Okay so here is my cast for Hamlet. Just know it's not all going to be super professional because some actors I'm just in love with. Also, I cast a lot more characters than we've actually read in the play because I just felt like casting everybody.
The first person I cast was Marcia Harden as Gertrude because I just feel like she's really matronly and nobody's really seeing her do anything regal or royal. She's just done a lot of very stern, religious, mothering roles and I'm curious how that would translate over into her as Queen Gertrude of Denmark.
The second person I cast was Woody Harrelson as Claudius because we know he has experience with being a drunk, thanks to Haymitch and he's good at playing kind of jerk-ish characters that aren't really bad people. Like Claudius, he killed his brother but at the same time he would've been a much better king than Hamlett. Young Hamlet could be because he's actually a decent king and Hamlet is like an emotional wreck; he’s just the classic protagonist for a Shakespeare play.
The third person I cast was Hamlet himself and I cast Chris Hemsworth as Hamlett because he fits the age, first of all, and everyone's age that I have is kind of based off of Chris Hemsworth age because Hamlet is the only one in the play whose age we actually know, so seeing as he's 30 I cast other characters as older or younger than they may seem judging on their difference in age from Hamlett. That's why some of them might seem weird but I cast Chris Hemsworth because you've already seen him as a prince in Thor and I could easily see him playing an emotionally torn kind of just “playing the victim” character who goes a little crazy and tries to avenge his father also like he did in Thor. Even though his father wasn't killed, he kind of avenged the dishonoring of his father.
the next person I cast is a little bit, I just love him as an actor and that's Alan Rickman. I cast him as Polonius because, well, we seen him as a judge in Sweeney Todd and we've seen him as a professor in Harry Potter. He's good at playing authority figures even though Polonius isn't a big authority figure, considering half of the characters are actually royalty but he's still a really important antagonist and the age thing fits because, well, he’s old now, which is a little bit sad but that's okay. He’s just really good at being an awful person on camera and I really think he fits well.
I then casted Norman Reedus as Horatio just because I think he would play really well off of Chris Hemsworth and he is a bit of a tough guy actor. He was already a pretty crazy character in Boondock Saints. He’s played some very loyal characters and I can totally see him telling a story of his friends tragic familial problems after everything is done.
I then casts Moises Arias as Laertes solely because he looks similar to Leah Michelle, who I cast as Ophelia. He even looks like he could be related to Alan Rickman. I really wanted to get the whole family thing kind of together and you can kind of see that Woody Harrelson could be Chris Hemsworth uncle; they look similar enough, and Marcia Harden looks like everybody's mother so that works perfect.
Lea Michelle is good with drama and I think after the kind of soft cushy role that she plays in glee, even though it's emotional, it would be it would be really nice to see her go crazy. Yeah, there’s part of it and the other part is just familial resemblance.
Then I cast James Franco as Fortinbras because the Franco brothers are amazing and he has plenty of experience playing the villain because of Spiderman. He knows how to be emotional, and again, “avenging his father's death” type-characters. I think he fits really well in the character especially opposite some of the other actors that are in here because he seems like such a classic actor to throw in with all of these others that I don't see it going wrong in any way.
Then I cast Christian Bale as Francisco because I wanted Francisco to be a little bit older than Hamlet seeing as the guards all keep referring to him as “Young Hamlet” and things like that so I wanted him to be just a little bit older and it would be kind of funny to see Christian Bale play a semi-minor role in something.
I cast Sean Bean as the ghost because I think he has a really good face for playing a ghost and he has a good look for being royalty. He could easily put on a crown and have a little bit of makeup and some special effects and you look like a ghost. Originally I was looking for a different actor from the Lord of The Rings trilogy which was actually the ghost from Return of The King, however, I think he's an uncredited actor and while looking through the cast I couldn't find him. This was probably because his character doesn't have a name, so yeah, that was difficult but I think Sean Bean is a very good second.
thank you I'm out
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