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30K PRIMARY CHARACTERS - Actors

EMPEROR - So epic we CGI him in (not like Jar Jar binks)
Sigilite - Jeremy Irons - Ian McKellan - Christopher Walken
Horus - Mark Strong - Chance Kelly - Ron Peralman
Leman Russ - Ray Stevenson - Dolph Lungren (not convinced)
Ferrus Manus - Gerrard Butler - Til Schweiger
Fulgrim - Hugo Weaving -
Vulkan - Idris Elba - David Harewood
Rogal Dorn - Daniel Craig - Stephen Lang
Roboute Guilliman - James Caviezel - Michael Fassebender
Magnus the Red - Brandon Gleeson -
Sanguinius - Chris Hemsworth - Bradley Cooper - Leonardo DiCaprio
Lion El'Jonson - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Perturabo - Thomas Jane - Channing Tatum
Mortarion - Brad Dourif -
Lorgar - Sean Bean - Iain Glen
Jaghatai Khan - Ken Wantanabe - Chow Yun-fat -
Konrad Curze - Alan Rickman - Johnny Depp
Angron - Manu Bennett - Jason Mamoa - Gerrard Butler
Corax - Benedict Cumberbatch - Christian Bale - Orlando Bloon
Alpharius/ Omegon - Jason Issacs - Jake Gyllenhaal

Characters of Note

Jon Grammaticus - David Tennant
Ollianus Pious - Matt Smith


I - ??? - First Captain of the Dark Angels
III - Commander Eidolon -
Julius Kaesoron - First Captain of the Emperor's Children
IV - Forrix - First Captain of the Iron Warriors
V - ?????? - White Scars
VI - Gunnar Gunhilt ? - First Captain Space Wolves
VII - Sigisimund - First Captain of the Imperial Fists
VIII - Sevatar - First Captain of the Night Lords
IX - Raldoron - First Captain of the Blood Angels
X - Gabriel Santor - First Captain of the Iron Hands
XII - ???? - Kharn wasn't 1st Captain.
XIII - Marius Gage - First Captain of the Ultramarines
XIV- Calas Typhon - First Captain of the Death Guard
XV - Ahzek Ahriman - Captain of the First Fellowship of the Thousand Sons
XVI - Ezekyle Abbandon - First Captain of the Sons of Horus
XVII - Kor Phaeron - First Captain of the Word Bearers - Christoper Ecclestone
XVIII - Numeon - First Captain of the Salamanders
XIX - ?????? - First Captain of the Raven Guard
XX - Ingo Pech - First Captain of the Alpha Legion

Erebus -
Horus Aximand - Jason Statham
Fabius bile - Bill Bob Thornton

The Red Angel -
Kor Phearon
Luther -
Argel Tal -
Kharn -


Valdor Constantin - Hugh jackman
Iacton Qruze - Sam Elliot - Mickey Rourke
Saul Tavitz -
Garviel Loken - Tom hardy
Bjorn the Fell Handed -
Nathaniel Garro - Refus Sewell
Branne Nev -
Lucius the Eternal -
Nykona Sharrowkyn -
Sabik Wayland -





Hundreds more to add, any suggestions keep posting them up

I know this goes around and around from time to time, and I was inspired by Smurfwedges Primarch Actor Gallery.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-29334-29448_Primarch%20Actors.html

So do you have an suggestions for actors to play certain 30k Characters, including other well known's like Malcador, Valdor, Qruze, Loken etc. I find it helps to give a mental image to your potential characters and conversions.

Garviel Loken (Russel Crowe)?



Fabius Bile (Bill Bob Thornton with long hair) ?



Malcador the Sigilite (Jeremy Irons) ?



Corax/ Fulgrim / Curze imagine black hair (Jason Isaacs)?



Iacton Qruze ( the half-heard / Sam Elliot)



Some others of note :-

Chance Kelly (aka Generation Kill - GODFATHER)



David Harewood (from HOMELAND) maybe VULKAN?



We should be able to piece together a super Cast. I might even Edit this post to have IMDB pictures instead. I will make this into a Dakka Article once we get alot of feedback Any suggestions?

Well, Im going to jump onto this thing first, and put Peter Cullen as the Emperors voice...

and possibly Alan Rickman as Curze...

I'd probably cast unimportant and obscure actors so as not to waste the time and ruin the reputation of the good ones.

Sarcasm aside, I enjoy the casting of fabius bile looks-wise, but acting-wise i'm not so sure. Also, Alan Rickman must play a villain.

Sean Bean would have to play the Emperor... though that might be giving the ending away.

I've posted a list of the Primarchs at least before:

-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

Obviously it's just a "fantasy" list, no realistic expectations here.

Saw Les Miserables, last night....



I think I just found the Emperor's Finest Duelist Warrior - Valdor Constantin is Hugh Jackman.

 Psienesis wrote:
Sean Bean would have to play the Emperor... though that might be giving the ending away.

I heartily agree!

For Lorgar, Iain Glen would be my choice.
He's got a real nack for playing bad/evil ards and being rather serious about it. Plus, when called upon, he can go into complete epic-bad@$$ mode and can bring in 'cliche' with skill & class!

