So I'm not the only one who imagines Puddleglum's skin as green?
I always have, but as far as I can tell, Lewis only ever describes his complexion as muddy. I wish I could blame Pauline Baynes's glorious illustrations, but when I look closely ("Enhance!!"
), his skin is really just a light brown with a little chartreuse mixed in. I think they probably got the hue about right in the BBC version of
The Silver Chair, but I wouldn't mind at all of they made him much greener in this upcoming film, as long as he doesn't look like a Martian.
One definite point in favor of using CGI to give the actor the proper Marshwiggle traits and features is that it would allow them to cast anyone, height notwithstanding. While it would be good if they could save some money by casting someone with an unusual body type like Doug Jones, at the end of the day, I want someone who is the best person for bringing Puddleglum's personality to the screen, not just his visual.
I like the looks of Burn Gorman,
Wilhelm Spark! I like his voice a lot, too. There's a simplicity to his style of speaking that I think could fit Puddleglum quite well.