Wheel of Time Cast List: Book 6, The Crown of Swords - High Def

[donkey1894]

your aspect ration is all messed up. Since this was not "shot" but created with image elements, perhaps you should not have used an HD codec for your final output. It is pretty clear that the series would have been a bust if it had been called "the Oval of Time" Everybody has skinny narrow faces too...

[SilveryRow]

I am in complete agreement with your Elayne and Cadsuane :) I could also see your Gawyn and Galad working. Lini, no particular argument.

[wesseldevries3]

i'm just wondering about the accents involved. as described in the book, i think the westlanders would all be speaking several american accents, and the suanchan british (or queen's english, or some such). it would make the casting even more difficult

[SilveryRow]

@wesseldevries3 Jordan identified some of the accents thus: Two Rivers - English/Irish; Domani - Indian; Illianers - Dutch; Aiel - somewhat Slavic; Seanchan - Texan.

[jamentogirl]

Really LOVE who you thought of for Elaida! Very nice!

[uxoruxoris]

Not a major character but I must say Elaida was Spot on for me! Ian McShane as Tom would be great....not sure about the tricks and singing thou....good job overall, those other fan cast boring picture slideshows don't compare

[RCHairbrush]

@uxoruxoris

Have you seen IF IT'S TUESDAY, THIS MUST BELGIUM? Ian McShane can sing.

[uxoruxoris]

@RCHairbrush

I haven't seen it and haven't heard him sing yet, but his performance in Kings was what made the show great. What is interesting is the fact that all those cast videos always make Michelle Pfeiffer as Morgase

[christpher451]

I've never read The Wheel of Time series, but I'd pay to see this cast in just about anything.

[Xersex2009]

I don't know the serie, and I can't do anything but say:

0.43: Kevin Zegers very sexy

1.34: Bradley James very cute (and here he reminds me a little bit the more famous Brad Pitt)

1.37: Jensen Ackles sexy

[professor2442]

I always love it when The Forsaken come up. The music is very dramatic, and you have some cool ideas about casting them.

[Sylindria]

I think the only castings that dont match in my head are Lan - but I real;y dont know who would match my minds eye view of him and Galad (again cant match up) - but damn I really want to see the movie now!

[RCHairbrush]

@Sylindria

Weeks after making this, it occurred to me what a great choice Liam Neeson would be as Lan. Stephen Lang is very talented, but Neeson seems to look the part more.

As for Galad, the only description I've seen in the books I've read so far describe him as beautiful and conflicted. Jensen Ackles could totally play that.

[H3XZOc]

Lan sucked but hell Mat was an awesome choice

[RCHairbrush]

@H3XZOc

Stephen Lang is a Hell of an actor, and he could play Lan. But to tell the truth, I wish now I'd gone with Liam Neeson instead. Tall, eloquent, imposing, and the right age.

[Chaffsamdylan]

Perfect choices for some of these and the best cast list for WoT ive seen yet.

I think Elaida, Cadsuane, Lan, Sammael and thomm were absolutely spot on.

Very good job.

[RCHairbrush]

@Chaffsamdylan

Wow! Thanks so much. I put a lot of thought and work into this, but so far very few people have appreciated it. Thanks again.

[Blueruler182]

All great choices and the presentation was superb. This was really well done. I REALLY liked your Cadsuan choice.

[RCHairbrush]

@Blueruler182

Thanks for the compliments. I like most of the casting choices I made, but I'm most proud of the presentation. I wanted to make this more than just another slideshow of photos. Thanks again.

[Sylindria]

@RCHairbrush I cant argue Cadsuane's casting is spot on!

[RCHairbrush]

@Sylindria

Thanks. I know she doesn't have an "ageless face," but I'd love to see her bullying the others the way Cadsuane does.

[Sylindria]

@RCHairbrush when Cadsuane is as old as she is then who knows what 'ageless' really looks like?

[TheKleptoRaptor]

Great job i like the choices you made for ahvienda and faile the best but all-around very good!