Oh, and after his first run-in with heavy prosthetics, I'm sure "it'll get easier" for him to go all Daemon Primarch!

Dolph Lundgren would have to be Leman Russ

Leman Russ: Chris Hemsworth

Gerard Butler: Angron

Old but gold.

-The Emperor: Nicholas Cage
-Malcador: Nicholas Cage
-Horus: Nicholas Cage
-Lion El'Jonson: Nicholas Cage
-Fulgrim: Nicholas Cage
-Perturabo: Nicholas Cage
-Jaghatai Khan: Nicholas Cage
-Leman Russ: Nicholas Cage
-Magnus the Red: Nicholas Cage
-Rogal Dorn: Nicholas Cage
-Konrad Curze: Nicholas Cage
-Sanguinius: Nicholas Cage
-Ferrus Manus: Nicholas Cage
-Angron: Nicholas Cage
-Guilliman: Nicholas Cage
-Mortarion: Nicholas Cage
-Lorgar: Nicholas Cage
-Vulkan: Nicholas Cage
-Corax: Nicholas Cage
-Alpharius: Nicholas Cage

I think there's another area to look at...wrestlers.

I know what you're thinking...

" "

Purely from a physicality point of view I think they shouldn't be overlooked...

Batista would surely have a spot...just check out his war face



Although I admit with wrestling it's hard to look past the 'roids and y-fronts to see a worthy acting resource, yet they aren't without confidence or bravado, which is sometimes all an actor needs.

It's not as if the Heresy novels are Shakespeare or Chekhov character studies anyway...let's be honest.

I am not having Vince McMahon as the Emperor!!

Wrestlers from a Physicality point of view yes, from a character point of view no.

All you need to do is look at The Rock to know wrestlers can make good actors...

Konrad Curze: Norman Reedus.

 IHateNids wrote:
All you need to do is look at The Rock to know wrestlers can make good actors...

The Rock only became a decent actor after he stopped trying to be super serious and started actually having fun with his roles. He's got talent and a stage persona, but I don't know if he'd fit with GW's obsession with Grimdark. Maybe during their earlier days where they were more open about their satire and didn't actually believe have the crap they were spewing.

 mwnciboo wrote:

Wrestlers from a Physicality point of view yes, from a character point of view no.

To this I largely agree...I'm just saying that given the chance some may surprise with actual acting talent is all, it's just that they're required to bring the same amount of acting cheese as the muscle they carry on their frames due the nature of the WWE.

Of course most wrestlers who do make films gravitate towards action movies, often B grade ones at that, which doesn't help my argument - but it's not like they can't take direction, lack screen presence or are void of the big personalities/confidence that most of the Primarch's/Astartes character's possess.

I guess what I'm saying is just assume they can act and there'd be a few roles for some IMHO (but by no means all). At the very least you'd have all the non-descript/minor Astartes covered.

I'm not a huge wrestling fan or anything, I catch the odd bit now and then, but if I were casting for the Primarch's I'd audition them without hesitation is all. Physicality is a major part of any role, although technology and film technique could mitigate this to a large degree now...

TBH, is a 40k film ever going to be A grade? we are a 'subculture', to give us a 'politically correct' name

 IHateNids wrote:
TBH, is a 40k film ever going to be A grade? we are a 'subculture', to give us a 'politically correct' name

No but this is a bit a Whimsy, entertaining thought but lets be honest it's never even going to have B Movie either!

Heath ledger as Lionel johnson?

I don't know most of you, but on this old image, I see Russ as Mel Gibson at Braveheart.

Drlance wrote:
Heath ledger as Lionel johnson?

Hmmmm do I need to Caveat this with they need to be Alive?

Don't know, but I thought the whole idea was fantasy.

 Harriticus wrote:
I've posted a list of the Primarchs at least before:

-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

Obviously it's just a "fantasy" list, no realistic expectations here.

+1 to this just for Liam Neeson as the Emperor.

He played Zeus pretty well in Clash of the Titans, having that god factor and gusto that would be perfect in the Emperor.

This thread is the best idea and waste of time ever!

I don't know a lot of the actors on the list but this:

Roboute Guilliman - James Caviezel - Michael Fassebender

and this:

Horus - Mark Strong

make me want to trust the OP.

I think that Fassebender might be a touch on the young side for Guilliman. I think his tactical genius might look better on a slightly older face. Not sure.

And the moment I read Mark Strong as Horus...yep. That''s our guy. The threat of power behind such a likable face as in Tinker Tailor, could really work.

Can I humbly suggest Tom Hardy as Garviel Loken? He has certain innocence in his strength which would suit Loken as his loses faith in his fellow Sons.

I think the Emperor should never be shown. He's somehow holier and more esoteric that way, but if he needs to be cast, then Liam Neeson all the way.

One of these threads pops up each month

Oh oh! And how about Mickey Rourke as the Iacton the Half-Heard? A slightly down-beat performance as in The Wrestler?
He's a good age for it too.

The Emperor....Rutger Hauer.

Mike Stoklasa



as Erebus;



Why?

Because his Palpatine voice fits the role perfectly.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
The Emperor....Rutger Hauer.

His final words before being connected to the throne: All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Horus - Ron Peralman ( Hellboy)