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Imagine if GW gave licence for making Horus Heresy movie series... who would you like to play as Emperor, Primarchs and other significant Horus Heresy players ( Malcador, Garo, Eldrad... )?

Emperor - Matthew Goode
Sanguinius - Alexander Skarsgar
Horus -
The Lion - Don Harvey
Magnus the Red - Arnold Vosloo
Mortarion - Hugo Weaving
Leman Russ - Rory McCann
Rowboat - Thomas Kretschmann
Lorgar - Jai Courtney
Fulgrim - Garret Hedlund
Perturabo - Jeffery Dean Morgan
Dorn - Michael Ironsides
Curze - Mads Mikkelson
Ferrus Manus - Vin Diesel
Angron - Manu Bennett
Vulkan - Peter Mensah
Corvus - Doesn't matter, can't imagine him without beakface
Alpharius/Omegon - Karl Urban
Khan - Chen Chang

Not 100% of some of them yet, but my rough guesses given 20 minutes.

All i know is that Dorn will be played as Gerard Butler

Well thinking of people who can actually act rather than make the movie poster look pretty I'd go something like...

Horus - David Morrissey
Sanguinius - Tom Hiddleston
Fulgrim - Michael Fassbender
Dorn - Rory Kinnear
Mortarion - Tom Hardy
Johnson - Edward Norton
Kruze - Werner Herzog
Lorgar - Joseph Fiennes
Magnus - Alfred Molina
Guilliman - James Purefoy
Russ - Viggo Mortensen

Also not 100%.

Lorgar

Faran Tahir

 Glorioski wrote:
Well thinking of people who can actually act rather than make the movie poster look pretty I'd go something like...

Horus - David Morrissey
Fulgrim - Michael Fassbender

These two are excellent choices. I like your other choices as well. I'm still glued to Rory McCann as Russ though.

Mads Mikkelson as Russ


Vinnie Jones as Angron (with Kharn played by the kid who played his son in lock, stock and two smoking barrels)



Kevin Grevoix as Vulcan. Aside from already just looking like a primarch the dude is a huge nerd and comic book author.




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And most definitely John Hurt as Malcador.

Tom Hiddleston is an interesting choice...and I don't disagree. Thinking about it, he'd be good. And how can you fail right after by nominating somebody other than Christian Bale as Batm-I mean, uh, Kurze.
Also, Michael Clark Duncan as Vulkan. Man has the damn size to pull off a primary with ease. And he's badass as hell.

Didn't we also have this thread two weeks ago?

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Tom Hiddleston is an interesting choice...and I don't disagree. Thinking about it, he'd be good. And how can you fail right after by nominating somebody other than Christian Bale as Batm-I mean, uh, Kurze.
Also, Michael Clark Duncan as Vulkan. Man has the damn size to pull off a primary with ease. And he's badass as hell.

Didn't we also have this thread two weeks ago?

Mr. Duncan is dead... But he would've been a good Vulkan.

 JohnnoM wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Tom Hiddleston is an interesting choice...and I don't disagree. Thinking about it, he'd be good. And how can you fail right after by nominating somebody other than Christian Bale as Batm-I mean, uh, Kurze.
Also, Michael Clark Duncan as Vulkan. Man has the damn size to pull off a primary with ease. And he's badass as hell.

Didn't we also have this thread two weeks ago?

Mr. Duncan is dead... But he would've been a good Vulkan.

What?! When the feth did this happen?! I'm actually seriously upset. Really wish I could drop a proper F-bomb there for emphasis...'feth' doesn't properly relay my feelings on the matter.

It was over the summer I think. Heart attack or something.

