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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted, which in this case would be Neil Gaiman, not the director of the adaptation
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/MichellePfeiffer was Creator/MatthewVaughn's only choice for the role of the Witch Queen. He had been a die-hard fan since first seeing her in ''Film/Grease2''.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes -- Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill...Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole is a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes -- Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox Creator/CharlieCox, Creator/BenBarnes, and Creator/HenryCavill...Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole is a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
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This film got positive reviews (with a 76% rating on Rotten Tomatoes) and did fine enough financially. Also, Cox had his true Star-Making Role in Daredevil. I'd say this film didn't derail his career.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film was intended to launch Creator/CharlieCox's career as a cinematic leading man, but it failed to [[HollywoodHypeMachine propel him to the A-List like the studio intended]]. However, he admits that this was for the best, as he spent the next few years taking a variety of roles that he wouldn't have been able to play as a leading man, including an acclaimed run as Owen Slater in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''. Having the opportunity to work on his craft and expand his range was what won him the lead role of Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/TheDefenders2017''.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes--Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill...Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes--Creator/RobertDeNiro, yes -- Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill...Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole has is a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Rule The World", created by Music/TakeThatBand while they were in their white hot post-reunion phase, quickly became one of their biggest hits divorced from any association with the film, and it remains a staple at their live performances.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Rule The World", created by Music/TakeThatBand while they were in their white hot post-reunion phase, quickly became one of their biggest hits hits, divorced from any association with the film, and it remains a staple at their live performances.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviews of the movie mention the Lightning Pirates as an example of ways in which the movie was different from the book, claiming that they do not appear in the book at all. This is untrue, it's just that what happens on their ship is glossed over in the book, and expanded on here. The film does invent some attributes: the airship crew in the book are not pirates, just fishermen of a sort who harvest lightning - though it is heavily implied to be very illegal, so they are still pirates of a sort. And their captain was not an (admitted) cross-dresser.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviews of the movie mention the Lightning Pirates as an example of ways in which the movie was different from the book, claiming that they do not appear in the book at all. This is untrue, untrue -- it's just that what happens on their ship is glossed over in the book, and expanded on here. The film does invent some attributes: the airship crew in the book are not pirates, just fishermen of a sort who harvest lightning - -- though it is heavily implied to be very illegal, so they are still pirates of a sort. And sort, and their captain was not an (admitted) cross-dresser.
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* DawsonCasting: 18-year-old Tristan was played by 25-year-old Charlie Cox.
* DeletedScene: Several that change the tone of the story. A scene at the ending establishes Tristan and Yvaine as a MayflyDecemberRomance, with Yvaine outliving Tristan by a long time. In the actual film, Tristan is immortal because he "possesses the heart of a star", though after reigning for about 80 years he and Yvaine feel it's time for them to pass the Crown on. So they light the Babylon Candle and are translated to the heavens (and Tristan turns into a star!)
* FakeBrit: Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/MichellePfeiffer do British accents, although their characters aren't [[FantasyCounterpartCulture exactly British]]. Captain Shakespeare speaks about "my beloved England" (of which he is a fanboy) and most everyone else in Stormhold speaks with a British accent, but Creator/RobertDeNiro uses his own accent. He was so good that nobody cared.
* DeletedScene: Several that change the tone of the story. A scene at the ending establishes Tristan and Yvaine as a MayflyDecemberRomance, with Yvaine outliving Tristan by a long time. In the actual film, Tristan is immortal because he "possesses the heart of a star", though after reigning for about 80 years he and Yvaine feel it's time for them to pass the Crown on. So they light the Babylon Candle and are translated to the heavens (and Tristan turns into a star!)
* FakeBrit: Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/MichellePfeiffer do British accents, although their characters aren't [[FantasyCounterpartCulture exactly British]]. Captain Shakespeare speaks about "my beloved England" (of which he is a fanboy) and most everyone else in Stormhold speaks with a British accent, but Creator/RobertDeNiro uses his own accent. He was so good that nobody cared.
