Cast him

>bookslop
grow up

>>213322554 (OP)
Joe "gookoholic" Prometheus

>>213322554 (OP)
>mccarthy slop
grow up

>>213322554 (OP)
is he supposed to be that buff?
thought he was baby-faced, tall, with a dad bod

>>213322554 (OP)
The buff dude from Prometheus.

I think Glenn Flescher would do a good job of it.

Unironically a giga juiced to the gills bald Michael Jackson would’ve been kino

>>213322554 (OP)

I don't know who this is.

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213322554 (OP)
>please cast this shitty character so i can get butthurt about it

>>213322554 (OP)
that's not what his face would look like and he wouldn't be that buff

>>213322554 (OP)
Vince Vaughn

>>213322619
well he literally crushed a man's skull with one hand and tossed 2 indians at the same time

>>213322852
This or McConaughey

>>213322855
So what? Your intentionally making him look like how you want in your head, instead of how he is described in the books

>>213322554 (OP)
Idris Elba

>>213322554 (OP)
BAW GAWD IT'S THE JUDGE

Relax the criteria. One person for body and another actor for the face who just lip-synchs and then a third for the voice, then do face swap

>>213322554 (OP)
>albino thanos
bravo disney

>>213322554 (OP)
Me.

>>213322554 (OP)
Isn't that just Nathan Jones? He's got to be pretty old now though

>>213322554 (OP)
that nigga looks more like a demon then a human

>>213322554 (OP)
Nice head shadow, there, AI.

>>213322554 (OP)
Kane

>>213322998
Woah sounds retarded.

Most overrated book from McCarthy.

Vinnie Jones

>>213322554 (OP)
If you use prosthetics like that (not) alien movie then just about any good actor can play him. The issue would be figuring out ways to cut the scenes so that he maintains a type of unsettling mystique through to the end. This always struck me as a book which should be adapted with a heavy mix of expressionist scenes like filming a stage play on location and only pulling off the stage to move to acknowledge that the grander story exists. Sometimes even literally having the characters move to the next scene on a revolving stage would be kino.

Brian Shaw in Albino makeup, he even has an unusually soft voice for guy his size

>>213322554 (OP)
Hunter Schafer

Idris Elba

>>213322855
He has old man strength, he should look like a strongman past his prime that moves too fast, is too strong, for his appearance.

>>213322585
You jest but this unironically.

>>213322554 (OP)
PP

>>213322619
I think power lifter build is probably most accurate. Big arms, big belly, jowly face. He eats and drinks alot, he outwardly appears soft and cowardly, but he's tremendously physically powerful.

>>213322554 (OP)
Dave Bautista, but you have to detransition him and make him leave freemasonry. You would also need to use CGI and forced perspective to make him taller.

>>213324319
>>213324127
Brendan or Kane for sure.

Why don't people just watch The Counsellor, it's a masterpiece and better than a Blood Meridian movie would be.

>>213322998

High IQ post

The Judge has an unworldly look. Getting an actor and simply painting them white won't do the character justice

Cast a good actor and use camera tricks, costumes and make-up to create the character. Only a fucking turbo pleb thinks an actor's irl height is an in-film story factor.

>>213322554 (OP)
isnt Judge supposed to be fat but still built good enough so he's also intimidating?

>>213325280

>>213325258
he doesn't jest, faggot

Danny Devito

>>213325237
Ridiculous cope by dads terrified of losing their physicality.

>>213328857
You've never been in a real fight in your life

Vincent D'Onofrio

>>213328857
You've also never done a real day's work in your life

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213322554 (OP)
friendly reminder that the judge had baby hands and tiny little feet.

>>213322554 (OP)
The rock

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213322554 (OP)
>muscular and masculine
shit Judge.
He should be a giant, sure. But more baby like.
His huge muscles should be hidden under a layer of fat. and his face more babylike

>>213328923
This or the True Detective killer

>>213329250
Kane

>>213322554 (OP)
that prison rapist in Banshee

>>213322554 (OP)
>implying he'd be a faggy bodybuilder with low body fat and defined muscles
He'd be a Fat Marlon in Apocalypse Now type. Height for the actor doesn't really matter because they always fake that anyway.

