The Fall of Ile-Rien: Fancast
Having just finished the absolute joy that is Martha Wells’s The Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy for the first time, I’ve been moved to make a fancast for the TV adaptation that ought by rights to exist. I’m taking some liberties with the ages of characters because a good TV show would need flashbacks and also because I want to, so there. More minor characters from the later books not included. Extremely mild spoilers for the series as a whole. THUS:
Tremaine - Alicia Vikander

- Simultaneously tired and full of rage
- Fuelled by coffee and sarcasm
- Has no patience for bullshit
- Survivor
- Having feelings is incovenient and also the worst, actually
Florian - Eleanor Tomlinson

- Chronically underestimated despite being a sorcerer of Ile-Rien
- Brave
- Resourceful
- Exasperated
- Surrounded by infuriating people (Tremaine)
Gerard - Michael Sheen

- Talented sorcerer of Ile-Rien
- Would really just like to sit down somewhere quiet with a cup of tea
- Does not get to do this
- Is Tremaine’s guardian (a primary reason for the above)
- Surrounded by youthful, energetic people he keeps having to save
Ander - Charlie Hesketh

- Thinks he’s the romantic lead
- Is not actually the romantic lead
- Is actually an enormous pain in everyone’s ass
- Does not realise he’s getting by on sufferance (Tremaine’s)
- Occasionally useful despite himself
Ilias - Garrett Hedlund

- Doesn’t think he’s the romantic lead
- Is actually the romantic lead
- Wizard-hunter
- Has Seen Some Shit
- Will die on a battlefield for Giliead and Tremaine
Giliead - Jon Kortajarena

- The God of Cineth’s Chosen Vessel
- Brooding but in a nice way
- Has also Seen Some Shit
- Wizard-hunter
- Would die on a battlefield for Ilias
Ixion - Dane Dehaan

- Syprian wizard, aka The Worst
- Was beheaded once but he got better
- Likes to make monsters and kill people
- Regrettably good at surviving
- Manipulative
Nicholas - Richard Armitage

- Tremaine’s father
- A talented bastard gentleman thief (emphasis on the bastard)
- Frequently presumed dead
- Does not suffer fools
- Cunning
Arisilde - Paul Bettany

- Absurdly talented sorcerer of Ile-Rien
- Vanished under mysterious circumstances
- In cahoots with Nicholas
- Mentally adrift in time but eerily right in hindsight
- Good
Niles - Bradley James

- Sorcerer of Ile-Rien
- Chronically overworked
- Fashionable
- Annoyed
- Dependable
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These are awesome! (Ilias and Giliead are pretty much gay for each other as well as Ilias/Tremaine being great. Can that...
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Oh my god I want to see this series!
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Richard Armitage as Nicholas is PERFECT. As is the rest of the cast. (Also, the feeling when an author you love...
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Read this years ago and loved it. So glad to see Martha Wells finally getting some recognition. Oh and Element of Fire...
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