Fantasy Cast… Who should play Roland Deschain in a ‘The Dark Tower’ movie?

Oh, Stephen King, why are your novels so convoluted and bulky? Â  I have this theory that years back King decided he was going to make his books so thick with plot that they would be virtually impossible to adapt to a feature film. Â  This is particularly the case with “The Dark Tower”, the seven-book series that King began in 1970 and finished in 2004.

I love “The Dark Tower” series. Â  I know many were turned off by the end, and, leading up to the end, the plot got a little too twisty for my taste. Â  Nonetheless, I look back on these novels with a deep appreciation and a complete lack of faith that they will ever be turned into a feature film. Â  For one thing, no one would finance it. Â  Seven books equals seven movies, and these would be hard R-rated movies filled with sex and violence galore.

At the heart of “The Dark Tower” series is Roland Deschain of Gilead. Â  He is the last of a long line of “gunslingers”, peacekeepers and diplomats of his world.

King based Roland’s appearance on Leone’s “The Man With No Name”, but Eastwood is clearly too old to play the part. Â  In recent years, I thought Viggo Mortensen or Thomas Jane would make a good Roland.

What do you think? Â  Let us know by shooting us some comments below as to who you think would make an ideal Roland if “The Dark Tower” ever got put to film.

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