Who would you like to see portray the Devil on screen?

[dessiato]

I think Meryl Streep (left) has given the definitive performance of el Shaitan.

I was just about to post the same.

 

[Casually Red]

Anyone but jimmy fucking nesbitt

 

[Pickman's model]

kenneth williams

 

[Idris2002]

kenneth williams

Hmmm. I think Charles Hawtrey might actually do it better.

I'd cast Williams as Pilate in "Carry on Jesus", and bring him back as St. Paul for the sequel "Carry on Blaspheming".

 

[Indeliblelink]

Thora Hird

 

[Pickman's model]

Hmmm. I think Charles Hawtrey might actually do it better.

I'd cast Williams as Pilate in "Carry on Jesus", and bring him back as St. Paul for the sequel "Carry on Blaspheming".

yeh but if kw is pilate ch must be jc. maybe sid james as satan... or roy castle?

 

[Idris2002]

yeh but if kw is pilate ch must be jc.

Explain your reasoning please. Jim Dale as the Nazarene, surely.

 

[Santino]

Carry On, For Christ's Sake! (1971)

The Pharisees, Hawtrey and Bresslaw, plot to destroy Jesus (Dale, uncredited and shot only from behind), with the aid of Herod (James) and Pontius Pilate (Williams). Featuring Barbara Windsor as Mary Magdalene and Kenneth Connor as Barabas.

 

[Pickman's model]

Explain your reasoning please. Jim Dale as the Nazarene, surely.

i thought he might do very nicely as jc playing the part in the same way he played in carry on cleo. but if not ch then bernie bresslaw or frankie howerd as jc

 

[rekil]

Kevin from Eggheads.

 

[Sprocket.]

I thought Peter Stormare was a pretty good Lucifer in Constantine.



I think Timothy Olyphant could be a good candidate.

 

[MooChild]

Viggo Mortensen does a good job of it in The Prophet (with Christopher Walken as Gabriel).

 

[Citizen66]

Gerry Adams.

 

[QOTH]

Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones) can look a bit infernal. Think it's the eyebrows.

 

[Pseudopsycho]

Not far off for a impish whimsical truly psychotic trickster:

 

[DotCommunist]

Floki!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Thora Hird

That woman was much more eviler than the Morningstar ever was!

 

[DotCommunist]

Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones) can look a bit infernal. Think it's the eyebrows.

he could probably do a tit wank with them pecs

 

[mentalchik]

Diana Dors did it once........was a series called "Thriller" i think....

 

[gosub]

Ken Campbell would have been good

 

[DotCommunist]

Viggo Mortensen does a good job of it in The Prophet (with Christopher Walken as Gabriel).

the second and third aren't as good but theres still plenty of Walken so worth the time

the next three in the series star nobody I've ever heard of and are crap

 

[zoooo]

Tim Curry.

Or Zawe Ashton if you want a young, sexy Satan.

 

[oneunder]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396812/?ref_=tt_cl_t13

 

[Pseudopsycho]

the second and third aren't as good but theres still plenty of Walken so worth the time

the next three in the series star nobody I've ever heard of and are crap

The next three? Wiki has two further ones (both from 2005) which have nothing to do with the first trilogy but have Doug Bradley and Sean Pertwee (in the first at least) in - if you can't tell me who they (plus movies) are you should be ashamed

ETA Another B-Movie legend is in Five - Tony Todd but not as Satan, which is a shame

 

[SpookyFrank]

eta: that is Tilda Swinton btw

Lucifer in the Sandman comics does actually look a bit like Tilda Swinton:

 

[DotCommunist]

Sean Pertwee I know, dog soldiers, Gotham- Dad was the 3rd best doctor

 

[SpookyFrank]

Emily Blunt could totally be Satan.

 

[trabuquera]

the prince of lies, you say?

 

[Pseudopsycho]

Sean Pertwee I know, dog soldiers, Gotham- Dad was the 3rd best doctor

Spoiler: You'll kick yourself

 

[DotCommunist]

Ah! I've never seen Hellraiser, although I know about pinhead. Wasn't allowed to watch violent films in the 80s so I've missed a few gems- been catching up over the years, will seek a torrent cos eveyone loves it and it sounds well wrong