Originally Posted by
Zaktar
Neither of those two actresses are anywhere near on Rosamund Pike's level. Natalie Portman has the range of a piece of dry white toast. Thom needs to be relatively young if they plan to make the whole series - the books may take place over a couple of years but if a series lasts it could/should/probably would take over a decade to make. Do you imagine a 90 year old Patrick Stewart as the perfect Thom? I'm at a bit of a loss as to how you think present day Stewart could pull off a role like this, in Picard it looks unrealistic when he walks a little too fast. He's a very old man.
If these are the kinds of reasons you guys don't like the cast, yeesh. To me, they are mostly actors I'm not familiar with, could be good, could be bad, will know much more once we see something like a trailer. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain.
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Neeson is another good example of a little too old. He is almost 70 right now, and maybe could pull off Lan - a character who is in his 40s, but if the show takes hold... no.