Casting suggestions for Puddleglum

[coracle]

Cool! Then that would keep Bill Nighey available for Uncle Andrew in MN.
(There are several seriously good British actors who need to be snapped up for the rest of the Narnia films!)

[waggawerewolf27]

Would anyone consider Geoffrey Rush? He certainly has the right sort of hair, at any rate. And the sort of sense of humour to do Mr Percival (a lovely, gorgeous pelican) in a remake of Storm Boy.

[SearchlightRG]

Hope this isn’t considered thread necromancy...I doubt Aslan would approve...

I recently listened to the Silver Chair audiobook, and the way Puddleglum was read called James Nesbit to mind. He played Bofur in The Hobbit trilogy, but I think the makeup job and alternate costume for Puddleglum would help to disassociate the two.

[Anfinwen]

Since Doug Jones was in the award winning "The Shape of Water", I wonder if he is more likely or less likely to land a role in Narnia. He's set to be in a movie that is in pre-production, but I suppose that could be worked around.

[The Rose-Tree Dryad]

^I like the idea of Doug Jones as Puddleglum. I haven't seen much of his work, but I've been following him on Twitter since he tweeted about being interested in the role back in 2016. He just seems like a very friendly and genuine person and he describes himself as a dyed-in-the-wool Christian from the Midwest... I think those traits could make him better suited to play Puddleglum than other actors who might take a darker, more cynical approach. Of course he's not British, but I don't think that's the end of the world.

[Eustace]

I assume we are talking about Doug Jones the actor and not the senator. I was confused when the senator came up first when I typed Doug Jones in Google.

I don't think Puddleglum has to be British, so the fact that he is American does not bother me. I also find it really cool that he wanted to do the part.

Now, I was looking through actors the other day and I thought that Stephen Merchant would be a good fit for the look of Puddleglum to me.

[narnia fan 7]

I'm not completely sure I'd want Doug Jones to play Puddleglum. He's great at playing creatures with heavy make-up and stuff like that, if your looking for someone to physically play Puddleglum and have him look like described in the book Jones is probably the best choice. However I'm not sold on his acting ability, that's not too say he's a bad actor, but I think they could probably find with someone better.

I think it's more important that they find a great actor for Puddleglum rather than having him look as exactly like described in the book, of course those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

[Col Klink]

I don't think many other people are going to cotton to this suggestion, since the actor isn't English or gangly, but I think Tony Shalhoub would be great for Puddleglum. He has a talent for delivering ridiculous dialogue with a perfectly straight face, a kind of comedy which shows up a lot in the Narnia books but hasn't been in the movies much. One of his most famous roles (relatively speaking) was in Monk (my favorite show) where he played a character was both comedic and dramatic. That's perfect for Puddleglum.

[Artorius Pendragon]

I would definitely go with Mark Rylance. One of the best older Brittish actors, imo

[Cleander]

I am more in favor of an older actor, which makes me more in favor of someone like James Cromwell. Even though he's American he can do British accents really well ( Like in Babe). He's 78 right now, but he's still acting! And he's got that long face and deep, husky voice that remind me of Tom Baker's Puddleglum in the BBC series. But he's an outspoken Vegan, so I'm not sure how he'd react to eel stew.