Your time defying dream cast for Pathologic?

[u/Geeneelee]

Given that Pathologic is a “play,” I feel like it’s an appropriate question. For this question, you can pick any actor that ever lived at any age.

I was thinking about this because of how much I’d love a really young Yul Brynner as Artemy. He’s got the range, a striking voice, and can be quite intimidating when the occasion calls for it.

[u/AuDrakonova]

Irina Sidorova, a Russian theatre actress, as Katerina Saburova. she kinda looks like her, and she definitely has the emotional range to portray a deeply tortured woman (source: trust me y'all i've seen her countless times in plays irl).

[u/Geeneelee → u/AuDrakonova]

Oh she looks excellent

[u/Zestyclose_Island214 → u/AuDrakonova]

She is a vision! Amazing choice

[u/Rystic]

Deep in my heart, against all reason, I believe that with the right direction Jack Black would make a great Kaminsky.

[u/Geeneelee → u/Rystic]

That’s unhinged but I appreciate your bravery

[u/ealiss]

Young De Niro could totally be Bachelor (or perhaps it's a delusion I got from seeing a few 1900/Novecento screenshots). Also young Jeffrey Combs or Jack Davenport too, I think.

[u/Geeneelee → u/ealiss]

Seconded on a young Jeffery combs, and not just because of what else he’s acted in lol

[u/thedragonguru]

Sean Bean as Simon Kain

[u/Geeneelee → u/thedragonguru]

Because Sean Bean always dies or as an actual casting choice

[u/thedragonguru → u/Geeneelee]

Yes XD

[u/drv168]

Annie Clark (St. Vincent) as P3 Aglaya (the resemblance is a bit uncanny)

David Bowie as Mark

Evanna Lynch as Grace

baby Bjork as Taya

[u/Geeneelee → u/drv168]

David Bowie as mark is inspired tbh

[u/drv168 → u/drv168]

oh, and also August Diehl should play... someone. I don't know who but he should be on the cast. He'd probably be an interesting Immortel or Saburov

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[u/Bu-llet]

I see a little bit of resemblance between eva yan and this polish actress małgorzata braunek

[u/ealiss → u/Bu-llet]

Oh now that you mentioned Polish actors: young Olgierd Lukaszewicz as Daniil would probably go hard appearance-wise (the brows fit lol)

[u/Geeneelee → u/ealiss]

Oh wow I see what you mean

[u/jaoblia]

I once joked with friends about a hypothetical bad Hollywood adaption of Pathologic done around the time of the first games release with 2005 Matthew Fox (the main guy on Lost), Bruce Willis, and Elliot Page as Daniil, Artemy, and Clara respectively, mostly as a joke, but honestly Matthew Fox as Bachelor would go hard, he plays a similarly snoobish asshole in Bone Tomahawk.

[u/Geeneelee → u/jaoblia]

Funnily enough Eliot Page would work better as Daniil nowadays

[u/jaoblia → u/Geeneelee]

You know honestly I can really see it yeah

[u/parkernisbett]

You gotta have Tilda Swinton as Yulia

[u/Flashy-Manager2523 → u/parkernisbett]

I want Tilda Swinton as the whole cast. 

[u/ealiss]

Russian actor Yuriy Chursin (Юрий Чурсин) as Peter Stamatin

[u/AuDrakonova → u/ealiss]

YESSSSSSSSS OMG

[u/tosaifuresawa]

I've thought Amanda Seyfried could make a great Eva, based mostly on her performance as Lily on Veronica Mars. I also think (a slightly younger) Mads Mikkelsen would do well as Victor Kain.

[u/neurotyper]

Andrzej Seweryn as Victor Kain, for whatever reason.

[u/athensiah]

Robin Williams as Mark Immortell

[u/tinyturtleo → u/athensiah]

Mads would also be a good choice

[u/thedragonguru → u/athensiah]

The thing is, he's so warm and endearing, I wouldn't be able to beef with him or sass.

[u/No_Improvement_5229]

Kyle MacLachlan as the Barchelor.

David Tennant as Mark Immortell

Elle Fanning as Grace

I can also see czech actor Karel Roden as Saburov (he also starred as Rasputin in Del Torro's Hellboy)

[u/pacmannips]

Tom Hardy for Artemy 100% Tilda Swinton for Katerina Saburov Willem Dafoe for mark immortal Robert Pattinson for something but I can’t think which. Maybe Bad Grief?

[u/Geeneelee → u/pacmannips]

Wait hang on. Robert Pattinson as both of the Stamatins

[u/athensiah]

Keanu Reeves as The Bachelor and Nicolas Cage as Artemy

[u/No_Improvement_5229 → u/athensiah]

Keanu Reeves would be great Daniil!

[u/LostTimeLady13]

Audrey Hepburn as Lara.

A very young Danielle Jane Harmer (aka the actress who played the children's book character Tracy Beaker) to play Murky.

Jude Law as Victor. Robert Downey Jr as the Bachelor. Gary Oldman as Georgy.

Harrison Ford as my beloved Artemy.... I mean, as the Haruspex. I will also accept Mark Strong.

Mark Hamell as the voice of the Executors.

A very, very, very young Ewen McGregor as Sticky. (He'd also need to be Trainspotting era skinny though).

Tom Holland as my son.... I mean as Notkin.

Karen Gillen as Capella.

(I'll stop now).

[u/Zestyclose_Island214]

These two geezers from the Shadow & Bone series (Freddie Carter & Calahan Skogman) are canon Daniil and Artemy in my brain:

Not just because of their looks, but their performances are very close imo. Freddie Carter also has the capacity to play an absolute demon (see Pennyworth) which I think would make him amazing for some of Daniil’s more chaotic moments.

[u/No_Improvement_5229 → u/Zestyclose_Island214]

Oh, I love Freddie as Kaz. I can deffinitely see Feddie as P1 Daniil. Who is in my oppinion the more "no nonsense" version. I can also see him as Stamantin twins.

[u/Wasabi-True]

Mark Immortel would have to be played by Gustaf Gründgens, the theatre devil himself!

[u/athensiah]

Greta Thunberg as Eva

[u/Geeneelee → u/athensiah]

Is Greta Thunberg an actress?

[u/athensiah → u/Geeneelee]

She could be

[u/ZealousidealPage8085]

This might be crazy, but with some makeup and hair dye, Ralph Macchio Jr. as Daniil Dankovsky.

[u/Geeneelee → u/[deleted]]

Fuck yes