Pocahontas live-action fancast
by hatoan94vn | created - 18 Jan 2019 | updated - 19 Jan 2019 | PublicDamien Chazelle is the talented director and the one behind many masterpieces including Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016) and most recently, First Man (2018). This fancast shows what, according to my own thought, could be the ideal cast and crew for the live action adaptation of 1995 animated film Pocahontas and its 1998 direct-to-video sequel Journey to a New World if it is directed by Chazelle.
1. Amber Midthunder
Actress | Prey
Amber Midthunder is an American actress who uncovered a deep love of acting at a young age. Growing up with an actor father and casting director mother, she began her own on-screen career early in life. Her first speaking role was at the age of 9 opposite Oscar winner Alan Arkin in the indie hit ...
as Pocahontas
2. Timothée Chalamet
Actor | Call Me by Your Name
Timothée Hal Chalamet was born in Manhattan, to Nicole Flender, a real estate broker and dancer, and Marc Chalamet, a UNICEF editor. His mother, who is from New York, is Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent. His father, who is from Nîmes, France, is of French and English ancestry. ...
as John Smith, Pocahontas's lover
3. Will Poulter
Actor | We're the Millers
Will Poulter is an English actor, recognized for his performances as Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007), Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), and Kenny Rossmore in We're the Millers (2013). Will was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Caroline (...
as John Rolfe, Pocahontas's eventual husband
4. John Kassir
Actor | Tales from the Crypt
John Edward Kassir is an American actor and producer from Baltimore, Maryland who is known for voicing the Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt. He also played Jibolba from Tak and the Power of Juju, Deadpool in various Marvel games and cartoons, Ralph from Reefer Madness and many more roles.
as the voice of Meeko, Pocahontas's pet raccoon
5. Wes Studi
Actor | The Last of the Mohicans
From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi credits his passion and multi-faceted background for his powerful character portrayals that forever changed a Hollywood stereotype. Within a few years of his arrival in Hollywood, Studi caught the attention ...
as Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas's father
6. Irene Bedard
Actress | Pocahontas
Irene Bedard (born July 22, 1967) is an Alaska Native actress enrolled in the Native Village of Koyuk who has played many American Indian characters in a variety of television shows and films. She is best known for her voice role as the title character in the Disney animated film "Pocahontas," and ...
as Pocahontas's deceased mother and spiritual guardian (based on Grandmother Willow, the character of the original animated film)
7. Q'orianka Kilcher
Actress | The New World
At fourteen years old, Q'orianka Kilcher emerged into the front ranks of young actresses with her portrayal of Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's 'The New World', an epic about the encounter between English and North American societies in the early 1600s. Her ...
as Nakoma, Pocahontas's best friend
8. Griffin Powell-Arcand
Actor | Mixed Blessings
Griffin Powell-Arcand was born on October 19, 1997 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for Mixed Blessings (2007), DreamKeeper (2003) and Don't Say Its Name (2021).
as Kocoum, Nakoma's friend and a Powhatan warrior who is set to marry Pocahontas.
9. J.K. Simmons
Actor | Whiplash
J.K. Simmons is an American actor.
He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music).
He had ...
as Governor John Ratcliffe
10. Miles Teller
Actor | Whiplash
Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor and musician. For his performance in the film The Spectacular Now (2013), he won the Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He has appeared in the films Rabbit Hole (2010), Footloose (2011), Project X (2012), That ...
as Percy Radcliffe, the Governor's son and a pacifist (created for the film)
11. Jamie Bell
Actor | Billy Elliot
Described by top film critic Mark Kermode as an "unbelievably versatile" actor, Jamie Bell was born in 1986 in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK, to Eileen (Matfin) and John Bell, a toolmaker. He comes from a family of dancers including his grandmother, mother, aunt, and ...
as Henry Wiggins
12. Charlie Rowe
Actor | Rocketman
Charlie Rowe was born on April 23, 1996 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Rocketman (2019), Angelyne (2022) and Vanity Fair (2018).
as Thomas, John Smith's best friend
13. Rhys Ifans
Actor | The Amazing Spider-Man
Rhys Ifans was born and raised in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of teacher parents, Beti Wyn (Davies) and Eirwyn Evans. He was educated in two Welsh language schools - Ysgol Pentrecelyn, where his mother taught, and Ysgol Maes Garmon. During his childhood, Ifans showed an interest in...
as King James
14. Damien Chazelle
Writer | La La Land
Damien Sayre Chazelle is an American director and screenwriter. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Celia Sayre (Martin) Chazelle, is an American-Canadian writer and professor of history at The College of New Jersey. His father, Bernard Chazelle, is a French-American Eugene Higgins...
Writer and Director
15. Linus Sandgren
Cinematographer | Saltburn
Linus Sandgren is an Academy Award winning Swedish cinematographer. He is best known for his work with Damien Chazelle on La La Land (2016) and his collaboration with David O Russell on the films American Hustle (2013) and Joy (2015).
He also worked with Gus Van Sant on Promised Land where he shot ...
Cinematographer
16. Tom Cross
Editor | Whiplash
American film editor Tom Cross, A.C.E., began his career in 1997 as an assistant editor on diverse projects such as We Own the Night, Crazy Heart and the Primetime Emmy Award-Winning drama series Deadwood. He came to worldwide prominence in 2015 when he won the Academy Award for Best Editing, the ...
Editor
17. Alan Menken
Soundtrack | Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken is an American composer, songwriter, music conductor, director and record producer.
Menken is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and ...
Score Composor
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