Asterix and the Council of Carnutes

[Jared]

Casting is as follows:

Jack Benson-Rea - Getafix
Michael Carter - Roman soldier/extra
Mark Wilson - Roman soldier/extra
Nathan Whiteside - Caligula Minus
Blair Purkiss - Spurius Focus
Chris Rosedale - Fulliautomatix
Marama Fittall - Baretta aka Mrs. Fulliautomatix
Stephanie Pegg - uncast female
Gareth Sandford - Vitalstatistix
Robert Shaw - Bombastix
Open - Antibiotix
Walter Hamer - Cacofonix
Prema Cottingham - Impedimentia
TK Cram - Dianetix
Florence Mitchell - uncast female
Norman Cates - Asterix
Catriona McBride - Asperia Grandus
Gregory Hornell - Unhygenix
Wendy Fittall - Bacteria
Shaun Roberts - Roman/extra
Adrian Baxter - Obelix

Some of the female roles are open but uncast due to the lack of people to fill them. Female roles may need to be rewritten or even removed to accomodate this shortage, so I am delaying their casting until a bit closer to the game. This will be no later than the last week of July.

The following website may be useful for character and costume research for players. http://www.asterix.com/encyclopedia/characters/

Emails have gone out to all players, so check your inbox!

[Robza]

Greg. I expect you to bring a LARP safe fish or two.

Hooray for this game!

[No_Rectangulars]

Walter as Cacofonix - perfect!

[Zane_Larp]

if the larpers playing there roles actully get the right costume this will be a great game

[TazzyD]

if the larpers playing there roles actully get the right costume this will be a great game

Making a larp safe Hammer. It will be epic!!

[Lady_Prema]

Hoping to borrow zara’s larpsafe rolling pin from wolfgang’s going to be fun!

[Ryan_Paddy]

if the larpers playing there roles actully get the right costume this will be a great game

Given that the live action movies never quite managed to nail the Asterix costumes, and they have much bigger budgets than us larpers, I’d settle for “getting across the general idea”.

[joker]

[quote=“Zane_Larp”]if the larpers playing there roles actully get the right costume this will be a great game

Making a larp safe Hammer. It will be epic!![/quote]
I want to see a larp safe menhir!

Adrian (Obelix), I’m looking at you!

[Ryan_Paddy]

Strangely on topic, medical scientists with a sense of humour get a write-up in this Ars Technica article:

Traumatic brain injuries in (fictitious) ancient Gaul: American readers may not be familiar with the Asterix comic books, which are set in Roman-occupied Gaul, but the Neurosurgery department of the Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf now knows all 34 of them well. That’s because they scanned them for indications of traumatic brain injury, and came up with a whopping 704 instances, about 20 per book. Almost all of them resulted from assaults, primarily assaults by Gauls who targeted Romans. Most of the victims (70 percent) had been taking reasonable precautions (wearing a military helmet), but ended up losing their protective gear prior to the assault. The Gauls, notably, were engaged in doping prior to the assault, availing themselves of a banned substance called a “magic potion.”

[Jared]

Character briefs will be done for August 1, mini briefs for at least costume should be out already or coming soon. Let me know if I have missed you.

[Jared]

Casting is fairly much done. Most characters should have a pre-brief already and if you don’t then please contact me. Full character sheets should be issued by August 1.
If you need help on gear and costume, contact me ASAP jaredmark.hansen@gmail.com

Amorican Gauls - Male
Jack Benson-Rea is Getafix
Chris Rosedale is Fulliautomatix
Gareth Sanford is Vitalstatistix
Walter Hamer is Cacofonix
Norman Cates is ASTERIX
Greg Hornell is Unhygenix
Adrian Baxter is OBELIX

Amorican Gauls - Female
Wendy Fittall is Bacteria (wife of Unhygenix)
Prema Cottingham is Impedimentia (wife of Vitalstatistix)
Marama Fittall is Baretta (wife of Fulliautomatix)

Lutetian Gauls - Male
Robert Shaw is Bombastix
Willem Church is Antibiotix
TK Cram is Dianetix

Lutetian Gauls - Female
Stephanie Pegg is a secret
Beth St. Claire is Carillona
Florence Mitchell is a secret
Cheryl Frey is a secret

Romans - mixed bag
Catriona McBride is Asperia Grandus
Blair Purkiss is Spurius Focus
Nathan Whiteside is Caligula Minus
Micheal Carter is Felix Platypus / Extra
Mark Wilson is Spongfingus / Extra
Shaun Roberts is Julius Monotonus / Extra
Alistair Boyd-Bell is Claudius Quintilus / Extra

For character ideas please go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_in_Asterix
and here
http://www.asterix.com/encyclopedia/characters/

Updated 23/07/2011

[Stephanie]

[quote]Stephanie Pegg is a secret
Beth St. Claire is Carillona
Florence Mitchell is a secret
Cheryl Frey is a secret[/quote]Um. You might want to edit the post before your main cast list?

[Jared]

More resources for the players for Asterix. Please note that some of you have characters not mentioned in the original comics. Please take inspiration from the comics but don’t get too hung up on those images. Only the Armorican Gauls i.e. Asterix, Obelix etc. need be overly identifiable at a glance.

http://www.squidoo.com/asterixthegaul

[Jared]

Just so we’re clear… these are the people we’re talking about

[Rhiannon]

So you’re saying costumewise go for large belts, braided hair, and giant handlebar mustaches for the guys? I look forward to seeing pics of this event!

[Jared]

Character sheets are out in the emails. Check your emails. Check your spam boxes. And if it isn’t there, email me at jaredmark.hansen@gmail.com

[TazzyD]

Just like the Pointer Sisters, I’m So Excited!!

[Jared]

The role of Antibiotix, head of the order of Druids has become available. It is . available to those cast as roman soldiers. It is a critical role. Cosstume is as a druid. White robes etc. Let me know if you’re keen. I will send out emails to this effect as well, so let me know folks.i

[Jared]

Ok Antibiotix is filled… now I am missing an Unhygenix! Damn it!

So Romans… anyone want to pick up this role? Larp safe fish provided!