My choice for Puddleglum is Burn Gorman. I've only seen him in the BBC adaption of Bleak House and Pacific Rim but he think he's got the voice, appearance and mannerisms all down. He practically IS Puddleglum already, except he's not green!

Ideally, I think he should be be played by an actor with CG arms and legs to make them longer. I think they need to strike a balance between making him human-like enough that we can recognize him as a "person", but I also wouldn't want him to just look like a green, long-limbed man. I think he should also have facial prosthetics similar to what Nikabrik had in PC.

Ideally, I think he should be be played by an actor with CG arms and legs to make them longer.

I agree. I think the actor could wear little stilts like the actors playing the centaurs did. Then they can digitally extend the legs and feet to make them longer.

I think it could be difficult to get just the right shade of green, because too much green and he will look like an alien.

Also, he could have a prosthetic nose. I mainly think this because my mental image of Puddleglum is exactly based on Pauline Baynes' pictures of him, and she drew him with a really long and pointy nose (actually in the illustrations the size of his nose seems to change but nevermind).

So I'm not the only one who imagines Puddleglum's skin as green? I always have, but as far as I can tell, Lewis only ever describes his complexion as muddy. I wish I could blame Pauline Baynes's glorious illustrations, but when I look closely ("Enhance!!" ), his skin is really just a light brown with a little chartreuse mixed in. I think they probably got the hue about right in the BBC version of The Silver Chair, but I wouldn't mind at all of they made him much greener in this upcoming film, as long as he doesn't look like a Martian.

One definite point in favor of using CGI to give the actor the proper Marshwiggle traits and features is that it would allow them to cast anyone, height notwithstanding. While it would be good if they could save some money by casting someone with an unusual body type like Doug Jones, at the end of the day, I want someone who is the best person for bringing Puddleglum's personality to the screen, not just his visual.

I like the looks of Burn Gorman, Wilhelm Spark! I like his voice a lot, too. There's a simplicity to his style of speaking that I think could fit Puddleglum quite well.

Can't believe I have never thought much about Puddleglum's skin color. Because of the froggy feet, I guess I always imagined him slightly green. I agree Rose, I think BBC is pretty close to what I imagine.

I would like to see a 100% real Puddleglum even if that means deviating from Lewis' description. Mainly because I want to keep that budget low.

Another possibility might be having him wear loose clothes (which Lewis mentions) so we can't tell that he's super skinny... but have one or two brief scenes where we do get to see. You could use CGI for those brief scenes. Just to make it really clear he is not human.

What do you all think of Hugh Laurie for Puddleglum? I haven't seen any of his recent work, but he was great as the quirky Bertie Wooster. He looks a bit like a cross between Tom Baker and Doug Jones.

I don't believe I've seen anything he's been in so I can't say anything about his acting ability. But I think he definitely has the tall and thin look needed for Puddleglum.