Cast your net to win a copy of ONE SALT SEA!: seanan

Cast your net to win a copy of ONE SALT SEA!

It's time for ARC giveaway #3...the casting call! Here's how this is going to work:

1. 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!

I won this last time with Toby so...

kittikins

July 11 2011, 18:22:44 UTC 6 years ago

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I'm casting the Feed series:

George: Hilary Swank, via 1999 or so. I like her for this choice because I think she has the intensity I imagine George to have, all angles and determination. I like that she's a little androgynous in appearance- it fits how I imagine George would want to look.

Shaun: Eric Christian Olsen- but more scruffed up then most of his movies portray. You probably haven't heard of him unless you've seen Community or Fired Up, but if you watch a clip of him from Fired Up he has the air of joviality I think of with Shaun, whether he's bantering with George or firing at zombies.

Buffy: Brittany Snow- perfect as is, with lots of glitter. She has the bubbly persona with a darker undertone down pat. I loved her in John Tucker Must Die, but I think of her role in the updated Hairspray as what she could convey in complexity.

The Masons: Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt. Both of these actors have qualities that allow them to present a soft public face but, ultimately, a fake one. One that in its fakeness serves as an isolating and almost abusive factor in George and Shaun's childhood.

Senator Ryman: Bill Paxton- not for any real reason, except that I liked him in Twister and think he could sell the forceful positivism that Ryman exudes.

Emily Ryman: Ashley Judd- she's a real southern girl, warm and tough. I think she could play Emily's limited part in the book(s) well.

Rick: Marc Blucas (aka Riley from Buffy). Not sure where else to find a mild-mannered, corn fed boy who could charm his way onto George and Shaun's team?

Governor Tate: Mel Gibson (plus 20-30 pounds). I think Mel could quite literally scare people with his intensity ala Governor Tate.

I think I covered the major players. :) Hope you all enjoyed!