Artemis Fowls Actor!

[Cat Moon]

Yeah, I guess - but an actor should be able to convince you that their that character. That's the whole point of an actor. You can watch PJ and think 'That's Logan Lerman' or 'That's Percy Jackson'. And an actor should convince you that they're Percy Jackson.
If the only reason you think 'That's Artemis' is because you don't know who they are, then they're not a good actor.

[bentj96]

Considering what they did with Final Fantasy, the movie might be ok if it's computer generated. A skilled actor can pretend to be anyone who's voice hasn't every been heard. It might be off, but we have nothing to compare to. Almost any actor can do it. As long as they aren't too old.

[TeamVampire]

Tsk. You people need to show a little more practicality. Skander Keynes is now 18, Logan Lerman is 17 (and American) and Freddie Highmore is also 17. Asa Butterfield is an option, since he's presently 12, which is a pretty good age (foolishly assuming the movie is actually put into production at some point soon), but I think he looks too clueless.

I'm with the Hero Fiennes-Tiffin crowd. He's got that certain look of awareness and intelligence. According to his limited imdb biography, David Yates cast him as Tom Riddle because he 'liked the dark haunted quality about the young actor'. As soon as I read Artemis Fowl (which was, admittedly, after the first HBP trailer had been released), I thought Hero would be perfect. Okay, not perfect, but close. And perfection is overrated. Not liking a casting at first is normal. The point is that they prove you wrong with their acting. Unless they suck.

EDIT: Then again, Hero's voice is a little young. Not for his age, but for the part.

[Cat Moon]

It is a bit of a problem, but Logan Lerman is currently playing Percy Jackson, who is 12 in the first book. (Although they may make him alittle older in the film).
Skandar Keyne's character in Narnia, Edmund, is meant to be about 13-14 in Dawn Treader, but Keynes is still playing him.
I think they could do an Artemis. If they're going to have to downsize humans for fairies, taking a bit of height off Artemis should be small fry.

[Raineesun]

Off topic:
I saw the trailer for PJ, and Logan looks 12.
The wonders of modern technology.

About AF:
Still going for young Spock. Like, the one who got mad and punched the dude (not Kurt).... young-young Spock. XD

[TeamVampire]

Something just occurred to me. Whichever actor is cast as Artemis Fowl (if that ever happens) will, assuming the entire series is converted to the big screen, be Artemis Fowl for the rest of their youth. I actually find it sort of tragic. Even a young actor should be allowed variety. Suddenly I don't want Hero Fiennes-Tiffin to be cast.

[kelly_holden]

That is, perhaps, a good argument for animating an AF film. That and unlike HP, Artemis doesn't age at a steady rate of one year a book, so even if they manage a film a year (which the folks doing HP didn't), we'd end up with a 16-17 year old playing 14 year old, barely-pubescent-in-a-plot-related-sense, Artemis.

[TeamVampire]

That's a much better argument.

I mean, it's bad enough with the HP movies. Daniel Radcliffe must have been shaving by GoF. But I'd be really disappointed if AF ended up completely CGI or animated. Because I think it deserves to be live action. Sure, it's much more difficult and problematic, but if they could pull it off it would be fantastic.

[kelly_holden]

If Dan Radcliffe was shaving by GoF (which I haven't really seen evidence of), it was because he was an early developer, not because he was too old, because they did manage a year a film for the first few HP movies, they just couldn't keep it up. Plus, Harry's rate of physical development wasn't part of the plot, so the rate he aged at didn't matter so long as it was realistic, while parts of Artemis's growing process are part of the plot.

I wasn't not saying that AF should definitely be animated, just that it could solve multiple problems that might be responsible for the project languishing in Development Hell. Including the fact a film of TTP would need three Artemei within 10 years of age of each other -- while films often do have another actor play a main character at a different age, it's usually spans of decades separating the different ages, not 4-5 years. It's be pretty uncommon even for siblings to look close enough to be able to pull that off, even without being stuck with the previous five films' Artemis as the 14 year old one.

[bentj96]

There is a fine line between animated and real. CGI isn't completely right on either. One of the best examples. Final Fantasy. Nearly. They nearly got it. It's been many years since. Just watch it.

[TeamVampire]

If Dan Radcliffe was shaving by GoF (which I haven't really seen evidence of), it was because he was an early developer, not because he was too old, because they did manage a year a film for the first few HP movies, they just couldn't keep it up. Plus, Harry's rate of physical development wasn't part of the plot, so the rate he aged at didn't matter so long as it was realistic, while parts of Artemis's growing process are part of the plot.

Erm, okay. I didn't actually mean it to be a major argumentative point. Apologies if you didn't take it that way, either, but it's nearly 2am here, so I'm sort of out of it, and your response seems a little impassioned to me. And, not trying to start anything here, but Daniel Radcliffe was going on 16 when they filmed GoF. That's most definitely not early.

But yes, I get what you mean about Artemis's aging being important. All factors concerned, especially the ones you just pointed out in your last post, live action is not really a viable option. But I wish it was.

[Mrs Opal Fowl]

What's the deal with age? We shouldn't worry about it, jeez. If the guy is 45 years old but looks 12 in the movie and SAYS that he's to be 12, in the movie, we should leave it at that.

[TeamVampire]

What's the deal with age? We shouldn't worry about it, jeez. If the guy is 45 years old but looks 12 in the movie and SAYS that he's to be 12, in the movie, we should leave it at that.

Well, age is relevant. There's nothing wrong with being realistic when considering the possibility of the entire series being made into movies.

[wolfhowl]

i think they should try logan lerman as artemis

[Cat Moon]

Yay! Someone else who agrees with me! LL is perfect! I am definitely going to see him in PJ!