>>213329371
Judge Holden is haunted by his humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxCVbVmBA20

>>213322554 (OP)
Vince Vaughn. Brawl in Cell Block 99 was one of the few movies that actually got across how fucking big and imposing he is.

>>213328978
Henry Cavill?

i wouldn't cast him, i think cormac mccarthy is pseud-lit

>>213322554 (OP)
Ok but why is he packin’?

>>213322554 (OP)
That's Thanos, not Holden
>>213326011
It's got pretty lousy reviews and I don't trust Ridley Scott's directing.

>>213322554 (OP)
It has to be an unknown character actor.

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213322855
>>213325335
He literally looks like an enormous infant. He has tiny hands and feet, is fat, totally bald, etc. He's incredibly physically strong but doesn't look the part. He's so fat, at one point he's described as picking insects out of the folds in his skin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etOkZ6YBAZY

A wrestler is not someone who can pull this off. Get DDL and the best make up artists Hollywood can offer.

>>213322554 (OP)
With the monologue he has to give, put like Kevin Spacey on stilts and in a fat suit desu. I don't think a simple really big character actor like Bjornson could do him any justice.

>>213331306
Here's someone close to DDL's caliber who can definitely do it, and is close to McCarthy's drawing.

What about Javier Bardem and Christian Bale?

If their guns arent comically big Im out

>>213331571
go wash your p*ssy

>>213331374
this but without the comically evil face. hes more uncanny with a baby face

>>213322554 (OP)
Pedro Pascal

>>213322554 (OP)
>Towering over them all is the judge and she is naked dancing, her small feet lively and quick and now in doubletime and bowing to the lads, huge and pale and hairless, like an enormous infant. She never sleeps, she says. She says she’ll never die. She bows to the fiddlers and sashays backwards and throws back her head and laughs deep in her throat and she is a great favorite, the judge.

>>213322554 (OP)
Is this achievable natty?

>>213331794
Is she going bald?

>>213322554 (OP)
My ideal female body type is this, but like a woman version.

>>213331794
this is actually the best casting in the thread

>>213331794
Jesus christ

>>213322554 (OP)
he fat

>>213331745
?

>>213331864
definitely right face.

>>213331794
but anon... das a woman
I think

this judge fella sounds like a real jerk

i honestly think bale could pull this off

DJ Qualls

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213325280
can't stand this fuckin guy

>>213322554 (OP)
>It's another wendigoon tourist Blood Meridian thread
He's not fucking ripped you stupid niggers, he's fat and ugly

>>213331374
this is fundamentally the worst art I've seen in my entire life. never post again.

>>213322554 (OP)
In a time with no steroids, no protein shakes and no proper weight rooms, it was impossible to have these type of physique.

>>213332396
hes perfect

>>213329371
This. He's a good enough actor too.

>>213332448
If he was to be actually portrayed in a live action they would definitely make him attractive, and you know that.

>>213329371
nope

>>213332396
yep

>>213322554 (OP)
A new day, same old thread.

>>213332396
Is he swiming in tea

>>213332396
perfect

>>213328857
post body

>>213332396
>Holden phenotype
I'm curious which group of hominid bred its way into the genepool that looked like this. Because this phenotype universally seems to cause some uncanny valley types of distress and discomfort with how rapey they look.

>>213325335
So the Vincent D'Onofrio kingpin?

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213331306
DOes that look baby faced you stupid fuck?

>>213331374
say what you will, the ending was fucking cinematic for a book

>>213333456
tell it to McCarthy who drew this

>>213331794
This is an unreasonable burden to place on our viewers: Approved.

>>213333456
Faggots who whine about this character not having an actual “baby face” are absolute retards. The description was referring to the guy being bald and shaved you stupid brown ape. Neck yourself.