[RCHairbrush]

@TheKleptoRaptor

Thanks for the compliment. And thanks for the comment, too.

[professor2442]

So if I understand the genealogy right, Jensen Ackles is Kevin Zegers half-brother on his mother's side and Bradley James's half-brother on his father's side.

Yeah, I can see that.

[RCHairbrush]

@professor2442

Yeah. That'd be some gene pool to swim in, huh?

[jlmww]

Watching this again, I realized that I didn't compliment you on how good a job you did making the images match and fitting everything to the music. Well done, LB!

[JietohFilms]

Great Faile! and Mazrim!

[RCHairbrush]

@JietohFilms

Thanks. Whenever they described Faile, I always thought of Claudia Black.

[JietohFilms]

@RCHairbrush ^^ I always thought of Garrett Hedlund as Mat also. Even though he's supposed to have brown eyes, lol. I suppose they could use contacts, though. ^^

[RCHairbrush]

@JietohFilms

Thanks. Whenever they described Faile, I always thought of Claudia Black.

[professor2442]

Very heavy with Brits, isn't it, you little Anglophile, you?

Still, good job. I like the last five best -- some nice surprises -- and Annette Crosbie as Lini is a great choice.

[RCHairbrush]

I like the last five, too. Evidentally, I have a better eye for bad guys than good.

[professor2442]

The bad guys don't have to be so young. Opens up more possibilities.

[RCHairbrush]

And for the record, Michael, I counted the people. There are 12 from England (including two from offshore islands), 11 USAmericans (including two Texans, just so you know), 2 Australians, 2 Canadians, 1 Scot, and 1 Frenchwoman.

Yeah, that may seem like a lot of Brits to some people, but if USAmericans would ever stop talking from the middle of their mouths, they'd sound better to me.

[professor2442]

@RCHairbrush

Ooo, you called me "Michael." You must be mad.

[fleetzz]

Nice job! I think the character Mogedian (spelling?) is more handsome than pretty like you actress you selected, and we would need to dye Annette o'tool's hair black to be queen tylin, but wonderful!

[RCHairbrush]

Thanks for the comment.

Eva Green has an interesting face. Sometimes she's more conventionally beautiful than others, but she's always striking.

[olorin101]

i don't like kate beckinsale as siuan, but others are just perfect. nice work!

[RCHairbrush]

@olorin101

thanks very much for the comment. And I put Beckinsale there, but I keep thinking I could find someone more suitable. But not names are coming to me now. Got any suggestions?

[Nachonboi]

This is just awesome!

[RCHairbrush]

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the comment.

[jlmww]

'looks good. I'm glad you finally drew a snake that you actually liked. And I really like how you blended the various songs together to fit the pictures.

[RCHairbrush]

Thanks. I think this is the fifth or sixth snake I drew. I could have painted it better though. I wanted to have it zoom in from being really large to the size it is here, but up close it just didn't look good enough.

[RCHairbrush]

@jlmww

I think I'm most proud of how the music worked out. The ominous chords under the bad guys is perfect, and it even turns all exotic and Ebou Dari when Mat, Tylen, and Thom show up.

[jlmww]

@RCHairbrush

The music for the bad guys was excellent, especially that ending.

[joshsnextstop]

WOW! What a relief your brain must be feeling after putting this together. j/k.

Really a fascinating idea, and expertly done. I was just waiting to see Jenson, then when he appeared, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. All I needed was my $17.00 tub of popcorn.

Seriously Mike, Well done! Different, but Well Done!

I'm giving you 5 stars and added to my fav.'s. Thanks for re-posting it.

BTW, Nice touch with adding Dame Judi Dench at the end.

[RCHairbrush]

Judi Dench was an easy choice. Some of the others took a lot of work.

'glad you liked it, and thanks for the rating.

[RCHairbrush]

You do realize that $17 will only get you the small tub of popcorn, don't you?

[RCHairbrush]

Ow! My widescreen video got a bit squished somehow. I wish I could just upload an MOV file to YouTube.