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Casting Call for City of Last Chances

09/12/2022

A return, after some time, to my occasional practice of spoof-casting a book with actors who seem to fit the roles. Most of the time I don’t have real people in mind at all, when I’m writing. Very occasionally someone does intrude – in this case Capaldi was irresistible as Ivarn from the get go, and impossible to shake. Other roles were profoundly hard to find a good fit for. Also, you can absolutely see what I’ve been watching recently from some of the picks.

Here we go, though, the absolutely made-up and spurious casting call for City of Last Chances.













Shoreh Aghdashloo as Langrice, the Innkeeper













Elliot Page as Yasnic, the Priest













Stellan Skarsgård as Blackmane,

the Pawnbroker














Zendaya as Lemya, the Student














Diego Luna as Ruslav, the Thug












Claudia Black as Carelia and

Evene, the Revolutionaries













Ben Mendelsohn as Hegelsy, the Inquisitor














Peter Capaldi as Ivarn, the Academic















Tom Hopper as Hellgram, the Soldier













Rory McCann as Culvern, the Governor











Dev Patel as Shantrov, the Artist
















Dominic Monaghan as Fleance, the Thief















Nimra Bucha as Vidsya, the Aristocrat















Andy Serkis as Orvechin, the Foreman















David Strathairn as God
















Denise Gough as Aullaime, the Conjurer















Vivienne Acheampong as Nihilostes, the Cultist















Toby Jones as Dostritsyn


(All photos are from the IMDB pages of the relevant actors – specific credits where given:

Shohreh Aghdashloo – WENN rights Ltd; Zendaya – HBO 2019; Diego Luna – Jeff Vespa,  Wireimage.com; Peter Capaldi – Dave Hogan, Getty Images; Tom Hopper – IMAGO/MediaPunch; Dev Patel – Long Way Home Productions; Dominic Monaghan – Steve Granitz, Wireimage.com; Nimra Bucha – Bina Khan; Andy Serkis – Imaginarium; Toby Jones – Lester Cohen, Wireimage.com)


Just for reference, here are the past casting calls I’ve done on my old website…


Empire in Black and Gold

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/1016


Shadows of the Apt 2-4

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/1058


Shadows of the Apt 5-10

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/1090


Guns of the Dawn

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/1664


The Tiger and the Wolf

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/1914


Children of Time

 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/1843


Redemption’s Blade

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/2198


Shards of Earth

 https://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/2331

Casting call for City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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