Sorcha, SDShad has listed the principle actors portraying the characters further up in this thread. I am VERY happy with ther choices, except maybe Aragorn. But Hollywood has to make him a beefcake hero instead of a rough-looking "almost ugly" 80-year-old man, as Tolkien puts it. And yeah I know descendants of the Men of Westernesse lived longer than humans, but geez, anyone under 40 won't do in my book. But insiders say he's really good, so I'm looking forward to it...

--Mbo