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* DawsonCasting: 18-year-old Tristan was is played by the 25-year-old Charlie Cox.
* DeletedScene: Several that change the tone of the story. A scene at the ending establishes Tristan and Yvaine as a MayflyDecemberRomance, with Yvaine outliving Tristan by a longtime.time, as they are in the book. In the actual film, Tristan is immortal because he "possesses the heart of a star", though after reigning for about 80 years he and Yvaine feel it's time for them to pass the Crown on. So they light the Babylon Candle and are translated transported to the heavens (and Tristan turns into a star!)
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* FakeBrit: Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/MichellePfeiffer do British accents, although their characters aren't [[FantasyCounterpartCulture exactly British]]. Captain Shakespeare speaks about "my beloved England" (of which he is afanboy) fanboy), and most everyone else in Stormhold speaks with a British accent, but Creator/RobertDeNiro uses his own accent. He was so good that nobody cared.
* DeletedScene: Several that change the tone of the story. A scene at the ending establishes Tristan and Yvaine as a MayflyDecemberRomance, with Yvaine outliving Tristan by a long
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/RobertDeNiro's Shakespeare is introduced as a stern pirate captain, in line with De Niro's reputation for such roles like [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} a mobster]] or [[Film/{{Heat}} a bank robber with a noble code of honor]]... and then quickly reveals him to be a campy crossdresser.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/RobertDeNiro's Shakespeare is introduced as a stern pirate captain, in line with De Niro's reputation for such roles like as [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} a mobster]] or [[Film/{{Heat}} a bank robber with a noble code of honor]]... and then is quickly reveals him revealed to be a campy crossdresser.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film was intended to launch Creator/CharlieCox's career as a cinematic leading man but it failed to [[HollywoodHypeMachine propel him to the A-List like the studio intended]]. However, he admits that this was for the best as he spent the next few years taking a variety of roles that he wouldn't have been able to as a leading man, including an acclaimed run as Owen Slater in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''. Having the opportunity to work on his craft and expand his range was what won him the lead role of Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/TheDefenders2017''.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film was intended to launch Creator/CharlieCox's career as a cinematic leading man man, but it failed to [[HollywoodHypeMachine propel him to the A-List like the studio intended]]. However, he admits that this was for the best best, as he spent the next few years taking a variety of roles that he wouldn't have been able to play as a leading man, including an acclaimed run as Owen Slater in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''. Having the opportunity to work on his craft and expand his range was what won him the lead role of Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/TheDefenders2017''.
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** This helped Creator/MarkStrong break into Hollywood, typecasting him as an EvilBrit - something he loved, having been stuck playing one-note lovers in period pieces beforehand.
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** This film helped Creator/MarkStrong break into Hollywood, typecasting him as an EvilBrit - -- something he loved, having been stuck playing one-note lovers in period pieces beforehand.
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** The studio really wanted a more recognisable name in the role of Tristan - and they were pushing for Creator/OrlandoBloom. Once stars like Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/RobertDeNiro were attached, Matthew Vaughn was allowed to cast Charlie Cox.
** Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Creator/JessicaAlba all turned down the role of Yvaine.
** Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Creator/JessicaAlba all turned down the role of Yvaine.
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** The studio really wanted a more recognisable name in the role of Tristan - -- and they were pushing for Creator/OrlandoBloom. Once stars like Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes Creator/ClaireDanes, and Creator/RobertDeNiro were attached, Matthew Vaughn was allowed to cast Charlie Cox.
** Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson,Creator/SarahMichelleGellar Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, and Creator/JessicaAlba all turned down the role of Yvaine.
** Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/ScarlettJohansson,
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** Creator/TerryGilliam was offered the chance to direct but turned it down. Having just completed ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm'', he wanted a break from fairy tales.
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** Creator/TerryGilliam was offered the chance to direct direct, but turned it down. Having just completed ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm'', he wanted a break from fairy tales.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Rule The World", created by Music/TakeThatBand while they were in their white hot post-reunion phase, quickly became one of their biggest hits divorced from any association with the film, and it remains a staple at their live performances.
