybe Angelina Jolie in her younger days when she wasn't as glammed up.

  • Zedd whas a good choose i think chase to, but richard not.

  • WHat the Fuck are you talking about?

    Richard/Craig is perfect for the role

  • nah,  :p he looks a bit pussy

  • I get chills when I watch this! I love every choice...maybe not Kahlan from what I hear about the actress. But she at least suits the look of Kahlan. I think Richard is perfect. Look him up on IMDB and there's a photo of him in a car and his eyes are like a blue silver and there's something very powerful about him. I think he's perfect. I think everyone in this video is great!!

  • I have seen that picture! It is soooo hot.

    That's the only reason why I picked Lily. She had the look. I didn't think she could really pull Kahlan off. But I actually like Bridget Regan surprisingly. I don't think any of the other actors do well at all. They are cheezy and terrible. But she does a great job. Especially yesterdays episode where she started crying. I found it very believable. IMO. haha And THANK You. I'm glad you like the choices.

  • I'm enjoying Bridget too! I made the same comment to my sister. Although she's missing the X factor that makes Kahlan...Kahlan I am enjoying the Kahlan that Bridget is bringing to TV. Everyone else...totally love em. :) pretty much my dream cast right here! Kudos!!

  • Haha! She is pretty much one of the only reasons why I'm going to continue watching. She does amazing! Maybe I should update my slideshow and put Regan in Lilly's place. What do you think?

  • hehe sure.  I hear we get to see the Mother Confessor dress soon!

  • You mean get dressed? Doesn't she already where her dress...*confused*

  • Kahlan isn't the mother confessor in the show. Though she wears a white dress.

  • Where did you hear that? I haven't really kept up with the show to much except watching it. How do you know she isn't?

  • My sister read it on one of the episode breakdowns.

  • Well that sucks. Why'd they do that?

  • yea but she gets named mother confessor when she kills the mother confesser

  • Does she really kill her in the show? I can't recall...

  • no i said the wrong thing i ment she gets killed by some1 else and kahlan is choosed 2 b mother confessor

  • Oh, okay :)

  • I agree with them ALL except Richard. OO and My piano teacher was Ella Fanning's piano teacher for a movie she had to do, just thought I should share lol. But GREAT choices, I don't think it's your fault, I just don't think I will be completely happy with any choice for Richard lol.

  • I was never completely set in stone with this Richard but he was the best I had found at the time.

  • I disagree with that Kahlan. As a matter of fact, there's not an actress in hollywood I think could do a proper Kahlan.

  • i totally agree with pretty much all of them! Good job!

  • Thanks. ;)

  • Sorry my bad. My spelling is soo off today.

    "2 Year old Girl fights" I was ment to say :p

  • 004Daniel dude lol? you were sooo a Xena/hercules fan wernt ya? cos thats prety much what it is. This Legend of the Seeker is a regurgitation of Xena/Hercules. The same cheesy lines an crappy combat scenes. After watching the 1st 10mins of this show I turned it off... Its great for the kids but complete rubish for the fans. But if you like it well hey, enjoy all the cheddar an the 2 yr girl fights. Oh BTW... The Gar? OMG are you serious?

  • The Gar was RIDICULOUS! Ugh.

  • Try Graham Greene for the birdman,

    He's totally perfect!

    Rachel is awesome to, but for the later books i'd pickAnaa Sophie Robb

    For Shote i tend to vote for Eva Green.

    the rest is pretty much perfect!!

    possible replacement for Kahlan, Kate Beckinsale?? no green eyes, but further she fits i'd say.

  • There are some sound character choices here, especially for Denna XD.

    Can't say i like the show either. the story is raped... :(

    I had hopes, but now...

  • Me too. I'm still going to watch. I want to if they mutilate Denna's character or not.

  • probably,

    they have shown that they have got no problem with mutialting storylines and characters.

