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Who would be a good choice for Ahab today?

posted 11 years ago by faulknerfan123
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I personally think Brian Cranston would be good.

[–] berzelmayr 9 years ago

Cranston, Cranston and Cranston

[–] s-napolitano8 9 years ago

You gotta give him a few years but I always thought Benedict Cumberbatch would make a great Ahab, although how do you deny DDL the role if you can get him.

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[–] DrWu 8 years ago

Anthony Hopkins

[–] Psilio 8 years ago

Anthony Hopkins

Agreed.

What we do in life echoes in eternity Russell Crowe as General Maximus in Gladiator (2000)

[–] bazt-93964 8 years ago

Brian Blessed

[–] stebsmeister 8 years ago

bazt-93964 wrote:

Brian Blessed

Agreed, although we'd presumably see a version in which Blessed's Ahab defeats Moby Dick simply by shouting at him!

To IMDB, or not to IMDB - because I've got some questions.

[–] agusmaga93 8 years ago

Some actors come to my mind:

Ian McKellen, although I think he's too old to play Ahab.

Gary Oldman.

Jeremy Irons.

Ron Perlman.

Robert De Niro.

Anthony Hopkins.

Liam Neeson.

Malcolm McDowell.

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

Nobody could be better than Gregory Peck!!