Trivia / A Boy, a Girl and a Dog: The Leithian Script

• Hypothetical Casting: At the beginning of Acts I-III (and in the course of Act IV), the author provides a cast list for the main character based on her favorite performances, encouraging readers to supply their own actors:
  • Christian Bale as Beren Barahirion (appearing courtesy Treasure Island, Little Women)
  • Claudia Black as Lúthien Tinúviel (appearing courtesy Farscape)
  • Jeremy Irons as Elu thingol (appearing courtesy Brideshead Revisited)
  • Emma Thompson as Melian the Maia (appearing courtesy Sense & Sensibility)
  • Ronald Colman as Mablung (appearing courtesy The Prisoner of Zenda)
  • David Niven as Belen Cuthalion (appearing courtesy The Prisoner of Zenda)
  • Lani John Tupu as Daeron (appearing courtesy Farscape)
  • Kenneth Branagh as Finrod Felagund (appearing courtesy Henry V)
  • Hugh Jackman as Finrod's Captain (appearing courtesy Kate & Leopold)
  • Alan Rickman as Edrahil (appearing courtesy Sense and Sensibility)
  • James Marsters as Curufin and Celegorm (courtesy Mutant Enemy)
  • Gelsey Kirkland as Finduilas (appearing courtesy the Baryshnikov Nutcracker telecast)
  • Hugh Grant as Orodreth (appearing courtesy Sense and Sensibility)
  • Celebrimbor played by Alexis Denisof (appearing courtesy Mutant Enemy)
  • Ioan Gruffudd as Gwindor (appearing courtesy A&E's Horatio Hornblower series)

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