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[Daphne Deschain]

This may a question for waaaaay down the road, but would Bardem use his natural voice, or adopt an accent for the part?

Surely have to adopt an accent for the role...Bardem speaks English with a strong Spanish accent and 'long, tall and ugly' is American?!?!

[blunthead]

I wonder, for the DT movie, what a lineup of only actors who have already been in a sK movie would look like?

[JohnDalglish]

I wonder, for the DT movie, what a lineup of only actors who have already been in a sK movie would look like?

Hi,

Like Molly Ringwald? LOL

Seriously though, that could be amazing - Christyopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Bates, Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp etc.

And Arnie.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Mother]

Surely have to adopt an accent for the role...Bardem speaks English with a strong Spanish accent and 'long, tall and ugly' is American?!?!

'long, tall and ugly' wasn't really 'American', and he DID have an accent of sorts, especially when using High Speech. When you get right down to it, he is, for the most part, the last of his kind (from Gilead), so Bardem having an accent different from everyone else wouldn't be so far fetched.

[Elemeno P]

Hi,

Like Molly Ringwald? LOL

Seriously though, that could be amazing - Christyopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Bates, Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp etc.

And Arnie.

Long days and pleasant nights

whoa....can you imagine the payroll....Oy's gonna end up being a sock puppet...

[Daphne Deschain]

'long, tall and ugly' wasn't really 'American', and he DID have an accent of sorts, especially when using High Speech. When you get right down to it, he is, for the most part, the last of his kind (from Gilead), so Bardem having an accent different from everyone else wouldn't be so far fetched.

Very true...in my head Roland doesn't have an American accent but I've always associated gunslingers from America (but then this is a fictional novel, lol).
I'm still not sold on his natural Spanish....who knows, maybe it will work

[Baz]

Howdy. I found a 50min interview of Ron Howard on Howard Stern Show. if you havent heard it i found it on youtube shouldnt be to hard to find. DT is mentioned as well as the series idea, somethin about a 6hour special. check it out if ya havent already, pritty funny interview.

[samidragon]

That would totally SUCK! I am a fan of The Dark Tower series and casting that guy as Roland would kill it for sure. We need to take a stand! Everyone who agrees that Javier, soft looking and wishy washy, would kill the character of Roland Deschain . . a hardcore, leathery gunslinger, we need to join together and fight this! I am tired of awesome characters getting pawned off on the wrong people. Save Roland Deschain!

[marywhip]

Still think Viggo Mortenson would have been a better choice.

[~Ally~]

That would totally SUCK! I am a fan of The Dark Tower series and casting that guy as Roland would kill it for sure. We need to take a stand! Everyone who agrees that Javier, soft looking and wishy washy, would kill the character of Roland Deschain . . a hardcore, leathery gunslinger, we need to join together and fight this! I am tired of awesome characters getting pawned off on the wrong people. Save Roland Deschain!

Have you seen Bardem in "No Country for Old Men?"

"Soft looking and wishy washy" is certainly not a description of the character he portrays there. Dude is dangerous in that role.