  • i prefer the choices on the show right now not these ones

  • obviously you haven't truly read the books, the original characters don't fit at all.

    though i'm not saying of all of these are perfect, but they're much better.

  • i have read the books and they have set to big of a high standard that cannot be accomplished. besides like you swear these actors would do the show. the show is different but it is awesome and all of the "hard core fans" just need to chill out.

  • I'm surprised at how well I like these choices as characters. Well done. It's just how I saw them in my head. =)

  • Can't wait until it is canceled.

  • If we realy going for suitable characters. my vote would be Brad Pitt like how he was in Troy... now theres a Dharken Rahl

  • AMEN my brother!!

  • Owesome choices for the characters, especialy Richard. the guy that have now for the series is 2 young an 2 small(D'haran Blood= Big C**ts). Not sure about Dharken Rahl though. The actor looks mean. But Dharken Rahl was a major prety boy that was rutheless.

  • Yeah, these characters would have a MUCH better fit for the charactes, judging not only from their past characters they have played, but visually they would have fit perfectly

  • I prefer this choice of characters to what they're actually going to use :P, they fit MUCh better :)

  • wtf that comment below was supposed to be a reply :S how did it get up there

  • His Richard is much better than the real tv series. The guy in the tv series looks like doogie howser. Wish this was being made into a movie with a better script than a Xena writer is going to be able to come up with...

  • His? Nah. I'm a girl dude.

  • Her Richard then... :)

  • Haha Thanks. ;)

  • Those would be great choices. And very expensive. Remember, the producers really have no idea how well this show will do, and I'm sure they are working with a limited budget. There will be quite a bit of coin spent on the SFX and the scenery to give this a chance of working. But yeah, if money were absolutely no object, I can see every one of these people playing the characters listed. Nicely done.

  • OMG why didn't YOU do the casting for the show? Perfect! LOVE Evangeline-she would be amazing as Kate **facepalm** Kahlan.

  • **facepalm** That made me laugh. Love it.

  • Awsome choices. i am not happy with the Richard they are using for the mini series. I think yours is closer to the mark.

  • everything looks amazing exept richard... poor choice for richard

  • thx :)

  • Can you tell me the song of this video?

  • Muse - Hysteria

  • muse - hysteria

  • Muse is awesome!

  • Holy crap! I wish you were the one who got to pick the characters because I can see these people being perfect for the roles!

  • Sigh...I love the character choices from what I imagine the book to be. Though, since they've picked different actors for the Legend of the Seeker, I hope the people that they chose can carry the story. It is so powerful, it will take very powerful actors to be able to do it well...

  • thats all perfect!!!!!!!:-)

    I'm brim over with enthusiasm for this characters!

    But it's a pitty that Terry took another people.......

  • The best Kahlan I've seen so far

  • You have the best Rahl I've seen so far :) and Absolutely love the idea of Evangeline Lily being Kahlan :)

  • Honestly this is the best one I've seen yet.

  • right sorry. mixed it up a bit. its been a while since ive read the books

  • Me too. When you wrote it I was mad for being so dumb. But then I looked it up and saw I didn't make a mistake.

  • i think its pretty good. id change richard to gerard butler. and the birdman needs to be older and savidlin is supposed to be a child

  • No. Siddin is the child of Savidlin ans Weselan. Siddin is the one whom is abducted by Demmin Nass.

  • and*

  • Gerard Butler is to old to play Richard. Maybe in his younger days though.

  • That's actually a pretty half decent cast. The only character that sort of stood out oddly for me, would probably be Shota. I imagined her to be a tad younger, with softer, but still hard-hitting features, opposed to Dina. Maybe it's just the smile throwing me off, since Shota's never quite that generous with the displays of affection.

  • I hated the Darken rahl dude. He looks like a terminator, while the book version is inhumanly perfect....

    Strange that they'd cast a brick shithouse for that role.