>>213331306
Glenn Jacobs can unironically pull it off. He's a good actor and deceptively smart as a person. It will never happen though.

>>213333427
exactly

>>213334194
bait

>>213333742
are you serious? shut the fuck up retard

>>213331794
kino

>>213322554 (OP)
I really liked this book, hope the author gets around to writing more.

>>213322554 (OP)
A young John Goodman would've been great with Coen's directing.

A younger Tom Hardy could have done it but now? Idk maybe there's some pro wrestler or MMA fighter who'd be a good fit.
>>213322619
He's fat buff

A lot of actual ragebait in this threed. Keep it on twitter where you actually get paid to say retarded shit

A young David Morse

>>213323163

What about just doing a gritty anime adaption of BM. Would that work better than a film?

>>213334361
He's been dead for like 39 years.

>>213333427
pretty good casting

>>213334517
>2023 was 39 years ago

>>213334550
That's not how you respond to the setup anon.

Also, I was in the DUNC thread and thought we were still talking about Herbert here as well for some reason. I need sleep.

God the memes and shitposting around this movie are going to be nonstop when it finally comes out

>>213322729
You are saying other people see me as the Shot Caller?

>>213334580
>that's not how you respond to the setup anon.
but that proves that anon didnt even know he was sick

>>213322855
>tossed 2 indians
feather or shitter?

>>213334391
Tom Hardy is like 5'4 bro. Judge is almost 7'

>>213334700
fair point. They made him look big for NOOTKA though.

>>213334750
True you can make tommy look big, but he can't be around other people so much. I think it would be too much for BM
I think if it were 15 years ago, Vince Vaughn would make a good judge. He would need to put on some weight.

>>213322619
I imagine him with a strong man build. Beefy looking but frighteningly powerful.

>>213334795
I kinda like the other anon's idea of using Kane. I've actually met him IRL and he's built like a grizzly bear. He'd be perfect.

>>213334811
You guys do realize that back in cowboy days people were shredded. Fat people were an anomaly, they would be put into freak shows. Judge is a rich dude who only reads, rapes, kills, eats, practice fiddle, rapes, and trolls.
Judge is
>near 7' tall
>a rhodes scholar
>able to crush human skulls
>able to lift adult males up with one hand
>can rape for days
>can rock climb
Judge would look like OP's picture for sure.

>>213334835
I know WWE guys are physical actors. But is there any evidence Kane could pull it off? Has he been in any movies?
Armie Hammer could be good too.

>>213334517
He has been awfully quiet for a bit, huh?

>>213322554 (OP)
>Vincent D'Onofrio
>Mel Gibson
>Taboo Mode Thomas Hardy
>Stone Cold Steve Austin
>Philip Seymour Hoffman AI
>jacked Robin Williams AI

>>213331306
>yung Daniel Brühl

Both the Kid and Holden have to have piercing eyes.

>>213334517
I will not eat another morsel of food etc.

>>213331306
>Rorschach as Toadvine

>>213331794
>Menstrual Meridian

I am beholding the vast abhorrence of Live Action Ellie . . . and I wouldn't mind the gender swap in this situation.

Idris elba

>>213334194
>carnie troupe that joins the gang between towns

Having a 'clown' judge that's doing his makeup to ruse people (and avoid the law) could be cool.

>>213331306
>Get DDL and the best make up artists Hollywood can offer.

Prefer him as Toadvine or Glanton based on looks.

>>213324183
nah, it's rated exactly how it should be. it's genuinely incredible

>one of the most iconic and memorable villains in literature
>not a single artwork that accurately portrays him
are blood meridian readers morons? how does this happen?

>>213322619
I do believe he's supposed to have inconsistent descriptions throughout the novel. He is, however, stated to be like a Greek statue when they see him in the rain after he rapes that kid.

