geeky1. Leave a comment on this post with YOUR DREAM CAST for ANY of my projects. Want to cast the Toby books? How about Feed? Or Sparrow Hill Road? Have the perfect actress in mind for Velveteen? The sky's the limit!
1b. Be sure your comment starts its own thread. Only casting choices left on the original post (not as a comment on someone else's comment) will count as entries. You can suggest cast members for someone else's dream team, but they won't be entries.
2. One entry per project per person (so you can cast the Toby books and the InCryptid books in different comments, but not enter twice with different Toby casts).
3. Explain your cast in the comment. Why are they perfect? Why should we agree with you?
And then...GAME ON! I will choose a winner via random number generator on Friday, at 5PM PST. I reserve the right to supply a bonus prize or prizes for the person whose cast amuses me most, or strikes me as the best supported. (Yes, you can use my casting choices, but you do need to explain why you agree with them.)
Go Hollywood or go home!
July 11 2011, 21:56:13 UTC 6 years ago
Toby: Stana Katic (For those not familiar, she plays Detective Beckett on "Castle.")
Tybalt: Rupert Everett (Twenty or more years ago, I'd have said Tim Curry)
Connor: Orlando Bloom
The Luidaeg: Kathy Bates
Lily: Michelle Yeoh
Sylvester: Anthony Stewart Head
Luna: Tilda Swinton
Rayseline: Eliza Dushku
Oleander: Helena Bonham Carter (too easy, I know)
July 12 2011, 02:54:45 UTC 6 years ago
Stana Katic as Toby: Looks, check, ability to be a hardass, check, ability to be vulnerable, check.
Rupert Everett as Tybalt: Has the right combination of elegance and potential for violence, I think.
Orlando Bloom as Connor: Earnest, basically a nice guy, capable of heroic action.
Kathy Bates as The Luidaeg: Have you seen "Harry's Law"? Definitely got the "I'm not taking any shit" attitude down.
Michelle Yeoh as Lily: Not Japanese, but has that air of serene power.
Anthony Stewart Head as Sylvester: The gentle, world-weary father figure who can still kick ass when needed. Later, it occurred to my that Colin Firth would be equally good, if in a slightly different way.
Tilda Swinton as Luna: Does any other actress do other-worldly as well?
Eliza Dushu as Rayseline: Can do psycho really, really well. I thought of Rachel McAdams, having seen her play a truly unpleasant character in "Midnight in Paris", but she wasn't quite insane enough.
Helena Bonham Carter as Oleander: Currently the go-to actress for over-the-top villainy.