  • yeah, i was imagining more of an older (30-35ish) brad pitt when they described it, with blue ass eyes or something

  • Great choice on everyone, although for Demmin Nass I would suggest Pro Wrestler Heidenreich (not sure of the spelling)

  • Wow, i really like your choices - all of them.

    Nonetheless, I am quite content with the ACTUAL choices XD

  • Darken Rahl is nearly perfekt!

  • Except that Darken Rahl had long, blonde hair, correct?

  • indeed, blond it was

  • OMG! Excellent choices! You got the right looks and everything. Love the choices for Kahlan and Richard. Awesome.

  • I agree, Kahlan and Richard should both be exqisitely good-looking--the current choices fail in comparison.

  • kristanna loken (cara) can dress up in her mord-sith outfit and torture me any day!! so hot! lol

  • DUDE. When I saw Lost for the first time and I looked at Kate (Evageline Lilly), my first reaction was: "OMG....it's KAHLAN!" She could totally pull it off and (superficially) she's got the green eyes! Glad I'm not the only one that sees that!

  • Why are Cara's feet contorted as so?!

    Abarimon!!1

  • okay, I can see some of these but Campbell as richards dad... if you read the book his father isn't in it at all. richard thinks of his dad but when the book starts he is out in the woods contemplating his fathers death and morning him.

  • I know that. But in the series they are making it will be different. They are going to visually tell the story therefore they will most likely cast Richard's father.

  • and doesnt richard see his father in the boundary at one point in the book?

  • I think that especially for Richard and Zedd your choices here are more like what I've always pictured (than those that were cast).

    I loved your choices of Michael and Demmin Noss, as well.

  • Hey guyz, cerial. go check out the trailer for the tv series. they did way better job than this. Legend of the Seeker.

  • Great pick for Zedd. John Hurt is awesome.

  • WOW! Excellent choices!

  • perfect! They would have done well to listen to you instead of casting crappy Shortland Street actors and a pre-pubescent australian as the Lord Rahl.

    Evangeline as Kahlan, spot on. :)

  • You know, I have to say this is about the best casting choice I've seen thus far. I think your choice for Zedd and Richard are way better than the choices that actually made it. I wish they had used your casting sense. Too bad...

  • I agree completly, The guy they got playing richard looks like a teenager for crying out loud! I'm sure the thing will be like a train wreck, you want to look away, but morbid curiosity wont let you.

  • Dude I'm not going to nit pick. Those are awsome choices.  Who ever directs this movie should have your taste.

    Ed

  • some very nice choices. lol course bruce had to be in there. i dont like adie's choice much. zedd's is not bad. kahlan's is not my favorite. richard''s works for me the least. But other than richard, kahlan and adie the choices are decent

  • Everybody just in case you didnt know, Craig Horner has been cast as Richard and Bridget Regan as Kahlan

  • Yeah. I posted this before they were cast.

  • yeah but isnt it exciting though? i just wish they had more cast, series photos or even a teaser trailer, the fact they havent started filming yet or fully cast and season 1 starts this fall, they are going to have to hurry. Season 2: Stone of Tears is a probability but not confirmed. Raimi said so. :)

  • WTF? THATS NOT DENNA

  • I was only so so on Denna. I just remembered that Denna went from being terrifying to calm at a comment from Richard when he said that he didn't want it to hurt her when she taught him. That is why he wanted Constance to teach him. There was a similar scene in X-Men 3 where Jean/Phoenix asked Wolverine if she would die for them and he replied that he wouldn't die for them but for her. She went from being a terrifying threat who was ready to kill him to letting him kill her.

  • . I thought she did a really good job. I thought she would be able to pull off Denna from just that example. She didn't fit that part perfectly for me but because of that example she was my best choice so far.

  • I guess, iwth books everyone sees the characters in their individuall way, and thats also whats so great about them

  • and that's why most t.v. adaptations ruin it, unfortunately...

  • Nice!

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