At least in two poster's opinions:

Here and here.


Of course, several of those Purveyors of Peril are no longer purveying, and several more still have been uncast:

Clonar
Gromm the Living Flatulence
Appendage Man
Brass Monkey
HAGGIE

not to mention the Baroness herself.

Any suggestions for them or any of the others?

At first, I thought that this should be someone who could also play Donar, but now I'm not as hung up on that... I figure the clone is obviously imperfect, so we just need someone big and dumb. Sounds like a wrestler to me. So I go with "Kane" who has some acting experience in "See No Evil" and who's apparently really big. No idea what his voice might sound like though.





I'm just going to go with Jack Black (School of Rock, King Kong, Tenacious D) and be done with it.




I have no particular justification for this, but I'm thinking Paul Giamatti (Sideways, American Splendor, Lady in the Water, John Adams)





Er... he's an ape, right? An ape scientist? So, I guess he should be mostly animatronic/CGI. And off the top of my head, I don't have a voice for him. He's actually one of the less-known Purveyors to me.




I still think Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary, The Dark Knight) is a fine choice to play Hallie, as she's cute without being drop-dead gorgeous.



However, because she's cute, it's hard to find a picture where she looks dangerous. This is the best I could come up with:






I've considered a bunch of options, but haven't latched on to any one just yet... I'll have to give it more thought later.

Ah, Kane. I remember when he was Isaac Yankem DDS. He's a good choice. I, too, went with a wrestler who's also been in movies ("The Longest Yard" and the upcoming "Get Smart") and an even bigger freak: Dalip Singh.






(he's the one on the right)




Works for me. I'm actually looking forward to seeing Kung Fu Panda, though I'll probably wait until it comes out on DVD.




An interesting choice. I thought Giammatti would have made a pretty good Doc Ock, and he and Appendage Man do have that multiple-limbed thing in common....




Someone, perhaps Ian, suggested Kelsey Grammar as the voice actor for Brass Monkey, which sounds pretty spot on.








Another good choice, and after this summer she'll have experience acting with people who wear goofy outfits.



I had suggested Kate Winslet before. She's a talented actress (though I've never seen her in a comedy) but has the right build and could certainly pull off the faux aristocracy schtick Beth's got going:

I gathered. Yeah, he's much better.




It's gotten very good reviews, so I'll have to check it out. So far, Dreamworks animated features haven't done all that much for me, though. I found the "Shrek" films fun, but I didn't really go crazy over them... and everything else they've done I've more or less forgotten about. But I don't think there's any particular reason to expect that streak to continue, so I don't write off all future efforts.




Good point. The problem with a lot of the Purveyors is that they're only there in group bad-guy situations, which makes defining their personalities (and identifying actors to play them) difficult.




I do love his maniacal Sideshow Bob.





Hopefully the Rachel Dawes (or whatever her name was) role is better written in the sequel. While Katie Holmes didn't bring all that much to it in the first flick, it was a pretty thankless part which mostly had to do with playing holier-than-thou through the movie. It falls into that old hazard for girlfriends not in on the secret identity... there's no good way to keep them sympathetic when they don't know what the hero is going through.




Ah... an excellent choice. Yes, I'm not sure about the more screwball parts of the role, but I was also looking for someone who wasn't rail-thin, could play aristocratic, mean and devious.