I like Hiddleston, but I'm wondering if he might be better as a librarian....perhaps.....a chief-librarian....I hope he likes the Sun

-The Emperor: Liam Neeson
-Malcador: Ian McKellan
-Horus: Mark Strong
-Lion El'Jonson: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
-Fulgrim: Hugo Weaving
-Perturabo: Thomas Jane
-Jaghatai Khan: Jason Mamoa
-Leman Russ: Ray Stevenson
-Magnus the Red: Brandon Gleeson
-Rogal Dorn: Daniel Craig
-Konrad Curze: Ralph Fiennes
-Sanguinius: Chris Hemsworth
-Ferrus Manus: Gerald Butler
-Angron: Manu Bennett
-Guilliman: Kevin McKidd
-Mortarion: Brad Dourif
-Lorgar: Sean Bean
-Vulkan: Idris Elba
-Corax: Christian Bale
-Alpharius: Jason Isaacs

Course none of this will ever happen, but still fun to speculate and fantasize.

 Harriticus wrote:
-The Emperor: Liam Neeson
-Malcador: Ian McKellan
-Horus: Mark Strong
-Lion El'Jonson: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
-Fulgrim: Hugo Weaving
-Perturabo: Thomas Jane
-Jaghatai Khan: Jason Mamoa
-Leman Russ: Ray Stevenson
-Magnus the Red: Brandon Gleeson
-Rogal Dorn: Daniel Craig
-Konrad Curze: Ralph Fiennes
-Sanguinius: Chris Hemsworth
-Ferrus Manus: Gerald Butler
-Angron: Manu Bennett
-Guilliman: Kevin McKidd
-Mortarion: Brad Dourif
-Lorgar: Sean Bean
-Vulkan: Idris Elba
-Corax: Christian Bale
-Alpharius: Jason Isaacs

Course none of this will ever happen, but still fun to speculate and fantasize.

I second all of this.

Sean Bean should be a loyal primarch he never survives his movies. Hugo Weaving is nowhere near good looking enough to play Fulgrim. I'm straight but that's just a no-brainer.

I hope Zweischneid doesn't mind me stealing his answer from the last thread about this.

 Zweischneid wrote:
Horus

Spoiler:

Angron

Spoiler:

Magus

Spoiler:

Khan

Spoiler:

Corax

Spoiler:

Russ

Spoiler:

Mortarion

Spoiler:

Sanguinius

Spoiler:

Lion

Spoiler:

Alpharius / Omegon

Spoiler:

Nighthaunter

Spoiler:

Perturabo

Spoiler:

Lorgar

Spoiler:

Vulkan

Spoiler:

Dorn

Spoiler:

Fulgrim

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Ferrus

Spoiler:

Guilliman

Spoiler:

MarsNZ wrote:
Hugo Weaving is nowhere near good looking enough to play Fulgrim. I'm straight but that's just a no-brainer.

I agree.

I demand Miley Cyrus as Fulgrim.

I think Tilda Swinton would be a great Fulgrim.
And John Hamm as Guilliman, he has the jaw to be a Primarch.
That's all I can think of so far.

I think a live-action HH movie/series would be goofy as feth, lol.

Also, Tom Hiddleston I see more as Lorgar, if only due to association with the Loki role.

 Harriticus wrote:
-The Emperor: Liam Neeson
-Malcador: Ian McKellan
-Horus: Mads Mikkelsen
-Lion El'Jonson: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
-Fulgrim: Hugo Weaving
-Perturabo: Thomas Jane
-Jaghatai Khan: Jason Mamoa
-Leman Russ: Ray Stevenson
-Magnus the Red: Brandon Gleeson
-Rogal Dorn: Daniel Craig
-Konrad Curze: Ralph Fiennes
-Sanguinius: Chris Hemsworth
-Ferrus Manus: Gerald Butler
-Angron: Manu Bennett
-Guilliman: Kevin McKidd
-Mortarion: Brad Dourif
-Lorgar: Sean Bean
-Vulkan: Idris Elba
-Corax: Christian Bale
-Alpharius: Jason Isaacs

Course none of this will ever happen, but still fun to speculate and fantasize.