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* DawsonCasting: 18-year-old Tristan was played by 25-year-old Charlie Cox.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes--Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes--Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/BenBarnes was the favourite choice for Tristan. He was instead cast as Young Dunstan Thorn.
* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/MichellePfeiffer was Creator/MatthewVaughn's only choice for the role of the Witch Queen. He had been a die-hard fan since first seeing her in ''Film/Grease2''.
* DarkhorseCasting: Creator/MatthewVaughn intentionally cast the then-unknown Creator/CharlieCox because he wanted an actor who could play a dork and easily transition into a suave and handsome gentleman.
* DarkhorseCasting: Creator/MatthewVaughn intentionally cast the then-unknown Creator/CharlieCox because he wanted an actor who could play a dork and easily transition into a suave and handsome gentleman.
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* FakeBrit: Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/MichellePfeiffer do British accents, although their characters aren't [[FantasyCounterpartCulture exactly British]]. Captain Shakespeare speaks about "my beloved England" (of which he is a fanboy) and most everyone else in Stormhold speaks with a British accent, but Robert De Niro uses his own accent. He was so good that nobody cared.
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* FakeBrit: Creator/ClaireDanes and Creator/MichellePfeiffer do British accents, although their characters aren't [[FantasyCounterpartCulture exactly British]]. Captain Shakespeare speaks about "my beloved England" (of which he is a fanboy) and most everyone else in Stormhold speaks with a British accent, but Robert De Niro Creator/RobertDeNiro uses his own accent. He was so good that nobody cared.cared.
* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Mark Burns (New Bishop), who died before the film was released.
* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Mark Burns (New Bishop), who died before the film was released.
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* StarMakingRole: This helped Creator/MarkStrong break into Hollywood, typecasting him as an EvilBrit - something he loved, having been stuck playing one-note lovers in period pieces beforehand.
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**This was Creator/BenBarnes' feature film debut.
**This helped Creator/MarkStrong break into Hollywood, typecasting him as an EvilBrit - something he loved, having been stuck playing one-note lovers in period pieces beforehand.
**This was Creator/BenBarnes' feature film debut.
**This helped Creator/MarkStrong break into Hollywood, typecasting him as an EvilBrit - something he loved, having been stuck playing one-note lovers in period pieces beforehand.
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* MissingTrailerScene: [[https://youtu.be/VfYBKDyF-Dk?t=69 One trailer]] features a brief clip of [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/da31bcbf509835c79d5ebcc1c06d778a/tumblr_inline_nyo8iznWj61rsgw6y_1280.png all three of the evil witch sisters having restored their youth]]. In the film proper, only one of the witches, Lamia, becomes young.
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* MissingTrailerScene: [[https://youtu.be/VfYBKDyF-Dk?t=69 One trailer]] features a brief clip of [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/da31bcbf509835c79d5ebcc1c06d778a/tumblr_inline_nyo8iznWj61rsgw6y_1280.png all three of the evil witch sisters having restored their youth]]. In the film proper, only one of the witches, Lamia, becomes young.young, though there is a blink-and-you'll miss it moment in the flashback when the witches devour the first star.
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* MissingTrailerScene: One trailer features a brief clip of [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/da31bcbf509835c79d5ebcc1c06d778a/tumblr_inline_nyo8iznWj61rsgw6y_1280.png all three of the evil witch sisters having restored their youth]]. In the film proper, only one of the witches, Lamia, becomes young.
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* MissingTrailerScene: [[https://youtu.be/VfYBKDyF-Dk?t=69 One trailer trailer]] features a brief clip of [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/da31bcbf509835c79d5ebcc1c06d778a/tumblr_inline_nyo8iznWj61rsgw6y_1280.png all three of the evil witch sisters having restored their youth]]. In the film proper, only one of the witches, Lamia, becomes young.
