Blood of the Fold, by Terry Goodkind
, is the third book in the Sword of Truth
series. It introduces us to another litany of characters, one of which in particular, we spend a LOT of time with from this point forward. Cara, Cara, Cara, Cara! I have been so excited to cast Cara, my favorite Mord Sith, and yet, I am terrified that if I do it wrong, she will somehow come alive and come and make me really, really sorry. But, I finally think I have found my perfect Cara: Yvonne Strahovski. Come on, tell me she isn't perfect:
Spending all of her time in red leather? Smashing people in the face with her gloved fist? Ultimately becoming the Lord Rahl's greatest friend? Totally.
Berdine, another face-smashing Mord Sith- Dawn Olivieri
And, Raina, the last of our Mord Sith for a couple novels- Laura Vandervoot
So, I noticed while putting together the fantasy casts for The Sword of Truth series, there are NOT a lot of women who are pretty and look like they could totally kill you at the same time. Yet, Goodkind's story calls for a lot of them. Not such an easy task. Even harder when you aren't interested in girls in their underwear. Most girls who look like they could kill somebody with their bare hands tend to spend a lot of time in their underwear... apparently.
Let's talk about something else. Like men who look like they could kill you!
Like our two bodyguards, the D'Haran mountainous men, Egan and Ulic. The most important feature these men need: muscles. Lots of muscles. These guys need to be big. Really, really big. Richard is described as a tall and strong man, and he feels tiny in comparison to these guys.
Egan- Greg Jones
Ulic- Con Demetriou
Oh, you've never heard of these guys? Me neither. It took a lot of research to find these guys. Huge, muscle bound guys that look really mean. Surprisingly, most bodybuilders seem to smile an awful lot in their pictures. Don't they want to look menacing? I don't know. I don't get it. Anyway, here they are:
I think they qualify as mountains, don't you?
We also meet our super villain, Jagang, for the first time. He's described as average height, muscular, and brutish, to say the least. He's also a heck of a lot smarter than he looks. I think with a shaved head, and a few scenes of eating meat with his bare hands, Sylvester Stallone could pull it off. Don't you think he could be terrifying?
Don't worry, he won't kill you. He'll just make you wish he had killed you.
There are also a few, lesser villains to deal with, namely Tobias Brogan and his sister, Lunetta. Now, I know that this is going to sound weird, but I actually think Michael Rapaport would do well as Tobias. I wouldn't have thought so at first, but after a lot of looking around, I think this guy can sell it. Tobias is basically brainwashed by the dogma and superstitions of his people, and I think Michael Rapaport is the man to be convincing at that.
As for Lunetta, I think I am at a loss. She spends most of her time "on screen" shrouded and looking fairly unattractive. I think Hollywood would spend liberal amounts of time with prostheses and makeup. It kind of makes me think of Tracy Ullman's character in Men in Tights, though:
Agree? Disagree? Post your thoughts in the comments!
Con Demetriou and Greg Jones images: musclegallery.com
All other images: Google Images
