3. Sir. Ben Kingsley
Since we're listing film credits, we may as well just get his out of the way first. Ghandi, Schindler's List, Bugsy, House of Sand and Fog, Hugo, I could go on, but you get the idea. The man is so good at this acting thing they MADE HIM A KNIGHT! Did I mention he's playing Mazer Rakham? While the aesthetic they've gone for in the movie is quite different from the character description in the book, this casting choice made perfect sense as soon as that first trailer hit the net. The knighted Brit will bring the perfect level of gravitas and weight to one of the story's most important roles. Rakham is a far cry from Ghandi, but Sir Ben is going to nail this one too. "Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it." - Mazer Rakham