With one minor change I agree

 Coolyo294 wrote:
I hope Zweischneid doesn't mind me stealing his answer from the last thread about this.

 Zweischneid wrote:
Horus

Spoiler:

Angron

Spoiler:

Magus

Spoiler:

Khan

Spoiler:

Corax

Spoiler:

Russ

Spoiler:

Mortarion

Spoiler:

Sanguinius

Spoiler:

Lion

Spoiler:

Alpharius / Omegon

Spoiler:

Nighthaunter

Spoiler:

Perturabo

Spoiler:

Lorgar

Spoiler:

Vulkan

Spoiler:

Dorn

Spoiler:

Fulgrim

Spoiler:

Ferrus

Spoiler:

Guilliman

Spoiler:

Yes. Yes please. This would be another Austin Powers movie, where Mike Myers plays every major role in the movie.

Although, I have a strong feeling that they won't cast 20 different actors for all the roles, they would most likely just focus on a few of the story arcs inside the HH so they don't have to cast every single one. Sad but true.

Miss Ultramar wrote:
I think Tilda Swinton would be a great Fulgrim.

You know that could actually be pretty interesting.

I dunno..I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt could make a pretty good Alpharius / Omegon

Cillian Murphy would be my pick for Fulgrim personally.

Nah, I like the Miley Cyrus suggestion for Fulgrim myself. Say, doesn't Fulgrim often run around without a shirt?

I think that Lion El'Jonson should be played by Liam Neeson. If only he were younger, oh well.

Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park era) as himself as the Emperor.

Only person who is a must is John Hurt, probably as malcador. For some reason I think most of the guys from the cast of "Rome" would fit pretty well (its pretty much the same thing but with guns and spaceships lol).

Jim Cavizel as the Emperor. He played Jesus. Your opinions are henceforth rendered invalid.

Emperor- Liam Neeson : If you end the heresy now, I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you...

Well here we go in no particular order...

Sanguinus: Jared Leto, everybody's favorite pretty boy... Plus fight club
Lion: Benedict Cumberbatch, just feels like a match to me
Vulkan: Idris Elba, quite good at playing a compassionate badass as seen in Rocknrolla, Ghost Rider 2, Pacific Rim (ish), arguably Thor and Thor 2
Night Haunter: Edward Norton, Primal Fear is still one of my favorite movies with a character dealing with dual personalities (despite the fact he was faking it)
Guilliman: Mark Strong, why? Space Marine.
Horus: Mads Mikaelson because reasons
Mortarion: Guy Pearce, he is talented and naturally has a bit of a gaunt look to him
Angron: Tom Hardy, his acting in Warrior, Bronson (this alone should get him the role), Peaky Blinders, Dark Knight Rises... He's a good rage machine.
Dorn: Michael Ironsides, because reasons
Perturabo: Daniel Craig, his James Bond, cold and calculating (to an extent). Leave the womanizer and suits at home, bring us Skyfall's Bond
Ferrus Manus: Michael Shannon
Khan: Tadanobu Asano, because of Mongol, watch Mongol.
Corax: Chris Evans, merging Captain America, Snowpiercer, and Sunshine
Fulgrim: That arrogance...that charisma... Cillian Murphy or Brad Pitt
Leman Russ: Khal Drogo (don't know the actor's name and too lazy to look it up) or Gerard Butler for that Scottish accent and Beowulf merged with 300 and maybe some Gamer
Lorgar: Ralph Fiennes, bring that fanaticism he had in Red Dragon and put a religious spin on it
Magnus: Sam Rockwell, needs beefing up, but that's what CGI is for
Alpharius/Omegon: This one stumped me for a bit but in the end, Christian Bale namely because of The Prestige.
Malcador: John Hurt, was there ever any doubt?
Emperor: Hugo Weaving brings his Elrond A Game.

Then again, with the amount of CGI this would take, the only right answer would be Andy Serkis as EVERYONE.