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* MissingTrailerScene: One trailer features a brief clip of all three of the evil witch sisters having restored their youth. In the film proper, only one of the witches, Lamia, becomes young.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film was intended to launch Creator/CharlieCox's career as a cinematic leading man but it failed to [[HollywoodHypeMachine propel him to the A-List like the studio intended]]. However, he admits that this was for the best as he spent the next few years taking a variety of roles that he wouldn't have been able to as a leading man, including an acclaimed run as Owen Slater in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''. Having the opportunity to work on his craft and expand his range was what won him the role of Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/TheDefenders2017''.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film was intended to launch Creator/CharlieCox's career as a cinematic leading man but it failed to [[HollywoodHypeMachine propel him to the A-List like the studio intended]]. However, he admits that this was for the best as he spent the next few years taking a variety of roles that he wouldn't have been able to as a leading man, including an acclaimed run as Owen Slater in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''. Having the opportunity to work on his craft and expand his range was what won him the lead role of Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/TheDefenders2017''.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviews of the movie mention the Lightning Pirates as an example of ways in which the movie was different from the book, claiming that they do not appear in the book at all. This is untrue, it's just that what happens on their ship is glossed over in the book, and expanded on here. The film does invent some attributes: the airship crew in the book are not pirates, just fishermen of a sort who harvest lightning - though it is heavily implied to be very illegal, so they are still pirates of a sort. And their captain was not an (admitted) transvestite.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviews of the movie mention the Lightning Pirates as an example of ways in which the movie was different from the book, claiming that they do not appear in the book at all. This is untrue, it's just that what happens on their ship is glossed over in the book, and expanded on here. The film does invent some attributes: the airship crew in the book are not pirates, just fishermen of a sort who harvest lightning - though it is heavily implied to be very illegal, so they are still pirates of a sort. And their captain was not an (admitted) transvestite.cross-dresser.
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I'd call this Playing With Character Type, since the film does pretend he's a tough pirate for a hot minute
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* PlayingAgainstType: Who would have thought of Creator/RobertDeNiro, who has a reputation for such roles like [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} a mobster]] or [[Film/{{Heat}} a bank robber with a noble code of honor]], playing a cross-dressing, CampGay pirate captain?
** And, surprisingly, Mark Strong, who was then often cast as a one-note lover in period dramas.
** And, surprisingly, Mark Strong, who was then often cast as a one-note lover in period dramas.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Who would have thought of Creator/RobertDeNiro, Mark Strong, who has was then often cast as a one-note lover in period dramas, as the determined prince Septimus.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/RobertDeNiro's Shakespeare is introduced as a stern pirate captain, in line with De Niro's reputation for such roles like [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} a mobster]] or [[Film/{{Heat}} a bank robber with a noble code ofhonor]], playing a cross-dressing, CampGay pirate captain?
** And, surprisingly, Mark Strong, who washonor]]... and then often cast as quickly reveals him to be a one-note lover in period dramas.campy crossdresser.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/RobertDeNiro's Shakespeare is introduced as a stern pirate captain, in line with De Niro's reputation for such roles like [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} a mobster]] or [[Film/{{Heat}} a bank robber with a noble code of
** And, surprisingly, Mark Strong, who was
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** Creator/VinnieJones was originally offered the role of Ferdy.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: When Creator/MichellePfeiffer came on board, the role of Lamia was greatly expanded. She's a minor character in the book but becomes the film's primary antagonist.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: When Creator/MichellePfeiffer came on board, the role of PropRecycling: The glass knife that Lamia uses was greatly expanded. She's actually a minor character in the book but becomes the film's primary antagonist.prop made for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' when Creator/MatthewVaughn was still attached to direct. It would have been a weapon for Magneto.
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** Creator/StephenFry and Creator/JackNicholson were considered for Captain Shakespeare.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes--Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Rupert Everett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes--Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ClaireDanes, Creator/RickyGervais, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/SiennaMiller and then-unknowns Creator/CharlieCox and Creator/HenryCavill... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, and Creator/PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold. Not to mention cameo appearances by Rupert Everett, Creator/RupertEverett, [[Film/HarryPotter Mark Williams]], and Creator/NathanielParker.
