Meet the Cast: Aidan Turner & CCH Pounder
Aidan Turner and CCH Pounder are the two newest actors to join The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
Cassandra Clare announced their castings on Monday to much fan fervor. Turner will portray Luke Garroway and Pounder will play Madame Dorthea.
Curious about the newest members of the Mortal Instruments family? Get ready to Meet the Cast!
AIDAN TURNER
Background: Born June 19, 1983 in Ireland.
Character: Turner will be portraying Luke Garroway (a.k.a. Lucian Graymark), a father-figure to lead heroine Clary (Lily Collins).
Known For: Being Human, The Tudors
Upcoming Projects: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Did You Know: Turner played a vampire in Being Human and will now be portraying a werewolf in The Mortal Instruments.
Cassandra Clare’s Take: “Harald was so excited to work with him he was hopping around. I’m pretty excited about him playing Luke myself! Welcome Aidan!”
CCH POUNDER
Background: Born December 25, 1952 in Guyana.
Character: Pounder will be portraying Madame Dorthea, the downstair’s neighbor to lead heroine Clary (Lily Collins) and she also happens to be a “witch.”
Known For: Avatar, The Shield,The X-Files, E.R., The West Wing
Upcoming Projects: Home Again
Did You Know: Pounder was named for three of her relatives CCH (Carol, Christine and Hilaria).
Cassandra Clare’s Take: “Our director’s wanted to work with her for ages and I think she will be amazing. Welcome, CCH!”
OFFICIAL CAST
Lily Collins (Clary Fray)
Jamie Campbell Bower (Jace Wayland)
Robert Sheehan (Simon Lewis)
Jemima West (Isabelle Lightwood)
Godfrey Gao (Magnus Bane)
Lena Headey (Jocelyn Fray)
Aidan Turner (Luke Garroway)
Jared Harris (Hodge Starkweather)
CCH Pounder (Madame Dorthea)
Kevin Durand (Emil Pangborn)
Robert Maillet (Samuel Blackwell)
Other major castings to note that are upcoming: Alec, Valentine and Raphael, along with other smaller roles.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones begins filming on August 20 in Toronto and is slated for an August 23, 2013 theatrical release in the U.S.
What do you think of the latest casting additions? What is your impression of the cast as a whole? Sound off in the comments!
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i lol’ed at CCH POUNDER’s did you know part.
I lol’ed at CCH POUNDER’s did you know part. haha
Me to 🙂 I think both aidan n cch are fine for the parts who is alec tho its driving me nutz his the 1 im really excited to see
I think that the cast is excellent, and will work wonderfully together. I am very excited to see how it all plays out.
I love them all but i hope Alec would be good too! I don’t really like the one imdb has suggested..
Finally!!! Plleeeeeaaaasssee release Alec and Valentine!!! Please!!!!
i think adrian will be a great luke and love the cast
So far Casting seems to be failing at it’s mission. One wonders how closely they’ve read the series. Jamie Campbell Bower would make a good Sebastian, not such a great Jace. Lily Collins, not even close. Need someone who looks like a real redhead! More the Kate Mara look. Ed Westwick would make a more believable Magnus Bane (remember he was raised in Madrid?) Can we please have a closer reading of the books for characterization? We want this to be the first of a multi-film franchise! Not the disappointing first & last. So far quite disappointed & unimpressed. Hope this won’t be the last of the series to be realized!
The people who are playing jace and clary are not what I was expecting. I don’t think they should play those parts. I want Alex Pettifer or how ever you spell his last name to play Jace. That’s all I needed to say.
*Pettyfer 🙂 I know how you feel. He would have made a perfect Jace.
Oh and I’m also really disappointed with the cast, not what I had in mind at all.
The casting of this Aidan Turner dude as Luke literally infuriates me. Luke is supposed to be older (mid-late 30s) and really wise. Turner looks like he’s 25 and I refuse to believe that he can sell the whole father figure aspect. As a huge fan of the book series, I haven’t even been all that overly hyped about any of the casting news (except Lena Headey, I think she makes a perfect Jocelyn). What’s with all the british people!?!?! If there’s ONE british accent in this film where there shouldn’t be, I’ll boycott this entire film franchise (if it’s even made well enough to produce a sequel). I’m scared that the studio is just going to sacrifice the quality of the story in order to churn the movie out ASAP and turn a quick profit. I feel a lot better about Zwart directing than I did about Scott Stewart, but with the current progress of this film, I see this being a one and done failure like Eragon, rather than a huge film franchise (as it should be) like Harry Potter. But leave it to Hollywood to take the reins on something cherished by fans and blotch it all to hell.
Oh…and if they are using the Twilight films as any sort of basis as far as success or artistic direction…well, let’s just hope that’s not even an option at this point…it’s too depressing…
PL your depressing…try to have more positive thoughts about this film ok, but then again i have the same thoughts…maybe this movie deserves to flop The TMI books are shallow & a little creepy with the whole Incest deal… but i love these books for a reason i can’t explain..sigh* depressed* 😦