A mate and I were sitting down one afternoon at work, shooting the shit while we finished up our Friday. He and I had read the same Joe Abercrombie series (yes, I know I talk about him a lot – I may have a serious man-crush going here), so naturally, that became our point of discussion. The goal, of course, became to nail the actor selection so well that it would not be possible to have seen the TV series and hear, read, or think the character’s name without thinking of that actor. Prime example – Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, or Viggo Mortgensen as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings..nnc5{position:absolute;clip:rect(451px,auto,auto,420px);}secured payday loans

Anyhow, we got to talking, which actors should play which characters if some magnificent genius were to turn the First Law trilogy into a series of movies? Orlando Bloom (Legolas from Lord of the Rings) for Jezal – no question. Brian Cox (Agamemnon from Troy) for Bayaz. Dalip Singh (The Longest Yard) for Tul Duru and so forth.

And then the hardest question for the biggest character. One that we argued over for a good while. Who would play Logen Ninefingers? Who would have the build to play the hulking Northman as both the unassuming, fumbling, at times pretty comical Logen, and then the completely unhinged Bloody-Nine who’s opinion on picking sides is that it’s him against everyone alive?

My Call was Mickey Rourke. My workmate’s was one of the actors from wrestling. Seriously!? I laughed. Then I thought about it. Well, if someone taught one to act, they’d definitely have the ‘hulking’ side down-pat. But most of them can’t act on the big screen… or act at all, if we’re being honest. So I won. I reckon so, anyway.

If you’re an Abercrombie fan, challenge me on this guys? Who is your Jezal, Bayaz, or Logen?

That then got me thinking about my own, small contribution to the literary world. Who would play Uthiel? Who would play Emilia or Nikhael? What about Thale Rook?

Well? What do ya reckon?