>>213336748
>inconsistent
no, just somewhat vague

>>213328857
old man strength is very real
it's just caused by stiffened connective tissue

>>213333231
It's a finnish lard

They're all Harkonnens there

People bring up Glenn Fleshler, but I think another True Detective villain can nail it
https://youtu.be/fyhcy4_XsP4?feature=shared
The delivery of "it makes me wanna do things to it", the casual threat, that's the kind of thing the Judge would do. Plus Olafur is already tall, big, and pale.

>>213336588
>are blood meridian readers morons? how does this happen?
People keep saying dumb things like he actually looks like a baby. Not understanding that they are on the internet and can see 1000 albinos any time they want, and folks back then would have never seen a person like that in their entire lives and never will again. "like a giant infant" doesn't mean he looks like he is from honey I blew up the kids. He doesn't actually look like a baby

Why are people obssesed with this above average book?

>>213325280
Why is he such a fuvking faggot

>>213337866
Makes you sound smart to talk about it and before the Wendigooner video it was just niche enough to autists to hyperfixate on

>>213337910
His name is literally pedo rascal

>>213328978
Donald trump should play him LOL! Big fat evil man rapist with tiny baby hand and toe!!!!

no actor name here

you just have to find a guy somewheres

tall and pale and erudite and real smart

buzz from home alone imo

>>213322554 (OP)
Brock Lesnar, obviously.

>>213328396
Rober Deniro as The Kid

>>213322554 (OP)
CGI
Voiced by Josh Brolin

>>213338757
Better yet Andy serkis

>>213332163
This is lore accurate.

>>213333427
he isn't babyfaced enough

here is your Judge Holden

>>213334517
I didn't even know he was sick

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213338931
With Kevin Heart as the kid and Jack Black the Mexican. Jason memoia as glanton and Pedro Pascal as toadvine.

>>213338886
cripes

>>213322554 (OP)
Obviously Nathan Jones

>>213328396
>>213338336
The only legit suggestions itt.

Also have Uwe Boll directing it.

>>213330663
>going balls deep is lava

i can fuck better than this faggot.

>>213322554 (OP)
Me.

>>213338865
he is exactly babyfaced enough

>>213322619

JD Vance

>>213331794
Bella as The Judge, Hunter Schafer as Glanton, Zendaya as Jackson

>>213322554 (OP)
Is he some sort of supernatural creature ?

>>213340060
yes

>>213322619

>Babyfaced
>Tall
>Dadbod

Shane Gillis.

>>213340060
no

>>213322554 (OP)

>>213341310
you haven't read the book if you think that

>>213322554 (OP)
The things I would let this man do to me…

>>213341351
i read it
what supernatural aspects does he have except looking like he doesn't age (which is clearly just kid's pov interpretation)?

>>213322554 (OP)
Wilem Dafoe in a muscle suit

>>213341559
Oh boy, you are in for a philosophical rabbit hole. Go on youtube and search "Blood Meridian Gnosticism"

>>213341649
>youtube will tell me what to think
fuck this shit

>>213341837
Good thing about strawmen is they don't argue back. You tell 'em, anon!

>>213324319

>>213341559
Are you forgetting the part where the Judge draws a sketch so perfect that it literally drives a man insane just looking at it? Or how he seems to teleport to different places at times.

This is the only right answer

>>213331794
His body
>>213331794
with her face

>>213341559
the man literally teleports

>>213341559
>seemingly doesn't age
>seemingly fluent in all languages
>everyone has seen him before someplace else
>always turns up at the perfect time and place
come on anon. him being a normal human would make him a super retarded character

>>213337747
I'm not sure I could buy him giving the war speech

>>213341329

>everyone says this book is good
>read a book a week or so, figure I'll try it
>half the fucking book is in Spanish
Yeah I didn't finish. This thread is 90% ESL beaners; that's the audience. The rest is illiterate retards anyways so half the book being in another language is indistinguishable from their normal attempts at reading.

