As promised over in Full Cast Announced - a dedicated thread for this. Reminder up front: none of this is official. A24 confirmed ten actors (Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw, Nick Offerman, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Emma Laird, Peter Serafinowicz, Jonathan Pryce) back on April 20 with zero character names attached. Everything below is fan speculation.
The one theory that's actually been circulating since before the cast was even locked: when it broke that Cailee Spaeny was in talks to reunite with director Alex Garland (they worked together on Civil War), fans immediately started pointing at Melina, mostly on vibes and some side-by-side comparison images doing the rounds - nothing more concrete than that.
Beyond that it's wide open. Jonathan Pryce and Peter Serafinowicz feel like they'd suit some of the older, weightier lore figures. Ben Whishaw and Tom Burke are wildcards who could go a lot of directions.
Drop your own guesses below - and if you've seen a theory floating around elsewhere with actual reasoning behind it (not just "they look the part"), link it.
The one theory that's actually been circulating since before the cast was even locked: when it broke that Cailee Spaeny was in talks to reunite with director Alex Garland (they worked together on Civil War), fans immediately started pointing at Melina, mostly on vibes and some side-by-side comparison images doing the rounds - nothing more concrete than that.
Beyond that it's wide open. Jonathan Pryce and Peter Serafinowicz feel like they'd suit some of the older, weightier lore figures. Ben Whishaw and Tom Burke are wildcards who could go a lot of directions.
Drop your own guesses below - and if you've seen a theory floating around elsewhere with actual reasoning behind it (not just "they look the part"), link it.