Oops & Casting

William, you're right. I brainfarted the dates of Leeuwenhoek - somehow got them confused with Pasteur's... As for casting. Okay, if we're walking the corridors of time... Severian: A young Sean Connery. Or James Dean, while we're dreaming. Vodalus: Harrison Ford (buckling swashes all the way) Thea: Carrie Fisher (they just go Hildegrin: Sam Neill Young Valeria: Wossername from the original "Buffy" film Palaemon: Patrick Stewart (today) Malrubius: Gielgud (sorry, he's better for this aquastrian role) Master(“the sick one”): Forrest J. Ackerman (hey, it's a bit part...) Thecla: A young Liz Taylor Rudesind: Jimmy Shtoort Baldanders: Andre. Definitely Andre. (Second choice: Richard Kiel. Or maybe a Mack truck.) Dr Talos: Who said Paul Williams? But only if you can't talk Harlan into doing it... Agia: A young Bette Davis Agilus: Who goes with Bette as a twin? I dunno. He-he-hethor: Peter Cook Dorcas: Does anyone remember Apollonia? Jolenta: Meryl Streep -- she can do both parts. The Old Guy on the Pond: Henry Fonda The Sibyl: Sibyl Sheppard. No, sorry. Make it Ruth Gordon. The Old Autarch: Billy Crystal The Archon of Thrax: Ronald Reagan Little Severian: McCauley Culkin -- did anyone see "Spy Hard?" Seven of Nine, I mean Loyal to the Group of Seventeen: David Duchovny (I'm not kidding!) ...I'm running out of steam... --Roach