The cast of characters making up the party in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves include all the standard roles, such as magic users and fighters, but do not include a healer -- something one star thought was an oversight.
Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Honor Among Thieves' Regé-Jean Page shared with Colbert, a famous D&D fan himself, that their party might feel one member short for experienced players. "It's a relatively well-balanced party, but as a player yourself, you'll know that no-one respects healers," Page joked. "So there's no healer in the party. There's no cleric." This was apparently something one member of the cast in particular took issue with. "Sophia [Lillis] was riding us all for this, in no uncertain terms," Page said. "She's brutal, when that woman criticizes you."
Lillis has previously mentioned that she would have loved to play a cleric and fill that hole in the movie's party. "I would probably be a cleric, because that is one thing that this group lacked," she recently shared when the cast were asked their favorite D&D classes. While the party might be missing a healer, the rest of the cast seemed to be happy with the classes they did get to play. Chris Pine, who plays the charismatic protagonist Edgin the Bard, shared how much he enjoyed being assigned the fan-favorite class. "I love being a bard so much," he said. "No preparation. Lots of smiling."
Who's Who in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves?
The members of the party include Page as Xenk the Paladin, Lillis as Doric the Druid, Pine as Edgin the Bard, Michelle Rodriguez as Holga the Barbarian and Justice Smith as Simon the Sorcerer. The party will be facing off against Hugh Grant as Forge Fitzwilliam the Rogue, Shadow and Bone's Daisy Head as Sofina and Jason Wong as Dralas, both Red Wizards of Thay. Chloe Coleman will also appear as Edgin's daughter, Kira.
The movie also recently revealed a few additional cast members, set to portray the main characters in the beloved 1980s animated series. The animated series, which aired on CBS for three seasons between 1983 and 1985, starred six Dungeons & Dragons-loving friends who were magically transported into the world of the game and had to find their way home. In a new promotional clip, Luke Bennet (Bobby), Moe Sasegbon (Diana), Trevor Kaneswaran (Eric), Emer McDaid (Sheila), Seamus O'Hara (Presto) and Edgar Abram (Hank) were revealed to be cameoing in a scene that will see them competing against the movie's main characters in a maze-based challenge.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves hits theaters on March 31.
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