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lukassprehn · 5 years ago

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The Great Devil War movies Dream Cast! (and yes, it includes Mads Mikkelsen as as the Devil, do not worry!)

In case people don’t know, the popular Danish fantasy book series, The Great Devil War, written by Kenneth B. Andersen, is getting a film adaptation. Possibly a series? We don’t know yet. I made this list a bit for myself, but also for @askwhathasthiscometo. It is a dream cast of mine for SOME of the roles in The Great Devil War movies. Some have several actor choices listed:

Lucifer, the Devil: Mads Mikkelsen, Lars Mikkelsen, Martin Brygmann, Kasper Leisner, Mikkel Arndt, Peter Plauborg - this role is practically the most important, it just needs to be perfect! Well, so do Philip and Satina’s, and younger good actors are hard to find and get right, but without an amazing, perfect Lucifer, you have no Great Devil War whatsoever. Does anyone have any other actors to add to this list? Btw, Mads Mikkelsen is bolded here because that is my favorite choice. Another problem, maybe, is that he is getting a bit older now, with a few wrinkles, and Lucifer is described as having skin as smooth as snake skin when he’s not ill (in book 2 The Die of Death). I don’t want to be ageist though, and I am sure makeup or something could help in this department. If anyone doesn’t agree, look here: https://imgur.com/a/6cB55tB , or look at the bottom of this list! Though, is he tall enough?

Lucifax, the Devil’s cat: Nikolaj Lie Kaas. He has the right kind of dry voice to make awesome dry sarcastic deliveries, I think, which Lucifax have a ton of. I asume Lucifax would be all CGI with just a voice actor. Motion capture anyone??

Ravine, the cook at the Devil’s castle: There are a ton of good choices here, so I am not sure I could list any. Maybe Birthe Neumann, Lotte Andersen, Sofie Grabøl, or Lisbet Dahl? Lisbet have that motherly/grandmotherly quality that Ravine has, but maybe she is a bit too old for the role? Again, I am not trying to be ageist.

With Philip Engel (Danish: Filip Engell) and Satina Dargue (Danish: Satina Mørch) the studio may have to discover whole new talents that have not been seen before. They are supposed to be very young in the beginning after all. 13 year olds. Well, Satina is way older, but she is a devil and so ages differently. And she looks about 13 in The Devil’s Apprentice I’d say. Hair colour may also not be such a big problem, as that can be tackled with dyes or wigs. Also, freckles, which Satina has, can also be added with make-up. But these two actors are very important, as they are practically our main characters (besides Lucifer, we all know we’re really reading for that dude!). Philip’s actor must be able to portray the AGGRAVATINGLY BARF-INDUCINGLY good and polite boy, who you actually want to see get hurt in the beginning. He must be able to be pretty deadpan in regards to his training in evil, where he often just gives the Devil a simple “No. Can’t do that.” Or something to that gist. But he also must be able to portray the character in a rather dark, mature and evil manner. Well, maybe not mature. Angsty? Haha. And as we progress in the series, he needs to be able to portray the character more and and more maturely, and darker, as the dark events happening to him in Hell starts to reflect on his living self. He must be able to portray his character very angrily too, for the last two books especially.

God: Really not sure :O Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm... This will actually be a rather difficult character to cast. In the books he seems to look old but still rather strong and fit. Like he is ancient but in an impossibly good health. Strong, but old.

Death / Mortimer: Also not quite sure. Torben Zeller? Henning Jensen? Jesper Christensen?They can also get a slightly younger actor and just teach him to talk with a more dry and “older sounding voice”, and use make-up and prostethics to make him look super ancient. Though not too young please.

Demeona Dargue (Demeona Mørch): Sidse Babett Knudsen maybe.. Or Julie Berthelsen maybe, though she has only appeared in two movies so far and is mainly a singer. The character must be exceptionally beautiful, but also very warm-hearted in her manners. And stern when she needs to put Blackhorn in his place.

Blackhorn Dargue (Sortehorn Mørch): Mikkel Vadsholt. Nicolas Bro. Nis Bank-Mikkelsen (Nis would be soooo cool in this role). I assume the character would be all CGI. I mean, gragorns, which Blackhorn is one of, are practically the height of a house, very wide and huge. The horns of Grumblebeard, who’s also a gragorn, are as long as Philip’s arm and as thick as his thigh.

Grumblebeard, gatekeper of Hell (Skumleskæg): Not sure either, but this is also a very important role to nail. Would be a voice role too, like Blackhorn, as Grumblebeard is also a gragorn. But man, does the CGI in this movie have to be super convincing! It would be a very expensive project. Maybe Maipo can involve a Hollywood studio and some Hollywood investors? :D I mean, they could dub the movie afterwards and make a ton of money on it as well.

If anyone can think of any other actors/actress, or another character and an actor/actress that fit them, let me know!

The image of Mads Mikkelsen that is supposed to convince you of his role as Lucifer:

Or this:

Hannibal set me up to think Mikkelsen is perfect for the role of Lucifer.

Also, GO read these books now people! They are some of the biggest things in modern Danish literature, and you don't wanna miss it!

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