50 Fun Facts About Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Who plays the bard Edgin Darvis?

Pine was the first actor cast, in December 2020.

What character class is Edgin?

He was a Harper peacekeeper before turning to theft.

Who plays the barbarian Holga Kilgore?

Holga was banished from the Uthgardt Elk Tribe for marrying an outsider.

Which actor plays the con artist Forge Fitzwilliam?

Grant was cast as the antagonist in March 2021.

Who plays the paladin Xenk Yendar?

Several critics likened Xenk to an NPC who turns up to move the plot along.

Who plays the sorcerer Simon Aumar?

Smith worked with a choreographer to create unique gestures for each spell, some using real sign language.

Who plays the druid Doric?

Lillis, known from It and I Am Not Okay with This, joined in March 2021.

What race is Doric?

She was raised in the Neverwinter Wood by a wood elf enclave.

Simon is a descendant of which famous wizard of the setting?

Elminster appears to Simon as a hallucination, played by David Durham.

Which D&D campaign setting is the film set in?

It has no connection to the earlier film trilogy released between 2000 and 2012.

Which pair directed the film?

They had previously made Game Night and left directing duties on The Flash.

In which D&D order did Edgin serve before turning to theft?

His wife was killed by disciples of a Red Wizard he had arrested.

What is the name of the frozen prison where Edgin and Holga spend two years?

The prison was created for the movie and later appeared in the adventure anthology Keys from the Golden Vault.

Which city has Forge become Lord of when the heroes escape prison?

The previous Lord had been mysteriously incapacitated by Sofina.

What relic did Edgin try to steal to bring his wife back to life?

He finally uses it on Holga instead, realising she had become part of the family.

Sofina is secretly a member of which group?

Daisy Head plays her as a necromancer tied to Thay's tyrannical magocracy.

Which event do the heroes plan to use as cover for robbing Forge's vault?

Sofina secretly staged the games to turn the crowd into an undead army.

What is Doric's forest community fighting against when she is recruited?

Forge had targeted the Neverwinter Wood for its resources.

Into what creature does Doric shapeshift to infiltrate Forge's castle?

She also famously turns into an owlbear, a clip the 1983 cartoon characters reacted to in a promo.

Whose magical defences protect Forge's vault?

Simon needs the Helm of Disjunction to dispel them.

Which relic does the group seek to break the vault's magical seal?

Simon can only attune to it once he overcomes his self-esteem issues.

How do the heroes learn where the Helm is hidden?

Simon's talisman brings the dead back just long enough to answer questions.

Which lich turned the people of Thay into an undead army?

Ian Hanmore plays the Red Wizard ruler of Thay.

Through which region does Xenk guide the group to retrieve the Helm?

First he makes Edgin swear to share any bounty with the people.

What is the name of the obese red dragon the group escapes from?

The overweight dragon is a real Forgotten Realms character from the Underdark.

Who plays Holga's halfling ex-husband Marlamin?

Cooper filmed his cameo on blue screen in post-production and was inserted into footage with Rodriguez.

What item from Marlamin lets the group get past the vault defences?

They later use it to move Forge's riches off his boat.

How does the group spread Forge's treasure across the city to empty the stadium?

Drawing the crowd out saves them from Sofina's undead-army curse.

What does Kira use to slip an anti-magic bracelet onto Sofina?

Her parents had given her the pendant as a child.

Which character does Edgin finally revive with the tablet?

He realises he wanted his wife back only for his own sake.

Which studio originally announced a D&D film in 2013, prompting a Hasbro lawsuit?

Hasbro claimed it was co-producing its own D&D film at Universal.

Which actor and avid D&D fan wrote his own script for the film in 2017?

He worked with Brad Peyton and Dwayne Johnson, who were in negotiations to develop it.

Where was John Francis Daley chatting with an agent when it led to the directing job?

He was watching his beloved Chicago Cubs play the Dodgers in Sherman Oaks.

Which superhero film had Goldstein and Daley just left before taking on D&D?

The agent asked if they were looking for work and tipped off Paramount.

Which actor was in talks to star in the earlier Rob Letterman version in 2016?

That iteration was based on David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's script.

In which country did filming begin in April 2021?

A crew of 60 to 70 shot there before principal photography moved to Belfast.

In which city did principal photography take place?

The cast played a hours-long game of D&D as their characters on arriving in Northern Ireland.

Who composed the film's score?

Balfe said he used to play D&D and knew he wanted to be part of the team.

Which band released the single "Wings of Time" for the film?

It came out on March 10, 2023, the day of the SXSW premiere.

Whose track "l'Emprise" appears on the soundtrack in French-speaking countries?

Pine and Rodriguez announced it in March 2023.

Which Led Zeppelin song featured in the teaser trailer?

The teaser dropped on July 21, 2022, the day of the film's San Diego Comic-Con panel.

At which festival did the film have its world premiere?

It premiered on March 10, 2023, three weeks before its US release.

What was the film's reported production budget?

It grossed $208.2 million worldwide, which made it a box office disappointment.

Which film's tough competition was blamed for the weak box office?

Poor marketing and a fan boycott of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro were also cited.

Which comedy group voiced the corpses for the Australian release?

The Melbourne sketch trio have a Netflix series, Big Ol' House of Fun.

Characters from which earlier D&D production cameo in the arena crowd?

Hank, Presto, Sheila, Eric, Diana and Bobby all appear in live action.

Which musician cameos as a spectator named Kimathi Stormhollow?

The Rage Against the Machine guitarist is a well-known tabletop gamer.

Which young adult prequel novel features Doric as its main character?

E.K. Johnston wrote it; Jaleigh Johnson's The Road to Neverwinter follows Edgin.

Revel's End first appeared in which D&D adventure module?

The prison sits in Icewind Dale and was later used for a heist in Keys from the Golden Vault.

In 2026 Goldstein said a written sequel might not be made for what reason?

Paramount's CEO had earlier said any sequel would need a smaller budget.