Thank you Katcal! I couldn't think of the ing word! Yeah, Nobby isn't evil. Malignant is perfect, Nobby isn't malign or anything.

how about tim roth? he's a kind of steve buscemi without that crazy psycho edge...

Defanantly Tony Robinson hes short and he looks and sounds the part.

"You know why big brothers where born first? It was so they could protect the little brothers and sisters who come after them." Ichigo, Bleach Episode 3.

Young Tony Robinson for sure, but these days? Saw him on television yesterday presenting his show 'Worst Jobs in the City' and he's really starting to show his age sadly :(

[quote:7f44d24d75="Watchman"]Young Tony Robinson for sure, but these days? Saw him on television yesterday presenting his show 'Worst Jobs in the City' and he's really starting to show his age sadly :([/quote:7f44d24d75]
Yep, quite my point at first... in Blackadder the 3rd he was perfect, alas, now he would be to old to be Nobby... :( But in an ideal world...

Damn Spider pig

is it just me or dooes everyone fix themself on british actors only?

I suppose everyone "casts" with a real film in mind, which would probably be filmed in English, except og just imagining how people would look in those roles independantly from wether it would work in reality or not... And we seem to imagine the majority of Ankh Morporkians -or Discworlders- British in some way, unless they are recognizably inspired by another country, such as Genua, Überwald, etc...

And if we're quite honest, everyone more or less knows actors from English or US films, whereas me enthusiastically recommending Dominique Horwitz as, say, Nobby or Rincewind wouldn't spark much of a discussion, no matter how good he'd fit.

On the other side, that's the benefit of the internet - you can recommend totally unkbown local actors, and provide a pic.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

well I meant english speaking actors, just not only british but american too...mostly the ones mentioned are british...and while there's nothing wrong with them I can't really comment much, because I haven't seen most of them work...

Well suggest some of your own, please feel free ! (if you can add a photo, it would help ) I think it's basically for the same reason as the fact that you don't recognize them... we imagine the people we are used to seeing, and I'm sure if any French person was actually capable of proper acting, I could think of a few French actors... :cooler:

Damn Spider pig

Melvyn Hayes - okay a bit old but he plays Nobby on the BBC version of Guards! Guards! and he's spot on.

Oh and since he's in Hogfather - we should find out pretty soon enough.
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well I already mentioned tim roth as the non-psycho alternative for steve buscemi...that's about it for now...

nahI'm still thinking Steve Buscemi ,really teatime is more a Gary Oldman .and as to Ankmorpork being english ,hello can no one see the similarities to florence? i.e. the Medici's and so on?

[quote:242245d47b="wannabenanny"]and as to Ankmorpork being english ,hello can no one see the similarities to florence? i.e. the Medici's and so on?[/quote:242245d47b]

Ankh-Morpork is a melting pot of cultures, both in the normal sense of the word (Humans, Trolls, Dwarfs, Undead etc.) and in the way the city is written. Many people from many cities around the world have said, "That bit's from my city!". Which, I believe, is intentional on Terry's part.

Nevertheless, the general consensus is that Ankh-Morpork is mainly english, in particular London, with other bits thrown in.

(Playing blind Pictionary, me drawing)
Ella: Is it a giraffe?
Me (stops drawing): No
Ella: Star Trek?
Me: Yes!

True.
He stated, so far, York, London, Prague, Tallinn, New York, ... I'm sure I forgot quite a few.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

Mackenzie Crook as Nobby Nobbs.
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