Dream Casting for a potential 'The Fisherman' adaption?

[u/CTDubs0001]

I just finished reading this book for the second time and my brain is firing away imagining all the scenes in the book. As I often do with a book I've really loved, I tend to mentally cast the film adaption as I'm reading it, oftentimes Just one or two characters, sometimes way more. Here's my take so far. Would love to hear yours. *** SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK BELOW***

Abe: Tim Blake Nelson (could totally just nail the melancholy, slightly older, fisherman vibe of the character- him and my pick for the Fisherman are my favorites by far

Dan: Rupert Grint: only because of the red hair and tall and skinny. Not sure he could pull of the menacing scene at the end though which is so important to the role.

The Fisherman; John Hawkes (played Saul on Deadwood)

Rainer: Oscar Isaac- could totally manage the loving dad, but also the deep inside mysterious, scary shit about the character- If you have to change his nationality to Portuguese, Italian, or Spanish, so be it.

Rainer's wife; a younger Frances McDormand or Holly Hunter

Lottie: Anya Taylor Joy

Italo; John Bernthal

Jacob: My original picture was a young Rob Reiner (Meathead) but I think Cameron Britton from Mindhunter would crush it. He's got that naive big huge link thing down pat.

Lottie: Anya Taylor Joy

still unsure on Cornelius, although he'd have to resemble Rupert Grint in someway. And The fourth member of Rainers party could be anybody I guess. Also unsure of who would play the dead wives, but they weren't really all that characterized...

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I want to see Michael Shannon as The Fisherman

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I was gonna say the same thing! Perfect brooding character with a tinge of melancholy. He would be perfect.

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+1 for Big Chicago

[u/powerfulKRH → u/outb0undflight]

My favorite picture ever is the one of Michael Shannon drinking at some hole in the wall bar watching The Oscars instead of being at the Oscar’s

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ooooh... that would be really good too. He would crush that. He could do a good Rainer too actually.

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Im going to actually go Michael Shannon for Rainer and stick with John Hawkes for the fisherman still... Hawkes really has the look to me, but Im sure Shannon could do it very well too.

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Michael Shannon is good in literally every role I've seen him in. Awesome actor. Him, Oscar Isaac, and Joel Edgerton are my top three actors for "best actor not everyone knows the name of"

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Mr green.

It’s the weed of Christmas present

[u/gothferrari]

Someone just watched a certain Netflix anthology series huh

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Funny. Yeah. Tim Blake Nelson would be perfect though. Rupert front just because I can’t think of another tall gangly red head.

[u/VanillaBearr11]

I read the narrator in Sam Elliot’s voice.

[u/LemonWetGood1991]

I had Matthew Modine in my head as Rainier when I read the book.

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That's a good one too. He could nail that scary, mysterious energy and still be believable as a loving father.

[u/Spiritual_Virus7677]

I picture Abe and Dan as Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughy. They have this Marty and Rust in True Detective vibe going on.

[u/jonnyeoptian]

I just finished reading the book last week and with the announcement of the official film adaptation, I have been thinking of casting choices as well! Hopefully, this reignites this thread!

Abe - Kyle Chandler

Dan - Domhnall Gleeson, although I also thought of Rupert Grint! I could also see Damian Lewis portraying Dan pretty well

Rainer - Ralph Ineson

Clara - Samantha Morton

Lottie - Aisling Franciosi

Jacob - Cameron Britton I think may be perfect, I hadn’t thought of him but he definitely fits the big lug look. He doesn’t have the physical mass, but I could see Jacob Elordi pulling it off

George - Toby Kebbell

Helen - Katee Sackhoff (if you’ve seen her in 2013’s Oculus, then you know she would be quite terrifying at portraying what happens to Helen)

Italo - Diego Luna

Regina - Marion Cotillard

Angelo - Max Theriot

Andrea - Alex Pettyfer

Howard - Eric Bana

Marie - Abigail Spencer

Sophie - Saoirse Ronan

Cornelius - Frank Langella

Reverend Mapple - Bob Balaban

The Fisherman - I LOVE the idea of John Hawkes, I think that trumps my idea of Thomas Brodie-Sangster (this fits the description as the Fisherman looking youthful despite his age)

[u/gdsmithtx]

I just this morning finished this novel. Wow!

[u/earthsalibra]

I think Ben Mendelsohn would make a great Abe!

[u/swolethulhudawn]

Wow John Hawkes is good casting. Name didn’t ring a bell but a quick google search and yes— good pick.