>>213342768
>gets filtered by a few non burger words
>comes to teevee to cry about it

I hate sharing a country with you people

>>213342878
Honestly if it was just the Spanish I'd've put up with it. But the fact that he also has limited (if any) understanding of the English language other than an antiquated thesaurus makes it a slog to get through. And the reward? Nothing. No interesting plot, no special violence or bleakness not found elsewhere. You're made to suffer for no particular reason. Perhaps that's the intent; however, only a fool would willingly subject themselves to it.

>>213343065
He's not the one who doesn't understand language kek

>>213322554 (OP)
He hot.

>>213328396
So then I start fiddlin'

>>213343065
>no interesting plot
oh no he's retarded

>>213322554 (OP)
The eunuch from game of thrones

>>213337747
You're not far off that Duvall could do a good Judge but come on, man, it's Glenn Fleshler and him alone. He's the only serious, non-meme answer and the only actor alive at the moment who could pull it off. No DDL or any other meme suggestion by NPC morons. Only Fleshler. Just put albino makeup on him, give him red contact lenses and play with perspective to make him seem towering despite his height because he has the looks and the ability and the presence

>>213342768
>didn't even read past first third

Give it to Zack Sneeder and let him make a 5 hour behemoth, fuck the normies.

>>213344424
he will do CGI Judge

>>213341329
Where dat from

>>213344424
unironically if you give him a strong writer and a giga dop like deakins who wont be yesmen this would probably be not the worst idea

>>213344424
Make it an HBO miniseries with him in charge

>>213322554 (OP)
Samson

>>213331415
THIS

>>213322998
some kind of white darth vader?

>>213344719
>white darth vader

John Goodman from 30 years ago

>>213322910
Glenn fleshler. He's got the size and height

>>213332840
you gotta remove the eyebrows

>>213341902
brendan is 6'4 how did they get this downward shot on him

>>213338886
Peanuts, said the Judge. Toadvine spat before the fire. Peanuts. The sun squatted low on the horizon. Peanuts.

>>213345073
Marlin Brando would have killed it if you could somehow motivate him to get off his fat ass and read the book.

>>213341559
He has superhuman strength and more knowledge than any man could possibly have

>>213339288
This meme is unironically a more faithful depiction of the judge than more than half the fan art out there of him

>>213344424
can't wait for him to do the naked judge stalking the kid in complete cgi in kino slow motion for an hour

it will be cormackino

>>213341329
What are we looking at?

>>213334500
By everyone involved in making Shigurui, I see it.

>>213345431
*ahem
>>213345513
BWC

kane

>>213324183
Suttree is his magnum opus. Pure soul
>>213328857
Psh you should see my dad. Nearly 60 and he's a monster who never stepped into a gym

>>213331794
That last chapter sells the whole book. Bows to the lads he is a great favorite goddamn

>>213334600
Maybe it'll save the board

>booming operatic voice
>classically trained theatric actor
>wild childlike face
>would stick out EVEN MORE if the rest of the actors are your typical tough guy cowboy looking guys they'd probably cast
with some camera tricks I think Nathan Lane would be perfect

John Carroll Lynch

>>213342768
You're supposed to read it like an American that is confused during the Spanish parts cause you're the kid

>>213345596
The image that led me to reading BM and becoming a massive Cormac fan

>>213345973
Too gay.

Blood Meridian is not scary go read From Hell

>>213322554 (OP)
Pedro Pascal.

>>213346071
>TFW I read The Road while living in Knoxville

Post apocalyptic stories about your local area really do hit different.

>>213346440
Fuck you

>>213334895
He's explicitly described as a fat fuck who plucks bugs out of his folds with a freakish baby face. He's not supposed to look like a normal human at all.

>>213340060
He is a force of nature. He's what Anton Chigurh pretends to be.

>>213344424
>>213344499
Snyder directing, Taylor Sheridan writing but someone has a handler on Sheridan so he doesn't insert his daddy daughter issues into the script.

>>213347357
>Taylor Sheridan writing
>insert his daddy daughter issues into the script.

Fucking what?