History Characters / Stardust

* SpoilerBrat: In the original book, she was actually SpoiledSweet, whereas here her only sweetness is that she's nice to Tristan out of pity, and stops being nice the minute she actually expects something of him. Otherwise, she only thinks of herself.

! Tristan Thorne
-> '''Played by''': Charlie Cox

* AdaptationNameChange: Originally Trist''r''an in the novel, but changed to the more conventional sounding Tristan for the film.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shakespeare gives his hair extensions when he starts his training with the pirates and he takes a [[TookALevelinBadass level in badass]].
* NiceGuy: Despite the incredible BelligerentSexualTension between Yvaine and his rude behaviour toward her (of course, she doesn't make things any easier), Tristan is a very sweet and romantic guy.

* [[spoiler: SparedByTheAdaptation ]]: [[spoiler: The book opts for a BittersweetEnding by having him die of old age, leaving Yvaine to rule in his stead. The movie avoids this with a ProphecyTwist: thanks to their love, he metaphorically possesses Yvaine's heart, and therefore benefits from the immortality it confers. The two use a Babylon Candle to join the stars once their children are old enough to rule.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's the son of Princess Una, and therefore an heir to the throne of Stormhold. Everyone (barring Una) was ''completely unaware'' of this fact until the end of the movie... after all of Tristan's uncles have been killed, making him the only remaining heir and therefore the new king of Stormhold.]]
* TookALevelInBadAss: Halfway through the movie when he gets training from Captain Shakespeare and his crew.

! Yvaine
-> '''Played by''': Claire Danes

* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially is very cold and rude to Tristan, but eventually warms up to him [[spoiler: and even falls in love with him.]]
* FishOutOfWater: She is quite naive and not exactly well-versed in human behaviour; for example she has no idea what a massage is.
* PowerGlows: Her ability to shine when she's happy. However, it's more for than just aesthetic purposes, [[spoiler: as Yvaine completely vaporises Lamia when she really shines.]]

! Lamia
-> '''Played by''': Michelle Pfeiffer

The main antagonist

! Septimus
-> '''Played by''': Mark Strong

* AntiVillain: He's utterly ruthless and ''was'' planning to eat Yvaine's heart for the immortality, but he's also pragmatic, able to be reasonable, and also doesn't seem to kill without cause (though he does consider mocking him to be cause).
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Lamia. [[spoiler: At least, until Lamia kills him off and takes her status as the sole BigBad.]] However, his goals initially do not clash with Tristans, and they team up to take on the witches.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Una disappeared for years and is presumed dead, and Septimus is known to have killed several of his older brothers, but he is still deeply offended that everyone assumes he must have killed Una as well. As he points out, he would have no ''reason'' to kill her, given that as a daughter she was always behind him in the line of succession anyway.

! Captain Shakespeare
-> '''Played by''': Robert De Niro

* EverybodyKnewAlready: When he's accidentally outed as CampGay in front of his crew they tell him they always knew.

--> (impressed) "Touche."
* [[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]]

! Victoria
-> '''Played by''': Sienna Miller

* ItsAllAboutMe

* RomanticFalseLead: Given her [[AlphaBitch unpleasant behaviour and stringing Tristan along]] and that she's in less than five scenes for the whole movie, it's quite obvious she's this for Tristan.

! Primus
-> '''Played by''': Jason Flemyng

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book he's just as bad as his brothers. In the movie, the Bishop mentions that he would be the first benevolent king of Stormhold, seems genuinely distressed when the Bishop accidentally takes the poisoned goblet meant for him, and is reasonably friendly and helpful to Tristan once he determines he's not an assassin sent by Septimus. He is a bit of a jerk to Yvaine when he sees she has the ruby, but given the stakes involved his reaction is understandable.

* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive]]


! Secundus
-> '''Played by''': Rupert Everett

! Tertius

! Ferdy
-> '''Played by''': Ricky Gervais

! Humphrey
-> '''Played by''': Henry Cavill

* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyGay]]: In the coronation scene at the very end, [[spoiler: He's seen sharing a wink with Captain Shakespeare, to the frustration of Victoria.]]

* JerkJock

! Empusa and Mormo
-> '''Played by''': Sarah Alexander and Joanna Scanlan

* TheHecateSisters: Mormo takes the role of the Matron as she is rather plump and motherly-looking while Empusa takes the role of the Crone, as she is more spindly in appearance and seems the most bitter and sarcastic of the three.

* [[spoiler: SparedByTheAdaptation ]]

* TheObiWan: He teaches Tristen to fight.

* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyGay]]

* AntiVillain

* PetTheDog: A minor one, but he does offer to let Primus live if he does not pursue the stone, something unheard of in Stormhold history.

* BigBadDuumvirate: With Lamia. [[spoiler: At least, until Lamia kills him off and takes her status as the sole BigBad.]]

* TheHecateSisters: Mormo takes the role of the Matron as she is rather plump and motherly-looking while Empousa takes the role of the Crone, as she is more spindly in appearance and seems the most bitter and sarcastic of the three.

* DecoyProtaganist: He enters his dying father's bedroom to heroic music, tosses his hair... and is pushed out of the window by Septimus.

! Humphery

! Empousa and Mormo

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Empousa gets stabbed through the chest by Septimus.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Empousa's specialty.

* SnarktoSnarkCombat: With Yvaine.

* BreaktheHaughty: A large majority of the movie is this for Yvaine.

* ThePowerofLove: [[spoiler: What allows her to defeat Lamia.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He's the son of Princess Una, and therefore the heir to the throne of Stormhold.]]

* FishOutofWater: She is quite naive and not exactly well-versed in human behaviour; for example she has no idea what a massage is.

* StarsareSouls: And in this case people, when they fall to Earth.

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Ultimately proves no match for Lamia and her sisters, as they easily finish him off and turn him into an [[PeoplePuppets undead puppet]].]]

* BlueBlood: The first born son of Stormhold's king. [[spoiler: Also turns out to be a literal example of the trope when he gets his throat cut by Lamia.]]

* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive]]

* FakeBrit

* FakeBrit

* DesfrostingIceQueen: Initially is very cold and rude to Tristan, but eventually warms up to him [[spoiler: and even falls in love with him.]]

* PowerGlows: Her ability to shine when she's happy. However, it's more for than just aesthetic purposes, [[spoiler: as it's able to vaporise Lamia when she really lets loose.]]

* VainSorceress: Her main goal in the film is to eat Yvaine's heart to completely restore her youth and beauty.

* Jerkass: Let's face it, he's kind of an ass.

* TheReveal
* TookALevelInBadAss: Halfway through the movie.

* DeadpanSnarker

The antagonist

* HotWitch: When she eats

* BlueBlood: The first born son of Stormhold's king. [[Spoiler: Also turns out to be a literal example of the trope when he gets his throat cut by Lamia.]]

The protagonist

* TookALevelInBadAss

! Tristen Thorne

* JerkassFacade: He pretends to be tough and threatening in front of his crew, but is secretly gay in real life.

* AntiVillain

* LargeHam: You can tell DeNiro had fun playing this role.

! CaptainShakespeare

* {Jerkass}