Hector Bowen is often depicted to be stern and competitive to a fault. His role in the novel is comprised of being Celia’s father and mentor as he pits his daughter against his rival, Alexander and his own apprentice Marco Alisdair. Hector Bowen is a talented and ambitious magician who disguises real magic for stagecraft to appropriately ‘enchant’ his audience. Main Characters Benedict Cumberbatch to play Hector Bowen a.k.a Prospero the Enchanter for the duration of the show. Thoughts and suggestions are welcome as always. However, if there was a book to screen adaptation, I think these actors would be well suited for to play the characters. There are so many little things to keep track of that 2 or 3 hours worth of screen time simply wouldn’t capture the rich atmosphere that Morgenstern worked tirelessly to create. Personally, I think it would fair far better as a T.V series than a movie simply because it is driven by detail.

The Night Circus is such a lush and vivid novel that I couldn’t help but imagine how it would be if they ever made a screen-adaptation of it. THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO READ THE BOOK.ĭISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the images used in this post. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words.

“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose.

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