Fancasting The Belgariad

We thought about and discarded Johnny Depp for Silk. I feel like he just isn’t the right body type, and while I LOVE Johnny Depp, I just don’t feel like he’s sneaky enough. Additionally, he’s just too... wacky. And Silk is supposed to be absolutely small and tiny, and while Johnny is not really a giant, he’s not what I would call small. We will keep him on the short list, though, just in case we can’t come up with anyone.

Lucas Till isn’t really earthy enough for Garion. Garion should be rustic and farm boy, not pretty and stuck up looking.

Chris Hemsworth for Mandorallen, I do like that a lot.

Liam Hemsworth for Lelldorin I do not like at all. Firstly, Chris & Liam look way too much alike. Secondly, I want a redhead for Lelldorin. Plus, Lelldorin should be a young lad, which is another reason for us to not have a good candidate for Garion yet.

Murray McArthur as King Anheg of Cherek

Robbie Coltrane as King Rhodar of Drasnia

Sophie Turner as Beldaran, The Rivan Queen

Danny DeVito as Beldin, The Dwarf Sorcerer

"Good-bye, old cow," he said at last to Polgara, slapping her familiarly on the bottom. He looked meaningfully at her waist. "I told you that you were going to get fat if you kept eating all those sweets.''

Charles Dance as Ctuchik, Disciple of Torak

Mark Harmon as The Voice of the Prophecy of Light

Nathan Fillion as Durnik, The Man with Two Lives

John Hurt as Zedar, The Apostate

Mackenzie Foy as Ce’Nedra, The Queen of the World

Kristofer Hivju as Barak, The Earl of Trellheim

“ ... a man so huge that Garion's mind simply refused to accept the possibility that he was real. His tree-trunk sized legs were wrapped in furs cross-tied with leather thongs, and he wore a chainmail shirt that reached to his knees, belted at the waist. From the belt hung a ponderous sword on one side and a short-handled axe on the other. His hair was in braids, and he had a vast, bristling red beard ...”

Peter Capaldi as Belgarath The Sorcerer

“His stories were filled with sounds that made them come alive, and through the sounds and the words with which he wove the tales, sight and smell and the very feel of strange times and places seemed also to come to life for his spellbound listeners. All of this wonder he gave freely in exchange for a few meals, a few tankards of ale, and a warm spot in the hay barn in which to sleep. He roamed about the world seemingly as free of possessions as the birds.”

Carice Van Houten as Polgara the Sorceress.

She soars above a world of warriors, kings, and priests. The daughter of Belgarath and the shape-shifter Poledra, she has fought wars, plotted palace coups, and worked her powerful magic for three thousand years.

Her hair streaked white by her father's first touch, her mind guided by a mother she will not see again for centuries, Polgara begins life in her Uncle Beldin's tower, and in the prehistorical, magical Tree that stands in the middle of the Vale. There, she first learns the reaches of her powers. There she assumes the bird shapes that will serve her on her adventures. And there she starts on the path toward her destiny as Duchess of Erat, shepherdess of the cause of good, adversary of Torak the One-Eyed Dragon God, and guardian of the world's last, best hope: the heir to the Rivan throne.