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Inception’s Character Names Revealed

Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 12:59 pm by AlexHaas

parisfilmingday3 1x Inceptions Character Names RevealedUntil earlier this week, we’ve been completely lost in the dark when it comes to details concerning Christopher Nolan’s Inception. While we are still, very much, lost in the dark, we are starting to see the first rays of light transverse the horizon.

Inception has been filming in Paris all this week and we’ve been hit with a tidal wave of photos. One image, in particular, is a shot of a Call Sheet for the cast. Bonus: it lists character names. Ellen Page is Ariadne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Arthur, Tom Hardy is Eames, Ken Watanabe is Saito, Dileep Rao is Yusef, Cillian Murphy is Fischer, Tom Berenger is Browning. Leo DiCaprio’s name is missing from the list, but we’re assuming that the name Cobb refers to him. The name Cobb is listed in the first cast slot and character slot.

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There have been 31 responses to “Inception’s Character Names Revealed”

  1. teddyb
    on August 19, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    Maybe they replaced Leo with a Cobb salad. Just a bunch of talented actors interacting with a Cobb salad.

    That would certainly blow (the architecture of) my mind.

    O boy.
    Sorry.
    I felt like making bad jokes today.

  2. apw
    on August 19, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    they are some unusual first names.

  3. rbevanx
    on August 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    Well Cobb is the bad guy from Following.

  4. sneeker
    on August 19, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    (I took the picture)

  5. teddyb
    on August 19, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    @rbevanx yup. I guess Chris likes the name.

    @sneeker thanks!

  6. DHOPW42
    on August 19, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    I’m sure it’s Leo’s charachter, only someone who wrote that document made a mistake. I like Murphy’s charachter-name “Fischer” the most!

  7. Dileep Rao is in Christopher Nolan’s Inception | Ambience of Media
    on August 19, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    [...] Greet BoxIt seems that Dileep Rao is a member of the Inception cast, according to a call sheet that Nolan Fans got a look at. He was perhaps the only bright spot in Drag Me to Hell. He’s also got a role [...]

  8. Chee
    on August 19, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Awesome! I already uploaded Ariadne to IMDb about a week ago so maybe it will come up quicker.

  9. DHOPW42
    on August 19, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    What do you mean you “uploaded”? Are you an IMDb moderator or what?:-D

  10. Chee
    on August 19, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    No, you can update data on IMDb but it takes forever for the employees to review it and upload it.

  11. DHOPW42
    on August 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Oh, what a noob am I. I didn’t know that.

  12. Inception Character Names Revealed | /Film
    on August 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    [...] Paris all week (see a set photo above thanks to ComingSoon), and a site called CloneWeb (found via NolanFans) has apparently gotten their hands on the call sheet. What does the call sheet tell us? Well… [...]

  13. Eternalist
    on August 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Those sound more like last names.

  14. Ted
    on August 19, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    You guys are missing the coolest part of the call sheet…

    “Cobb continues to explain the logic of dreams and dreamers.”

    “Ariadne creates her closed set world. The enter it…”

  15. Marky
    on August 19, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Ellen Page character Ariadne is a reference to the Minotaur myth.

    Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, fell in love with Theseus and helped him navigate the labyrinth, which had a single path to the center.

    maybe Leonardo DiCaprio character wants Ariadne to help him out of The Labyrinth.

    Joseph Gordon Levitt character Arthur might or might not be a reference to Sir Arthur John Evans. Sir Arthur John Evans is a archaeologist whos famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos also known as “The Labyrinth”.

    the other names for the other actors im not sure about but the ones i mention seems close to the theory about the movie

  16. Chee
    on August 19, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Ted: Yea, I saw that as well. Didn’t mention it on here but I did on slashfilm (I think it was slashfilm).

  17. Inception Character Names Revealed | FILMSHAFT.COM
    on August 20, 2009 at 1:57 am

    [...] the film has been shooting in Paris all week, and a film site called CloneWeb (via NolanFans) has apparently got their hands on the call sheet for the film – and in turn the names of the [...]

