Beowulf babble, parte the firste: Casting

All righty, the official site is here. The official title is Beowulf and Grendel ("A Love Story." Heh.), and the dragon is indeed Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film. So, no old Gerard, no downer ending, no last third of an already succinct plot... ready-made sequel, though, if you like your movies short. There will be no visual effects, just men and monsters hacking at each other with swords and claws (or whatever) as God and Bob Anderson intended. Keen. So on to picking on the:

Important Personages

The amazing things is that two actors from my Perfect Dream Beowulf Cast are actually in the movie! That never happens. If I wanted Cary Elwes for an Errol Flynn biopic, the part would go to Paul Walker. And yet Stellan Skarsgard and Tony Curran ended up in Beowulf anyway. Sometimes, things just go right. May it be a good omen for the film!

I'll cut so as not to bore anyone.

( The Crew )

( The Cast )

Okay, Grendel and his gang up next. But not now, since it's 3am and I'm off to Brockville to buy shoes for J's wedding tomorrow. I meant to get sleep for once, too. This should be a fun shopping trip.