You may recast ONE of the characters.
1. who do you recast and why
2. with whom do you recast the role
For me it would be:
Burn Gorman because I can´t shake the feeling there is something odd about his performance , could be because of the screenplay/director though
Gary Oldman
I don't have any particular recommendations, but I think too many of the characters looked alike -- rough round faces with bushy dark mustaches. With 10 characters to keep track of, that was a bad idea. Should have been more variety in the casting.
shareCharles Dance
It's his casting that gave away the "who done it?" for me. I have read the book, I knew the "modus operandi" but didn't remember who was it. His casting gave it away. I think a more subtle actor would have kept the suspense longer.
Sam Neill -- he just seems too young and robust to go off the deep-end. The Spanish Flu epidemic was in 1918, meaning Mrs. McArthur died 22 years before the events of Soldier Island. That would make the General in his mid-sixties. Sam Neill just doesn't seem that age to me. I might have gone with Bill Nighy.
shareSam Neill just doesn't seem that age to me.
Blore (Burn Gorman)
with
Timothy Dalton.
For physical appearance. I had nothing against Gorman or his performance, he was just too thin for the role. Blore is a burly P.I. by the time he's invited to the island, and Dalton is both youthful and burly enough to be the ideal fit for the role.
Plus, with that deep Welsh accent and dominating screen presence, he'd make every scene he was in pop.