  18. Marky
    on August 20, 2009 at 6:13 am

    another thing Cobb is the character from Nolans first film “Following”

  19. apw
    on August 20, 2009 at 6:28 am

    I think Cobb is just a fake name so people working on set don’t know Leo will be there.

    Just like how they call it ‘Oliver’s Arrow’ when everybody knows it is Inception.

    Eternalist – I thought a few of the names sounded more like surnames, too.

  20. Chris Nolan’s ‘Inception’: Trailer, Plot And Character Info - Screen Rant
    on August 20, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    [...] CloneWeb, IMDB, NolanFans, Rotten Tomatoes and [...]

  21. Marky
    on August 22, 2009 at 8:23 am

    Cillian Murphy character Fischer also could be a reference to Adrian Fisher without the “C”

    Adrian Fisher is internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading maze designers of all time. His mazes can be found in all corners of the globe. he also had a book called “The Art of the Maze”.

    Adrian Fisher and Randoll Coate another maze designer and “Labyrinthologist” formed the maze design company called “Minotaur Designs”

  22. Santos
    on September 7, 2009 at 2:32 am

    Tom Berenger is Very Great actor.

    Tom Berenger not deserve little role in this movie.

    Tom Berenger deserve Very Good role, from co-protagonist at Di Caprio.

  23. Eternalist
    on December 9, 2009 at 10:44 am

    Shut up Santos.

  24. Santos
    on December 10, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Speaks in Italian for your courtesy.

    Repeat, Tom Berenger is a great actor, in your personal dashboard should have already won 2 Oscars. Tom Berenger is worth double (especially as acting) of sufficient Leonardo Di Caprio. Macheal Caine is very good actor.
    The other actors in the cast, they make me laugh.

  25. Eternalist
    on January 24, 2010 at 10:38 am

    ^ Once again Santos, shut your whore mouth.

  26. Maxx
    on June 25, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    But Tom Berenger, is not specifically showed even in these 30 pictures, because it is an obscure and important? Or why so absurd Nolan he does play in a small cameo?

    If the ‘assumption is the cameo, Tom Berenger was very wrong to accept this small role, and Mr. Nolan demonstrates not have respect for a great actor like Tom Berenger

  27. Dutch Schultz
    on June 25, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    for ETERNALIST.

    You’re a bitch and a whore is definitely great Your Mother.

    About how are your mother and my children?

    Silence and quiet son of a bitch? Talk again and I’ll cut your throat

  28. Dutch Schultz
    on June 25, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    IT AGREES NOT trying to be clever, you bloody fool peddler, A GREAT SON OF

    for ETERNALIST.

    BITCH AND WHORE, NOT ‘utopia that IT REALLY CUTS THE THROAT, Breed Shortcomings peddler.

    Bastard.

    YOU DO NOT insult me most ‘.

    Try to find more ‘RESPECT, idiots who are nothing

  29. Dutch Schultz
    on June 25, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    for ETERNALIST.

    IT AGREES NOT trying to be clever, you bloody fool peddler, A GREAT SON OF

    BITCH AND WHORE, NOT ‘utopia that IT REALLY CUTS THE THROAT, Breed Shortcomings peddler.

    Bastard.

    YOU DO NOT insult me most ‘.

    Try to find more ‘RESPECT, idiots who are nothing

  30. Dutch Schultz
    on June 26, 2010 at 10:33 am

    FOR ETERNALIST

    YOU AR A MAN, A WOMAN PROBABLY ONE OF GAY SHIT, OR a transsexual sucking cock.

    YOU ARE A POOR COWARD WHY ‘NOT answer, because’ You Make wearing a shit by fear, and DO VERY WELL.

    Besides having a ton of the brain that does no good, ’cause you are too ignorant.

    YOU HAVE DONE VERY BAD to insult, I do not know the English Language

    TOUCH THE GROOVE occasionally, SO GIA ‘IN THAT AREA CLOTHING.

    GOODBYE

  31. Eternalist
    on July 2, 2010 at 12:10 am

    Dutch Schultz, shut the fuck up you faggot. Stick your hand up your faggoty ass and jerk-off your shit.

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