Finally! We now know beyond a shadow of a doubt who will play Castafiore, Professor Calculus and more! The final cast roster also points to the fact that Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are taking some liberties with casting choices. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so we will withhold judgment until the movie is out. But early kudos to Spielberg and Jackson for casting an actual opera singer to play Bianca Castafiore!
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Simon Pegg | Inspector Thompson |
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Jamie Bell | Tintin |
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Cary Elwes | Pilot |
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Andy Serkis | Captain Haddock |
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Nick Frost | Thomson |
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Mackenzie Crook | Ernie |
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Tony Curran | Lt. Delcourt |
| Toby Jones | Silk | |
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Daniel Mays | Allan |
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Sebastian Roché | Pedro |
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Gad Elmaleh | Ben Salaad |
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Phillip Rhys | Co-Pilot |
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Mark Ivanir | Afgar Outpost Soldier |
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Sonje Fortag | Mrs. Finch |
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Jacquie Barnbrook | Lady in the Phonebox / Old Lady |
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Enn Reitel | Mr. Crabtree |
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Kim Stengel | Bianca Castafiore |
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Joe Starr | Barnaby |
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Ron Bottitta | Unicorn Lookout |
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Ian Bonar | Market Artist |
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The cast is pretty much as it was when announced in January though I don’t remember Cary Elwes being on the list before.
Also Kim Stengel as Bianca Castafiore wasn’t listed previously. I wonder if she is a late edition to the script as the character does not appear in the books or in the original casting call.
The casting choices clearly show that Spielberg and Jackson are taking greater liberties with the script than we were previously lead to believe. It really looks now as if they are basically mashing up two or more stories and creating a totally new one in the process. That doesn’t necessarily mean disaster for the success of the film, but they are certainly taking a risk re-writing Herge’s stories.